Ukushintsha Imisebenzi Noma Ukushintsha Ubuciko?

Ingabe iBachelor/Master of Fine Arts iyakufanelekela? 

Ngayo yonke into eku-inthanethi, siwudweba kuphi umugqa? Sesivele sabona izifundo zamahhala zasenyuvesi ezitholakala ku-inthanethi, kuhlanganisa khulula art amakilasi kanye. Njengoba lezi zinsiza zokufunda zifinyeleleka kalula, ingabe zizobavimba abantu ukuthi baphishekele iBachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) noma i-Master of Fine Arts (MFA)?  

Thatha umzuzu ucabange ngempendulo yakho. Ungase uthambekele ekucabangeni ukuthi abantu bayoba nesikhuthazo esincane sokuya esikoleni sobuciko, kodwa ngiyagcizelela ukuthi ngeke kube njalo njalo. Umhlaba wethu ushintsha njalo, uba yidijithali ngokwesibili. Nakuba abanye bengase bacabange ukuthi ngokuzenzekelayo kusho ukuncipha kokwazisa ngobuciko obuhle, ngiphikisa ngokungananazi. Ubuciko buvumelana nezikhathi, futhi labo abafunda ubuciko ngokusemthethweni bangase bafunde kakhudlwana ekufundeni amakhono abo kulawo adingekayo okwamanje. Amaciko angakwazi, futhi kufanele, aqhubeke nokuphishekela amadigri obuciko obuhle njengeminyango emisha evuleka nsuku zonke, nokudala amathuba esikhathi esizayo engeziwe ukuze lawa makhono agqame.  

Ukushintsha Izithakazelo zethu Zemakethe 

Sonke simazi njengomnikazi we-Dallas Mavericks futhi siyamthanda ngendima yakhe ku-Shark Tank, kodwa ngisho nosozigidi eziningi u-Mark Cuban ucabanga ukuthi ubuciko obuhle bufuna ukunakwa okwengeziwe. Engxoxweni abe nayo neBusiness Insider, uthi “Mina mathupha ngicabanga ukuthi kuzoba nesidingo esikhulu eminyakeni eyishumi yezikhulu zezobuciko obukhululekile kunezazi zezinhlelo ezinkulu...uma yonke imininingwane iphinyiselwa kuwe, izinketho ziyakukhafulela. Udinga umbono ohlukile.”  

Impela, sidinga abantu abazohlela imishini ukuthi isebenze, kodwa sikuveza kanjani abakutholile? Singabathola kanjani abantu abangekho kule mikhakha ukuze bakuqonde? Imfundo esemthethweni kwezobuciko isiza ekulondolozeni amathalente obuciko abantu abakwazi ukuxoxa ngentuthuko kwezobuchwepheshe nezithameli zabo. Thatha i-Google njengesibonelo, uma uya ekhasini eliyisiqalo, cishe kuhlale kukhona isithonjana ngemva kwe-“Google”, esifanekisela okuthile okumelela lolo suku emlandweni. Singaba nabahleli bezinhlelo abasixhumanise nolwazi ngomuntu obalulekile noma umcimbi omelwe, kodwa sidinga amaciko ukuze enze okubonakalayo okusisondezayo, okuvusa isithakazelo sethu futhi kusenze sichofoze leso sithombe ukuze sifunde okwengeziwe.  

Okuningi Okungaphezu Kolunye Uhlobo Lobuciko 

Kwesinye isikhathi sibona ubuciko obuhle njengobuciko bendabuko- ukudweba, ukubaza nokudweba. Izinhlelo eziningi zigxile ekuqeqesheni abafundi ukuthi baphishekele izinhlobo zobuciko eziguquguqukayo, njengokuklama kwezithombe, ukuphrinta, ukuklama kwegeyimu, ukuklama kwemfashini kanye nezakhiwo. Konke lokhu kufundiswa ezikoleni zobuciko ezimangalisayo, njengeMaryland Institute for Art and Design, Savannah College of Art and Design kanye neRhode Island School of Design.  

Namuhla, izinhlelo zobuciko ezisemthethweni zikhuthaza abafundi ukuthi bahlanganise kahle futhi babe nolwazi emikhakheni eminingi. Lokhu kubagcina benolwazi lwamathrendi futhi besesikhathini samanje ukuthi yiziphi izinhlobo zobuciko okufanele ngabe bazikhiqiza njengamanje. Eziningi zalezi zinhlelo zidinga ukuthi abafundi bahlanganyele ezinhlotsheni zobuciko ngaphandle kokugxilisa ingqondo kwabo okuyinhloko (isibonelo, abafundi bedizayini yegeyimu abenza izifundo zethiyori yobuciko). Izinhlelo ezisemthethweni ezifana nalezi zinomthelela empumelelweni yesikhathi esizayo yabafundi bazo- zenza abafundi bafunde inkimbi yokuhweba futhi baqonde imikhakha eminingi ngaphakathi nangaphandle kwalokho abakugxilile.  

Enyuvesi yami, bonke abafundi, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi bakhulu kangakanani, kwakudingeka bathathe izidingo zemfundo evamile. Lokhu bekuwumkhankaso obanzi we-SUNY; ngakho-ke bonke abafundi basekolishi lezikole zikahulumeni eNew York bekulindeleke ukuthi bathathe okungenani isifundo esisodwa kwezobuciko, ezesintu, ezezibalo, isayensi yezomzimba kanye nemfundo yezomzimba. Njengomuntu osanda kungena esikoleni, ngangiwazonda la makilasi, kodwa njengomuntu osekhulile nosanda kuphothula, ngiyawazisa.

Izikole eziningi ezinezinhlelo zobuciko zisebenzisa lolu hlelo futhi- Inyuvesi yaseNew York, ngokwesibonelo, idinga ukuthi abafundi be-BFA, phakathi kwazo zonke ezinye izitshudeni, bathathe ikharikhulamu ebalulekile ngaphambi kokuqhubeka nezidingo ezinkulu. Lezi zifundo zingasiza abafundi ukuthi bagcwalise amakhono abo obuciko ngalawa asanda kuwathola, njengokukhuluma esidlangalaleni noma ucwaningo. AmaGen ed angasiza ngisho abafundi bathole izinto abazithandayo abangakaze bazenze. Ngiye ngabona iningi lontanga yami yabafundi bezobuciko bethatha imikhakha eminingi yokudweba kokumatanisa kanye nebhayoloji, noma i-neuroscience kanye nokubaza. Uma sikhuthaza bonke abafundi, okuhlanganisa nabafundi bezobuciko, ukuthi bahlole ama-horizons abo, sikhuthaza ukukhula komsebenzi. Siyabasiza ukuthi bathuthukise amakhono asebenawo futhi sibenze bafunde ukusebenzisa amanye amakhono angase ahambisane namakhono abo obuciko. 

Ukudlulisela Amakhono Obuciko Kwamanye Amakhono  

UMark Cuban uqinisile- singabikezela imakethe kuphela esikhathini esifushane, futhi cishe akunakwenzeka ukwazi ukuthi yimiphi imisebenzi ezodingeka kakhulu eminyakeni engamashumi amahlanu noma ayisithupha ezayo. Asinayo indlela enembile yokwazi ukuthi yimiphi imisebenzi ezoba yinala esikhathini esizayo esikude. Ngikhuthaza izinhlelo zobuciko ezisemthethweni, njengoba zinikeza ukuqeqeshwa emikhakheni ehlukahlukene- abafundi bafunda ukwakheka kwezithombe, okungasiza ngamakhompyutha. Abafundi nabo baqeqeshelwa ukudweba nokudweba, futhi uma lamakhono edingeka kakhulu esikhathini esizayo, abafundi bezobuciko bangakwazi ukuzivumelanisa nalezi zidingo futhi bakhiqize umsebenzi ezimakethe ezinjalo. Ngifuna futhi ukusho ukuthi ikharikhulamu yemfundo evamile esemqoka abafundi abaningi bezobuciko okudingeka bayithathe ibasize kanjani ukuthuthukisa amandla okuvumelana nezimo, ukuxazulula izinkinga kanye nokucabanga okujulile. Lawa makhono angamanye angatholakala cishe kuzo zonke ezinkulu futhi asetshenziswe cishe kuyo yonke imikhakha.  

Ngokocwaningo olwenziwe ngo I-Bentley University ngo-2014, izingxenye ezimbili kwezintathu zabahlanganyeli bakholelwa ukuthi amakhono "anzima" noma ezobuchwepheshe ayebaluleke kakhulu futhi afunwa njengokuthi "athambile", amakhono angaphakathi, njengokuxhumana nabanye. Amadigri obuciko ahlanganisa ngokucophelela (i-pun ehlosiwe) amakhono angokwenyama, obuchwepheshe nokusebenzisana kwabantu. Amaciko afunda ukudweba, ukupenda, ukuqopha, ukuklama, kanye ne-Photoshop, kodwa aphinde afunde ukwamukela izethameli zawo, alethe imilayezo eklanywe ngokucophelela ngomsebenzi wawo. 

Ukuhlanganisa Izithakazelo Namakhono  

Njengomphakathi, sivame ukuphusha labo abathanda ubuciko ukuba baphishekele omunye umsebenzi. Sivame ukubatshela ukuthi bagcine ubuciko njengento yokuzilibazisa, benze izifundo (mhlawumbe lezo ezitholakala mahhala ku-inthanethi) futhi bazijwayeze ubuciko ngesikhathi  sabo samahhala. Ngicabanga ukuthi sithathela kulo leli phethini ngoba siyashesha ukukhohlwa ukuthi mingaki imisebenzi engaphuma ezifundweni zobuciko! Isikhathi esiningi sicabanga ukuthi okuwukuphela kwemisebenzi etholakalayo yochwepheshe bezobuciko yileyo esemifanekisweni, ekudwebeni noma ekubazweni. Izikhundla kule mikhakha zingase zibe nomkhawulo; Nokho, kungani sivame ukungakhuthazi abangani bethu kwezobuciko ukuthi bahlole ezinye izinketho ezihlobene nobuciko? Sivame ukungakunaki ukuxoxa ngemisebenzi yokwenza amaphrinta, ukwakhiwa kwangaphakathi noma ukuhlela abezindaba, njengoba kushiwo lapha. Ngithola ukuthi amakhono adingwa yile misebenzi angathuthukiswa kakhulu ngezinhlelo ze-BFA noma ze-MFA.  

Mhlawumbe labo ababhalise ezinhlelweni ze-BFA noma ze-MFA bazophishekela eminye imikhakha yokufunda ngokuhlanganyela, bebahlomisa ukuze ekugcineni baphishekele imisebenzi eyinkimbinkimbi ngaphakathi kwezobuciko. Ngokwesibonelo, abathengisi bezobuciko bangenza kahle kakhulu ngemva kokutadisha kokubili ezobuciko nezomnotho; abelaphi bezobuciko bangase baphumelele ngamadigri kukho kokubili ubuciko nepsychology kanye nabacuphi bezobuciko bangathola impumelelo ngemva kokuchayeka kuzo zombili izifundo zobuciko nokuphatha.  

Ngithola ukuthi abantu ababhalise ohlelweni lwe-BFA noma lwe-MFA maningi amathuba okuthi basebenziseke kalula futhi benze izinto ezihlukahlukene, futhi ngenxa yalokho bazilungiselele kakhulu izinhlobo eziningi zokuqashwa esikhathini esizayo abanalezi ziqu. Abafundi bezobuciko akufanele bayeke ukuphishekela ubuciko; kunalokho, kufanele bakhuthazwe ukuhlola izinhlobo ezihlukahlukene zobuciko. Lokhu kuzobasiza ukuthi bathuthukise amakhono abo obuciko futhi bavumelane nokukhiqiza izinhlobo zobuciko ezidingwa kakhulu yimakethe yemisebenzi.