I am working on a paper that contemplates the child as a multi media artist. As a Reggio inspired atelierista I am researching on this aspect of childhood art expression.
I think the following discussion will be helpful
https://www.quora.com/How-can-I-become-a-multimedia-artist
Best Regards Holly B. F. Warren
Personally, I wouldn't fully agree with it. If you think of a "Multimedia Artist", you expect her/him to master (or at least be competent at) each of the components that make it "multi" (audio, image, video, interaction, programming, interface, etc.); much like you couldn't claim that an oil painter is also a a sculptor or a musician (he/she may be, but it'd have to be stated). We're talking about multiple skills, and, from my point of view, the children, unless in some very specific cases, wouldn't have reached that level yet.
In my case, I would either:
That is my perspective on this case, hope it helps. Cheers.
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https://ijbnpa.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1479-5868-3-10
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I can answer this in a specific way in that my granddaughter who has a passion for art engages in mixed media to make her art. She draws, models in clay, does collages and paper cutouts and so on. So in that sense she is a multimedia artist. To designate someone as an artist does not necessarily mean that they must display mastery of that art form although various dictionaries define artist as producing something of aesthetic quality. I agree with that but aesthetic and quality are very subjective points. Perhaps it is more likely that children will engage more fully in mulitmedia types of activity whereas as they grow up they may be more inclined to specialise in one particular art form. As has already been stated you should define what you mean by the term artist and take it from there. But overall I would agree that children tend to engage across a number of different media with respect to art.
Hi there,
I posed it as a question and not as a statement so that I could have different points of view from people from different departments ..this was&is the idea!!!
Thanks Joseph for you time and comment.
children are different from adults are they are so versatile and open to new experiences and usually always welcome techniques which they master pretty quickly at a " child's level" never the less they are so mentally agile and open minded that they can move from one medium to the next with incredible easy. They usually decide what they want to do and how they are going to produce their piece keeping in consideration what they have learn and are hyper open to the new! As Picasso once said " It took me four years to paint like Raphael, but a lifetime to paint like a child."
Of course I should add the detail that We are considering a child not a toddler.
The word Artist is not meant in the classical way but in the modern version. It doesn't take mastery in fine art to become an artist nowadays.
I like the word connoisseur and the idea of researching the most adequate meaning for artist!
Thanks David for your reply. I definitely agree that art and aesthetics are quite subjective. Since M.Duchamp and his urinal art has gone through lots of changes.
This is why I think that infant art is so striking in its spontaneity, versatility and mindfulness. They move across mediums with such power.
Now as an atelierista I question the term art in its broad scenarios ....could it be called illustrated expression....graphic wandering.....multi media research.
Still on the quest.
Thanks again.
I think the following discussion will be helpful
https://www.quora.com/How-can-I-become-a-multimedia-artist
Best Regards Holly B. F. Warren
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