1st Year Fine Art Exhibition Ultra Robot Transformation GO

The final exhibition for this year is all up and running, and I gotta say, I'm not too sure about it.

First off, we allegedly have 90 students on this course, but I'm sure I've only seen about half that number over the last week or two, which is when we're all supposed to be clearing the studios out, putting work up and painting the floor. 

Probably as a result, the studios don't look as good as they should. In fact, there's a whole section of floor that hasn't been painted, and it's right in front of the entrance, so people will see it as soon as they walk in. That's not a good first impression to present. 

 Jeff asked me to come look at something, and it was the schedule for clearing and painting the studios. I was a little put off, because my first thought was, "This should have been printed out, on Studyspace, and circulated by last week at the latest. People aren't even going to see this until tonight!" 

Jeff is supposed to be in charge of the first year. Now, I don't want to be babysat, but is it too much to ask that they at least set a good example? If the head of the whole year is so off the ball that he only tells us the details of what we are supposed to do ON THE DAY THAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING IT, then why should we care at all? If I weren't already a responsible, conscientious adult I would just say, fuck it, you can work to MY timetable, boyeeee. 

Now, I know the tutors have other stuff on their plates. They're practicing artists as well, and it's not them that has work in this exhibition, it's us. So why should they chip in? Well, the exhibition is a direct reflection on the university and on the success of the first year as a whole. It's going to make an impression on prospective students. It could turn a potential student into a lost student. Why wouldn't they exert greater control over the exhibition process? 

The obvious answer to that is that this course gives you the freedom to do pretty much anything you want. That wouldn't work if they treated us like children and babysat us all along the way. However, the future of the fine art course as a whole depends to some extent on this exhibition. In other words, their jobs depend to some extent on this exhibition. 

As I said, I don't want them to do it all for us. I would settle for them being a little more prepared and a little more on the ball.