did you have art and music in school?

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34. It mattered alot to me. Art and Music in Grade School, and JHS...

I was in the top class. Art and music at least once/wk, possibly twice in 5th, and 6th grade, maybe earlier grades for art. Oh, we had those plastic recorders maybe in 3rd, definitely in 4th grd. 😄
I played viola (I wanted the violin) in 5th grd, clarinet which I wanted in 6th grd. Don't know if every class got this.

Art was at least once, probably twice a week in JHS. Also did illustrations for my poetry in our art & literary magazine. We had a great Art teacher.

I went to the HS of Music and Art for Art so there you go. 👍 Lots of Art! 🧡 I don't think 🤔 we had a dedicated drawing class. We had watercolor, oil painting. Possibly sculpture, not sure unless I didn't take it. Graphic Design, and 🧡 Illustration elective, which also did the Art, Photography, Music & Writing magazine.
I think we also did etching on plastic which we ran through a press.
Ceramics, hand build, not sure we had the wheel. Occasionally it was daunting, but oh I generally loved it!

I went on to Art College, too. Sometimes daunting, often I loved it! 🧡👍

I did go on and took a few post college single courses at another Art School, and anatomy through a third Art school.

I had a partial career in commercial art as an old fashioned paste up & mechanicals person with some graphic design, occasional Illustration. Also 3 years as a jewelry set up person in their photography studio for a small cataloge house.:I occasionally helped with hard goods.
Once even 😄😑 got dragged into designing a multi paged flyer (along w p u & m) when the Art Director went on vacation. I did have fun designing the cover page!

The best thing was when my boss (the permanent jewelry photographer) told The boss the art/design chops I had. So I got to go with my boss to the specialized glass makers place, and marble & stone tile place to help pick out backgrounds. I loved that.

Also did volunteer work designing, making flyers for my local neighborhood arts events non profit. Plus paid design, illustration, p u & m for The Bronx Council On The Arts back in a the late '70's.

I wish I'd been able to be a full color book cover Illustrator along with interior Illustrations for magazines. Oh, well.

Still looking back I consider myself sonewhat lucky at times in a bunch of this since I got to do some of what I wanted nearly most on occasion at least in B&W illustration.

I continue to do and improve my art in tradition mediums, and mostly self taught in digital art.