TeenLife 2023 Guide to Performing & Visual Arts Colleges
You likely have a lot of questions about an education and career in the performing arts. What kind of jobs are actually out there? Where can you find a paid art internship? How can you nail your audition? In the TeenLife Guide to Performing and Visual Arts, we answer all of these questions and more. Inside, you’ll find articles, first-hand stories, and dozens of exciting program opportunities as well, most of which you can explore while still in high school. We hope this guide excites you about a future in the arts and helps you chart your path towards that future!
You likely have a lot of questions about an education and career in the performing arts. What kind of jobs are actually out there? Where can you find a paid art internship? How can you nail your audition? In the TeenLife Guide to Performing and Visual Arts, we answer all of these questions and more. Inside, you’ll find articles, first-hand stories, and dozens of exciting program opportunities as well, most of which you can explore while still in high school. We hope this guide excites you about a future in the arts and helps you chart your path towards that future!
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AI CAN’T REPLACE ARTISTS
& HERE’S WHY
BY SARAH BAY-CHENG, PHD
t’s all over the news. News pundits ask:
Will artificial intelligence replace artists?
With the release of programs such as ChatGPT
and Midjourney, it seems as if everyone is talking
about artificial intelligence (AI). There are two main
ideas in the current debates: either AI is changing
everything and you should learn it right now; or,
AI will destroy humanity and we should get rid
of it right now.
As the Dean of a mutli-disciplinary school of the
arts and design, I have paid close attention when
these discussions involve the arts, especially amid
suggestions that AI programs will replace creators
with programmers or prompt engineers. This is
what influencers are promoting online, but it’s
not the whole story.
Despite some dire predictions, I don’t believe
emerging artists and other creatives should worry
that an AI program will replace them. It is important
to remember that artists and art schools have
been using AI and algorithmic tools for a while. As
the University World News recently reported, AI is
prevalent in art schools. Here at York University,
we have faculty specializing in AI and art, and
the University received more than $100m for
a research program focused on the ethical
development and use of emerging technologies.
AI IS A TOOL FOR ARTISTS,
NOT THE COMPETITION
Our philosophy is that artists and designers should
not fear but learn as much as possible about
these tools. Emerging creatives should engage and
experiment with new techniques because current
processes will be changed and perhaps even
improved. It is likely that some elements of the
creative process will be automated. However, it
may also be true that the skills we teach and learn
in the arts will become even more valuable.
If you have used ChatGPT or Midjourney, you
will have noticed how quickly these programs can
synthesize large amounts of data into everything
from convincing imitations of famous painters
to dogs in spaceships. With correct prompting,
AI programs can write convincing letters, explain
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