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Bereolakehinde (talk) 06:29, 4 September 2012 (UTC)How visual Art can be improved upon in University setting

The visual arts can be improved upon in the University setting. It is believed that creative people control the world. Visual art is a skill that involves high degree of creativity and innovation. All good things of life are made possible by the vision and insight of these unique set of people. The visual art as a course in Nigeria University could be made more relevant if all these necessary provisions are put in place. For instance, the school curriculum should be structured in such a manner that will involve undergoing vigorous practical in the creative acquisition and government should provide adequate facility and materials for the student-artists. Once again, a curriculum specialist should be given the grace to package the curriculum not a subject specialist. It is believed that curriculum specialist knows the best way to organize the visual art curriculum to conform to the present trend in the field of visual art.

Furthermore, in the global market of visual art, besides the conventional training acquired in painting, graphics, sculpture etc., the field of visual art is becoming more digital with the application of software tools in generating visual concepts. Based on my personal experience with many graduates, our Universities should also go beyond the application of conventional style and embrace digital and computer generated design as it is done in developed countries.

The necessary software tools used in generating creative designs should be introduced in our schools so as t make the visual artist highly relevant and employable in any sector of our economy. In higher institution abroad, a graphic artist or designer or person trained in visual art design could design and build a website through the skillful knowledge of Dreamweaver and Swishmax or Flash. Not only that, the visual artist could also create and generate computer-oriented concept for business organizations through the application of creative software tools such as Coredraw, Adobe Photoshop, Indesign, Powerpoint etc. and understanding how to convert a design to PDF and Jpeg which are vital elements in visual presentation. All these above are the latest trend in fast changing visual design adventure and the country should not be left behind. For instance, in the area of web design some feel that it is the responsibility of a computer scientist to build a website but the programmer of the software used in designing a website has created a provision for a visual artist to use design template as a means of creating a website while a computer scientist may use codes to build a website. In order to support my points, this is a design based and recruitment company in US who has been in forefront in creating better opportunities for visual artists all over the world. The organisation is called Coroflot with the website address as www.coroflot.com . It is obvious that Nigeria visual artists are highly gifted and creative with conventional style in painting, manual graphics, sculpture etc., but we need to get more of our visual professionals exposed to these global trends in visual technology and make Nigeria a hotspot for digital creativity.

Also, parents and guardians should be enlightened on these trends so as not to see visual art as a course with limited career prospect. They should be made to understand that a visual artist can be a successful entrepreneur and can work in any lucrative sectors of the economy such as Oil and Gas, Banks, Insurances, Telecommunication as part of IT team, advertising designer, professional photographer and editor, print and brand expert and lots more.

Finally, the government should invest heavily in these developmental trends by providing well equipped design laboratory in our University where student-artists can generate computer-oriented visual concepts together with art studio to build the conventional skill of the student-artists. The government should encourage exchange program amongst Nigerian visual artists and foreign student-artists in order to create room for exchange of variety of ideas in creative sector. With these above suggestions, the visual art as a course will attract higher number of visual-inspired people with confidence of being recognized by the society. From Bereola Kehinde (www.coroflot.com/kehinde)