Following up on my previous post...
High school, I shared with you was a, um, creative path. After that, I did go to a great university and received a degree.
a BFA.
What is that? You ask? For many years, I'd tell someone it was a fancy, pretentious, and intellectually heady degree that was expensive and completely useless. A Bachelor of Fine Arts, which, apparently, carries more prestige than the other art degrees. I'd say it with some drama and scorn like I was about to follow up the statement with a request to order a martini, extra dirty.
Okay, so maybe a little pretentious.*
Recently, I've started to see the value in ways I never thought I would. Why should an organization support a school in the arts? Some students will be the creative masterminds behind startups, others behind creating products and some will be the creative team your org needs to launch to the next level.
Some of us, won't.
But, we'll understand how to deal with ambiguity, out-of-the-box problem-solving, power (soft) skills, collaboration, communicating abstract ideas, curiosity, play, and overall grit. I've never been more happy that my background is in the arts.
Although the value was always there, I wasn't able to see it until recently. Creating evrecruit.io has been like a complex assignment. Beautiful, and also full of challenges requiring all kinds of expertise from many corners. Okay, so I have a concept and a philosophy. Now, how do I get from here to there? It feels like the creation of something special that affects others, and I want you all to get to be part of the installation.
I want to thank the panelists, Kelly DeVore, Ayuka Shichinohe, Tobias Katz and Laura K. for all of their valuable insights and Catherine Lang-Cline for on-point moderating.
Melanie Corn for the inclusion, Kristen Harris, CSP and especially Jamie Wells for the invite. And, Nicole Monahan for sharing more ways to support CCAD.
CCAD is reaching out the the community in a fundraising capacity but also welcomes other ways to collaborate, including giving interns a place to land and other educational opportunities. Connect with them to learn more!
*Note: Very grateful to my school, professors, parents, and the support system that led to graduation, and this immature colligate attitude in no way should detract from that acknowledgment and appreciation. I simply had some feelings, as the millennials say. I also passed Astronomy. *