As an art major we hear it constantly- this less than impressed reaction in learning what we've decided to do with our lives...or to them, decided how to throw it away.
But why are art, drama, dance, music, women's studies, psych, etc, majors looked down upon?? Because they're not a sure-fire way to a successful career? But what is a successful career? One that brings the highest income? Or one that brings the most happiness?
Don’t take it anymore. Change our culture’s way of thinking. Make a stamp.
I carved many different stamps, the main one stating "It's okay to be" with various other stamps stating things normally taken with a grain of salt, as something negative, as something strange, etc.
List of Supplies
- Any old eraser (White art erasers are best, but traditional pink erasers work too. The eraser should be at least 1” by 1”, or bigger)
- A cutting tool,anything with a sharp edge. (This can be a razor blade, and X-acto knife, a sharpened pencil, a creepily filed nail, anything that can cut through eraser!)
- A marker, or stamp pad (to ink up your stamp!)
Step 1. Pick a message! What do you want to say? Your message can be nice, rude, loud, impacting. In my case, I used a more friendly approach by making an “Its okay to be…” stamp initially, then smaller stamps that read “art major, happy, nerd, etc.”
Step 2. Whatever message you want, pencil the mirror image of it onto your eraser (this is necessary so you don’t stamp it backwards! …I did this many a time, don’t be ashamed.)
Step 3. It’s carving time! Following your pencil marks, carve out this gray part from the rest of the eraser.
Step 4. Ink it up!
Step 5. STAMP! Spread your message wherever you want- the arts plaza, ring road, the unsuspecting hand of someone passing out flyers, anywhere!
I placed my stamps all over the arts plaza, in the hopes that those with "lesser majors" would take notice, and question all the scrutiny society has for the arts.
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