The greatest compliment I received back in my undergraduate days was from an historian of European History, who taught the core requirement. She was an excellent scholar and she told me that I was well-read. When I asked how she knew--she replied "because you are an artist," as if it was a given. When I later thought about it, it's true, any artist I know is a book junkie, myself included. We are forever collecting books--old books, exhibit catalogues, books on every medium, biographies, etc. My mentor is an artist and art historian, so I guess I followed in his footsteps, because I teach college-level art history and studio classes as an adjunct.The advice I received was, get an MA rather than an MFA. In the northeast, there are a lot of MFA's and you can do more with the MA because it is a broader degree. So far I think I made a good decision. By the way, the community college where I teach added an art history major about 5 years ago which I found almost amusing at the time. Well, to my surprise there are a lot of art history majors attending and they all have to take my Non-Western art history class. So when I am showing those slides, think of the things I can cover from both directions. Terri McNichol Ren Associates Princeton, NJ USA ----- Original Message ----- From: Maria Munoz-Blanco <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2000 4:23 PM Subject: Re: Art History vs. Fine Arts Once you leave academia the boundaries between fine arts and art history blurr (thank goodness!). In my career, I have found some incredible arts administrators (great writers, great finance minds) who were also amazingly good artists. And, on the other hand, I know of a few art historians who make their living as artists! María Muñoz-Blanco Deputy Director Fulton County Arts Council 141 Pryor St. SW, Suite 2030 Atlanta, GA 30303 (404) 730-5780 Fax: (404) 730-5798 e-mail: [log in to unmask] Visit the Fulton County Arts Council website at www.fultonarts.org. Opinions expressed in this message may not necessarily represent the policy of the Fulton County Arts Council. =================== Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes). ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).