College for goths?

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MortSanglant

Mortuary Science schools are hardly goth.

Have you ever been to one?

Unless you're going for MS, I'm venturing to say no.
They dress pretty darn conservatively.

No one is going to buy a funeral from a person with 50 holes in his head, unnaturally dyed hair, black nail polish, and fishnets.

Sorry.

Thank you for that; I am well aware of it. I do know they are very conservative, it's only common sense given the situation, and some people happen to like it. Also, not every one is that far away on the end of the spectrum.

 

[MortSanglant]

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MortSanglant

Mortuary Science schools are hardly goth.

Have you ever been to one?

Unless you're going for MS, I'm venturing to say no.
They dress pretty darn conservatively.

No one is going to buy a funeral from a person with 50 holes in his head, unnaturally dyed hair, black nail polish, and fishnets.

Sorry.

Thank you for that; I am well aware of it. I do know they are very conservative, it's only common sense given the situation, and some people happen to like it. Also, not every one is that far away on the end of the spectrum.

Don't sound too aware when you claim it implies "goth". 90% of the mortuary students I know are not goth in the slightest.

 

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MortSanglant

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MortSanglant

Mortuary Science schools are hardly goth.

Have you ever been to one?

Unless you're going for MS, I'm venturing to say no.
They dress pretty darn conservatively.

No one is going to buy a funeral from a person with 50 holes in his head, unnaturally dyed hair, black nail polish, and fishnets.

Sorry.

Thank you for that; I am well aware of it. I do know they are very conservative, it's only common sense given the situation, and some people happen to like it. Also, not every one is that far away on the end of the spectrum.

Don't sound too aware when you claim it implies "goth". 90% of the mortuary students I know are not goth in the slightest.

I meant the concept itself is goth. Not the people. I should have specified.

 

[Naztakuan]

pretty much any art school  

[Jinx Noir]

DreamerSpirit

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DreamerSpirit

After going on a bunch of college tours over the past year, I've found that art schools seem to have a larger population of gothy types than your average college.

I saw a few while I was touring Massachusetts College of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, The Art Institute of Boston (this is not one of the Ai franchise schools, for the record), and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts. The other colleges I toured were all normal colleges with small art departments, and I didn't see any goths around.




Come the fall, I'll be another art school goth. heart

Yeah, it kind of figures. There are a lot of goths that are very talented artists. For a while I wanted to go to art school, but I just don't think I'm good enough to make a living off of it. sweatdrop It would be awesome to go see all those colleges on the east coast, they have some awesome architecture that's really old and beautiful. Unfortunately I live on the opposite side of the country. D:

The architecture of many of the colleges around here is fantastic, and it is certainly one of the charms of the New England region!

As far as 'making a living off of art', I used to worry about that a lot as well; but over the years I've met a ton of artists; both online and out in the world, and all of them seem to be able to get by; some of them do have second jobs which are not art-related, but it seems that the majority of the artists I know are able to make a living entirely within their field.

Sometimes the jobs that they have are a little wierd; I have one friend who teaches metalsmithing at a local arts center at night, and works at a dentists office making metal caps for teeth by day. She also had a job in jewellery repair at one point.

I'm going to school for fashion. I understand taht I may not be able to make it as an independent designer (though that is my dream, and I will pursue it), but I know that if I can't devote myself to that full time then I can likely get some other job in my field anyways; working for a different company as a designer or pattern drafter, doing commission work, teaching sewing and dressmaking classes, doing alteration work, or perhaps a mixture of these things.

If you examine the specific field of art that you are/were looking into, you might come to realize that there are actually a lot of careers that will be open to you!

Very true, artists are slippery that way. They do all sorts of odd things to pay rent.

Thing is I enjoy art, but I don't know that I'd enjoy doing it for money. I'm going to a community college to get my general education and then at the end of those two years I'm going to transfer to a university to get a degree in my chosen field (haven't decided yet).

I wish you luck with your design work! If you ever put up an online clothing site send me a link and I'll be sure to send it to all my friends. 3nodding

Well I haven't got a grip on what I like and don't like as far as academics go yet, so I'm going to take a few classes and see what I like best.  

[Jinx Noir]

MediaclCunt

The school my boyfriend went to up in Allentown was basically all goths and stoners. I can't think of the name,though.

lol. Well I have no idea where Allentown is. sweatdrop  

[metalfandragula]

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MediaclCunt

The school my boyfriend went to up in Allentown was basically all goths and stoners. I can't think of the name,though.

lol. Well I have no idea where Allentown is. sweatdrop

could be the one in southeastern PA.  

[Jinx Noir]

metalfandragula

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MediaclCunt

The school my boyfriend went to up in Allentown was basically all goths and stoners. I can't think of the name,though.

lol. Well I have no idea where Allentown is. sweatdrop

could be the one in southeastern PA.

Ah. East coast schools are too far.  

[DreamerSpirit]

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Very true, artists are slippery that way. They do all sorts of odd things to pay rent.

Thing is I enjoy art, but I don't know that I'd enjoy doing it for money. I'm going to a community college to get my general education and then at the end of those two years I'm going to transfer to a university to get a degree in my chosen field (haven't decided yet).

I wish you luck with your design work! If you ever put up an online clothing site send me a link and I'll be sure to send it to all my friends. 3nodding

Well I haven't got a grip on what I like and don't like as far as academics go yet, so I'm going to take a few classes and see what I like best.

Thank you for the support! ^^

I am actually planning on getting a website up by the middle of summer (since I need money...)  

[Ms Dahl]

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I was curious to see if there were any colleges noted as having an unusual amount of goth students.

The college I attend has virtually NO Goths. We're overrun with those annoying little metalcore/scene kids. There are a few metalheads. Oh and practically NO punks either.  

[Lady Nasia Estelle]

The Art Institute of Portland has quite a large population, I went on a tour for like an hour and saw maybe 30 gothly looking folk and that is a large number, it's a fairly small school.