ART RESEARCH

*Within the last decade there has been a systemic trend which I am not fully comfortable with - with regards to art education: The Artist PHD 
It has to do with multiple "markets", the market of art as well as the education/study marketplace and the (seemingly) endless ways of monetizing the arts and art education. There has also been a trend in the means with which these "schools" gather their curriculum rather than develop them through the hiring of individuals. The brainstorms are "solicited" in the most economical (for the institution) ways possible for example

 http://www.paris.edu/pages/detail/764/Call-for-Proposals
Call for Proposals The Foundation Course in Art and Design: A History Uncovered, A Future Imagined A collaboration between 'Art School Educated' (Tate Research) and Paris College of Art An Open Call for Proposals Application Deadline: March 15th, 2013 The Foundation Course in Art & Design: History Uncovered, Future Imagined – Submissions Form & Guidelines ... We are seeking ideas for the future of the Foundation Course in Art and Design. Artists, Educators, Designers, Historians, Theorists, and Writers are invited to contribute assignments that re-imagine the Foundation Course to be included in a publication and a two-day research workshop at Paris College of Art in June 2013. Questions that this collaboration hopes to explore include-but are not limited to-the following: 
- What are the skills to be mastered in 21st-century art school? 
- Do these skills differ from craft; if so, how? 
- How can schools prepare students, both in terms of markets as well as essential skills? 
- Is an ABC of practical visual grammar still relevant? 
- How do we inspire the connections between the head, hand and body? 
- Is the very idea of inspiration outmoded in the collaborative transnational network of the internet? 
- What introductory education can lay the groundwork for the demands of the international art and design world? 
> How might a 21st-century institution balance a student's desire for individual expression and collective learning? 
> What instructional methods, if any, remain relevant? What instructional methods, if absent, should appear on the foundation course curriculum? ... The hundred best proposals-those most original and innovative in pedagogy and technology-will be accepted for publication in the forthcoming work: '100 Assignments: The Future of the Foundation Course in Art and Design' published by Paris College of Art Press in June 2013 Six workshops will be chosen to represent the most innovative teaching at foundation level worldwide. Assignments will be taught at Paris College of Art, Paris, France as part of the, 'The Foundation Course in Art and Design: A History Uncovered, A Future Imagined' event on the 28th and 29th June, 2013.
Footnote:
Estimated Expenses in Euros 2012-2013 Academic Year Annual tuition, including all school fees: 25,600 euros
Suggested expenses: Health Insurance (French Social Security) 207 euros Housing 7,200 euros Personal / Meals 4,000 euros Books and supplies 1,375 euros Local transportation 500 euros