James Elkins points out that schools of art used to divide the arts into only two categories: fine art and industrial art. Then the intellectuals expanded the categories to: painting, sculpture, architecture, music, and poetry. From there it’s a quick leap to: performance, video, film, photography, fiber, weaving, silkscreen, ceramics, interior architecture, industrial design, fashion, artists’ books, printmaking, kinetic sculpture, computing, neon, and holography. To which I’d add: entrepreneurship, customer service, invention, technology, connection, leadership, and a dozen others. These are
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