art student

Easel-wielding learner

An art student is someone studying visual arts at a school, college, or university.

The term conjures a stereotype: creative, unconventional, perhaps broke—wearing paint-splattered clothes and carrying a portfolio.

She dressed like an art student even after becoming a banker.

Art students study drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, or design, depending on their program.

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oil paint · portfolio · critique · palette · printmaking · exhibition · graphic design · sculpture · charcoal · mixed media · studio · studio apartment · ceramics · creative expression · mentor · creativity · paper · bohemian

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professional status

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Academic who teaches creativity

art teacher · art critic · old master · art collector · museum curator

field of study

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One studying applied sciences

law student · medical student

relationship to creativity/expression

art studenttradesman

Skilled manual worker

technician · bureaucrat · accountant · actuary · assembly line worker

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