I'm working on a BFA with a concentration in Digital Arts. Instead of telling people all of that, and having to explain, I just tell them im working on a degree in graphic design. It seems most people today don't really see art as art unless it's in a museum or has won an award. I can see how you would be slightly bothered by the man calling what you do a hobby. Hobbies are something you do in your free time. Going to school for six years working on a BFA doesn't make what you enjoy to do a hobby. It's an art. Take painting, ceramics, or drawing for example. Most people would consider those to just be hobbies, yet I know many people going to grad school for each of those "hobbies". I don't think this issues is solely in fine arts but many other arts. Like music, lets say you play the piano. Most people just consider it a hobby. Yet if you played at a large concert or won awards, it would no longer be looked at as a hobby imo. It's sad that people think art has to be amazing and brilliant for it to have any meaning.

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i've had people call my jewelry making a hobby!!!???!!!! rather ticked me off....this isn't a hobby to me....to me, my hobbies are my journal making, drawing, photomaniping, writing, reading and such....stuff that i love to do, but do it every once in a while....i do my jewelry ALL the time...i have my jewelry stuff ALL over the house; i've sold some to people here on DA and to people i know and done lots of trades here on DA.....so if i'm making friends and money off this, it is not a hobby....but a future job for me (hopefully i'll be able to sell my stuff somewhere in the next couple yrs; i have a friend who plans to open his own gift shop in a couple yrs and said he'd carry my stuff when he does )

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I meet such people almost every day

Situation 1:
A photo - about 70% is a CAR, 30% - a company building.
Client: "Get rid of the car. I like this photo and I got a fried who is a PROFESSIONAL and he said that's no problem. I wanna see my company's buliding. You just need to do it with the computer you know?"
I felt like an idiot for a moment. Computer will do it. Everyone knows THAT

Situation 2:
I've started work in new place. I ask my new boss - "Why do you make all websites in Flash? There are some that just need simple HTML coding!" He said - "We are not buing HTML in next couple of months. Use Flash."
I didn't knew what to say...

And I just started my day at work. Wonder what will happen...

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Well said.

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"We are not buying (?) HTML in [the] next couple of months. Use Flash."

Yeah, my mom has offered to sell my ceramic work in her gallery that she's opening. Now, granted that everyone's mom feels their child's work will sell, it's still worth a try. hehe

I definitely agree with how you feel.

My degree emphasis was graphic design as well, but became extremely interested in ceramics my second to last semester. Ideally, I would like to combine the two areas somehow. I better start thinking of some way to define that now, I guess. lol

^-^that's really cool! best of luck with that

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Thank you. Good luck to you as well.