Institut Supérieur des Beaux-Arts Saint-Luc de Liège

Courses were ok. I personally had some major issues with the old classic and anti-contemporary vision most of the art instructors there held. But it was no surprise to me when I knew a few instructors happened to be somewhat zealously relgious, so more contemporary ideas of art were mostly pushed to the side when some of us dabbled in it. I admit it did make for interesting heated intellectual conversation sometimes, but it made one tired of defending one's art, intellectual ideals, and reasoning all the time. It did teach me to be a stronger person in regards to my artistic beliefs. But again, some of the instructors I had when I was there have retired or are not there anymore. My best teacher was my Art History instructor who is extremely knowledgeable in her field. She always pushed us toward doing our best and seemed to understand us the best. She was one of the few open-minded instructors that had a vested interest in our more contemporary ideas and endeavors. Also, I used to have my painting, drawing, etching, art history and philosopy classes when we still had facilites at the Rue Ste-Marie location. Since 1995 they moved St-Luc Enseignement Supérieur to facilities located at Boulevard de la Constitution in Outremeuse (now called St-Luc Outremeuse). Now, I can't say if it has improved since.

Being more open to contemporary art, and having more classes that teach more contemportary techniques as well as the classic ones we were taught. It would have been nice to have some instructors who were more informed and interested in contemporary artists and contemporary exhibitions. They need to be less judgmental about what art is "supposed to be" according to them, and more of "what each artist will make of the idea of art according to the current events and ideas of their time."