I graduated an art school in France. You don't have to pay for that, the fees are extremely low (you can pay it by working 3h a week as a waiter). So the problem is surely elsewhere than around the financial problem.
The social part is the trickier one. The art school gives you access to a wonderful networking playground, and you discover very quickly that attending vernissages and parties are mostly as importing as "working" on your art.
If you come from a rich family, it will help, not because you will be able to pay the school fees, but because you will be able to play with the social codes for this. Check Pierre Bourdieu for more about this and the social construction around "distinction" and "reproduction".
Even with all this you are still not sure of anything. Most of the artists didn't even attend an art school.
I graduated an art school in France. You don't have to pay for that, the fees are extremely low (you can pay it by working 3h a week as a waiter). So the problem is surely elsewhere than around the financial problem.
The social part is the trickier one. The art school gives you access to a wonderful networking playground, and you discover very quickly that attending vernissages and parties are mostly as importing as "working" on your art.
If you come from a rich family, it will help, not because you will be able to pay the school fees, but because you will be able to play with the social codes for this. Check Pierre Bourdieu for more about this and the social construction around "distinction" and "reproduction".
Even with all this you are still not sure of anything. Most of the artists didn't even attend an art school.