interview_4yrVA

The following is a quick Interview with a 4th Year Current Visual Arts Major.

Do you go on the visual arts website?
 * Yes, frequently. I am pretty heavily affiliated in the york visual arts community, working for the AGYU.

What are your thoughts on the current VA website?
 * I like the new look, the clean grid, and especially the columns. I go on to look at the News and Events a lot. I also like that each faculty is separated yet uses the same website, I mean the design site is great, but it should be more correlating and united.

Do you like the gallery and art work, particularly in design? Would you want something similar for say Photography or Visual Arts?
 * The gallery is nice, and i'm sure it would be nice to have, yet I don't find it necessary.

Whats your opinion of the twitter account?
 * I personally don't use it but I know a lot of people do!

Whats your opinion on the separation between current and perspective students? Do you have an opinion on whether they should be separate on the York site or in the faculty of Visual Arts?
 * Well they are already separated early on, aren't they? And so they should be, very distinct, very separated.

What do you think of the new my.york? Would it be helpful if there was a more personalized or artsy myVA section similar to that?
 * I don't even know where my.york is... (Browses the site) Oh, the my.yorku.ca is great. It does list all my courses and you can get it to be pretty specific and customized! I don't think a different fine arts one is necessary at all.

Do you have an opinion about other school websites? Any websites that caught your eye?
 * Oh, RISD is SO nice! They have an amazing grad section, the photography and galleries are really browsable and their video section is great! I also think the School of Visual arts in New York have a good site, it's pretty simple but very effective. Oh and Emily Carr's new link also looks wonderful!

