Hi, need to submit a 1000 words paper on the topic Pursuing Art in Grad School at UCLA. I attended painting and drawing classes every week from 7 years of age until 15 years of age.&nbsp. I came to the U.S. from Taiwan at a young age.&nbsp. I fully credit my parents with having given me the tools to succeed in the art world in the U.S.&nbsp. My parents passed on to me their interest in collecting paintings of a wide variety.&nbsp. Therefore, we have an art gallery at home full of famous paintings from both Taiwan and China.&nbsp. My parents consistently took me and my siblings to art galleries and are still one of our favorite family activities when we get together.&nbsp.

Regarding my own personal interest in art, I’ve participated in numerous painting and drawing contests.&nbsp. When I moved to the United States for high school, I attended a creative and performing arts school in San Diego and continued working on my artistic talent.&nbsp. After high school, I developed my other interests in design.&nbsp. I chose to work on fashion design.

Fashion is an art to me.&nbsp. I wanted to pursue art on a different level, however.&nbsp. After graduating from college, I wanted to have more formal higher education experience focused not just on art as it is studied in traditional schools, but also study art at another level at UCLA.&nbsp. My purpose in pursuing this graduate degree in art at UCLA is undergirded by the fact that I know UCLA is an excellent school with a stellar reputation in this field.&nbsp. UCLA also has respect for diversity in its student body, which was important to me in selecting a grad school program.&nbsp. The UCLA faculty is very experienced and knowledgeable in several aspects of the art world, which was also another key factor in deciding to apply here.

I sincerely feel that attending UCLA will help me become a better artist.&nbsp. My ultimate goals in obtaining a graduate degree in art are to 1) own my own gallery. 2) share my art with the public at large. and 3) work with art museums and/or galleries in order to restore and preserve masterpieces for posterity, so our children and grandchildren will still be able to appreciate creative pieces from master artists.

Obtaining a graduate degree in art at UCLA would not only serve to bolster my experience and interest in art, but would also help provide a schema for how to realize my dreams.&nbsp. Wanting to become well-known in the art world, I believe this degree would give me instant credibility that would signify my expertise in not only dealing with art but creating it.&nbsp. I thank you for reading and for your thoughtful consideration of my application in light of the above-stated comments.

I have accomplished many personal achievements in my lifetime, but I consider many of these achievements as exemplars for my community (including my family).&nbsp. Having grown up as an immigrant, I realize the incredible opportunities that coming to America gave me and my family.&nbsp. I will be forever grateful for those.

&nbsp.&nbsp.&nbsp.&nbsp.&nbsp.&nbsp.&nbsp.&nbsp.&nbsp.&nbsp.&nbsp. Undertaking this graduate degree in art from UCLA, therefore, is not only a source of personal accomplishment but a symbol of community pride for everyone I know and love that contributes to my culture—both in the U.S. and in Taiwan.&nbsp.

&nbsp.&nbsp.&nbsp.&nbsp.&nbsp.&nbsp.&nbsp.&nbsp.&nbsp.&nbsp.&nbsp. While in Taiwan, I won the first-place award for the Taiwan Shei-Pa National Park’s official drawing contest when I was only an 11-year-old elementary school student—chosen from all the student contestants in all of Taiwan.&nbsp. When I came to attend high school in the U.S., my art was selected to be displayed in the school’s graduation art show.&nbsp. In addition, I’ve also participated in a breast cancer fundraising fashion show in San Diego in October of 2012, helping with the organization’s implementation of the show.&nbsp.