tl;dr What do people think about a separate method for arts degrees that's more akin to applause and somehow brings in Bard? (just in general).
longer: I didn't think about this when voting last month, but the new art degrees are kind of how we used to award Bard. A person produces Good Art, and by acclaim they are awarded Bard. I'd be a bit sad to see that sidelined, plus the peer-review process seems a bit stuffy for art. Not that art *can't* be reviewed critically and academically, but (1) most people are producing it for the applause not the analysis when they publish and (2) it's just less fun to do a piece of performance art, get told "that's just a draft here's the critiques in your rhyme scheme" and publish it again. Better for people to applaud and say "that's some good art, any 'mistakes' are just little happy trees and part of the performance." So just thinking about writing a method for that and looking for general feedback first. -G.
