{"id":6954,"date":"2019-10-25T13:38:53","date_gmt":"2019-10-25T17:38:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/?p=6954"},"modified":"2019-10-25T13:47:50","modified_gmt":"2019-10-25T17:47:50","slug":"the-art-of-the-details-cat-ganim-03-on-putting-her-arts-education-to-use","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/news\/the-art-of-the-details-cat-ganim-03-on-putting-her-arts-education-to-use\/","title":{"rendered":"The Art of The Details: Cat Ganim \u201803 on Putting Her Arts Education to Use"},"content":{"rendered":"

As the famed abstraction artist Pablo Picasso once said, \u201cEvery child is an artist. The only problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.\u201d Many would fervently argue the validity of this statement, as across the decades and over a vast stretch of ocean, Cat Ganim was one of those children who held the spark of divine artistic prowess. Growing up in her hometown of East Greenwich, RI, Ganim recalls an early life spent painting and drawing, taking inspiration from her grandmother, an oil painter. She carried this passion with her throughout her adolescence, stating, \u201cI always enjoyed it, and I felt in the back of my head that if I majored in the arts then I wouldn\u2019t have to sit behind a desk all day. I wanted to be creative and have the freedom to create.\u201d With a healthy dose of encouragement from her parents, and tuition assistance from a hefty scholarship, Ganim decided that URI would be the best option for her and her future in the arts.<\/span><\/p>\n

While enrolled at URI, Ganim became completely immersed in the world of art, coming into her own as an art boeuf along the way. \u201cI realized I was way more interested in history while taking art classes,\u201d she states, \u201cHistory creates a narrative that details the human journey. I loved creating, but I loved history even more.\u201d Having declared an art studio major already, Ganim took another discipline under her wing in the form of art history. \u201cEducation in art history helps you add context to any historical event,\u201d Ganim says. \u201cIt can also help frame current events.\u201d She notes that she found enjoyment in working as a docent at the URI art studio, where she got to see visitors currently working as artists, as well as finding joy in the critique parts of her studio classes. \u201cIt helped me articulate my thoughts in more meaningful ways,\u201d she says. \u201cIt also helped me put stories behind my own artwork and question the choices made by other artists.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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After graduating in 2003 with a double major in art studio and art history, Ganim found a way to use her art degrees in a new professional field: the fast-paced world of business. She now works as a product manager, utilizing design in a field which she describes as \u201cthe nexus of where business, design, and technology intersect.\u201d Her work involves understanding the business side of technology and vice versa, in addition to designing solutions to customers\u2019 problems. Working collaboratively with members of her team, Ganim helps successfully build digital products. One of her latest achievements is co-founding OysterTracker, an app that assists shellfish farmers by keeping them up to date on their shellfish yield, as well as advising changes in farming techniques. With her career fully realized, Ganim has found the art in business and technology, and to those who wish to follow suit she has this to say: \u201cDon\u2019t be afraid of not being able to thrive in today\u2019s workforce with an arts education. The skills you learn can work in various businesses and industries. Ask around to see how others are using their education because you don\u2019t, for example, need an engineering degree to become a developer. You can definitely learn from those out in the workforce.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Cat Ganim ’03 puts her art degree to use as a product manager, utilizing design in a field she describes as \u201cthe nexus of where business, design, and technology intersect.\u201d One of her latest achievements is co-founding OysterTracker, an app that assists shellfish farmers by keeping them up to date on their shellfish yield, as well as advising changes in farming techniques. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1089,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[157,276,279],"class_list":["post-6954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-art-and-art-history","tag-art-history","tag-art-studio"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6954","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1089"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6954"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6954\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6975,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6954\/revisions\/6975"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}