I Got An A+ in Art and You Can Too is a bit of an anomaly within the Emily Carr Artist Book Catalog (ECUABC). It is the first book I’ve come across that resembles a book that you would find not the shelf of Chapters, Indigo, or within the online selection of Amazon. It is very different from most books within the ECUABC. It is written by Tonik Wojtyla and published by Standard Form in 2007 and should be mandatory reading for all art students and every art school should have this be part of every student tool kit for success.
The author has brilliantly managed to write a no-nonsense guide for the average art student who is starting their journey in art school. When you first open the book, you notice that a copy of Tonik Wojtyla’s University of Toronto photocopied transcript with all the class grades is neatly folded and presented as a proof of concept to the reader. Also contained within the book is a bookmark with the words “Today is Gravy” on once side. The author has thought ahead and is suggesting that there will be parts that you may want to keep handy for the future
