art is pretentious and bullstuff. i will only acknowledge a person as an artist if they can sell it, despite if i like it or not.
of course your stuffty art schools wants you to believe it has value beyond that. the product they sell is to get you into those classrooms, they will tell you anything to validate your hobbies as legit.
there are way too many professional artists out there right now. thus, plenty of starbucks employees to be had.