Funny you should mention CCAC. I was helping the daughter of a friend, who was a freshman this year. She was taking a "beginning" sewing and design class; only problem is, it wasn't a beginning class at all. I spent most of the year teaching her all the basics of sewing and clothing construction. But I didn't have enough time to teach the class in parallel. So this summer, she'll be taking a sewing class at a community college to learn the basics. So, her parents are spending 50K a year for a school that is not really giving her what she needs.
Perhaps CCAC thinks you can teach design without learning the basics of garment construction. Interesting. Joanna ----- Original Message ----- I met a student of California College of Arts and Crafts, who graduated this June with a BFA. I was sunning myself on the front porch. He asked if I wanted fifty pounds of terracotta clay. I said no, but I would like to see it. He showed me two stiff plastic bags. It was obvious the school had given him useless shit. It had dehydrated and needed to be soaked. I explained how to do this. He just stared at me as if I was making it up. I asked if he ever worked with clay. No. He had never worked with clay. He didn't know what an armature was or how to build one. It really doesn't matter anymore. There is no higher education, so there is no point in saving it. Sayonara motherfucker. Yours CG _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
