Janet Kaiser on mon 4 aug 03
What a rude man! Or was it woman? Anyway, they should be dunked
in a smelly slurry bin head first!
Ellie... I do hope you are going to take that further? There
would be cause for complaint directly to and with the institution
concerned here in the UK. If the reason for not giving you a
place was age and age alone and you are only 53 (i.e. would
complete the Masters degree before retirement age) the college
could be made to admit you. Naturally only as long as you meet
all other admission criteria...
You hang in girl! NO AGEISM IN CLAY!!! ...or anywhere else come
to that...
Sincerely
Janet Kaiser
*** IN REPLY TO THE FOLLOWING MAIL:
>Tony, I would like this information too. I completed my degree
in
>ceramics in 2002. I wanted to go on and get my masters but my
professor
>told me I should forget it and just make pots. I was too old to
take on
>that pressure. I am 53 and it really ticked me off. I can't
believe that
>his opinion is the norm out there. I still am checking into the
>possibility and would like the info.
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The Chapel of Art - Capel Celfyddyd
8 Marine Crescent - Criccieth LL52 0EA
Wales - UK - http://www.the-coa.org.uk
Tel: (++44) 01766-523570
Home of The International Potters=92 Path
kruzewski on tue 5 aug 03
professor
>told me I should forget it and just make pots. I was too old to
take on
>that pressure. I am 53 and it really ticked me off.
I am, at 46, the youngest on the ceramics degree course. One student is 58
the other is mid '60s. We have a lot to do with the design students and the
fine art. The younger ones there are in the minority. Mostly we are mid
life, change of career, and retired and doing what we've always wanted -
some are in their '70s - and powerhouses! It is a very mixed group, and we
all get on, all equal, whatever the age.
This creates a buzz, people with a lifetime of experiences and bringing them
to art - doing maybe something they've wanted to but couldn't all their
lives, some have been artists for a long time but only now decided to do the
degree. The younger ones have a different perspective again, but not
necessarily the one you'd expect!
Creativity has no boundaries and no age limits.
Jacqui
North Wales
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