pdp1@EARTHLINK.NET on thu 1 jan 04
Hi Vince,
Thank you...
I did not have in mind...the Pottery Teachers, sincere and
accomplished in their own disciplines or similarly, those
Art instructors or
the like as
you mention...that is not what I was thinking of...!
Oh...sorry I was sloppy...the context of the larger dialoge
implied I had meant who I didn;t mean at all...
I spoke carelessly - pardon me...
Your Appalachian Center for Craft seems very fun and earnest
and admirable from
all I have gleaned.
I would expect to be very happy should I attend or sit in.
I do not mean you and yours...or anyone similar at all.
And...
It is certainly useful and constructive for practioners of
anything, to have occasions of discussing their work,
learning or evolveing their own nomenclature and vocabulary,
being able to spend time with, or to communicate at least,
with
their peers and kindred spirits.
I was thinking of clever phonys I suppose...as may in some
measure of connotation/association have sullied the term
'Academia' for some people's experience.
I was sloppy in my generalization...
There any number of formal Academics as I am sure I would
delight to know were I fortunate enough to meet them.
And...I expect there are those whom I would find tempting to
criticise for their ways...
Happy 2004 Vince!
&...To All...
Phil
lasvegas
----- Original Message -----
From: "Vince Pitelka"
> > Too...I doubt for myself that I have spent one
one-hundreth
> > of a percent, of the time I have spent Making Things,
> > engauged in conversation or analysis about making
things,
> > let alone to do so as academics may, who themselves most
> > often, have never made anything but what is conduced by
> > obligeing infrastructure unto the Water Treatment
facilities
> > of their local estuaries or the like...
>
> Phil -
> I love the way you write, and I appreciate all that you
contribute to
> Clayart, but in my experience the above paragraph applies
to very few of the
> academics in university studio art departments around the
country. Most
> good universities are very thorough about making sure that
their faculty
> remain productive, and most faculty WANT to remain
productive. Most of the
> art faculty I have ever known feel very fortunate to have
their jobs, and
> are enthusiastic about what they do.
>
> Where did you formulate such negative opinions about
academia? I'd love to
> know. As you can probably tell, my own experience has
been almost
> completely opposite, and I am very supportive of academic
education in art.
> Sure, that is partly because I am an academic, but it is
also because I see
> so many people getting excellent training in art in
colleges and
> universities around the country.
> Best wishes -
> - Vince
>
> Vince Pitelka
> Appalachian Center for Craft
> Tennessee Technological University
> 1560 Craft Center Drive, Smithville TN 37166
> Home - vpitelka@dtccom.net
> 615/597-5376
> Office - wpitelka@tntech.edu
> 615/597-6801 x111, FAX 615/597-6803
> http://iweb.tntech.edu/wpitelka/
> http://www.tntech.edu/craftcenter/
>
>
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