Comments for State of Flux - The future of Australian ceramics education at http://australianceramics.com/home , comment 0 to 1 out of 1 comments http://australianceramics.com/home Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:30:25 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://australianceramics.com/home/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=58&Itemid=76#pc_25 Damon, really interesting article. I agree that studio education is the only way to properly build skills. Some tertiary courses go some way but do not involve the time or intensity needed. I recall teaching three ceramic subjects concurrently at TAFE once! Absolutely ridiculous. Your idea of mentoring, and the formal and intensive practice involved with that, is good. Maybe the Federal or State Government could fund this? On visual/fine arts, I agree about what I would term the "wank" factor. But as potters I do not think we spend enough time learning about things like how to "see" so maybe there are some things the visual/fine arts can teach us? On the money side I do not think ceramics should complain too much aout money going to visual arts when we have often tried to pretend we are different and special - the fortress ceramica problem. Great work should get great prices. Happy potting. - Gary H Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:30:26 +0100