[Jewelry making - Article 00205] - Re: [Orchid] Self taught Vs Formal training

[Joel Schwalb]

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Richard,

    I think that James Millers being not regarded as qualified to teach
    may have something to do with the entrenched system in the U.K. I
    think that here in the USA the system is somewhat more open minded
    and flexible. In my own experience I was invited back to my
    undergraduate school to teach immediately after completing my MFA at
    Cranbrook. I had no teaching experience. That was in 1965. More
    recently, 1997, I received a call from our local community college
    asking if I would be interested in teaching a 2 credit jewelry
    workshop course. That call was based solely on a recommendation of
    one of my peers. They had no idea that I had any teaching experience.
    I have been teaching two sections of that course since 1997. 

    You also mentioned SNAG. SNAG's membership, I believe, is made up
    mostly of jewelers and metalsmiths who are involved in the academic
    world. This is a world that can be quite insular. I think that
    student jewelers and metalsmiths studying in colleges and
    universities could benefit greatly from some one like James Miller
    on the faculty. James, if you are reading this I bet that there would
    be more than one school here in the USA that would be happy to have
    you. 

Joel Schwalb
www.schwalbstudio.com


 
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