[Jewelry making - Article 00214] - Re: [Orchid] Revere Academy or North Bennet Street School?

[Marcie]

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    I attended a series of classes at the Revere Academy - the
    Fabrication series 2 and 3, and the Stone setting series and I
    thought they were fabulous. After having taken classes in a museum
    school environment, I felt that I lacked the rigorous technical
    training that I needed. While I had learned a lot, it often was out
    of sequence and spotty, based on whatever technical problems I
    happened to encounter in the jewelry project I chose. I found the
    Revere Academy to be carefully thought out, carefully sequenced
    classes that taught all the skills from beginning onward, in the
    order that you needed to learn them. I would have loved to attended
    their intensive 3 month program. 

    While looking into where to go for more training, I also looked at
    the North Bennet Street School and found it to be quite rigid, and
    very lengthy. People who I know who've graduated from it have
    superior technical skills. In the past, there was no emphasis on
    design. It may have changed since I looked at it. I'd suggest asking
    the school for graduates who you can talk with. It is a long term
    commitment, and keeps you without income for many more months than
    the Revere program. 

    I think one of the key differences is that you stay at the North
    Bennet Street School long enough to master and practice the skills
    you learn. With the Revere Academy, you need the discipline to go
    home and replicate the exercises until you are confident that the
    skills belong to you. 

Good luck!
Marcia Rae
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