Recently on facebook I was able to reunite with some of my old high school friends. Now the school I went to was a small rural school. Potosi High School district pretty much covered the entirety of Washington County.
Come to find out two of my high school buddies are are also making their living from their artwork. One is a commercial illustrator and the other is doing well with his printmaking through the gallery show circuit. For a couple rural school Jr High and High School art teachers to have students carry on into art careers is quite a testament to the job they did. It also shows that you don't have to go to a large highly funded suburban school to get a decent cultural education.
John Tweedie and J. Ellis Smith My hat is off to you and I thank you for the work you did with young people so many years ago.
Come to find out two of my high school buddies are are also making their living from their artwork. One is a commercial illustrator and the other is doing well with his printmaking through the gallery show circuit. For a couple rural school Jr High and High School art teachers to have students carry on into art careers is quite a testament to the job they did. It also shows that you don't have to go to a large highly funded suburban school to get a decent cultural education.
John Tweedie and J. Ellis Smith My hat is off to you and I thank you for the work you did with young people so many years ago.