Franchise Quest

Building a four-legged stool for art education in the age of digital reproduction - Considering a comment by his collaborator, the author attempts to assemble four disparate but complementary pictures described as puzzles. Teaching, research, practice and service principles guide his thinking and assembling them. The goal is a franchise. 1517 Words. Full text by email request: ritchie@emeralda.com.

Halfwood Cruise

Taking the Mini for a cruise
After he designed and tested a miniature etching press, this art teacher planned a course. Cruise passengers can take printmaking classes on an Alaska Cruise that’s unlike any other art course offered onshore. A PDA was his inspiration fourteen years ago. 761 Words. Copyright 2008 Bill Ritchie.Copyright 2008 Bill Ritchie. Full text by email request.

Eviscerating Notions

Call for art education reform
At SPEACON, the island of the domain-of-expertise in the Emeralda Region, the Emeralda Inventor and Master role plays a radio talk show after being introduced to a new channel for spoken word dissemination. He uses parts of a real e-mail message to begin. 2162 Words. ©1998 Bill H. Ritchie, Jr. Full text by email request.

Art meets Science and Joe Clark

Reading matter for Joe
Reinventing arts studios may be similar to reinventing the biochemistry labs. These words are from an almost instant custom newsletter the author made to give Joe Clark, president of Videodiscovery, for a visit Joe was paying to Ritchie's Perfect Studios. 1474 Words. Copyright 1991 Bill Ritchie. Full text by email request.

Persistent Worlds

Economic modeling in the age of digital reproduction
To this author, persistence is a kind of world, the art world, perhaps with a tenacious, stubborn and unmovable character of an illusionary place with values of its own. That is why he thinks of a place where new ideas are welcome. New ideas need a haven. 992 Words. Copyright 2008 Bill Ritchie. Full text by email request.