Why Cooperate?

First considerations for an international printmaking cooperative - Since the time he visited Paris’s Atelier 17 in 1969, the author has sustained a vision of the benefits of bringing printmakers from all over the whole wide world together for the ostensible reason of making prints. Has the reason why changed in 40 years? 587 Words. ©2009 Bill Ritchie. sp090531. Full text by email request: ritchie@emeralda.com

On Blogs

Blogs I did not get to write
His day started out not like any other day. Earlier-than-usual to rise, beset by the same cascade of ideas of things to do, things to be done, things to write most important of all; but there’ll be no blog today he decided, because he tidied up his novel. 1128 Words. Full text by email request: ritchie@emeralda.com

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.