We had a really interesting tour around the Ceramics area at the Faculty of Fine Arts here in La Plata. Class sizes are huge - sometimes up to 70 students in a studio class, but Prof's team teach so the ratio of teacher to student is about the same as in Canada. Education is free and anyone can take classes in Fine Arts so people just do not get turned away. We had a great chat about all sorts of aspects of teaching and the kind of works that the students make. After the introductory technique class, students all work on self-directed projects, primarily making sculptural pieces as galleries will show ceramic work if its 'sculpture' but not if its craft, ie. functional ware.
Highlight - some seriously beautiful foot-powered throwing wheels...
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