Comments on: Sadly, this is the end.

By: Daniel Ludvigson

Daniel Ludvigson — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 03:18:02 +0000

I know the feeling. I teach were their hasn’t been an elementry art class for 7 years. The age old “we don’t have the money” saying is to blam. Which is true (sadly) but when I get those kids in middle/high school I have to start with basics they should of learned in elementry (like, what colors mix to make what!)

But overally I think things will get better, time I think is on the right side.

By: Jane LaFazio

Jane LaFazio — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 16:10:40 +0000

oh……sad. I can hear you discouragement.
Your comments to the ‘create long beach’ folks were articulate, and powerful. You’ve fought the good fight, for the sake of the kids…let’s just hope that the cycle will spin and return arts to the schools. I’m hopeful with Obama and his acknowledgement of the arts…..
I continue with Mundo Lindo, and now an afterschool program for 3-6 graders in San Marcos. The kids are loving the art and so happy to be there. You too have affected many many children in your 10 years of volunteering…celebrate that.
WE know the value of arts. we know. Others will begin to see it…. I’m hopeful.
xo

By: shiborigirl

shiborigirl — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 16:00:10 +0000

i shudder to think that there are people even now that don’t know what weaving is! what will become of us in the future? i know it may sound melodramatic but woven cloth is such an essential part of the human experience (we have come to take it for granted) that a basic understanding AT LEAST might be all we can hope for now.

i hate to think so (is it hopeless?) but all the evidence seems to confirm it. while it is not my usual mindset to be so pessimistic, in this case i feel justified. perhaps if i hadn’t spent over ten years volunteering free art lessons and seen the issues up close and personal, perhaps if i wasn’t a full time artist/maker myself who knows what it takes to survive as one i might not care as much. i even shed a few tears over this, silly as it may seem. but i have come to the conclusion that by ending this perhaps something else will appear in it’s place and if not you can be assured that i have many other ways to spend that time and creative energy.

do carry on with your saturdays, i think you have the power to plant some seeds of hope and i look forward to hearing more

By: jude

jude — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 12:03:09 +0000

hey. i hear you. that orange twist says it all. i have just signed on at the local library to run a saturday weaving workshop for kids. some people called me and asked me about it because they didn’t know what weaving was. is it hopeless?