Suggestions for industrial design?

KandKsmom
Sat, 19 Nov 2005 08:46:56 +0000

Mackinaw, Thanks for the reply and advice. I also emailed his hs art teacher to get her opinion about this and other questions about his art, but didn’t hear back from her yet. It sure would be easier to know how best to guide him in this interest if his dad and I had any background knowledge about the art field -thank God for this forum!

We are planning on allowing him to take advantage of area art programs (community college courses, area studios’ weekly classes, etc.) over the summer. Fortunately, we do have access to decent art schools/instructors in our area-though we are not in Kansas I am going to look into the prospect of a tutor for him, also. Where is the best place to do this? Through a college’s art department? A studio? His major problem with taking additional classes locally during the school year is he swims competitively and practices each day, virtually year round with meets on most weekends. Maybe a tutor would offer some flexibility in scheduling?

I will share with him your thoughts on the attendance to the NPD at MICA. I had no idea what it involved, so your honesty is greatly appreciated. At this point I am thinking it would be best to let him develop more artistically and maybe go to some next year. Thanks!