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The Fall of a School

New York - It was announced last week that fifteen Art Institutes scattered across the country would close, the largest of which would be the Art Institute of New York City. This is one of the schools in which I teach. It is also where I began my teaching career and it is the school in which I have taught the longest. A teach-out will begin...

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To sew or not to sew?

It’s that time again when fashion students a few months shy of graduating struggle to divide their time between the creative task of assembling their final portfolio and the practical one of sewing their final collection. Without either, they cannot graduate. In some schools, a percentage of the collection can be sewn by an outside professional...