Where’s my Mask and Cape?

The greatest thing about running a pseudononymous blog is that when you run into studpidity, you can release a little of your burden by writing about it.
My dumb Me Teech Art butt, on the other hand, has a link right above the blue bar with the Twinkie that answers the question “Who is this guy [...]

“Teaching Artist” — Blog Name Crises Averted

You know, I’ve been wondering about the future of this blog called “Teaching Artist” since I began the transition from art faculty to art administrator.  I’m involved with opening an art center — a community-building, art showcasing, government supported endeavor.  It’s a clean slate with stuff written all over it, or behind it maybe. Whatever [...]

Taking Time to Adjust, ’cause, well, It Seems to Make Sense

During the course of the past two weeks I’ve wondered more than once how people with real jobs maintain blogs.  Do you all do any work?
I didn’ t used to…
Work, I mean…
I do now — even though I know it doesn’t count for Republicans-come-Libertarianish-ists because it’s for a government.  But, rest assured, I do work [...]

You may not be aware of this but…

All that stuff we teach college students how to do…
There’s a whole world out there where people actually go do those things.
Yeah, I never imagined it either.
It’s totally cool out there though.  Monday, I started a job out there and there’s people out there and none of them have two heads and I met a [...]

We’re Quite Self Reflexive About Our Orwellian Demise

I just came across this:

The Playmobile Security Checkpoint.
Your kids can live out a pretend world where people strip off their shoes and belts to have their Snapple taken away from them while undercover TSA agents routinely smuggle in weapons during test exercises.
Honestly, I’d think it was something on Slop Art, if it weren’t listed at [...]

Advice for Young Artists from a Young Artist

This morning, while searching for something to patch up a newly opened hole in my memory, I came across something I wrote eight, almost nine years ago.
“Some Words for Artists — What Phil Said” In the archives of kleinart.com.
I hadn’t forgotten that I wrote it.  But, I didn’t know it was still out there.
It may [...]

An Allegorical History of Higher Education

The Washington Post has a great little article up about the history of all the problems in American post-secondary education, called Dropping the Ball.
Oh.
No. Wait.
It’s actually about the Inaugural Ball(s).
But, it’s sort of funny if you read it as an allegorical tale about working in higher education.  At least, when I read it, I couldn’t [...]

My New Job. My New Year.

Two Thousand and Nine!
If there’s one thing that’s certain about 2008, it’s that just about everybody in America is glad to see that f**king thing gone.  We’ve all reaffirmed the importance of government leadership by doing without it for eight years.  And, even though no one really knows who & what to blame for who [...]