Re: SFAI - What's happening?

From: Dicky (email suppressed)
Date: Wed Apr 15 2009 - 18:19:07 PDT


The website that you link to in your message is kept very up-to-date, so any
news regarding what the administration is up to would most certainly be
added promptly. The most recent development is that the school is opening a
brand new School of Design in the fall of 2010—who knows with what
resources, since they are claiming financial exigency as an excuse to lay
off these tenured faculty members.

You should definitely sign the petition on the site, and I would also
encourage you to write to Chris Bratton directly (his email address is
linked from the wiki).

On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 3:31 PM, Brett Kashmere <email suppressed>wrote:

> Apologies in advance if this subject has already been broached on
> Frameworks and slipped past me, but I've recently learned of the San
> Francisco Art Institute's decision to fire nine tenured faculty members,
> including Janis Crystal Lipzin, who has been at the Institute for over 30
> years. I'm wondering what we can do collectively and as individuals to
> address the situation. Steve Anker has written a very eloquent and
> impassioned letter that is now circulating, and which can be read here
> (along with some additional letters):
> http://sfaistudentaction.pbwiki.com/Letters-From-the-Outside-Art-World
>
> Steve's letter is dated April 3rd. I'm curious what the administration's
> response has been since then, and if there are any other updates?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Brett Kashmere
> Oberlin College
>
>
>
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