July 22, 2005

What's Wrong With This Picture? Contrasting Opinions on Art Education

To the Editor:

I feel justified in commenting on Laurie Fendrich's "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Mess" (The Chronicle Review, June 3) since the three art schools she mentions by name (the Otis College of Art and Design, the Pratt Institute, and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago) are members of the consortium of specialized art and design colleges that I head. There is not space here to address the inconsistencies and occasional misstatements in the article, but I would