Tag Archives: art school

The Absolute Final Issue of DUCKWORK

Posted on July 5, 2024 by Joe

It may have taken 42 years, but the latest and, sadly, the last issue of DUCKWORK is out!

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Doomsday for PCA?

Posted on June 7, 2024 by Tina Garceau

Last Friday brought the sloppy and shocking announcement that the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, PA had lost its accreditation and would be closing. After a chaotic week of conflicting and sometimes contradictory announcements from various parties involved and … Continue reading →

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The University of the Arts is NO MORE

Posted on June 2, 2024 by Joe

We entered the month of June with the shocking news that the University of the Arts has lost its accreditation and will be closing its doors on June 7th. The announcement was made rather sloppily by the local news media … Continue reading →

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Caturday

Posted on August 13, 2022 by Joe

This is a combination Caturday / Photo Elective post. Illustration majors at the school formerly known as The Philadelphia Collage of Art were required to take a photography elective where students would shoot 35mm film; process the film and make … Continue reading →

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DUCKWORK • October 1981

Posted on July 17, 2022 by Joe

[pdf-embedder url=”https://willceau.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/DUCKWORK_Number_4.pdf”] I was settling into my freshman or foundation year at the Philadelphia College of Art when this issue of the school’s quasi-newspaper was published. I have written about this particular issue previously on this website, but I’ve recently … Continue reading →

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Digital Clutter

Posted on June 9, 2017 by Joe_Williams

This is a followup to my earlier post about the art school formerly known as The Philadelphia College of Art. Thanks to the Internet Archive which is probably the greatest site on the internet a number of odd, wonderful and … Continue reading →

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My Ride to Art School

Posted on January 27, 2015 by Joe_Williams

Back in the 1980s, I went to art school, and I along with all of the other illustration majors were required to take a minor course in photography. We had to shoot the photos as well as process the negatives … Continue reading →

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