Rhode Island School of Design - Portfolio Yearbook (Providence, RI)

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DEPARTMENT OF PAINTING

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ative capability have transcended the importance of the object made or the skills required for their making. Edu- cationally such exercises are voyages of discovery that do not operate on aclosed circuit. The charts of the voy- age, the log book, and even the travelled terrain itself represented by the painting, carving, or pot are present and open records for others to study and enjoy. Such an attitude toward learning may be close to the heart of the matter in the attempt to communicate, one individual to another, that is characteristic of the best efforts of art- ists’ past and present. Our students find themselves in the center of converg- ing pressures to acquire skills, to take jobs, and to fill their role in society. These are large orders to fill and in time, of course, they must be filled. A search for purpos e, the belief in the necessity to reaffirm dignity of the in- dividual and a faith in his kind of inquiry, call to our stu- dents much more strongly than any requirements to fill existing niches. With it all there is a sense of responsibil- ity made almost a duty by the needs of our times, a re- sponsibility | feel certain will be fulfilled. If our students can learn, as artists, to speak for themselves, one day they may speak for others. GILBERT A. FRANKLIN

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NORMAN LAYMAN 4