05/08/2026
Yesterday I had a phenomenal afternoon with - we have known each other for 27 years as we shared prenatal classes together.
One of the things we love to do is go to the graduating class exposition of the students from
We have to bring the Kleenex with us because we pretty much spend the afternoon bawling in the industrial design department chatting with all of these students that have extraordinary visions. Its a much moving experience to say the least.
I can't recommend this enough.
Yes I did go to the ceramics department. And yes, they heard me when I complained years ago that I came with money to spend and all I came home with was a postcard.
So yesterday I came home with a vase--- ironically, in Spanish, it says along the side,
translated :
GO HIGHER and this was relayed to the artist from her grandfather
OK, I got teary at this booth too
🥹🥹🥹
A number of students relayed to me that their majors were in other areas but when they had to take an elective, they chose Pottery and were just loving it ❤️❤️❤️ (more)
I am not sure if OCAD got it together and insisted that these students also take a business course before they can graduate so they can monetize their skills?
Further, I really hope that what they can do, especially for these industrial design students, is haul in some business thought leaders to be in the room when they are presenting their projects. There are some remarkable concepts here, and I mean, full-blown holy mamas these cannot die at this exposition.
Like many university programs we hear often the graduating class are all hired before they even graduate.
These opportunities need to be extended to these students. Kind of like a dragons den or something.
i'm looking to the president of OCAD to create these possibilities ❤️❤️❤️❤️
also, I now cannot find this artists Instagram, I think her name is Vinny? Anybody wanna help me with that?? ❤️❤️🙏🏻