Minneapolis College of Art Design<\/a>). Already, my Fall course, “portfolio.net,” is full, with a wait-list, but there’ll be plenty of room in the summer class (American summer, that is), if you’re interested (follow the link above).<\/p>\nMy Wits class has also entered production mode. We are beginning to plan the Digital Media mid-term exhibition, which will see some of the class’ first interactive projects in a public forum.<\/p>\n
And it seems to be the season for new friends. Other than the bubbly Bridget Baker, I’ve been having contact (thanks to this site) with a South African expat, named Jo, now living in Boston. We seem to click as “strangers in a familiar land” – both feeling very American and South African at the same time. Our hopes and dreams for our countries, as we see South Africa move forward, and the US move backward, are the ties that make it interesting…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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