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Revising this Page[edit]

I am working on additional revision of this page. If you have suggestions, comments, criticisms, or want to contribute, let's talk. Punty Jon (talk) 22:46, 3 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Faculty and Alumni[edit]

Pilchuck hires individual teachers for each one-, two-, and three-week course. Some teach courses in consecutive sessions during a summer, and some return to teach a course in later summers; but many teach one course and do not return. Thus, the number of people who have been "faculty" at Pilchuck is very large. The list of faculty in this article is out-of-date. It was added, substantially as it now is, in 2009 by an unregistered user, and it may be a complete list of all the faculty in one particular summer, though that's not clear. It is also, of course, incomplete. I suggest the "Faculty" section be removed, or reduced to a paragraph that lists only particularly notable artists who have taught at Pilchuck over the years (if a citable reference for such a list can be found).

The alumni list is equally out of date, and includes many people who are relatively unknown while omitting some of Pilchuck's most notable alumni. I believe the "Alumni" section should also be either removed or reduced to a couple of sentences citing best-known artists who have taken courses at Pilchuck. Punty Jon (talk) 21:05, 2 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I agree - especially with the alumni list. I think there is perhaps an argument to be made for keeping a list of notable faculty (ie, Ginny Ruffner, Flora Mace and Joey Kirkpatrick, Preston Singletary, Therman Statom), but alumni are far too numerous to list here.

Tangentially - not enough information exists here on the notable visiting artists - like Judy Chicago and Lynda Benglis - who have done residencies at Pilchuck. Including them in the section would be good for internal linking and give greater context to Pilchuck's impact in the field of art. XOJenniferAlexis (talk) 18:34, 12 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]