Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 29, 2000, Winnipeg, Manitoba Production Art program graduate the production Art program provides students with instruction from two specialized areas of the graphic arts Industry image creation and print the course teaches How to design cd web brochures and repress work and offset press operation Are also to learn More about the tech files spoke with instructor Earl Gibbs q what applied skills do Etc production Art graduates bring to the Job Market a students learn everything about the process of print desktop film film offset press work and bindery techniques Are q what makes a pcs production Art program unique a its like two courses in its the Only program in Manitoba that com Bines advertising Art and graphic arts combining the design and production aspects into one program is a natural blending of two related these combined skills Are also what Industry q what types of jobs do production Art graduates find a our grads find jobs in All aspects of the graphic arts including Basic layout and desktop publishing and printing press q what kind of feedback have you received from employers about the program a certain companies that we Deal with want to hire Etc students so that a huge employers like our grads because Etc has a unique course that produces Well rounded workers with Overall production q what Are the employment prospects for graduates of a pcs production Art program a the Industry is Over 90 percent of our graduates find work in the instructor profiles Andy Stout assisted in the develop ment of a pcs initial production Art program and has been a production Art instructor since he has a Bach Elor of arts honours from the univer sity of Manitoba and an advertising Art diploma from red River a former partner in a Winnipeg design Stout remains Active in the local graphic arts Debora Bomback has taught free photo shop and pacemaker through a pcs continuing education program and the desktop publishing evening program since Bomback holds a diploma in Advertis ing Art and a professional vocational teaching Earl Gibbs began teaching at Etc in with a Bachelor of education from the University of Manitoba and More than 21 years of vocational teaching Gibbs is responsible for teaching the print production component of the Lexie smart has been a production Art teacher since she holds a vocational teaching certificate honours from red River College and a Bachelor of Educa Tion from the University of Manitoba Deans honour production Art instructors from Debora Bomback Andy Stout Lexie missing from Earl profile Brett Payne although Etc production Art Grace Brett Payne says his technical education helped get him a Job with relative he says the right training is Only part of what employers the production Art course helped get me in the says but the right Atti tude and willingness to learn Are also Payne notes the work practicum Compo nent of the program helped him learn in valuable Job skills at a digital press i really was in the right place at the right the Pressman i was apprenticing under gave his two weeks notice half Way through my one month work recalls so i was really thrown into it and offered a the course gave me a taste of every thing that goes on in the but i really gained a solid understanding through work i Learned about the deadlines and operating a digital offset says it was intimidating at but i liked the after learning a lot about press of Payne was ready to spread his creative he is currently work ing at Browns printing and is responsible for silk outputting and Payne Doest plan to quit his artistic education just next year i am going into advertising Art at red River he Payne wants to learn More about the design aspect of the i want to be come like the commander of a ship and understand All aspects of the operation so maybe one Day i can have my own ;