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September 13, 2007
there once was a teacher of great renown
Tonight we attended an opening/auction at the Lebel Gallery in honour of my former professor and beloved mentor, Daniel W. Dingler, who has retired after thirty years of teaching lithography and drawing at the University of Windsor. This event is the reason I flew home this weekend. It was wonderful to see Daniel and his wife Susan again after too long. It's really only been recently that I've begun to realize just how much I've been influenced by Daniel, and how much of his personality and his classroom manner I've absorbed; I often find myself saying things to my students that sound so much like him that they take me aback. Daniel was a wonderful teacher, an unflagging supporter and a great friend, and it's one of my greatest hopes that there will be students for whom I can fill that role, and fill it as well as he did for me.
From the looks of this photo, Daniel and I even make the same funny face:
(all photos in this post courtesy of Peter Zimmerman)
Before leaving the art building I was able to pay an all-too-brief visit to my dear, cherished Griffin press. All y'all printmakers out there* might think that Takach is the shit, but I'm here to tell you that my precious Griffin is worth twenty of those pieces of crap.
We had to have a moment alone. . .
And look! That's my tabouret!
*just keeping the dialect police on their toes, eh.
Posted by jodi at September 13, 2007 10:22 PM | categories: school : sugar shock : windsor
Comments
Cool!
And also weird because Dingler is my name too!!
Posted by: Arianne at September 14, 2007 05:52 AM
"All y'all" is a GREAT phrase!
Posted by: NWJR at September 14, 2007 09:08 AM
A great teacher makes all the difference, that's for sure. Ooo, and thanks for the zombie links!
Posted by: nstssj at September 14, 2007 05:19 PM
Daniel, I don't know you, but thanks for being a great teacher. The world would be a much smaller, darker place without folks like you.
Posted by: Sherry W at September 16, 2007 10:16 PM
My mentor passed away 8 years ago, and since then, I have co-taught her class with two of my peers (dance). I swear sometimes when I am in the groove I a must be channeling her, because things come out of my mouth that even *I* have to stop and reflect upon. It's awesome.
PS...you look happy :-)
Posted by: TheAmpuT at September 17, 2007 02:24 PM
I've been visiting your blog off and on for a while. The things you are making for your Wardrobe project are great! It is a lot of fun watching your clothing style evolve as you get into the swing of it.
Posted by: Lyssa Kaehler at September 19, 2007 06:23 PM