Written By Tevin Thiplueporn, BBA #23
On November 10th 2017, our class of AC433 has had the pleasure and honor of visiting the Bangsai Arts and Crafts Centre. Our class was warmly welcomed by the people working there as well as their trainees currently undergoing the arts and crafts courses that the centre offers.
Bangsai Arts and Crafts Centre is a foundation endorsed by our majesty the Queen Sirikit. The primary objective of the centre is to promote supplementary income for farmers, agriculturalists and people with low income by educating and training them in various arts and crafts, such as ceramics, sculptures and embroidery. What they hope to accomplish is not to create jobs by having the trainees continue to work for them, but rather create capable individuals who have the ability to pursue their own work after completing the training courses and possessing a level proficiency in their craft.
An example of what the trainee could pursue would be a mechanical or steel/metal sculptures trainee who could use to pursue a profession in metal working after completing their courses. Of course, if the trainee wishes to use their skills at the centre, they can certainly do so by becoming a professor or expert for one of the courses, in which they will earn a salary from the centre.
Throughout the walkthrough of the centre, we were shown about the facilities and the activities that goes on day-to-day regarding their training courses. We were able to see the trainees or students at work, working on their pieces and projects. An interesting thing to note about how the centre handles their production, from the courses and from the production process, is the fact that they give free reign in terms of creativity to the ones working on a particular piece. Of course, newer trainees would be given more specific projects as a part of their education, but once they have gained a level of proficiency, they are able to create their own designs or patterns with little intervention from the professor.
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