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I talked on the phone yesterday to two art students at a prestigious art school about how they're doing during this isolation period. 

A visit to an 3 Kicks Studio several years ago

Here are some of the issues they're facing:

• One was an incoming photography student working with old-school cameras, and she can't get into the darkroom.
• Another was a senior about to present a thesis project, which consists of a room-size installation. That crucial graduation artwork can't be finished or presented.
• Their school is shut for the rest of the term but it didn't shut down decisively. First they extended the spring break and then they did a hard shutdown. But that means that now they're not letting students into their art labs to get their tools, materials, and half-finished projects. 
• Sculpture students can't bring their clay, marble, or welding supplies back to their apartments. 
• Figure drawing students don't have access to a models, and the experience of painting from a three-dimensional subject can't be simulated.
• There are so many technical problems with live conferencing. Most teachers aren't set up for audio and video, and they use several different apps, which gets confusing for the students. 
• What's missing are all the subtle non-verbal signals that tell you what sort of critique to give someone, and the camaraderie that can't be conveyed through an internet connection.
• The school is keeping all the tuition money, but they're just not set up as well as a dedicated online art school, which would cost only a fraction as much.  
• Seniors were offered the chance to reconvene in the fall, but realistically most of them will have gone their separate ways.
• What do you think will change permanently about art teaching after this coronavirus event?
• Silver linings? They both said they're spending more time reading, contemplating, walking in the park, and exploring their imagination and their personal resources.

Art-students and teachers: I would love to hear in the comments how you're doing, and what challenges you're dealing with. If you want your story to be anonymous, just send me an email, and I'll post what you say without a name.