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Some say they don't make things the way they used to.
We beg to differ.
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Educating Today's Artisans
The American College of Building Arts is the only college in the United States that fully integrates professional training in the traditional building trades with a liberal arts core curriculum. Our graduates are leaders in their professions, equipped with the skills and knowledge for real world application.
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Students go beyond just textbooks and computers at ACBA.
They learn by using drafting tables, trowels, chisels, hammers and anvils.
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ACBA Students do amazing things with their hands,
Shaping timbers into soaring edifices, creating masterworks from limestone and plaster, and twisting red-hot iron into finely wrought designs.
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Are passionate about what they do,
Creating with their hands, their heads and their hearts.
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Are trained to become leaders in their fields,
They learn humanist traditions like history and English; practical skills like math and science; and design skills such as drawing and drafting. Taken together, this holistic approach to educations imparts the creative thinking skills that great artists in their fields need.
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And build careers doing something they love.
Nobody is bored when he is trying to make something that is beautiful, or to discover something that is true.
(William Inge 1913-1973, American author)