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Brad Agee Few instructors can claim the attachment to a particular class that BradAgee has to the popular 1401/The Designed Environment. He has beenteaching it for the last three years, and as he explains it, "I took theclass many years ago. Then I TA'd in the class for years for two differentinstructors. In a sense, I inherited the course." In addition, Ageeteaches a drawing class and is co-teaching LA 3001. He loves teaching andfeels a special attachment and obligation to his students because of theroundabout way he came to his career. "I can really relate [to students'difficulties]," Agee explains. "I'm not so far removed from it, so I canappreciate how difficult it is to stay on track. If I can save somebodythat grief of wandering in the wilderness...." His own wanderings includedleaving school just short of completing a degree in political science, a"life-changing" trip to Africa, and eight years in the work world beforereturning to school at the University to pursue a BED and MLA. Ten years ago Agee founded his own design/build firm, Constable-SteeleGarden Design. "Constable" came from John Constable, the great18th-century landscape painter whom Agee admires, and Steele is Agee'smiddle name. He confesses that the name was borne from trepidation instarting his own business. "That way if it flopped, nobody would directlyassociate it with me!" Agee shouldn't have worried. He has been verysuccessful, and his business has grown-almost purely by word ofmouth. Agee commits to a broad range of residential work while developingnew projects with long-term clients year after year. " It's a classicapproach, responding to the evolving needs of your clients over time" hecomments. Agee travels to France twice a year. "Part work, part pleasure and alwaysan education" he explains, as he uses the opportunity to study the greatFrench gardens and landscapes. "I'm a formalist at heart," Ageeconfesses. "I love the chaos [of the richly diverse plantings for which heis known], but I always want to contain it." | |||
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