Association for Graphic Arts Training. (column)

From: Graphic Arts Monthly | Date: December 1, 1988| Author: | Copyright information

I just returned from the annual conference of the Association for Graphic Arts Training (AGAT). This organization has gotten a lot of ink in this magazine since we first discovered it early last year. The reason the editors of this magazine have so regularly promoted AGAT is because AGAT deserves it. This is one of the most dynamic organizations to come along in this industry in a long time.

Let me tell you a bit about AGAT. It is an organization established to improve the productivity of personnel in the graphic arts industry. The mission of AGAT is to increase the ...

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