Once, I was the student.  But now I am the master.

I passed.  And I've been waiting three years to use that line.

It wasn't... it wasn't really that bad.  I think I'd been put through the ringer so many times that everything they could come up with to ask me, I had some sort of response to already.  We talked for about an hour and a half before they ( Read more... )

I have a spreadsheet ( Read more... )

Monday - Wednesday:  Help visiting artist Louis Ocepek screenprint 14-colour, 55-sheet edition.

Thursday - Friday:  Radio interview, Guerilla Girls presentation, Guerilla Girls workshop, Student Juried Show opening.

Basically, it was an eventful (and fun) week, if not remotely a productive (in terms of my work) one.

I did, however, get my page ( Read more... )

After having changed my mind about the text/display more times than (insert appropriate metaphor for indecisiveness), I put together this mockup of what I hope will be the final design for the show:


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My date with destiny will be Tuesday, 13 April, from 12:00-2:00, when, armed with only a written thesis and a wall full of art, I will face off with my committee. The victor emerges with a MFA, assuming it's me.

The other third years and I are doing a print-on-demand catalogue of our MFA show. We'll each be contributing two images and an artist statement. For obvious reasons, we have to set this up well in advance of the actual show opening in April; I'm actually supposed to send him stuff in a few days. I'd love some input on which of the creatures I ( Read more... )

I've been really tired lately. I don't think I'm coming down with anything (except for my persistent chronic case of grad school), it's more a grad school + daylight savings + grad school + thesis year.

I'm just feeling ridiculously bogged down, and it feels like new responsibilities keep coming out of the woodwork.

I'd thought I'd feel more ( Read more... )

First, the important stuff:


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Today there were two lectures on campus by Jorge Cham, the creator of Piled Higher and Deeper, a webcomic about grad school. I went to both. They were really funny, and that man is a Powerpoint god ( Read more... )

I gave three photo grads a quick Screenprinting tutorial today during our Print Workshop.

I also printed the black on this piece, though only a few came out well.

( Here's one of the good ones: )