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C2E2!!

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Scarlett Spider and me

Scarlett Spider and me

What a crazy busy weekend that was! On Friday, I met up with the Columbia Whovians and we headed into day one at C2E2, the Chicago Comic and Entertainment Expo. We rode a CTA bus to McCormick Place together as a group, picked up our coveted 3-Day badges, walked in, and immediately lost each other.

C2E2!!

What a crazy busy weekend that was! On Friday, I met up with the Columbia Whovians and we headed into day one at C2E2, the Chicago Comic and Entertainment Expo. …

Interdisciplinary Book & Paper Arts MFA Dustin Seelinger, dustin.seelinger@loop.colum.edu
600 S. Michigan Ave. Chicago, IL 60605

End of the year crunch…

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Test for interview/cassette project I'm working on

Test for interview/cassette project I'm working on

As I’m writing this, there are about three weeks left of the semester. It really doesn’t feel like there is enough time left to get everything done. Each day I check something off of the list. It’s a long list, but it is getting shorter. This semester, however, there are a few additions. At the end of your first year, there is this portfolio package that you have to submit to the faculty. It contains a self-assessment letter, two sample of work, artist statement, and a list of all the classes that you have taken. The self-assessment letter is probably the hardest thing you will have to write in your first year.

End of the year crunch…

As I’m writing this, there are about three weeks left of the semester. It really doesn’t feel like there is enough time left to get everything done. Each day I …

Interdisciplinary Book & Paper Arts MFA Dustin Seelinger, dustin.seelinger@loop.colum.edu
600 S. Michigan Ave. Chicago, IL 60605

Trial and Error

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Tests from silkscreen/pulp painting

Tests from silkscreen/pulp painting

I would like to start this entry by briefly mentioning the tragedy in Boston. I have family in the area and am super grateful that they weren’t in Boston during the blasts. It’s safe to say that I am more than a little shaken up, and as a parent, I am worried about this world. The Onion ran an article this week entitled “Area Man Growing A Little Tired of Rushing Home to Hug Loved Ones.” Once again, the Onion nails it. It shouldn’t be like this, but it is. So, since we are so well practiced at it, hold your loved ones a little closer and let’s please try to be nice to each other for a change.

Trial and Error

I would like to start this entry by briefly mentioning the tragedy in Boston. I have family in the area and am super grateful that they weren’t in Boston during …

Interdisciplinary Book & Paper Arts MFA Dustin Seelinger, dustin.seelinger@loop.colum.edu
600 S. Michigan Ave. Chicago, IL 60605

Spectator Sports Speculations At The Museum of Contemporary Photography.

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Artwork by Susken Rosenthal at MoCP

Artwork by Susken Rosenthal at MoCP


Technically opening on April 12, the new exhibit at the Museum of Contemporary Photography on the Columbia College Chicago campus located at 600 S Michigan Ave is all about Spectator Sports. Not surprisingly, the show is entitled Spectator Sports. What is surprising is the artwork contained within.

Spectator Sports Speculations At The Museum of Contemporary Photography.

Technically opening on April 12, the new exhibit at the Museum of Contemporary Photography on the Columbia College Chicago campus located at 600 S Michigan Ave is all about Spectator …

Interdisciplinary Book & Paper Arts MFA Dustin Seelinger, dustin.seelinger@loop.colum.edu
600 S. Michigan Ave. Chicago, IL 60605

Welcome back…

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Little Man helping the band set up

Little Man helping the band set up

Of all the souvenirs to bring back from a vacation, I would recommend NOT bringing back a chest cold. It’s awful. Try getting the “I went all the way to ____, and all I got was this crappy t-shirt” shirt instead. Trust me, though it says its crappy, this is worse. Going into my first week back after spring break having driven for sixteen hours straight with a chest cold has been rough. I want to be super productive and start new work, but its hard when you feel like you have baby Alien about to burst out of your chest. Where is Ripley when you need her?

Welcome back…

Of all the souvenirs to bring back from a vacation, I would recommend NOT bringing back a chest cold. It’s awful. Try getting the “I went all the way to …

Interdisciplinary Book & Paper Arts MFA Dustin Seelinger, dustin.seelinger@loop.colum.edu
600 S. Michigan Ave. Chicago, IL 60605

ROAD TRIP!!

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Journey to North Carolina

Journey to North Carolina

What’s the definition of insanity? It very well may be driving across four states with two small children. Well, ok, it’s not that bad, but it is trying. This spring break we headed down to Raleigh, North Carolina. My wife’s best friend is getting married, and she is the Matron of Honor so sort of had to go. She gets to have all sorts of fun running around like crazy in the last minute stretch of this wedding, and I get to spend some quality time with my kids. Oh, and see my parents, too. They live just outside of Raleigh.

ROAD TRIP!!

What’s the definition of insanity? It very well may be driving across four states with two small children. Well, ok, it’s not that bad, but it is trying. This spring …

Interdisciplinary Book & Paper Arts MFA Dustin Seelinger, dustin.seelinger@loop.colum.edu
600 S. Michigan Ave. Chicago, IL 60605

Post Critique Evacuation Strategies…

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Current Work from Crit Week 2013

Current Work from Crit Week 2013

Crits are over!! Yay!! I want to give my cohort a huge congratulations and let them know that I’m super proud of them. I also want to say thank up to them and to staff and faculty for all of the great feedback. I’m very excited to get back to work, and the feedback really helped to clarify my next step. Thank you.

I think my crit went well. It was kind of a blur while being up there, to be honest. Thank goodness for friends taking notes in the audience and for the audio recording. The faculty members present gave me a lot of references to look at, which, happily enough, included a fair number of graphic novels to read. They also seemed to be pretty excited about my perspective as a post-punk dad and how that relates to my art making. Best of all, they really responded well to my current pulp-painting/drawing. It is a very good feeling when people are responding well to your most current work.

Post Critique Evacuation Strategies…

Crits are over!! Yay!! I want to give my cohort a huge congratulations and let them know that I’m super proud of them. I also want to say thank up …

Interdisciplinary Book & Paper Arts MFA Dustin Seelinger, dustin.seelinger@loop.colum.edu
600 S. Michigan Ave. Chicago, IL 60605

Literary research… That’s FUN!!

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What I'm reading

What I'm reading

I am a total geek. I love comic books and science fiction. Now, I’m going to justify writing about this for the blog: Comic books and works of science fiction are the main informers of my work. You know the old saying, “do what you love, and you’ll never work a day in your life”? I’ll go a step further. Find a way to incorporate your favorite type of entertainment into doing what you love… and… I don’t know what, but its awesome.

Literary research… That’s FUN!!

I am a total geek. I love comic books and science fiction. Now, I’m going to justify writing about this for the blog: Comic books and works of science fiction …

Interdisciplinary Book & Paper Arts MFA Dustin Seelinger, dustin.seelinger@loop.colum.edu
600 S. Michigan Ave. Chicago, IL 60605

Finishing Touches

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Illustration of ponies and a bunny as part of my narrative

Illustration of ponies and a bunny as part of my narrative

We are quickly approaching critique week. It is almost like time is speeding up. There has been this sudden sense of urgency among the students in the Interdisciplinary Arts programs. There are more people in the studios than normal. Slowly but surely there are a lot of pieces that have been labeled as works-in-progress becoming finished pieces. But mostly everyone is trying not to panic. I have even started reading the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy to remind myself: Don’t Panic.

Finishing Touches

We are quickly approaching critique week. It is almost like time is speeding up. There has been this sudden sense of urgency among the students in the Interdisciplinary Arts programs. …

Interdisciplinary Book & Paper Arts MFA Dustin Seelinger, dustin.seelinger@loop.colum.edu
600 S. Michigan Ave. Chicago, IL 60605

Happenings at the Center for Book and Paper Arts

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Structures for Reading

Structures for Reading

There is a great show happening right now in the Center for Book and Paper Arts, located on the second floor at 1104 S Wabash. The show is titled Structures for Reading, and its purpose is to turn the idea of reading structures on its head. Initially you hear “reading structures,” and you think it’s a book show. It is, and it is not. There are a few structures that can be considered books, like the $65/Yard piece, but mostly there are things that you would not think of.

Happenings at the Center for Book and Paper Arts

There is a great show happening right now in the Center for Book and Paper Arts, located on the second floor at 1104 S Wabash. The show is titled Structures for …

Interdisciplinary Book & Paper Arts MFA Dustin Seelinger, dustin.seelinger@loop.colum.edu
600 S. Michigan Ave. Chicago, IL 60605

The Graduate Experience

Krista Franklin's thesis work
Krista Franklin's thesis work
Party Hearty
Party Hearty
Sassy (my cat) and Montaigne
Sassy (my cat) and Montaigne
Interview
Interview
The gang
The gang
Rainbow Canyon Collection
Rainbow Canyon Collection