March 2012
So, Are These Students Learning Anything?
I’m just about done grading my first batch of unit papers. My first test of myself as a teacher where I get to ask myself the very imp..
Flip Flips in the Windy City: Transferable Skills
What do you do if your friend wrote a song and wants to record it? What if you think it would be really cool to add percussion, some ..
Profiles in Gradliness: Kurt Kennedy
Kurt Kennedy is one of the closest friends that I made while at Columbia College Chicago. As I tiptoe into real life and my schedule b..
Hall Chat: Congrats on Your Acceptance – Part II
Again, a big Congrats on your acceptance into the program! One of the biggest concerns when relocating to a new city (or even relocati..
To the Museums
Our Graduate Seminar class, which meets all-day every Friday (normally to view work we have been making during the week) is trying to ..
AMN’s Round-table Event Fit For a King
On Wednesday, February 22 at the 916 S. Wabash building from 6 – 8pm the Arts Management Network (AMN) held a round table discussion on revenue generation strategies in museums, photography and journalism.
Three Students and a Curator – The Making of Material Assumptions: Paper as Dialogue
This semester I have the privilege of participating in an independent study with two of my fellow students, Liz Isakson-Dado and CJ Ma..
From Feast to Feast: Potluck, Critical Encounters, and motiroti
In the fall semester, I documented the journey of the Potluck:Chicago group formed by UK-based art duo motiroti and Critical Encounter..
Hall Chat: Congrats on Your Acceptance! – Part I
This is the view from the building that I work in. That blue building there, just past the El tracks could be your new home. Welcome t..
Student Teaching – Elementary Week 4
Collagraph Camouflage Lesson: Using Texture to create Pattern
In this lesson, I wanted the students to get a taste of printmaking t..