Fine Arts
CategoryArtist Lecture: Chris Salter
This last Thursday I had the privilege of hearing a lecture on campus by visiting artist Chris Salter, the Director of the Hexagram Co..
The Site of Memory
“What Moves at the Margin: Selected Nonfiction” by Toni Morrison
“…he act of imagination is bound up with memory. You know, they str..
Critiques Are Good For You…
Since the semester began, my cohort has been meeting together once a week to do informal critiques of each other’s work. We started do..
Artist Income
A friend of mine introduced me a while back to a comic strip called Beardo, which features a young artist who just got an arts degree..
Toni Morrison
Toni Morrison; photo credit: ToniMorrisonSociety.org
In last week’s post I spoke about deciding between three amazing women/artists to..
Wibbly, Wobbly, Timey-Wimey Fun at Columbia College Chicago
Last Friday evening, I decided to go back to campus. Not to go into my studio, not to get work done—I went for fun. This week, I joi..
The College Art Association Conference, New York, 2013
Last week, I had the privilege of attending the College Art Association‘s 101st Annual Conference in New York. This was my first trip ..
Nina, Toni, Ntozake
Nina Simone; photo credit ninasimone.com
In the History of Interdisciplinary Arts course, we will be focusing on a time and place in h..
A Bookish Outing…
This last weekend, I organized a studio outing with my cohort. I had received an invitation to attend an opening that was being curate..
Twitter Performance
In my class in media performance on Monday, I had the opportunity to experiment with a performance idea that required a number of part..