10 Steps through a paid gig
This last weekend, I had the chance to score a short (~6 min) promotional video for the college. It was a great experience and a paid ..
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 ev..
Material Social Practices
Two weekends ago, I had the privilege of participating in a weekend workshop called Material Social Practices ..
Meet “Colum Alum”: Heather Bella
Heather Bella
In last week’s post I spoke about taking a bookbinding workshop at North Branch Projects with Heather Bella. While..Bang For Your Buck
Oh, the stress of being an artist in an ego driven medium. Whether we want to admit it or not, we all want to be famous directors. The..
First Time, Second City.
I had my good friend John visit a few weeks ago, and while he was here we got along to the Chicago rendition of Trey Parker and Matt S..
Record Store Day 2013
This year Record Store Day took place on April 20. As part of my internship at Minty Fresh, I helped put together a reissue of Komeda’..
Meeting the Folks and Facing the Music
This week’s adventures in Chicago Public Schools included a Local School Council Meeting and report card pick ups.
Earlier this wee..
Writing Circles Unit
I haven’t really shared much of my formal unit yet, but I’m very proud of it and hope to share the summative assessment once the stude..
Buses, Vegas, and Headphone Hair
I’m learning a lot this week.
First of all, let’s talk about CTA buses. For some reason, buses used to intimidate the hell out of m..