Nonfiction MFA Student Spotlight: Colleen O’Connor
Colleen O’Connor is a second-year graduate student in the Nonfiction program. She is an exquisite writer, someone who makes even the m..
Advanced Fiction: WTF Is A Steeplechase?!
Advanced is the fourth writing class in the Story Workshop. From my first semester, I heard people talking about the Steeplechase proj..
Critical Encounters Potluck (Part 3): Dorchester Project and Conclusions
The Critical Encounters Potluck series concluded on Chicago’s south side in the appropriate fashion for such an intense week–quiet, w..
Class Spotlight: Text
As a person interested, thoroughly, in making artist books, I often find myself using text in a lot of my work. I mean really, I love ..
Flip Flops in the Windy City: Current Projects
Periodically I like to fill anyone reading in on the current projects I’m working. Right now, there is an eclectic mix of film, trail..
Special Education in the Art Classroom
Students in the Art Education MAT program at Columbia College Chicago are required to take one class in the field of Special Education..
The Horse’s Mouth Part 2
When you watch a movie you can…you’re experiencing things you can never experience in your own life.
The Application
Since the application deadline is approaching, this week I thought I’d focus my post on answering some common questions that I’ve been..
Dance/Movement Therapy & Counseling: The alternate route.
One great thing (of the many) about the Dance/Movement Therapy & Counseling program is that in addition to the 60 hour credit Masters ..
It’s Time To Shoot
This semester has been a slow one for me. Not because I don’t know what I am doing, but because when you work with a group of people f..