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Studio Life: the current state of my collage table!

I’m halfway through my first semester of grad school and I’d like to talk about th..

Happy Halloween Everyone!

There’s one more week until Halloween, and guess what I’ve been working on! A ghost story podcast called ..

What a scene! (Photo: Joshua Mellin)

In case you’ve been living under a rock, the Chicago Cubs are finally in the World Series!

Good morning from the set of “Degraded”!

Hey y’all!

First off—it’s COLD outside here. And yes, I am talking about this 52-degr..

My Sketchbook, In All of It’s, Erm, Glory

A photographer keeping a sketchbook? Say whaaaaaaaaaat?!

It’s actually not as crazy as it..

One of the big things I considered when I applied to MFA programs was the location. And since I ended up at Columbia College Chicago, you ..

Literature review

As I have mentioned in my previous blog post, I am currently in the process of conducting my thesis research. The id..

The view from our Thesis Development classroom

There is no shortage of studies saying that a smaller class size is better for childhoo..

Detail of subjective mapping project from my Conceptual Strategies course.

So here I am, in the second year of my MFA program and stil..

So…Many…Drafts.

Development serves as one of the most important factors in creating a good film. It is of the utmost importance to..