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To Look At You: Twenty Years of Self-Portraits
This year, I turn 36. It will be roughly two decades since the summer I saved up enough money from my job at the Dairy Crest (a local, sea..
- Business and Entrepreneurship
- Fine Arts
- Graduate Admissions
- Interdisciplinary Arts
- Photography
- Theatre
REVEAL: Putting in the Work
I recently celebrated the opening of my solo exhibition, REVEAL, at the Arcade gallery on campus. This exhibition opportunity was awarded ..
You’ll Never Need to Look Back if you Carry it with You
Where to next?
Endings are hard. Even when new, exciting opportunities lay on the horizon, endings can carry monumental emotional weig..
Creative Writing is for Lovers
Plant the seeds of love and watch a heart-shaped tree grow.
Valentine’s Day is upon us. All around the Columbia College Chicago campus..
Inspiration for a New Semester
I’ll admit it: other than working on some poetry submissions for publishers and revising some old poems here and there, this past winter b..
Students Show Up for Finals Despite Car on Fire
This is an actor. No actual vehicles were harmed during filming.
We live in tumultuous times so one never knows what to expect when on..
Ahhh, Chicago + Summer
Summer in Chicago is truly something special. The entire city collectively agrees to pack as much sun, festivals, delicious food, and gene..
The Incredible Resources at the Publishing Lab
Tucked away about halfway down the hallway on the 8th floor of the 624 South Michigan building is room 803. This modest office is always p..
A Foggy Day, Some Quiet Moments
It’s February. Eight inches of snow. 30 hours of rain followed by freezing temperatures. 65 degrees the next day, and foggy. Chicago is li..
Money, Passion, and Inspiration
Forgive me if this blog entry becomes a directionless collage of words and images; it is the tail end of the semester and I was up until 2..