Leaves! New! & News

Or…I’m turning over a new leaf? In honor of my new and beautiful website launching sometime soon (within the next week!), which in itself is in honor of art market, I’m going to start posting again. It’s exactly the kick in the butt I need to make some time for my internet self. In news [...]

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First Semester, Junior Year, MICA

I know there has been a serious lack of updates lately, but this artist is busy busy.  After being a TA and an RA for MICAs pre-college program, an experience that had me working with amazing artists (Valeska Populoh and Margaret Hluch for two) teaching fiber (garment, sculpture, shibori), I took a few weeks off [...]

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Reflecting on Professional Development in Art

Experience in Professional Development I believe that part of self-educating yourself involves taking advantage of every opportunity that comes your way. You never know what kind of asset an experience is going to be to your search for knowledge and wisdom–or for your resume. There can be many benefits to one opportunity that may not [...]

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Why Audio Tours Are Ruining Art

And other woes, etc. Today I had the (painful) pleasure of viewing the Cezanne and Beyond exhibit at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. It’s a shame really, because the exhibit was beautifully curated, with works ranging from Ellsworth Kelly to Max Beckmann (and beyond!), displayed seamlessly in a breathtaking, open space- complete with complementary pre-recorded [...]

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On Dialogue and Refining Ideas

After my last post, I talked out my options with a few people and decided that what was right for critique today was to leave the edges for this piece as they were, but I did decide to add the book element to my installation because I felt it was important to reference the written [...]

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Sourcing Coordinates- Part 2

Tonight was the opening for our weaving show. It was a moderate success, seeing as it wasn’t advertised, MICA failed to include it in the e-mail of weekly campus happenings, and maybe people don’t really understand or “get” weaving. The crowd consisted mostly of two types of students: those from the fiber department wandering downstairs [...]

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Sourcing Coordinates- Part 1

Suddenly being a college student and an artist seems like a whole lot of work.  Between 18 credits squeezed over the span of three days plus my workstudy assignment I have a lot on my plate. And I’m starting real life too! Yesterday was my first day interning for the wonderful and talented weaver Carly [...]

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Back to Business

Alright everyone. I’m done moping around my house after having that darn wisdom teeth surgery, and I’m ready to get back to work after a long week of doing nothing. My brilliant plan for a website is no more; I discovered I was wholly incompetent in that arena and I should just stick to the [...]

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Lana and the Spool of Thread- Experiments in Installation and Storytelling

Our final crit for the pickup project was on Monday, and I meant to update then when the comments from critique were fresh in my mind, but I was so exhausted I just went to bed instead.  Luckily I take extensive notes, not only on my own critique (which lasted a full forty-five minutes this [...]

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Busy busy busy. The holiday season, and finals, are upon us, and everyone here at MICA is running around with half finished scarves attachted to their knitting needles to sell at the Art Market and barely dry paintings on their way to final crit. Lucky for me, I opted out of Art Market this year (lack [...]

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