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MICA: Art Market

As I’ve mentioned, MICA’s Holiday Art Market is right around the corner. If you’re around Baltimore, come to MICA’s Campus, Leidy Atrium in the Brown Center, this week to explore the ultimate holiday shopping ground. There will be 250 vendors consisting of students, staff, and alumni selling everything from jewelry  and pottery to handmade books [...]

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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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Teacher in the House!

Some of you remember way back an exciting post sharing my offer of employment for MICA’s summer Pre-College program, and some of you may be wondering why the heck there is an ostrich at the top of the post and not new beautiful embroideries or that dang rag rug I keep promising. Never fear! Those [...]

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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 be [...]

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Can Someone Just Pay Me To Weave Beautiful Cloth? (Please)

Otherwise titled: “What am I supposed to do with a degree in fiber arts, and do I really need to keep going to an expensive, though prestigious, art school in order to pursue my dreams? Thanks biased American culture, thanks.”
Ok guys, I don’t know what to do. I am not a designer. More specifically, I’m [...]

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Good News!

This is totally how I feel today.
Dear Rachel,
It is with great pleasure that I offer you summer employment as a Teaching Assistant/Resident Counselor (TARC) for the 2009 Pre-College Studio Residency Program at the Maryland Institute College of Art.
I just got this lovely e-mail today, after months of brow wrinkling from worries, so now I have [...]

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New Year, New Flair

So I’m on Winter Break from school, a glorious four weeks, one of which was spent frantically accomplishing Christmas, and one of which was spent in beautiful Maine with Bryan to bring in the New Year and so I could actually see some snow. We found that tree on a walk- so beautiful and majestic.
Now [...]

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