I made it to the end!

So much for updating my blog on a regular basis during my residency...lol.

Well it has been an interesting week. My mind is so full of information that I can not think, it is too painful. However, that could be a result of my last night with my classmates. There is something magical about drinking beer and sake in a sushi restaurant and singing karaoke with your newly made family.

More when I return to Minneapolis and have time to recover my brain.

Cheers!

Ready, set, GO!

Today was the official start of my graduate program and what a day it was. I have meet some wonderful people in my class and have seen some great work by all of the graduate students. What a diverse and interesting group of people.

One of the students in my class lives with her family in Thailand, she is from the US. Another if from French speaking Canada. Found out another guy is from Minneapolis. One traveled from Alaska and the list goes on.

Had to give a small introductory talk about my art and where I hope to go with it. I am starting to formulate the direction of my work and research for the fall.

Listened to 4 of the graduating students talk today and got a feel of what I am working towards. I am really excited about things so far, however tomorrow we get in to the critiques and that can get ugly but honest.

Will report back soon.


TO ART!!!! CHEERS!!

On the road again.....

Hello all! I made it to Boston and am all settled into my abode at The Artists' Residence. Not much of a view, a nice clean quiet place to study, which I have actually been doing since I have to do a bit of catch up work before I officially begin on Friday.

I will make a quick note on how much I love this city. One of the things that I noticed as I was meandering for a bite to eat was that couples actually hold hands or have their arms around each other as they walk down the street. People are outwardly jolly and talkative. I don't know if it is just me, but I am not seeing this happening in the Mid-west. Anyway, beautiful city, people and I tell you pizza that the Mid-west will never master! HA!

Back to our regularly scheduled blogging....

I hope to keep everyone updated over the next 12 days as I try my best to further my education. My plan is to post daily and if I can find a cheap digital camera I will be posting some photographs of my adventures.

Feel free to send me an email with comments and support to either of my email addresses.


Hope all is well back home!

Cheers!

and the list is getting longer.............

Happy to announce that the painting to the left will be in the MacNider Art Museum's Area Show:41. A big thanks to Holly for being understanding and letting me exhibit this painting before it finally makes it to the final destination at her home in Apex, North Carolina.


If you get the chance, stop by and see the show. It opens June 19th and runs until August 31.

I have been working on the To Do list for grad school. Each day I have another thing to put on the list and if I am working on this list another item comes off. I am looking forward to that moment I am on the plane and getting ready for take off. By then I know I have done all the readings, writings, shipped the art, and packed my bags for my brief move to Boston.

The regular emails from the program on the next item to consider has been very exciting. I will be in a class that looks at photography in the digital age (next set of readings I will be doing this weekend.) Here is the description:

This seminar will explore the increasingly complex relationship between photography and digital culture. Emphasis will be placed on understanding the profound effect the shift from analog to digital technology has had on varying modes of image production and distribution. Among the many topics to be explored will be the diminishing veracity of the photographic image and the relationship of digital technology to issues of image authorship and copyright.

Class time will be evenly divided between discussion/critique and hands-on studio work.
We will look at and discuss a wide range of artists, including those committed to capturing the photographic “decisive moment” and others more interested in exploring the fictional qualities of the medium.

Other things on my To Do list have been the task of finding a studio space to work out of in Minneapolis. To find something that is suitable and priced to fit my budget has been challenging. I will post the location once I have one!!

It happened!

I am happy to announce that I have been accepted into the grad program I applied for. I will keep everyone updated on what will happen next. I have a few ideas for funding it and think everyone will be excited about the project.

Back in action

I can't believe that it has been almost a month since I posted. Vacation was a blast, had a week of work, then contracted the ugly influenza and have been out the last 7 days. Glad to report that I did get back to the studio two days ago and finished a painting. It has been posted and ready for comments.

I have been working on a few new ideas and experiments in the studio with no great results. I will have to rework my process and hopefully will be onto something soon and have a great new body of work to talk about. As of yet, I do not.

The one thing that I am excited about is getting back to my Wednesday figure drawing workshop in Minneapolis. I saw a post by Hillary and contacted her this week, I will get to attend at least the next two weeks. My skills are really rough, but I have fun just the same. Rumor has it that this weeks model is male. I am liking it already!

It's in the mail

I did it! I really did it! My application is in the mail and Lesley University should have it in there hands by the end of today. What a great feeling to mark that off my list. Now on to the next.

Today is my last day in Minneapolis until March 25. Saturday begins the long trek across our grand country to Orlando. The kids are excited, I am excited, and Melanie is excited! I love to road trip and hope to make another trek this summer to the east.

I will blog daily if I can on the adventure and my creative inspiration from the journey.

Before I forget, the Richard Prince Retrospect will be opening at the Walker Art Center on the 22nd of March. The exhibit began at the Guggenheim Museum in NYC, will be in Minneapolis for the next few months then on to a gallery in London. It looks like an interesting show.