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SPE 2017, Orlando

Society for Photographic Education Annual Conference Family Values Orlando, FL | March 9-12, 2017 This year I was the only person from JSU to attend the national conference. I was able to attend thanks to a $500 Travel Award from SPESC that helped cover my expenses. I drove down on Wednesday and stayed offsite at The Fountains. I attended some really excellent panels and met up with some friends, but this SPE conference felt off. I think the hotel location was bad -- there was nothing within walking distance, and attendance was definitely below average. Highlights Awarded a SPESC Travel [...]

By |2025-02-17T19:04:35-06:00March 12th, 2017|Categories: Journals|Tags: , |0 Comments
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Picturesque America

Picturesque America is a two-volume set of illustrated books filled with information and engravings of various American scenes. The books were published between 1872-74 by D. Appleton and Company of New York. The volumes contain a total of nine hundred wood engravings and fifty steel engravings based on paintings of nineteenth century American landscape painters. The engravings were made by John J. Harley, Joseph S. Harley, W. H. Morse, William James Palmer, Frederick William Quartley, James H. Richardson, and the collection was edited by poet and journalist William Cullen Bryant. This set of books is important not just for it's [...]

By |2025-02-18T04:54:59-06:00January 20th, 2017|Categories: Journals|Tags: , |0 Comments
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Semester Review, Fall 2016

At the end of each semester MFA students are required to present a formal summary of research and creative work to all members of the MFA Committee. I had my review today and it went really well. I enjoy having opportunities to present but can't help but feel nervous. I talked too fast and ended up with dry mouth constantly causing me to have to pause for a sip of water. It's so weird because that never happens to me. I need more presentation opportunities so I can work through it. I created a keynote presentation of my work from [...]

By |2025-02-18T04:55:07-06:00December 1st, 2016|Categories: Journals|Tags: , |0 Comments
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Grad School, Weeks 14-15

We were out of school last week for Thanksgiving/Fall Break which was great because it gave me a chance to attempt to play catch up on my projects. This is our final week of class. Next week is finals week but I don't believe either of my classes will be officially meeting. I have three projects that I'm currently working on: a research methodology project on How design can help victims of sexual trauma understand their legal options a group web project on Design Entrepreneurship called HatchED and a learning object on consent called 'How not to be a Rapist: [...]

By |2025-02-18T04:55:16-06:00November 30th, 2016|Categories: Journals|Tags: , |0 Comments
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Grad School, Week 10

Grad School, Week 10: This week was one of my most exhausting weeks so far, primarily due to all my travels last week. I was in Vegas last Sunday - Friday, arrived home Saturday morning, and then left Sunday morning for a two day trip to Helen, GA to squeeze a little quality time in with my husband and some friends. To top it all off, I developed a cold as soon as I got home from Vegas so I've felt sick and tired all week. All the traveling was worth it, but boy am I glad it's the weekend. [...]

By |2025-02-18T04:55:46-06:00October 28th, 2016|Categories: Journals|Tags: , |0 Comments
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AIGA Vegas

2016 AIGA Design Conference Oct 17-19, 2016 @ The Mirage Las Vegas Las Vegas, Nevada My first AIGA conference is a wrap. It was a fun and super informative event full of interesting and inspiring content. I enjoyed hanging out with Stefanie, a fellow grad student from JSU, and the many wonderful people I met during the convention. Some great conversations were had, the speakers were fantastic, cool swag was collected, and I even won an awesome VR Headset. This was also my first visit to Vegas and it was a bit overwhelming. I enjoyed seeing the sights, but I'm [...]

By |2025-02-17T19:06:20-06:00October 27th, 2016|Categories: Journals|Tags: , |0 Comments
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Grad School, Week 7: Project Discussions & Large Format Printing

My week got off to a bit of a rough start. First I was up all night Monday night doing research for my Design Entrepreneurship project and putting together a mock-up Wordpress. I was in the groove so I stayed up too late and then I decided to stay up all night in order to make sure I didn't oversleep for class. I left home early and was eating breakfast at Sonic in Jacksonville when I got a call from Karl telling me our house alarm had gone off. The alarm company called a minute later so I turned around [...]

By |2025-02-18T04:56:01-06:00October 7th, 2016|Categories: Journals|Tags: , |0 Comments
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