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 [...]

This week was so packed full of fun art things in and outside school that I think it's going to take me a day or two to recover before I can get back to work on some of my research projects. Thank goodness for long weekends! Art 625: Design Readings & Research Our reading discussion for this week revolved around Design Context. It was super tedious but interesting, especially the parts that discussed the context of culture -- an area I am very interested in. Ever since visiting Japan last year I've been thinking about their design styles in contrast to [...]