Last month, I finished off my year-long challenge to paint one daily abstraction for an entire year. Every day for 365 days, I completed a 2″ x 3″ abstract painting based on something I’d seen that particular day, whether it was a landscape, a bird in flight, the cats at play, and so on. Whether… Continue reading My Year-Long Art Challenge: A Review
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What I’ve Learned from My Classes
A couple of weeks ago I turned in my last paper for the semester. While finishing the semester isn’t a new experience for me, this time it felt a little more momentous than usual. You see, with this final submission, I finished my coursework. Of course, I’m far from finished at William and Mary, but… Continue reading What I’ve Learned from My Classes
Good Tidings, 2019 Edition
With December comes the onslaught of consumption, debate, and cheer associated with the holidays (though let’s be honest, it starts much sooner and goes away much later, if it ever does). I’ve been up to my own holiday activities too, with the main one being my annual card. Today’s post will take a look at… Continue reading Good Tidings, 2019 Edition
TA Reflections: Utopia in the Americas
Classes ended on December 6, but I’ve been keeping busy between grading final essays and finishing my own semester projects. With finals coming to an end later this week, I thought I’d take some time to reflect on my experiences with TAing this semester. Course Material: While I had some experience with utopian societies through… Continue reading TA Reflections: Utopia in the Americas
Ongoing Art Project: Colors of Autumn
With only a few weeks left to go in 2019, I’m coming to the final entries for my daily abstraction project. As we continue working toward the winter months, today we’ll take a look at what I’ve been painting this autumn. By far the one subject that has preoccupied my attention has been the foliage.… Continue reading Ongoing Art Project: Colors of Autumn
Grad School, Then and Now, Part Three
In my previous post, I was talking about some of the ways in which I’ve changed between completing my Master’s and starting my PhD. I talked about the advantages of being older, having more experience, and the trials and tribulations of having a shorter attention span. I left out the biggest change though, which I’d… Continue reading Grad School, Then and Now, Part Three
Grad School, Then and Now, Part Two
Graduate school (and formal education, period) has changed a great deal in the eight years I spent out of school, as I mentioned in a previous post. I’ve also changed too, which is making my William and Mary experience quite different from my time at Williams. Today, I’ll highlight some of those changes. Attention Span:… Continue reading Grad School, Then and Now, Part Two
Adventures in TAing: Art Colonies
At the beginning of the semester, Professor Donaldson, the instructor for Utopia in the Americas, invited me to give a short lecture on any topic relating to American utopias. While I’ve given plenty of gallery talks and lectures to museum audiences, I haven’t had as much experience in the college classroom, so I was eager… Continue reading Adventures in TAing: Art Colonies
Grad School, Then and Now, Part One
Eight years passed between the completion of my Master’s in 2010, and the beginning of my Ph.D. in 2018. During those eight years, I worked several different museum jobs and matured significantly as a person. I wasn’t the only one who changed, though. Graduate school has evolved a lot since I was last here, so… Continue reading Grad School, Then and Now, Part One
B Movie Reflections: Women and Spiders
A guilty pleasure that Brandon and I both share is watching bad movies, courtesy of MST3K and Rifftrax. I’m talking movies like Manos: The Hands of Fate, or Birdemic. One of the more recent offerings we watched was Kiss of the Tarantula, a 1976 movie about a young woman and her special arachnid friends. This… Continue reading B Movie Reflections: Women and Spiders