An event that many graduate students will be familiar with is the academic conference. It’s a chance to network, get feedback on your work, see someplace new, and add something to your CV. Schools love it when their students go to conferences, and students usually enjoy getting the chance to interact with people outside their… Continue reading Conference Abstracts, or How to Talk About Your Research in Different Ways
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Ongoing Art Project: Colors of Winter
One of my New Year’s resolutions was to work on my art on a more regular basis. Although I did a lot of painting and sketching over the break, I barely drew anything during the semester itself. Shortly after the semester ended then, I picked up a small sketchnook that I could carry around in… Continue reading Ongoing Art Project: Colors of Winter
Flammable Hippo
Back in October last year I went out to Chicago to visit my best friend from college. These days she’s finishing up her Ph.D. at the University of Kansas. The last time I saw her was Lawrence itself in 2016, but this time we decided to meet up in Chicago, as October 2018 was not… Continue reading Flammable Hippo
A Still Life for Grammie, Part Two
Last week I started talking about a recent still life I wanted to paint in memory of my grandmother. Today, I’ll show you how I went about completing that work. I started by lightly sketching the still life onto the canvas with pencil. Some artists have the confidence the go right at the canvas with… Continue reading A Still Life for Grammie, Part Two
A Still Life for Grammie, Part One
My paternal grandmother passed away in October. She’d been suffering from dementia for several years, so in many respects, the person I knew and loved had already been gone for some time. Still, Grammie was a seminal presence to my childhood and early adulthood, so I couldn’t help but be affected by her passing. Whether… Continue reading A Still Life for Grammie, Part One
What I’m Taking This Semester, Spring Edition
The spring semester commenced in mid-January, so classes have been in session for a few weeks. Let’s take a look at what I’m studying this time around. My first class for the week is Modern US, which meets on Monday afternoons. Although I took a lot of history classes in college, none of them concentrated… Continue reading What I’m Taking This Semester, Spring Edition
Scalar Book: The Roswell Museum Federal Art Center
As you know from my post about my DH semester project, I made a Scalar book about the Roswell Museum’s WPA archive. Scalar was still quite new to me at the time, so I hadn’t discovered all the cool things I could do with it yet. Today then, I’d like to take another look at that project and… Continue reading Scalar Book: The Roswell Museum Federal Art Center
How I spent my winter break
My first semester ended when I turned in my capitalisms paper on December 17. With classes not resuming until January 16, that left me with several weeks to myself. After working in a job where I only got two weeks off a year, having that much free time was a welcome change. So how did… Continue reading How I spent my winter break
Computing for the Humanities
Semester breaks are for rest and relaxation, but they’re also a great time to learn new skills through workshops and other opportunities. Such was the case with the Digital Humanities bootcamp I took last week, which I’ll be talking about today. This intensive workshop met from 9-4 Monday through Friday. Each day focused on a… Continue reading Computing for the Humanities
2018 Reflections, and 2019 Anticipations
I don’t know about everyone else, but 2018 was a pretty eventful year for me, full of endings, beginnings, and overall change. Today, I’d like to reflect on the past year, and more importantly, look ahead to the future. 2018 started off with the opening of Magical and Real, the Peter Hurd and Henriette retrospective… Continue reading 2018 Reflections, and 2019 Anticipations