Tuesday, March 20, 2007

Studios


There's always good reason to be interested in how others arrange their workspace, and I wanted to point readers to On My Desk, a blog that collects artists' images of their workspaces. Examples range form the overly domestic to the nearly industrial. The picture I've conected to is of artist Jane Ann Wynn's studio in Baltimore. The way she tells the story of moving her workspace around the house before finally building a dedicated space reminds me of an all-too-familiar narrative recited by artits in our program. Given the importance a studio plays in your success in the MFA program - and as an artist - I hope this chance to look at how (and where) others work is a little inspiring.

Thursday, March 15, 2007

Warming up for Summer


It's gorgeous here in California, and I'm beginning to think about the sweltering summer in Philadelphia that's just around the corner. I'll be teaching Criticism Seminar with James Rosenthal, and I'm pretty excited about it. I'm especially interested in talking about Linda Nordin's piece in the February issue of Artforum - The Elephant in the Painting. I strongly suggest students entering thesis year read this and be ready to talk about it. I'll try to send out a copy when I can get a well-formatted PDF together.