My new studio!!!! Yay!

I am now officially moved in. Got my key card, my ID (with a ridiculous look on my face), and I am ready to get to work. I have been doing some research on what I want to be investigating.

So far, this is what I am thinking....

I want to create a visual vocabulary that pulls from craft items, trinkets, knick-knacks, patterns found on china or old wallpaper, vintage photos, and aged personal possessions that are collaged, assembled, or recontextualized in ways that expose the dark, sad, or lonely side of domesticity, decoration, and ornamentation.

I am interested in questioning how we create memories and consider the passage of time.

Now on to making art out of this!

meltdown

ok, suffered a mini meltdown this evening. Crying session lasted only a few minutes, but I think I have gained composure. I feel there are a lot of brilliant people in the program and am trying to feel like I belong here.(?) I am happy with the people I have met and excited for potential future collaborations
So, I have only completed 2 days of "orientation" and thinking, "What have I gotten myself into?"
I am happy, however, with my advisors selection: 2 really interesting artists and 1 writer with a PhD in theory from Princeton. We were given a little insight as to how they are assigned to us. Our main advisor had some part in our admittance, the 2nd advisor may have something in common with our work in particular, and the third advisor proves challenging to us. I gather the guy from Princeton will be challenging. I don't know what this guy's going to make me do!

Anyway, I am looking forward to setting up my studio. I was able to choose it from a lottery. I was 5th and got my third choice!

Pictures tomorrow!

The countdown begins!

I have a couple of weeks to go before I start my masters program at CCA. I have many feelings of anticipation, nerves, excitement, and being overwhelmed. I am looking forward to it tremendously! My plan is to keep the blog updated regularly, so that I will have a log of my progress. I am anticipating a crazy roller coaster ride of stress, emotional craziness, creative blocks, and hopefully lots of "a-ha moments", as I balance life as a mom to a three year old and being an artist back in school. I'm eager to see my art work change and the progress I make in these next 2 short years.