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Officially Completed My Master’s Degree!
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Officially Completed My Master’s Degree!

Events, Grad School, Journals

Officially Completed My Master’s Degree!

Woohoo! I have officially earned my MFA in Visual Communication Design! This is a dream that has been baking for a long time and it feels really great to finally cross the finish line. Yesterday, December 10th, 2021, marked the end of five amazing and challenging years of graduate school. It's definitely time to wrap up my MFA but it still feels bittersweet. I feel very privileged to have had the opportunity to go to grad school and to invest in myself professionally. I was very aware of this privilege during my time in grad school so I did [...]

By Carol|2022-03-16T13:06:35-06:00December 11th, 2021|Categories: Events, Grad School, Journals|Tags: JSU, MFA|0 Comments

Lumen, My MFA Thesis Exhibition
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Lumen, My MFA Thesis Exhibition

Design, Exhibitions, Grad School

Lumen, My MFA Thesis Exhibition

My MFA thesis exhibition is a wrap! I was super nervous about my show but it turned out great and everyone I spoke with told me they enjoyed playing the game. It was great to see strangers playing together and having a good time. Thanks to the pandemic and COVID it's taken a long time to wrap up this project. There's definitely still room for improvement but I think this is a pretty great start. Visit this blog post to read more about my MFA exhibition and Lumen, the card game/teaching tool I created.

By Carol|2022-03-07T20:36:27-06:00October 2nd, 2021|Categories: Design, Exhibitions, Grad School|Tags: game design, JSU, lumen, MFA|0 Comments

TBT: Painting I with Gary Gee
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TBT: Painting I with Gary Gee

Art, Undergrad

TBT: Painting I with Gary Gee

I can't remember when these were done, probably in 2007, the really awful one may of been done in 2005. I initially hated painting these still-lifes but now I think they're fun and I'm glad Mr. Gee challenged us to paint all these lines and shapes. Class: Painting I Professor: Gary Gee

By Carol|2021-10-26T17:23:42-06:00December 22nd, 2016|Categories: Art, Undergrad|Tags: JSU, painting|0 Comments

TBT: Some of my early color experiments.
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TBT: Some of my early color experiments.

Art, Undergrad

TBT: Some of my early color experiments.

Scanned some of my very first gouache and watercolor paintings/experiments. I'm hoping to reclaim some studio space in the house so I can work on some paintings this summer. I love playing with color. The blue star is from my color theory class and was done with gouache (2004). The other two are water color experiments from the one water color class I took at JSU (2008). There's nothing like looking at old work to help you realize how much progress you've made as an artist. lol

By Carol|2021-10-26T17:22:54-06:00May 5th, 2016|Categories: Art, Undergrad|Tags: JSU, painting|0 Comments

Tintypes with Frank Hamrick
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Tintypes with Frank Hamrick

Photography, Workshops

Tintypes with Frank Hamrick

I'm in love with tintypes! I had such a great time at Frank Hamrick's tintype workshop today. It's been quite awhile since I was in a darkroom. I found it incredibly soothing and I enjoyed playing the part of chemist as we coated and developed plates. This was also my first time using a view camera and while it looked mighty intimidating it was actually quite simple and quite fun. Now to hunt down a view camera for myself and to start planning how to turn my basement into a darkroom.

By Carol|2020-02-29T01:00:20-06:00February 20th, 2015|Categories: Photography, Workshops|Tags: JSU|0 Comments