Some new stuff

I cant think straight. All I can think about is what to eat and how I feel and that I get tired really quickly. I am all fogged and can only think about my body and the baby. I am lying here like a cripple as my siatic nerve feels like knives going down my leg. It never fails to distract me. BUT I manage to squeeze in some images before I must lie still and pass out. There is such a loss this semester not being in the darkroom. All I have is contact sheets. No prints yet.

I started painting with my spit and river water with the watercolors.

I also brought Jason into my world by asking him to help me take photos. It has helped so much.

Almost through the VC work guys, we are almost there. I have had to make two extensions for the first two mailings, but got great responses. Michelle is so tough but has been very easy on me with all that is happening. Thank goodness.

I feel the end of the semester nearing and I can almost smell the weird food seeping from the cafeteria in dewey...and then I gag.

jessica and motivation

Hey ya'll,

Speaking of getting together, I'm going to NYC next weekend May 6-10. If any of you want or can make it down there for a day, it would be great to see you! I'm staying with an old college friend and hope to see Maggie and I don't know who else. I'm going to check out the Whitney Biennial, MOMA, Guggenheim, and hopefully some galleries... it will be busy but I'm really looking forward to it!

Also, Diana, I don't think I got the email you mentioned. Who sent it? Please forward it to me. Actually, I have just really started making stuff... I've taken photos, but I'm just now getting around to figuring out what to do for real! I'm making some videos and will incorporate some of the photos and other stuff. My VCP is going okay. Had to ask for an extension for the 2nd mailing as well. But it's fine. I'm putting less pressure on myself for the VCP this semester because really the studio is more important. I still have to write my artist statement and fill out my midterm paperwork.

Hang in there Diana! Do as much as you can. I'm sure you're doing better than you think and you say... we are all so hard on ourselves, which is good cuz it keeps us moving forward, but come on now, life and health are more important than how much art you make.

miss and love you all!!!!
c

what is happening???

Did you guys receive that email most recently stating that Jessica was forced out??
WHAT THE FUCK!!!
I am so disgusted right now. Is it just me or are all of you having a tough/the toughest semester. I am so not in a productive place with my studio work now that midterms are here.
I CANT BELIEVE THIS!!
If you didnt get that email let me know and I will forward it to you. You gotta read it!

Lately I cant help but feel things falling down around me. Its a very helpless feeling but I am still trying.

Baby is kicking me as I write this. He says hello. :)

Maybe we can get together???? I think it might really help in these strange times????

FINALLY!

Some friggin images!

As far as I can tell, no one knows why Jessica is no longer with the VCFA program... But it seems the conclusion many are making is that she was asked to leave, because no one would expect that she would want to leave. There have not been any explanations and it's also been assumed that she was instructed or asked to not discuss her departure with anyone. I haven't really done anything either because I don't like to make the above assumptions. I didn't / don't know Jessica well enough to know whether or not she could have left on her own, but as the same time, if she had left on her own I don't think she'd let us think otherwise...

However, Danielle is the Interim Director and Sabrina is the interim Assistant Dir. which makes me feel hopeful and mostly optimistic for the future... and hey, we only have TWO more residencies, right? But whoever they have as the director next semester will greatly affect us since we'll be preparing for graduation. I feel for the Holligans who are in the midst of their last semester and having to deal with this turn of events.

Diana, are you feeling better both physically and with your work? Just remember, studio work is more important being 12 credits than VCP which is only 3 credits. if you need to revise your VCP to make it a smaller more manageable selection of readings / papers, I'm sure Michelle would understand... it is your project after-all....

anyhow, hope you are all well....

xo,

c

my AT is really great. She's been amazing...

Jessica

Hello all

Does anyone know why Jessica is no longer part of the program?

This blog http://sosvcfa.blogspot.com has details on what happened after her sudden departure from the MFA-V program, but no explanation is given as to WHY she is no longer there. Did she resign? Was she kicked out?

I'm pretty scared for the program. What will the next residency and all the others be like without her? What are you all doing about the loss of Jessica?

I haven't done anything because I don't know what to do. I don't know why she's gone (and there's nothing worse than jumping to ridiculous conclusions.)

Any insight/your opinions would be good!