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This website is a collection of career-building resources for studio art students, covering topics like: Finding art-related internships and employment. The artist’s tools for self promotion: creating websites with WordPress, and using Mailchimp and Facebook for PR. Applying to MFA programs for studio art: considerations to make when selecting schools, instructions for preparing strong applications,… Continue reading New: Art Careers Website

On March 22nd, Sam Bowser came to talk with our class about his scientific research on biological organisms of Antarctica, and the collaborative projects he’s worked on with various artists.  Visit Sam’s website for more information: http://www.bowserlab.org/

Jonah Lehrer talks about why brainstorming doesn’t work and why artists need to cultivate grit By Bill Tipper, Barnes & Noble Review Why did Bob Dylan compose the classic “Like a Rolling Stone” only after he had become so disgusted with his own music that he was planning to quit the business permanently? How did… Continue reading The truth about creativity

This is amazing!  It conveys the immensity of our universe–from the subatomic to the cosmic. http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/page/scale-universe-cary-michael-huang-california-high-school-15573968

Here is a pdf of my artist presentation: Carsten Höller. If you open it in adobe reader there will be a little word bubbled in the top left corner. That is where you can see my slide notes. Don’t pay attention the spelling and grammar of my notes. The way that I first put this… Continue reading Sample Artist Presentation

I am for an art that is political-erotical-mystical, that does something other than sit on its ass in a museum. I am for an art that grows up not knowing it is art at all, an art given the chance of having a staring point of zero. I am for an art that embroils itself… Continue reading I am for an art … by Claes Oldenburg

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