Week 6. Residency 2, 3 hours. Perpich Center for Arts Education, Golden Valley, MN.
I’m writing this from a couple of weeks later, so it won’t be as long. A lot has happened this past few weeks. I was supposed to begin my residency at Perpich on Feb. 6, but Jeremy had to cancel so I didn’t end up going. It was okay in the end because I’ve had a lot of busy studio production happening. Working on a weaving, continuing with my big CNC project, and producing a community arts project all at the same time. I was talking with one of my professors about stuff and we both agreed that community based arts, especially combined with teaching, take a lot of time and labor (and losing sleep) but are SO worth it. I have fallen in love with relational art and look forward to continuing to learn more. The semester is just starting.
I also changed my mind about senior project…several times….and was feeling really confused and unsure how to proceed for a while. I’m such a process-based thinker that I really have to be making things I can hold in my hands before I fully know what a piece is about conceptually. This causes conflict when writing proposals because they always seem to call for the concept to be delivered right out of the gate, before anything has been made. I had a great conversation with someone recently about this very thing. I don’t have any answers still, but at least writing and rewriting my proposal several times has brought me closer to what I want to do. It’s good practice too.