tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67404801377371984682012-04-15T15:34:53.344-07:00MFA@AIB :: All Residency All The TimeRachel Woodburnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08872409876865192577noreply@blogger.comBlogger47125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6740480137737198468.post-75623445504302749962009-09-26T17:34:00.000-07:002009-09-26T17:38:07.238-07:00

I am not sure exactly why I have been silent here this fall; it could be that I am overwhelmed with the amount of work that I need to do, both for AIB and with my return to my full time teaching position at SCC. I am sure that I do not know how to begin to say what needs to be said. It is quite probable that as the days grow nearer to graduation the perfectionist in me is winning, that in search

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It is an odd place to be at the beginning of the end, the last term, of a journey for me that has taken nearly a decade. Yet there is much to do and accomplish this term. I am surprisingly calm even in the face of an overwhelming amount needing to get done.My thesis paper needs to be researched and written because I have changed my materials and the presentation of my work. This was necessary. I

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For archival purposes I am publishing my reading list for spring 09. If you are curious about any of these books I have most of them and could give you feedback before you decide to check them out or make purchases.Philip Armstrong :: As Painting: Division and DisplacementSylvan Barnet :: A Short Guide to Writing about ArtTerry Barrett :: Criticizing Photographs, An Introduction to Understanding

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For archival purposes I am publishing the museums and galleries that I visited during the spring 09 term.SMoCA :: Emmet Gowin :: Photography SymposiumPhoenix, AZ :: Janet Echelman :: Her Secret is PatienceCenter for Creative Photography :: The Photographs of Linda Connor :: OdysseyThe Gallery @ the Library :: Scottsdale Civic Center Library :: Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reefs :: The Institute for

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For archival purposes I am posting the artists I looked at the spring 09.Louise BourgeoisPaul ChanAngella EllsworthLarry FinkTierney GearonCai Guo-QiangMaria Adelaida LopezAnna MendietaJanice RedmanFrancesca Woodman

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Sharing a quote I found in a book called As Painting: Division and Displacement by Philip Armstrong, Laura Lisbon, and Stephen Melville. These words again reference to this idea of the completion and the continuance of the creation of art."But this completion without end—or rather, this finite finishing, if one attempts to understand thereby a completion that limits itself to what is, but that,

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It is as the term comes to its resolution with final paperwork due and a body of work to complete, that my anticipation of what I wanted to accomplish become a long term laundry list of things to do. It feels like something I read on a blog called accidental creative by Todd Henry.“It will never be good enough. It will never cease, and there will always be more to do . . . Because the work of art

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I needed to examine the silenced experiences of my childhood. Ignored and forgotten, years of my life had been swept away, never to be acknowledged. These memories, like crumbs that were swept into the floorboards, crumbs eventually covered by rugs; the rugs became stories of replacement. My memories were traded for the pretense of perfection in order to create the flawless family snapshot.My

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Yesterday at the Scottsdale Civic Center Library I went to the opening of the Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reefs by The Institute For Figuring and Companions. The Institute For Figuring, directed by Christine and Margaret Wertheim, is dedicated to the poetic and aesthetic dimensions of science, mathematics and the technical arts. It was amazing to see the community come together to create such a

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It seems like so much needs to be created in order to uncover art that speaks in our voice. When visiting SMoCA we went on a gallery talk by Claire Carter. While viewing the exhibit At the Crossroads of American Photography: Callahan, Siskind, Sommer, I was grateful to hear that Callahan had over 300,000 negatives as part of his estate when he passed away. Creating art is hard work, it is

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It’s been a full four weeks sinceI last wrote. Where to begin?When I returned from my residencyI began to help prepare for a workshop with Jill Enfield at the Tilt Gallery in Phoenix. We had a great weekend together creating both digital negatives and alternative negatives with Jill. One of the women in the workshop Linda Ingraham pulled together a number of artists for a show in the Jackson

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It has only been two weeks since we left the residency and somehow I feel like I am behind. I am still trying to finalize a mentor, have just finished my residency summary and working on my list of books. We have only just begun and I am sure this term will fly by.My goal this term is continue to find ways to create images that let the viewer feel what I felt as a child growing up in a

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For archival purposes I am posting the artists I looked during Fall 08 term.Diane ArbusTina BarneyDan EstabrookAnna GaskellLoretta LuxRaymond MeeksSarah MoonFrance Scully OstermanRobert and Shana ParkeHarrisonArthur Tress

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For archival purposes I am publishing the museums and galleries that I visited during the fall 08 term. The Norton Simon Museum :: The Art of War: American Posters from World War I andWorld War IIThe Norton Simon Museum :: Vermeer :: A Lady in WritingDesert Botanical Garden :: Chilhuly :: The Nature of GlassThe Ice House :: Barri Chase :: The Fiber of the MatterTilt Gallery :: France Scully

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For archival purposes I am publishing my reading list for fall 08. If you are curious about any of these books I have most of them and could give you feedback before you decide to check them out or make purchases.Flesh & Blood: Photographers' Images of Their Own Families by Ann BeattieThe Contest of Meaning by Richard BoltonArt Photography Now by Susan BrightSo the Story Goes: Photographs by Tina

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I have lost track of my days as the end of the year approaches. It seems like a few nights ago we went to the desert botanical gardens to take an evening walk through the desert with paths glimmering from the luminarias. Last time we went to see las noches de las luminarias for the holidays it was so packed with people it was hard to enjoy. Last Thursday the experience was more intimate and along

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Having reviewed my terms work with my mentor Christopher and focusing on wrapping things up for the January residency I decided my objective will be to focus on creating images that let the viewer feel what I felt as a child growing up in a dysfunctional family. We had a great discussion of what he saw in my work that had impact, potential for further development, as well as keeping my work

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As this term nears completion I feel I am on the edge of approaching resolution on a number of issues that I have been working through this term. It seems in the program at AIB that we have our artist statement, bibliography, and residency summary due before I have completed all I intend to due for the residency. Or perhaps it is just my process of working up until the last moment possible. I do

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Last weekend was First Friday downtown Phoenix. I have been waiting for this weekend for sometime to see the closing reception of France Scully Oysterman’s show, Natures Second Course. Unfortunately I was out east when she spoke in Tucson and for her opening at the Tilt Gallery. I wanted to see her images from her series Bed and Sleep, I was especially looking at how viewers respond to her work

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"Fear makes the wolf bigger that he is." - German ProverbThis image is from Sarah Moons book Little Red Riding HoodI have been looking at dysfunctional behaviors and how that effects family relationships. I have been intently looking at anxiety and fear and the role that fairy tales, scary movies and psychological thrillers play in providing comfort and support for a child in an unstable family

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I have arrived safely home. It was good to be in Michigan for the fall and to see the colors change from green to yellow to orange and red. The apples were still clean and crisp as I remembered them from years ago. From them my sister Shelle and I made carmel apples, apple crisp, and apple pie. I left more apples for her to make into applesauce.My sister Becca was released from them hospital

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On the road again. I flew back east to take more family photographs, talk with my mentor, and continue to clarify my direction this term. I am finally feeling good about what I am focusing on in my work and after talking with Christopher. I feel that I am now headed in the right direction for me. We talked about what what happening in some of my images and also review some of the strengths that I

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Unrest has seeped into my life this month. It came from many directions from family issues to my struggle for direction with the disparate feedback I received at the residency in June. My sister Becca who is schizophrenic has addiction issues and has been in the hospital three times this past month. The last time she went in the hospital a friend called 911 and they have not yet released her.

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Last week with friends Valerie, Cheryl, and Wendy, I went on a two-day road trip in search for New Zealand orange chocolate chip ice cream. This quest was to mark the closing of my studio 2see that ran for a year with the help of Valerie, Cheryl, and my husband Bob.Why one would travel a thousand miles for this ice cream is debatable only to those who haven’t been in New Zealand and participated

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August first already. Time flies when you are not paying attention. I can’t believe it has been one month since we were in Boston. Life and school has been a challenge when on the road! Some places that I have been this summer have been extremely remote. Half the time I have been able to use my computer and connect, other times even my cell phone didn’t even work.I have finished my residency

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