It’s hard to believe this semester is almost over and I’m approaching my 4th residency. Exciting that 2008 is almost over it’s been a lot of ups and downs this year and I’m looking forward to a new year. While I am excited about the direction my work has taken I feel a sense of anxiety at the same time. I look forward to having more opinions about the work and seeing where it can go next for the thesis. This week I am immersing myself in the studio and Critical Theory reading. While I was home for the holidays I was able to make two trips into Manhattan to see some shows. Of course I made an extensive list of work to see and didn’t get to everything but there is always after the residency. I was able to visit the International Center for Photography, the Guggenheim, The Whitney, The Museum of Art and Design and the The Frick which I had not been to. I was excited to see the Frick more for the space it’s intriguing to me this space which used to be a home and is now a museum. Similar to the Isabella Stewart Gardner these homes are so ornate. I want to revisit my artist statement and review my thesis outline more.

Busy since my last post. I saw Sally Mann lecture at the MFA which was great. When I had time off from work I was able to get handle on some other writings and do a ton of interviewing and photographing of more homes and objects. Looking forward to spending more time in the studio printing. Last week I saw Henry Horenstein lecture at the PRC about his new book Animalia. I wasn't able to make it to First Friday this week but I hope to get to those galleries soon. I did however, get to the last day of the William Christenberry show at Massart I had enjoyed his lecture this fall and was very happy to see his work in person. I also went to the DeCordova with some friends the Drawn to Detail show is unbelievable I would not have the patience to create those drawings. Alison had work in the Zea Mays Printmaking show so that was nice to see. Now I just need to work on studio work and critical theory reading to get ready for the residency.

I am excited about my new series of work on home and I am looking forward to the residency and getting some more feedback. The interviews have been so interesting and rewarding I love talking with people about this topic.