Working on getting things done for the residency. My last mentor meeting with Jesseca has been rescheduled for next week. Still working on the small images from my childhood home I'm trying to decided on the right box I have about 5 in my studio now. I'm really happy with the new work I have doing and can't wait to go to the residency. It's that crazy time of the year at my job so things are hectic but I seem to be balancing it. I am excited that I got one of my photographs in the Boston Young Contemporaries Show, I attached it below.

I am having some more large prints made of my image this week, which I am very excited about. I continue to work with size and think about the format and display of my work. I have also been working with materials and mounting smaller images of my childhood home and placing them in a box. I see those images as something that is movable but is still important to the project and ideas I am discussing about home. My struggle has been what kind of box the images go into as well as what they are mounted onto. I have been using balsa wood which is flexible and thin giving some physical weight to the images and making them almost like old postcards. I just painted clear and white gesso on the back of the wood to see how that changes the feel of the images. I spoke with Jesseca in my last meeting about different mounting possibilities maybe aluminum which I need to further explore or gator board which is like foam core just a little stiffer. There is something however about the thinness of the balsa wood that I really enjoy. I am looking forward to showing this work at the residency as it is a change from last semester. Well lots to do before June and everything seems to be crazy, it will all get done though!

I have Open Studios this weekend which should be good. It's been a busy past couple of weeks and that's going to continue until the residency just trying to put my head down and go. I met with Jesseca on Monday and had a good conversation with her about where my work has currently gone. I have been further exploring my space and photographed my childhood homes a couple weeks ago while on a visit.
Last night went to First Friday despite the rain seems like every time I go it's rainy but it was good to get to those galleries because it's tough for me to get over there during the week.

Finally getting some work online. I had a big printing weekend which was great. I am excited about where my new work is going and it's a change from what I had at the last residency. Soon I will have more individual images on my Flickr account. I have been thinking about my next paper I want to incorporate the thoughts I had around going home, to my parents homes a week ago. How photographing my childhood homes felt different than photographing my own home.

Went to NYC this weekend it feels a little like a blur I need to spend some time processing all the work I saw and some of the shooting I did at home. While in the city I had a marathon day the Whitney, Metropolitan, and the Guggenheim then it was downtown to some Chelsea galleries. There was so much more I wanted to see but I accomplished a lot in one day.
I was able to photograph at home..my childhood homes. It was an interesting experience I may use some of the images not sure yet it didn't feel like home partially because I don't live there anymore and things have changed in the houses. A big one is that my mother doesn't live in my childhood home she now lives in NJ a different state than where I grew up. I focused more on the objects pieces that had been part of my childhood. I am looking forward to doing a ton of printing this weekend I have a lot of material to work with.

Sometimes I wonder how can all this work be done....? Conferences at work today but all the judging was finished for the art show I'm hosting at work. Denise and Michael were some of the judges so it was nice to talk about work and AIB with them today. Earlier in the week I saw Linc who also did some judging great to see people who have finished the program. Shot more tonight and I'm looking forward to going home and to NYC to see shows. I spoke with Deborah the other night and I need to make some changes to my last paper and focus more of my thoughts. I am really enjoying what I'm photographing and I'm looking forward to getting into the studio to do a lot of printing.

Above image: Moyra Davey's work

Can't believe my last post was 2 weeks ago work has been so busy since returning from vacation. I am hosting a large art show at my school which has been occupying a lot of time. Anyway still plugging along with grad work.
Met with Jesseca my mentor at the end of my vacation and had a good meeting with her. We discussed my newer work in which I have been hanging multiple images on the wall next to each other. Working with size of the images and dealing with both my interior and exterior space. Using imagery of both has allowed me to make a more personal connection to my sense of place. I have still been working and looking at maps but I feel they are becoming more of just an influence than using them in my work. I went to visit Coe at Fitchburg and was able to make some larger prints which was great they change the layout of the work and I can't wait to make some more with new images I have been shooting. Other than my work I find I have been looking a lot I have a ton of books out from the library. I went to part of a symposium at Harvard on Saturday about the Moyra Davey show at the Fogg. There were some very interesting speakers and I enjoyed getting to see the show a second time. I also visited the landscape show at the PRC.
I'm looking forward to a visit to NYC this weekend for some gallery and museum visits. I will also be visiting both family houses which will give me an opportunity to photograph at both places. With the work I am currently doing I feel I have been focusing more on my current home but it should be helpful to do some shooting in my old homes, the ones my parents still reside in.