Callie Neylan

Callie Neylan

📍 Seattle, Washington

Me want.

I should be working on my thes-ass. Instead, I am drooling over Vespas. Few times in life are as enjoyable as the return of an old friend. It’s one of those happy times: The Vespa PX, one of the world’s most recognized icons of fun and style, is

University of Washington 2006 MFA Thesis Exhibition

Opening May 26th, 7-9 pm \ The Henry Art Gallery on the UW campus. “Born in Aspen, Colorado, Callie Neylan moved to Washington state in 1990. She earned her bachelor’s degree at Central Washington University in 1997, studying art and French. After moving to Seattle a year later, Callie’s

Gosh. I'm done. I am a Master of Fine Arts.

Well, except for writing 10-15 more pages and turning in my slides. Anyway, it’s been a challenging two years. It’s going to take me a while to digest it all. I meant to add this to my exhibit somewhere but didn’t. So, I’m adding it here:

Red shoes.

originally uploaded by Girlabroad. I want shoes like this! Oh. Wait. I had shoes like this, but Mies ate them…. Anyway, I’m feeling kind of flat right now. I have so much to do by next Wednesday, but I’m not motivated at all. And now I have to

Kitty Bling-Bling.

originally uploaded by callieo! The Stranger has a really good review of the BFA show of DX ARTS first graduating class. They bashed our MFA show, but that’s okay with me because 1). our design stuff just seemed awkward exhibited next to all the fine art, and 2). I

Whew!

originally uploaded by callieo!. We did it! Here we are, done. Graduates. MFAs. UW alums. More photos here.

Dogs and Modernism.

I just finished reading Natalia’s book, Chasing the Perfect and I started thinking about how dogs fit into the modernist dogma. Her dog, Janie, is an underlying, constant presence in this book, and it got me pondering. When you think of the modernist aesthetic, dogs are really the antithesis

Message Bean.

This is cool. I wouldn’t mind one as a gift, and I’m pretty picky….

I'm dying over here.

My laptop died yesterday. Zip. Kapoot. I had used it right before my interview to jot down questions and it was fine. I get home to log on and it won’t start up. I thought maybe the battery was out of power, so I plugged it in. Still nothing.

American Colonialism.

Will and I watched Why We Fight last night, a really interesting documentary about colonialism and the industrialized American military. It made me sick. There were a couple of really creepy right-wing commentators (I can’t remember their names but of course Will was very familiar with them since he’