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mfa

A collection of 93 issues

The rain has stopped.

, originally uploaded by swissmiss. Well, you know. To a certain degree. It’s raining as I type. And actually, the rain never really stops here in Seattle. Even when it’s not physically falling, it lives within the city’s inhabitants, lurking in our subconscience, spreading mold and mildew into

Form.

, originally uploaded by callieo!. This is a photograph taken during 10 weeks of form studies. My object was a bag of white plastic tile spacers. This image was created by taking two of the spacers, melting the ends together, then pulling them apart, creating strings of plastic. I then draped

Critiques are hard.

“In our culture, the term “criticism” has acquired negative connotations. It has become synonymous with ridicule and denigration for many people. So, it’s no wonder many students experience apprehension about having their images critiqued. To mitigate these fears, we need to make clear to our students – and to ourselves

Sexy ass!

Okay, so Jason won. Anyway, life in the grad studio is much better this year, minus the mènage à trois and with all that transpired in Rome. While the trip was melodramatic for the most part and hell sometimes while we were there, I guess certain people being put in

Design thesis proposal.

Well, here it is. We’ll see how my presentation goes on Wednesday….

Exquisite Corpse.

So, for my experimental film class, we were split into groups of three to create an exquisite corpse. My group (me, Michelle, and Naasir) was given the right torso and hand. We were told to create five 15-second films with three-second breaks between them that together played cohesively as a

I think I want to be an architect instead....

I’m taking an urban design class this quarter and I really like it. So much so, that I’m toying with the idea of applying to the UW’s M. Arch. program when I’m done with my MFA. Then I can do things like this. I’m also

Hmmm, I think I have my thesis idea...

Working on something related to this. I just started working on this project as a research assistant; I think it could be a really good thing.

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: