Sunday, June 30, 2013

First Semester Goals!


NHIA MFA Program First Residency
Goals for Richella Simard 


Art World Connections
  • go to DIA, Storm King, Mass MOCA, NYC Galleries, Guggenheim, Panopticon, SPE
  • to attend an opening as frequently as possible that is coming up and in the area
  • to email an artist twice a week on their work and my reaction to it
  • to stay in tune with blogs and contemporary photographers 
  • art in america, other art magazines subscriptions
  • connect with the internet more, flickr, instagram, other sites

Mentor/Advisors/Blog/MFA family
  • meet with my mentor at least four times for multiple hours at a time. 
  • email my mentor once a week on updates/ideas
  • email my advisor to refer to my blog and my current work 
  • post on the blog at least once every two days, either artists, openings, galleries, progress of work, ideas, etc. 
  • email all advisors in the program once every one to two weeks to updates and toss ideas around
  • email the group(Students) every one to two weeks to keep in contact, go to museums together, check on new work and process, have coffee and chat

Work Productions
  • ten assignments to produce. exercises or actual more developed work, explorative work
  • play play play
  • 35mm, .medium, alternative
  • print on magazines
  • make sculptures or a product and photograph it
  • use the camera as  documentation of an event
  • movies? paint? stop motion? 
  • 10 hours a week on work
  • read the news daily
  • read book suggestions, try for five books out of the list
  • watch documentaries 4-6
  • write four 3-5 page papers during time off about thoughts, process, ideas etc. 
  • stick with the calendar 

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