Graduating Student: Anna Crow (S 21)

My process paper covers my whole time at VCFA – with a lot of native American concepts in it. My art work this semester is entitled “Coping with COVID.”

How did VCFA change your approach to thinking about your studio practice and your community at home?

VCFA has given me the opportunity and motivation to:

create a body of work that is enough for a one-person show

research areas of art that I am interested in

develop mediums I have not used before

take myself more seriously as the artist I am

Who were your Artist-Mentors?

Mara Pierce

Bently Spang of Montana

Leanne Gilbertson of Montana

Desi Schoenweis of South Dakota

Ron Mills-Pinyas of Oregon and Spain

What was on your play list during your time at VCFA?

I listen to 60’s folk music, brassy classical music, and Native American music. I would like to die to either Handel’s Messiah or Beethoven’s Ode to Joy.

What is your favorite bird?

In spite of being named Crow, my favorite bird is a Red-tailed Hawk.

Where do you live?

I live in Southeast Montana and am thrilled to be a rural artist.