hip – hip!<\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\ngetting to know the graduates<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n
<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\nGraduating Student:<\/strong> Rebecca Magill (W21)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\nMy Process Paper titled, “Longing to Belong: Discovering my Visual Language to Create Connection”, describes the arc of my journey to answer my original key questions: \u201cWhat is Home?\u201d, \u201cWhere is Home?\u201d, and \u201cWhat is Place?\u201d <\/em><\/p>\nIn a transformative way, I explored themes of displacement, belonging, identity, and motherhood. My Graduate Exhibition work focuses on three themes; Solace, Uncertainty, and restlessness in three videos. The work depicts internalized feelings of uncertainty, restlessness and the need for solace which deals with identity and place.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nWhat was on your play list during your time at VCFA?<\/strong><\/p>\n1st Semester:<\/p>\n
\n- Miriam Makeba – Pata Pata<\/a>, Emabhaceni<\/a>,<\/li>\n
- Alison Krauss & Union Station – The Lucky One<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
2nd Semester:<\/p>\n
\n- Miseducation of Lauryn Hill – Lost Ones<\/a>, Doo Wop (That Thing)<\/a><\/li>\n
- Miles Davis – Summertime<\/a>, Au Bar Du Petit Bac<\/a>, So What<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
3rd Semester:<\/p>\n
\n- Bhavya Pandit, Gautam Chatterjee & Neeraj Sharma – Pal, Miliyo Re, Maachis Ki Teeli, Faislay<\/a><\/li>\n
- Rihanna – Love on the Brain<\/a>, Diamonds<\/a><\/li>\n
- Sola Rosa – Get it Together (Deluxe Edition)\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
4th Semester:<\/p>\n
\n- Snarky Puppy – Like A Light<\/a>, Binky<\/a>, Skate U<\/a>, Bent Nails<\/a>, Minjor<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n
Who are your favorite protagonists in fiction?<\/strong><\/p>\nAtticus Finch in, To Kill a Mocking Bird <\/em><\/a>by Harper Lee<\/p>\nMma Precious Ramotswe in, No.1 Ladies\u2019 Detective Agency <\/em><\/a>series by Alexander McCall Smith<\/p>\nCosima Codi Noline in, Animal Dreams<\/em><\/a> by Barbara Kingsolver<\/p>\nJulia Jarmond in, Sarah\u2019s Key<\/em><\/a> by Tatiana De Rosnay<\/p>\n\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\nPrevious<\/a>Next<\/a><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\nHow did VCFA change your approach to thinking about your studio practice and your community at home? <\/strong><\/p>\nThe extensive research and studio practice during my time at VCFA was a crucial step in discovering my visual language and in my development as an artist. It provided me the opportunity to discover artists, to be in dialogue with their work, and to experiment and engage in new ways that surprised me. My work centers around Place and this research has given me a renewed perspective from which to engage in the community at large and beyond.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n
<\/div>\nWho were your Artist-Mentors?<\/strong><\/p>\nDalida Maria Benfield<\/a><\/p>\nAndrea Ray<\/a><\/p>\nUsha Seejarim<\/a><\/p>\nLuis Jacob<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<\/div>\nWhat, or who, would you like to be? <\/strong><\/p>\nAn artist who is curious, asks questions and is engaged with issues in my community and beyond.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n
<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nWhat is your favorite bird? <\/strong><\/p>\nAn owl<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nWho, or what, is your work in conversation with?<\/strong><\/p>\nFrancis Alys<\/a><\/p>\nRebecca Horn<\/a><\/p>\nTrisha Brown<\/a><\/p>\nWilliam Kentridge<\/a><\/p>\nAna Mendieta<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n<\/div>\nWhat state\/country do you live in? <\/strong><\/p>\nMassachusetts<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n
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getting to know the graduates<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n
Graduating Student:<\/strong> Rebecca Magill (W21)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n My Process Paper titled, “Longing to Belong: Discovering my Visual Language to Create Connection”, describes the arc of my journey to answer my original key questions: \u201cWhat is Home?\u201d, \u201cWhere is Home?\u201d, and \u201cWhat is Place?\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n In a transformative way, I explored themes of displacement, belonging, identity, and motherhood. My Graduate Exhibition work focuses on three themes; Solace, Uncertainty, and restlessness in three videos. The work depicts internalized feelings of uncertainty, restlessness and the need for solace which deals with identity and place.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n What was on your play list during your time at VCFA?<\/strong><\/p>\n 1st Semester:<\/p>\n 2nd Semester:<\/p>\n 3rd Semester:<\/p>\n 4th Semester:<\/p>\n Who are your favorite protagonists in fiction?<\/strong><\/p>\n Atticus Finch in, To Kill a Mocking Bird <\/em><\/a>by Harper Lee<\/p>\n Mma Precious Ramotswe in, No.1 Ladies\u2019 Detective Agency <\/em><\/a>series by Alexander McCall Smith<\/p>\n Cosima Codi Noline in, Animal Dreams<\/em><\/a> by Barbara Kingsolver<\/p>\n Julia Jarmond in, Sarah\u2019s Key<\/em><\/a> by Tatiana De Rosnay<\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n How did VCFA change your approach to thinking about your studio practice and your community at home? <\/strong><\/p>\n The extensive research and studio practice during my time at VCFA was a crucial step in discovering my visual language and in my development as an artist. It provided me the opportunity to discover artists, to be in dialogue with their work, and to experiment and engage in new ways that surprised me. My work centers around Place and this research has given me a renewed perspective from which to engage in the community at large and beyond.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n Who were your Artist-Mentors?<\/strong><\/p>\n Dalida Maria Benfield<\/a><\/p>\n Andrea Ray<\/a><\/p>\n Usha Seejarim<\/a><\/p>\n Luis Jacob<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n What, or who, would you like to be? <\/strong><\/p>\n An artist who is curious, asks questions and is engaged with issues in my community and beyond.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n What is your favorite bird? <\/strong><\/p>\n An owl<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n Who, or what, is your work in conversation with?<\/strong><\/p>\n Francis Alys<\/a><\/p>\n Rebecca Horn<\/a><\/p>\n Trisha Brown<\/a><\/p>\n William Kentridge<\/a><\/p>\n Ana Mendieta<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div> What state\/country do you live in? <\/strong><\/p>\n Massachusetts<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n Contact<\/strong><\/p>\n\n
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