hip – hip!<\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\ngetting to know the graduates<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n
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<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\nGraduating Student:<\/strong> Tallis Holowka (W21)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\nI chose to write my Process Paper in the style of a fictional story. The story is about a character (based heavily on me) that finds herself alone in a woodland forest whilst an environmental event causes all the trees and vegetation to grow wildly out of control. She strives to remember who she is by recalling her process and developments as an artist through the degree program while navigating an overgrown, uncertain landscape.<\/em><\/p>\nMy studio work continues to explore the relationship between vegetation and human species, as well as provoking questions about the way physical reality could be perceived as fictional.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nWhat was on your play list during your time at VCFA?<\/strong><\/p>\nI have a song for each residency. These are songs that, whenever I hear them, make me think of that residency.<\/p>\n
1st Semester:\u00a0 Old Man<\/a> –\u00a0Neil Young<\/p>\n2nd Semester: Waiting Room<\/a> – Fugazi<\/p>\n3rd Semester: West End Girls<\/a> – Pet Shop Boys<\/p>\n4th Semester: Cheap Thrills<\/a> – Sia<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\nWho are your favorite protagonists in fiction?<\/strong><\/p>\nHellboy<\/a> by Mike Mignola<\/p>\nEllen Ripley<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n
<\/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>\nIn one notable way, my studio work became about creating from pure exploratory curiosity rather than being hung up on creating a \u201cmasterpiece.\u201d Embracing this has creatively freed me, and ironically I think I am probably more likely to actually create a \u201cmasterpiece.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n
<\/div>\nWho were your Artist-Mentors?<\/strong><\/p>\nMichael McGillis<\/a><\/p>\nJeremy Davis<\/a><\/p>\n
getting to know the graduates<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\nGraduating Student:<\/strong> Tallis Holowka (W21)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n I chose to write my Process Paper in the style of a fictional story. The story is about a character (based heavily on me) that finds herself alone in a woodland forest whilst an environmental event causes all the trees and vegetation to grow wildly out of control. She strives to remember who she is by recalling her process and developments as an artist through the degree program while navigating an overgrown, uncertain landscape.<\/em><\/p>\n My studio work continues to explore the relationship between vegetation and human species, as well as provoking questions about the way physical reality could be perceived as fictional.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n What was on your play list during your time at VCFA?<\/strong><\/p>\n I have a song for each residency. These are songs that, whenever I hear them, make me think of that residency.<\/p>\n 1st Semester:\u00a0 Old Man<\/a> –\u00a0Neil Young<\/p>\n 2nd Semester: Waiting Room<\/a> – Fugazi<\/p>\n 3rd Semester: West End Girls<\/a> – Pet Shop Boys<\/p>\n 4th Semester: Cheap Thrills<\/a> – Sia<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n Who are your favorite protagonists in fiction?<\/strong><\/p>\n Hellboy<\/a> by Mike Mignola<\/p>\n Ellen Ripley<\/a><\/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 In one notable way, my studio work became about creating from pure exploratory curiosity rather than being hung up on creating a \u201cmasterpiece.\u201d Embracing this has creatively freed me, and ironically I think I am probably more likely to actually create a \u201cmasterpiece.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n Who were your Artist-Mentors?<\/strong><\/p>\n Michael McGillis<\/a><\/p>\n Jeremy Davis<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n