Our first dispatch from Mexico City comes from Maya Mason, MFA 2017 As Fast as the Eye Can See: My Summer in Mexico City My primary fixation as a painter has always been the expressive power of the human body. Thrust into a new life in Mexico City for the past six weeks, I have been privileged to understand and… Read More
Our third dispatch from Leipzig comes from Anna Wakitsch MFA 2017. Even before we arrived in Leipzig, my fate was sealed. As soon as Laura (the coordinator of the LIA residency) sent photos of the spacious live-work space, I fell in love with the huge, luminous double-paned windows, and I knew I would be spending the bulk of my days… Read More
Our first dispatch from Russia comes from Allison Hill-Edgar MFA 2017 The icons. The light. The people. The food. The architecture. The history. I find that every day I have a new obsession. Today it is the sound of the canal and the cool light on the pink and ochre buildings just outside our window; Monday it was the bursting… Read More
Our first dispatch from Beijing comes from Pedro Perez-Guillon MFA 2017 News from Beijing! I have to start by saying that China has only surprised us in a positive way. First of all – the food. We have never eaten better and for so little money. For six dollars, we have been eating until we cannot take any more and our… Read More
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