By Krista Smith (MFA 2014)
The past couple of weeks here have flown by. Between painting, panting in our stifling rooms, and making quick escapes to the lake, we managed to put together a great end of summer show. We all crawled out of our studios to help clean and hang the work alongside Kristina and Mareika (interns of LIA) without any air-conditioning in a room I have now re-named “the easy bake oven”.
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| Tim is a master mopper, you should see his happy wiggle dance while he does this |
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One of the few precious fans that help relieve us
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| Alicia setting up her studio |
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| Kristina curating the show |
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Cold beer and salad break with Barbara
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| Last minute touch ups |
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Shoeless Tim
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After the set up, all of the artists from LIA headed for dinner with Anna where she described to us her first experiences in Leipzig here at the Spinnerei and how she came to start the LIA program. Following this we opened our doors to start the show at seven o’clock where Anna caught us off guard with the amount of patrons who showed up and turned the spotlight on us to say a few words about our work.
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Anna speaking about Kevin’s portrait of Tim
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| Alicia speaking about the differences in hair culture in Jamaica compared to Germany |
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| Pretty much the theme of our time spent here |
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| LIA guests |
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| Our girl Hannah, she was the intern here last year |
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| Prost! |
See you on the other side very soon!
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On May 31, four Academy students arrived in Leipzig, Germany, to start a two-month residency hosted by the Leipzig International Art Programme. Alicia Brown, Tim Buckley, Krista Smith and Shangkai (Kevin) Yu (all members of the class of 2014) will share their experiences here throughout the summer!
