[Art-mfastudio] Mandatory MFA Zoom this Friday

[Kevin Curry]

Hello everyone,

The attached email was sent out a week ago asking each of you to look over a list of potential visiting artists to meet with you via Zoom. As of the deadline, only SEVEN out of Twenty-Eight of you replied.

The efforts being made on the part of Daniel Luedtke and Meredith Lynn, as well as Alex Adkinson, are in response to the current pandemic situation and a reflection of your wishes to have more exposure, given that we have not been able to travel.

I trust that the low number of people responding with interest is due to miscommunication, as it is a sad reflection on the program and not who I know you to be.

To be clear - this is not a popularity contest. An artist's decision to spend time with you is an indication that they are interested in what you're doing or think that they may be able to push you further.

Lilian has requested that we have a MANDATORY, All MFA Zoom Meeting, this Friday, January 29th at 10:30 AM to discuss the best way to move forward with this situation.

All MFA | Meeting
Friday, <https://outlook.office365.com/mail/inbox/id/AAQkADk1NDM2MjJiLTk1ZTgtNGNlMy05OGJjLTQ3MjRkOGQwYTY3OQAQAIP5vi4zeJ1LoL0Bbo81jmU%3D> January 29th, @ 10:30 AM<https://outlook.office365.com/mail/inbox/id/AAQkADk1NDM2MjJiLTk1ZTgtNGNlMy05OGJjLTQ3MjRkOGQwYTY3OQAQAIP5vi4zeJ1LoL0Bbo81jmU%3D>

https://fsu.zoom.us/j/4247185314

Looking forward to seeing everyone then!

Kevin

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Kevin Curry

Associate Teaching Professor

[Pronouns: he, him, his]

Director, Graduate Program<https://art.fsu.edu/programs-2/graduate/> | Department of Art | College of Fine Arts | Florida State University

Director, Collab/Dialogue Box<https://artsresearch.fsu.edu/about/collab/> | Facility for Arts Research | Florida State University


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From:Art-mfastudio <art-mfastudio-bounces at lists.fsu.edu> on behalf of Meredith Lynn via Art-mfastudio <art-mfastudio at lists.fsu.edu>
Sent:Tuesday, January 19, 2021 10:54 AM
To:art-mfastudio at lists.fsu.edu <art-mfastudio at lists.fsu.edu>
Cc:Daniel Luedtke <dluedtke at fsu.edu>
Subject:[Art-mfastudio] Scheduling some studio visits for you


Dear graduate students,



This year has posed unique challenges for you, and many programs that add broader context to the MFA experience have been canceled or postponed due to travel restrictions. To address some of these needs, the Department of Art has allocated funds for a visiting critic series this spring. Lilian Garcia-Roig asked Daniel Luedtke and myself to help organize this program, and we invited Alex Adkinson, the president of the League of Graduate Artists, to work with you to identify potential visiting scholars. Many thanks to Alex for the great work he has done on this and to those of you who made suggestions. It is our goal that every one of you will have an opportunity to do a 20-30 minute studio visit with one or more of the visitors. The Department of Art has partnered with the museum to bring in visiting artists<https://mofa.fsu.edu/news/upcomingevents/> this semester, including Earlonne Woods and Nigel Poor, Hank Willis Thomas, and Wendy Red Star. The graduate student visiting critic series is an opportunity to complement those speakers with one-on-one conversations (done over zoom).



Below is a list of artists, art historians, and curators we put together in response to conversations Alex had with you. We have not confirmed visits with any of these folks yet, and we want your feedback before we do. Please look over this list and identify 3-4 people you would like to meet with. You may also suggest other names for consideration as well. We cannot make any promises, but we’ll do our best to schedule time with the people you are most interested in meeting.



Sterling Crispin<http://www.sterlingcrispin.com/>

Jonathan Herrera Soto<https://jonathanherrerastudio.com/>

Christopher Jones, curator of photography and new media at the Ringling Museum

Michi Meko<http://michimeko.com/>

Alpesh Patel<https://www.alpeshkpatel.com/>

Jules Rosskam<http://www.julesrosskam.com/>

Alison Ruttan<http://www.alisonruttan.com/>

TK Smith<https://burnaway.org/contributors/tk-smith/>

Mickalene Thomas<https://www.mickalenethomas.com/>

The directors of Day and Night Projects<https://www.daynightprojects.art/>



Please respond to this email by Friday, January 22.



Best,

Meredith





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Meredith Lynn

Assistant Curator and Director of Galleries

Florida State University Museum of Fine Arts

530 West Call Street
Tallahassee, Florida 32306-1140

Office: (850) 644-6836

Mobile: (617) 447-4175

mllynn at fsu.edu<mailto:mllynn at fsu.edu>

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