On Wednesday I’ll be a wearing my visiting artist’s hat and showing A Life’s Work to a group of BFA students at Sweet Briar College. It’s something arranged through VCCA as a way to expose students to work and artists they might not normally have access to.
Old Hat
I’ve done this before in NYC (thanks Professor Beskin!) and after the initial terror of showing my work wears off, it always turns out to be a lot of fun. I’m always curious about how 18-23 year olds respond to a film dreamed up by a middle-aged man, and there’s usually at least one question asked that I’ve never heard before. (For a fantastic guest blog post by a college student, make sure to read Why Would a 21 Year Old Be Interested in A Life’s Work by Haroon Butt.)
And Something New
This time I will be doubly curious because not only will I be showing it in a very different geographic place, on a campus that is vastly different from one in the city, but Sweet Briar College is also a women’s only school.
Will they respond differently to A Life’s Work than the city kids? I’ll let you know next week.
Robert
Oh, life’s little coincidences … Mary attended Sweet Briar! And still loves it dearly. We’ve visited back several times. Allow yourself some serious time to wander the beautiful campus, considered one of the three or four most beautiful in the U.S.
David Licata
I didn’t know Mary went to SBC!
I’ve done some walking on that campus. It is very beautiful. The other day four us of went for a hike and then as we were leaving we went on to the soccer field, which felt like a shag carpet underfoot, and there was a soccer ball right there in the middle of the field. We must have spent an hour there. That’s where I took the photo of the trees from. It was a lovely day.