Friday, 10.29.2010 | by Margi | 2 Comments
A few weeks ago, something kind of incredible happened. Over the course of a long weekend, I asked my students to make something and bring it to class. It could be anything that somehow incorporated illustration and we needed to … Continue reading
Sunday, 09.5.2010 | by Margi | 5 Comments
A year and a half ago, I started teaching studio illustration. I decided to include a book component in which my students read assigned texts and each week, we have Tuesday Thinkeries, where we discuss what we’ve read. The conversations … Continue reading
Monday, 07.26.2010 | by Margi | 2 Comments
It’s the middle of the summer and a requisite panic has begun to settle as I consider moving back to Tucson, the impossible-seeming completion of two MFAs and getting organized for my upcoming illustration class. Yesterday, a quote was brought … Continue reading
Wednesday, 06.30.2010 | by Margi | 5 Comments
Apropos of nothing, really. I’m currently in the midst of a massive summer purge in which I’m to get rid of clothes, art supplies and crap that is no longer needed; and I’ve stumbled upon two containers of old notes … Continue reading
Monday, 04.12.2010 | by Margi | 1 Comment
One of my students (bravely, excellently) asked me recently if art and design needs to have a concept, or if it can just look cool. This is a regular topic of discussion in our critiques and in my conversations with … Continue reading