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It's official. The first year of grad school is over.
As with most other 'milestones' [prom, high school graduation, college graduation] it feels completely anti-climactic. I am most sad about the fact that many of the people I befriended in the program were 2nd years, not those who entered the program with me. And many of them will be moving on to different places. Things ended well at a celebration on Friday night at the Il Pirata bar. An event curated by the lovely Tanya Zimbardo. The invite read as follows:

reddoublestar
MATTHEW HIGGS and DAVE MULLER
play DJ PING PONG

2 brilliant DJs - artists - friends
2 sided, silkscreened reddoublestar paddles
2 song portraits on sexy letterpress posters
2 predominant colors - red + black
2 lovely curator friends
2 kisses from me

As usual Higgs played some fantastic music, and I danced for hours. Good drinks, good company, good gig. I also bought one of the paddles from the sale, and I hope it will increase with value over time. (yeah)

Next step is the summer. Four months of doing whatever my heart desires. (sort of)
There is the grad MFA show and the actual graduation ceremony. One of our best friends - Katie - visits in May. I am the Teaching Assistant for the Visiting Artist class through June and July and I have just been offered a counselling position for the Young Artist Studio Program in August. Teaching Assistantships were just announced for the Fall, and I will be TA'ing for Painting 3 with Linda Geary. The course description states:

For senior painting students who are independent and committed. You should expect the results of one project to lend momentum, inspiration, and continuity to the next, and so on. You will learn to bring closure to a painting or to a body of work, and come to grips with the idea of exhibiting your work publicly. You will learn to participate in and value constructive criticism. All students are expected to share insights, explorations and questions during class discussion.

And lastly, I am considering Intensive German 1A at the Goethe Institute. It's four times a week, 2 hours a day. whew.