UNM Moving In

8/18/14 Marks my first day as a Graduate student at UNM.  I have moved most of my things to my studio, have found a Lumber supplier with great prices and managed to get introduced to a professor who has an interest in carving, Professor Randall Wilson.  Monday is the day I get introduced to the Graduate Outdoor Studio course, I cannot wait to see what it will be like.  The few things different from undergrad and graduate is that graduates buy ALL their own supplies!  This includes: nails, screws, tools, wood and safety equipment.  However the studio is a good deal bigger than my previous one.
I went to an art retreat on 8/15/14 and enjoyed talking to a few professors and some of my fellow classmates and it is confirmed I am the youngest graduate student in the class.  I don't see my age as a disadvantage and I am trying to be more social.  I cannot wait until the other grads start putting up some of their work in the their studios, I want to see what everyone else is up too.  I managed to meet another female welder that has a studio in the same sculpture building as myself I hope I get to see some of her work.  I am still working on my plaster carving, but I will finish it.

On the 22nd I will be dropping off my artwork for the At First Sight Exhibition which, will be held I assume at SCA Contemporary.  This is not on campus, but I am hopeful that I can either get a ride from one of the other grads or maybe I could get used to using public transportation.  The weather here at New Mexico is great, I have seen my first thunder storm, it was a little frightening but also powerful.  It turned the sky into shades of purple and the sound was almost like gunfire only much deeper.  I have already started getting a tan, even my feet oddly enough.  There are a lot of bugs here, I don't much care for bugs.  Anyway I hope to provide some images soon of my studio and my plaster carving.  I miss Linfield but I am trying to see this as an adventure, and a continuation not an ending.  I want to grow while I am here at UNM and I know I will in time.