Perpich residency, 3 hours
This week was cut a little bit short, due to a big snowstorm that came through the city on Sunday and Monday. As a result, Perpich cancelled classes and my teaching date was moved back a week to MCAD's spring break. All of which was fine by me, as it gave me a bit of extra time to prep and make sure I had things settled. When I was interning at Highpoint a couple of years ago, I gave a number of demos for a variety of printmaking methods to students of varying ages, so I do feel like I have a bit of solid experience giving demos and presentations to students. The full time staff there was always super encouraging and supportive to me and the other interns. As prepared as I am for the lesson though, and given my past experience, I am still a bit nervous for the lesson. It's been a long time since I've really given any sort of formal instruction, and I've never given a lesson this technical. I know the students at Perpich are understanding and more than capable of what I'll be showing, but it's something I'm keeping in mind.
Beyond that, classes at Perpich were fairly mellow this week. Students in both the screen printing and intaglio classes were in the midst of work time for projects, so I help out where needed but the students tend to be fairly autonomous. This is great and exciting to see, and we do discuss work generally, or I offer comments or encouragement. However, I'm used to working in a much more hands on environment (places like Highpoint), so this has been a bit of an adjustment for me. Neither way is necessarily better, and it's great to work with students that are so dedicated to their work.