the class

technically i'm in school now! i'm a student. a POSTGRADUATE student no less. very exciting.

this afternoon we had our first painting & drawing department meeting. the painting & drawing school includes the printmakers, intermedia, tappistry, and (of course) painting and drawing. there's 25 of us in the two years. and a very multi-cultural group. i'm the only canadian in the bunch. there are four (i think) U.S. peeps in their second year, and one in first. a very small handful of proper scots. a girl and a guy from norway. fellow from taiwan. lady from sweden? and a bunch a can't remember... basically lots and lots of accents.

we learned about our course. basically there's a LOT of studio time, and the occasional other scheduled things... a weekly course called 'CORE' which sounds like a 'how to' for research, professional practice, etc. etc. and some sort of theory thing on fridays. and painting and painting and painting...
unfortunately, unlike in edmo-town, we do not have 24 hour access to the studios. i think they close at 11pm on weekdays, and something silly like 4pm on weekends. that'll be an adjustment for sures.

we were assigned our studios. i'm in F7, 17. in case you're ever wandering through... the studios are nice and bright, with lots of windows and high roofs. basically they're largish rooms, divided into four (with those standard makeshift walls that studios love to sumch), and then each quarter is shared by two individuals. i share my space with a girl named daniella. she's from chile. i believe she said she was doing intermedia. her husband is a phD student somewhere not too far away. she's been in scotland for a year. she says her work is rather small. that's good. the studios aren't SMALL, but they certianly wouldn't be classified as large. by any means. ours has a sink in. awesome.

and now, NOW? i'm not quite sure what to do with myself for the rest of the day. i'm hungry to get started, but can't really do much until i've bought wood, and built some stretchers, and the school isn't in 'working hours' yet, so i understand the woodshop is closed for the day already. sigh. what to do? plan, i guess. plan and plan and get excited.

i am. excited.