G3 packet 5 is done.

Yes, and it will soon be mailed. It occures to me at this time next year I will be pressing the button that says, Yes, I intend to graduate and will be prapring for my graudation residency. One year won't be long and i have just one more semester of exploration before bulcking down into my thesis writing. How do I make that semester count? Waht is the best study for me as an artist/writer? What will help with my future? I have my 19 hours of traditional transcripts in both sculpting and writing so I feel a little mroe freedom in what i can explore. I have prompted my advisor and am making arrangments to talk to the director before returning to residency. We evaluate ourselves during this journey as well as our adivosrs. I want to be sure that I don't get to the end and find that I am missing something that should have been done. I know some have had to do that. I suppose a good practice is to cover all of the degree criteria in each semester.

So now it is time for the end of the semester evaluation. What questions are asked? Here are the prompts.

Areas of inquiry.


1. Overall, how did your creative and intellectual work evolve this semester? What were your goals and how well did you meet them? How has your work this semester affected your art practice and how you see yourself as an artist?

2. What creative projects did you undertake this semester and what did you discover as a result? In what ways was the work experimental; did you explore any new processes, materials, contexts or goals this semester? Describe both the intentions and the outcomes of this work. What learning, new possibilities, products or other results emerged from these activities?

3. What critical discourses and theoretical concepts did you engage with this semester? What artists; theorists; movements; fields of study; cultural, social and political frameworks; or other areas of knowledge did you explore? What products (including but not limited to critical writing, essays, annotations, etc.), new connections and learning outcomes emerged from this work? How does this learning contribute to your overall creative practice?

4. What resources did you use this semester? Include a complete bibliography. In addition, please discuss your participation in peer-learning opportunities.

5. If you engaged in a Practicum this semester describe it briefly (where, when, what, who) and summarize your central learning outcomes and insights from this project. Address how the project may have expanded the contexts, sites and/or audiences for your creative practice. If the practicum will be continuing or there is more work to complete for it, please indicate. (Please be reminded that you will also write a full Practicum Report for your final Portfolio.)

6. How do you see yourself progressing towards fulfillment of the degree criteria, which includes building a fully developed and documented personal practice, an ability to articulate the contexts for your work, an understanding of the nature of art and an understanding of interdisciplinarity? Please describe which areas you still need to address and how you intend to do this in coming semesters.


This is my last thing to do for this semester and then it is waiting for that Red no from my advisor to turn into a green yes. To have the official granting of G4 status. And last but not least to be sure that the traditional transcripts are applied.

Then most students say... I guess I am finished. but I like to look froward to next semester. Plan my study plan for residency and bibliography, as well as begin working in that direction. and then of course it is preparing the welcoming committee for next residency. I can't help but wonder if there are any people considering going to Goddard or Vermont College and reading this blog. It has been a fantastic journey.