WELCOMING COMMITTEE FOR FALL MFAIA VERMONT

I have asked each of those individuals who are a part of the Unofficial Welcoming Committee to send me a photograph and information about them to put in a flyer and on this post. This will be handed out at residency to the new students that come in. That way, you can put a face with a name. Some committee members will give me permission to include their photographs here. So I'll be adding to this post as they come in.

(Also a suggestion- Friend these people on Facebook. That way we can chat before residency. Start with me if you like, I'll suggest friends for you- Bridgette Mongeon)

Let me start the introductions.

Bridgette Mongeon- Unofficial Welcoming Committee Chair- Vermont-G5

My area of study is sculpting, digital technology and

bridging the gap between the traditional and digital studio. I also have a dual track of creative writing. This is my portfolio semester!

I'm from Texas and work from my studio behind my home. I'm a G5 and this is my last semester at Goddard and last full residency. WOW, It is hard to believe. Guess I'll soon be looking for someone to take my place and keep the welcoming committee going. Oh yes, and this is my blog. If you need me at residency I'm in Kilpatrick 117, first floor make a left. If you have a question or need something or perhaps just want to chat come on by. If I'm not there leave a post it on my door. I also love to spend evenings at the music room and fire.

If you need a map of the campus I posted about dorms and maps here.

This will help if you are filling out your application and trying to figure out which dorm to ask for. Ask some of our committee members if they like their dorm. All are different.

Oh yes, I will be doing a workshop at residency on marketing in the arts. Looks like it is on the tentative schedule for Wednesday from 5:00- 5:45 "Presenting our art, our causes, our selves," hope you will come.

I'll add more committee members as they come in and I have permission to post them.

IF YOU ARE A RETURNING STUDENT and want to be a part of the committee. Here is a post on what it entails and how to get involved.

Jeff Rudnick Vermont- G3

Jeff is a G3 studying Art as Vessels for Stories. This includes, pottery,

puppets, sculpture, and the art of illuminated text. Jeff likes to explore stories visually and has great interest in tradition and the traditions of artisans. You might find him taking hikes in the woods if he is not in his room in Doolin (I think it was #6).

Jeff is from Kentucky. He is the Dean of

Students for Residence Life at Brescia University.

Ben Hvar Vermont G5 (

BEN HVAR ; is a multi-faceted artist who has created a rare and unique means of capturing the application, the form and content of artistic expression. As a lifetime performance artist Ben has been paralleled in the media with such persons as Charles Lindbergh, Evel Knievel, Jane Austin, Forrest Gump, Don Quixote and holds several Guinness Book and many other world records and international achievements.

Mark O'Maley Vermont - G3

Mark O'Maley is a G3 studying the pedagogy of design (art, architecture, and performance) and getting students to see, and "to open eyes". When at Goddard he can be found stealing electricity to light things up in the woods, and hopefully this winter, he will be projecting on and lighting up snow. He honestly can't remember the name of the building where his room is. Mark is originally from Cape Ann, MA, and until June, lives in Philadelphia. He teaches high school and college level design, and his 'professional' d

esign work includes recent shows in New York City, Boston, and Philadelphia. He has a lot of ink and is a dyed-in-the-wool Red Sox fan.Oooo I don't remember my room/dorm. I didn't even remember during residency - just knew where it was.

Sequana Skye,Vermont G4, loves films. When she isn't writing them, she's thinking about them, discussing them (with anyone within earshot), watching them, analyzing them. And lest you think she takes any time off from this passion, she also dreams about them. A lot. She expects to write and direct her own films and create a filmmaking company for, by and about women.

Maryann Donagher,Vermont G5 is a high school ceramic art teacher in Connecticut. Her current MFA studies as a G4 include large-scale, figurative, wood fired sculptures, her personal memoirs integrated with contemporary feminist theory and the archeological discoveries of Marija Gimbutas and her writings of the religion of the goddess civilizations of pre-historic “Old Europe.”