My project mentor for this fellowship is Lenore Thomas. We met in my first studio arts course that I took at Pitt, Drawing 1, which was a really pivotal point for me. My mentor encouraged a really great classroom environment where all of the students in my class felt so comfortable with each other and…

My creative work is hard to put deadlines on, it is hard to regulate. I knew that this would present issues for me when applying for this fellowship and it certainly has already challenged me. I have already gone through a period with my project where I felt uninspired and this made me really nervous….

One of the most important aspects of the creative arts fellowship is that we have a small, close-knit cohort where we get the opportunity to collaborate, bounce ideas off of each other and learn from each other. The other fellows in my cohort are doing projects that on the surface do not seem all that…