This summer I’ve had the wonderful opportunity to pursue a creative project through the Frederick Honors College’s Creative Arts Fellowship. I’m so grateful to have worked alongside my peers under the guidance of fellowship director Brett Say, research program coordinator Abby Chen, my mentor Diana Khoi Nguyen, and the Center for Creativity staff. With the…
Category: Creative Arts Fellowship
Exploring Memory as Mess in a Mix-Media Poetry Collection
Hi! My name is Trish (she/her) and I’m a senior with one semester left. I am majoring in Psychology and Creative Writing (poetry track) and minoring in Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies. I’m a Forbes veteran so if you’re thinking hmm where do I recognize her from, it’s probably from seeing me work at Dunkin’…
Introduction to my project: Reimagining Queer Spaces
My name is Jiri Palayekar and I am a rising senior double majoring in Information Science and Psychology! I am excited to be taking on my FHC Creative Arts project, which is centered around exploring and reimagining buildings tied to Pittsburgh’s queer history. For this project, I will be conducting research, taking photographs, and creatively…
Creative Arts Fellowship Introduction
Hi! I’m Kathy Vo and I’m a rising sophomore pursuing a dual major in biological sciences and studio arts. I enjoy biking with my family, going on fun adventures with my friends, and making and eating food! I also like any Nat Geo Wild show that David Attenborough narrates (I highly recommend “Our Planet” on…
Final CAF Post: My Creative Arts Fellowship
In the past few months, I’ve had the honor of conducting creative research through the Creative Arts Fellowship, getting to work alongside my peers with the guidance of Dr. Brett Say and my mentor, Melissa Catanese. I could not have asked for a more supportive group, who have inspired and helped me along the way,…
My Creative Arts Fellowship
Far more valuable than anything I’ve created during this fellowship are the skills I’ve developed through practice and struggle. Since the fellowship began, I’ve started and completed my largest creative project to date. This fact alone shouldn’t go unappreciated. The lengthier the project, the more it requires of your personal concentration and commitment. I practiced…
CAF #4: Creating Networks
I met my project mentor, Melissa Catanese, when I took Photo 1 with her last year. My professor from another class suggested I take a class with Melissa since she thought we had some similarities in our work and that I would benefit a lot from the class. I’m so glad I was able to learn…
Networks in Progress
My project mentor, Dr. Steven LeMieux, has been endlessly supportive over the past two semesters. Not only has he been an invaluable source of guidance when I’m forced to make difficult creative decisions, but he has been genuinely, endlessly excited about the development of my project, which is more than I could have ever asked…
CAF #3: Making Progress
Obstacles and Lessons Learned Aside from what I am learning through my cohort and my research, one of the biggest educational aspects of this fellowship for me has been figuring out how to actually do a long-term self-led creative project. Going into the fellowship, I did a lot of planning, and had a pretty set…
Making Progress: Prototypes
My work on The Counsel in The Cave has been about understanding what the story is meant to be, and how to bring that story to life, just as much as it has been about writing and programming the story itself. When I started writing this summer, I thought I had an accurate idea of…