Creative Arts Fellowship

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…

CAF #2: My Cohort

Throughout the spring and the past few weeks of summer, I’ve had the opportunity to work alongside my peers in the Creative Arts Fellowship and learn more about their passions, processes, and goals. It’s been incredibly inspiring and humbling to see everyone in their respective elements and be so genuine in their work. While our…

My Cohort: Common Creativity

Since diving into my project, I’ve found the perspectives of other students engaged in creative work to be enlightening. In live, biweekly meetings and online, forum-style project updates, I’ve gained insight into my own creative process by listening to my peers discuss their own work. I suspect this is true, not despite the diversity of…

CAF Intro- Lucy Zhang

Hi! My name is Lucy and I’m a rising junior studying Studio Arts (and possibly Anthropology) with a certificate in Asian Studies. I’m a first generation Chinese American and am really interested in the immigrant experience and how our identities shape our perceptions and realities in the world. My project for this fellowship is called…