My most recent project, Synthesis, the blog of the Hartford Art School has officially been launched! Last year I had wanted to start a blog for the school but before I could initiate the project myself, they asked me if I would be interested in doing it. Over the summer I designed and developed the site using Cargo. Moving forward I am the editor and will be posting student work, inspiration, interviews, and news while covering all areas of art studied and practiced at the school.

It is school’s official online publication, an online community where we can communicate and share in new ways. Synthesis is here for everyone, including current students, professors, parents, alumni, prospective students, and the university community. It will allow the community to connect across different majors as well as with current and past members of the school. The blog provides a new structure for us to share news and insight into our community of artists.

I found myself in a store that sold all type of floors. Everything including wood, carpets, tiles, and more could be found here. I had my camera with me because I didn’t want to risk leaving it in the car, so I took these photographs.

It was a successful first year at the Hartford Art School. I have been home for a week now. Moving back into my room has proven to be a large task. In addition, I have started working on adding my work from my year of art school to the portfolio along with a major update to this site. Other large announcements coming soon as well. Thanks to all my friends and professors for a remarkable year!

Patrick Coyne, editor and owner of Communication Arts, gave a very insightful talk for AIGA Connecticut. His talk was wonderful and was about the progression of the magazine throughout it’s history and design in a future and digital environment.

I am very pleased to announce that I am involved with AIGA Connecticut as the student representative to the board of directors and as the student leader at the Hartford Art School next year. I was fortunate enough to meet Patrick and travel with him as we headed out for a great board dinner after the talk.

It was a wonderful evening and I extend my thanks to Patrick and everyone at AIGA CT.

The weather was like spring yesterday and again today. We have been spending some time outside enjoying it. I just wanted to share some updates about what has been going on here.

Currently, I am starting a blog for the Hartford Art School and will let you know when we launch the online publication. Some work from my first year at school is up on the portfolio, it is just a sample and I will be posting everything after school is done in May.

For this summer, I am looking for internship opportuinites, either remotely or in the area and freelance jobs. Contact through the email in the sidebar to the right if you are interested.

Lastly, “Creative Grab Bag” is coming out in August and is up on Amazon, more details on the book coming soon. Hope everyone is doing well.

This past Friday I attended the opening of The Polling Place Photo Project, A Citizen Journalism Exhibition at the Hartford Art School. The exhibit was curated by William Drenttel and Jessica Helfand of Winterhouse and they were both great to talk to. It was a wonderful experience and displayed the project in many different formats, there were also films by Andrew Sloat.

The Polling Place Photo Project was a nationwide experiment in citizen journalism that encouraged voters to capture, post and share photographs of primaries, caucuses and general elections. By documenting local voting experiences, participants contributed to an archive of photographs that capture the richness and complexity of voting in America.

The project was conducted in partnership with the AIGA and supported by The New York Times. The exhibit runs through March 18th and here is more information about it.

The opening of the Annual Goldfarb Student Exhibit was several weeks ago at the Joseloff Gallery at the Hartford Art School. It was a juried exhibit of student work and my Backwards Posters were selected for the show! There were many remarkable pieces of work and it was a great night to see everyone.

These two third year graphic design students, Tom Lovell and Shaun Hughes, start the project entitled Keep Us Busy. They placed themeselves in a storefront window for a week where they designed, explored, experimented and interacted with others through their creativity.

The project, Your Message Here, is an installation displayed in storefront window that people can submit messages to.