Praxis Makes Perfect

Articles by recent MFA grads exploring the next steps in their lives and careers

Praxis Makes Perfect

Top 10 Memes of Occupy Wall Street

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Top 10 Memes of Occupy Wall Street

Praxis Makes Perfect columnist Jacqueline Gleisner shows how internet media helped define the Occupy Wall Street movement.

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Praxis Makes Perfect | Staying In The Moment

Praxis Makes Perfect

Praxis Makes Perfect | Staying In The Moment

Jeffrey Songco has finally gotten the solo show he dreamed of in grad school, but now battles fears he won’t measure up.

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Praxis Makes Perfect | F for Fre$h: Beverly Fre$h on Artist Grants

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Praxis Makes Perfect | F for Fre$h: Beverly Fre$h on Artist Grants

F stands for Fre$h. Beverly Fre$h, that is. Artist, performer, rap star, and former corporate graphic designer, Mr. Fre$h found his first flicker of fame when he was included in …

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Praxis Makes Perfect | Did You Apply?

Praxis Makes Perfect

Praxis Makes Perfect | Did You Apply?

The other week, my non-sexual digital boyfriend’s laptop crashed.  Our nightly online video chats were reduced to boring phone conversations.  He said he lost years of writing: pages of journaling, …

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Praxis Makes Perfect | Hustling with Jennifer Catron and Paul Outlaw

Praxis Makes Perfect

Praxis Makes Perfect | Hustling with Jennifer Catron and Paul Outlaw

“All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind.” -Aristotle “Most artists work all the time, they do actually, especially good artists, they work all the time, what else is there …

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Praxis Makes Perfect | Drifting: My Day Job

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Praxis Makes Perfect | Drifting: My Day Job

I wake up surprisingly refreshed this morning with enough time to make my usual breakfast, browse the Internet, and watch Academy Award-winner Whoopi Goldberg moderate the ladies on The View. …

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Praxis Makes Perfect | End-troducing

Praxis Makes Perfect

Praxis Makes Perfect | End-troducing

“What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from.” – T. S. Eliot “We …

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Praxis Makes Perfect | Introduction Part 1: Just Another Night in The Art World

Praxis Makes Perfect

Praxis Makes Perfect | Introduction Part 1: Just Another Night in The Art World

It’s 9 o’clock on a surprisingly warm September evening in San Francisco, and I’m already at my third art opening of the night.  I should be in New York.  Two …

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New Column! Introducing “Praxis Makes Perfect”

Praxis Makes Perfect

New Column! Introducing “Praxis Makes Perfect”

Art21 Blog is pleased to announce our newest column, Praxis Makes Perfect, written by Jacquelyn Gleisner and Jeffrey Augustine Songco. While pursuing MFA degrees at Cranbrook Academy of Art and …