MFA Open Studios!

Just a question… What exactly is the school policy on alcohol on campus?

On Friday I went to the MFA open studios and because what I really wanted to see was the photography and that was the last on the list, I stayed all the way through which was a really long time. It was interesting to visit each department, as they are so drastically different from each other. And I was not disappointed by the amount of “art school awesomeness” that was taking place. By that I am referring to the two guys gogo dancing really slowly in the windows of Sharp and Wabash and being filmed from across the street and then projected on the wall, or the student who was stripping and reading poetry (It seems likely that he too everything off at then end considering the sudden blast of cheers) not to mention the girl on the 12th floor of Sharp standing on her head and balancing a cake on her feet.
What struck me as strange was the amount of unfinished work there seems to be, as well as the seeming lack of focus. I guess from the other side this shows how open the programs are to experimentation and that students are really given the freedom to branch out and find themselves. For example I spoke to a second year photography major and he said that he hasn’t made an exposure since he got here, which really says something about the program, plus he had a wiping post in his studio, so how can you argue with that? It was a long night but as someone who really wants to go to the masters program it was great, I feel that I know now far more what I would be getting myself into and I think I’d like it quiet a lot.