Pursuing MFA at University of Waterloo

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Hello everyone!

I just wanted to tell the online world that I am beginning my journey of my Master of Fine Arts! Very exciting!

I’ve been working towards this goal for the last few years, refining my portfolio and determining what I want to research / learn during my masters. I originally studied film during my undergrad, and wanting to expand my practice and what materials I worked with, I returned to school to study visual art. I always had a strong interest in visual art, taking non-studio courses during my undergrad and learning a lot about the crossovers of experimental filmmaking and visual artmaking. However, returning to school in 2021 to pursue my diploma in Visual Arts allowed me to really re-connect with WHY artmaking is so important to me, and WHO I wanted to be as an artist.

I’m not trying to write anything formal or fancy here, so I’m not going to try to explain all that here. However, I will say that returning to school reinvigorated my commitment to my artmaking. I am so grateful to the Simon Fraser University Visual Arts department and community for being so welcoming and uplifting. I learned so much during these last two years, and made such amazing connections and friends.

With all that said, I’m moving to Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario! I’ve been admitted to the University of Waterloo’s MFA program and will be starting in September. To be honest, this was my dream school (the program is amazing and includes so many unique opportunities), and I’m so happy this in the next step in my life. I am so excited for this journey to begin, and I’ll be updating you all with my new creations and learnings to come. So yes, I’m moving to Ontario; I’m starting my Masters of Fine Arts at University of Waterloo; and I am really excited.

These upcoming two years are going to fly by, so I’m just going to try to soak in all the moments the best I can. If you are a Vancouver friend reading this, I’ll still be visiting Vancouver often and hope we can stay connected with each other.

Wish me luck (:

PS. Photo I took of Dessi the cow last year. Was experimenting with medium format cameras and animal photography. Thinking about him makes me so happy, so hopefully he makes you happy too.