Artist Mentor Mid-Term Report
Fall 2013: Due September 18, 2013
Please fill out the information below and either use the following page(s) for your report, or e-mail the report as a word document. E-mail the report by thedue date above to Jonnie Clermont atjclermon@lesley.edu with a copy to the student and to the student’s faculty advisor. If you prefer to mail a hard copy please send to Jonnie Clermont at the address below.
Student Mentor
Jorge Rojas |
Faculty AdvisorDate
Ben Sloat | September 15, 2013 |
On the following page(s) please give your written response to the student’s progress with regard to the following:
Also, please specifically address the following questions:
Jonnie Clermont, Administrative Coordinator
The Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University
700 Beacon Street, Boston MA 02215
In the relatively short amount of time (2 months) that I’ve know Sonia, I’ve been impressed by her productivity and work ethic. Sonia is committed to her art and to this program.
Sonia is engaged in her work. She has demonstrated to me that her art is her passion and that she truly wants to be an artist. She is committed to completing this program and to learning as much as she possibly can.
Sonia is very capable of thinking and working independently. Her ideas for her projects are very clear in her mind. She is self-motivated. If anything, it might be beneficial for her to think about how she could make use of and benefit from collaborations, gallery representation, grants, residencies, etc.
Sonia’s work is firmly based in her own personal history. She is eager to learn about ways that her work connects in a broader critical / art historical context and is dedicated to this research.
Also, please specifically address the following questions:
Yes. Sonia is putting in well beyond 20 hours of studio work per week.
I have suggested to Sonia that she needs to focus the themes in her work. Her work is personal and autobiographical. I suggest that Sonia finish her main current project “Ithaka 12” by the end of the semester or before. I am encouraging Sonia to work towards communicating/translating her ideas on a more universal level. I would like her to think more about how she would present a cohesive body of work based on her current research. I hope Sonia will realize that her artistic voice is relevant on many levels, and that both she and her work can benefit greatly from giving more consideration to how the world as a whole can connect to her work. Sonia’s work is firmly based on her past. My advice to Sonia is that she utilize that knowledge and experience to explore ways to think about envisioning the possibilities of the future.
Yes. There is great depth in Sonia’s investigation: Personal, Spiritual, Political, and Social. She is driven by her process and by the realization of her ideas, which are certainly at the graduate level. Sonya shows passion for experimentation and coming up with her own ways to communicate her ideas. Sonia makes art for art’s sake. She’s working out her past in order to understand her present.
