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My name is Laurén Brady and I am a third
year; my emphasis has been in painting
but recently I've been merging sculpture,
3D objects, and writing, merging  the
painted space with the written space.
When I visited MSU it just felt like
home; it felt very welcoming and inviting
and genuine and I thought that this was
going to be a place where I could really,
like, hone and craft my work. Our faculty
members are an internationally known, and
the opportunity to work with some of
these people is invaluable.  I
came in thinking that I knew what
painting meant to me, and I was
immediately asked questions that made me
sort of rethink everything: the way that
I mixed paint, the way that I used
color, and I think it's in this process—
you need to be willing to sort of put
your guard down and just listen and
absorb and be willing to try new things.
The part of this program is we're
teaching assistants or Instructors of Record,
and so when I started out I
taught Color and Design and Drawing.
I loved interacting with students in the
classroom, and the conversations
that I have, even in teaching a
foundations level course, really impact
the way that I view my own studio work.
If you want to come to MSU think about
what your end goal is when you leave
here—so do you want to teach, do you want
to be a working studio artist, do you
want to work in a gallery or museum
setting, because this program can really
help you in any of those sort of areas
that you want to head to.
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