(29M) I’m in a 3 year fully/funded MFA and I’m “supposed” to be a concentrator in new media
My portfolio was all video when I came in.
I don’t really care too much about craft and never took a painting or drawing class in undergrad but developed a diy/folk/pop style of painting in my years between my undergrad and my MFA. I’ve never really tried to draw/paint figuratively accurate.
Most of my work has been a combination of video, installation, painting, and object making and I haven’t really liked the majority of what I made because:
- I’ve been finding video harder to work with these days even though it’s my primary medium
- I’ve been painting and making assemblage sculptures out of found objects in an environment of people who actually took drawing and painting classes in undergrad
I’ve been feeling really down and although I discovered I want to make more sound art at the end of my second year, I’m afraid I’m putting too much pressure on my final year to finally “get it right”. Especially since most of my work on my site and portfolio is from the second semester of my second year.
Is this a normal feeling? What could I do to course correct?
I’ve tried to make connections with faculty but they don’t feel extremely available and are already over worked and underpaid which is why i understand feeling unsupported by them.