Its been a minute, but ive been busy!

Okay, hello again. In January I started a new job as Associate Director of Native American Programs at the Plains Art Museum, the only accredited museum in North Dakota, and within a couple of hundred miles. I’ve been learning the ropes which honestly aren’t that complicated, it’s mostly been a matter of learning the culture of the museum. While exciting and fulfilling on a social level, it’s not why you’re probably reading this.

My heart of course is in storyboarding. It’s why I went to grad school, started this website. But alas after nearly two years I haven’t had my first job yet, and it’s from a lack of trying. One, I have a regular job. But two, I’ve been working on my abilities. I’ve signed up with StoryboardArt.org Story Artist Mentorship which has been a one year mentorship that has been amazing. I now look at my grad school thesis work (yes, the work on this website) and realize how far I’ve come. I’ve also committed myself to upping my social media output and up until right now realized I neglected including this website in that planning. What was I thinking?! Well, actually my mentor suggested I narrow down the focus of my website to just showing boards, and not an expanse of my work because it becomes confusing for the viewer, and they may wonder what I’m offering. And it’s a good point. But maybe I can somehow include my daily art uploads to this. I’ll figure something out.

So I’m excited to announce that I’m going to be at Lightbox Expo this week, but only as a visitor, not a guest artist. None the less I’ll be there to meet up with the StoryboardArt folks and see some of my Academy of Art grad friends. So it’ll be greats any suggests for my off time in Pasadena this weekend? Let me know! Hopefully there’ll be a lot more of these!!

-joe.