Much has happened since the last time I posted, barring any unpaid bills, I have now my MFA or Mutha Fuckin’ Attitude as H. Feltersnatch would say.
Honestly, more than anything, I’m relieved…the hardest thing is realizing that I really don’t feel that much different, I feel like almost no time has passed, and that the extremely hard parts, agonizing as they were (and it truly felt like there would be no end to the bad luck) moved quickly.
This last year flew by, and much of the time I’ve been thinking about what I said I was going to do at the end…follow my dreams…
To the beach, (*I got the lappy*) and to be an artrockstar…I want to travel and get paid to come talk, to have residencies, and friends in so many cities that I can sleep on floors around the world.
Published by Pete Ippel
Pete Ippel, the son of a dancer and a musician, was born in Oak Park, Illinois and has been surrounded by the arts since birth. He moved to Morris, Illinois in 1989 and started to participate in athletics rather than dance. After high school, Pete attended Cornell University where he received a BA in psychology and a BFA in photo / digital art making. He continued to follow his sporting dreams in the high jump, which culminated in a school record leap of 7 feet 1/2 inch in 2001.
In May 2004 he attained an MFA degree in the New Genres department of the San Francisco Art Institute. Presently Pete is a practicing artist whose work is in numerous private collections and has been exhibited in New York, California, and internationally.
Mr. Ippel resides in Working Artists Ventura, a sustainable artist community in southern California. In addition, he teaches art, is a web developer, an active blogger, and still high jumps from time to time.
As a passionate problem solver and a pragmatic optimist, Pete’s art and his life are full of exciting challenges.
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