Miller Arts Scholars
Miller Arts Scholars
Anna Morgan

Anna Morgan

Semester of Mini-grant
Year of Mini-grant
2018
Disciplines(s)
Grant Description
I would end the semester with a final portfolio of at least fifteen color photographs, four print projects, and some hybrid creations utilizing both mediums. I expect the work, again, to be similar to what I produce in class, but hopefully with the support of Miller Arts Scholars I will be able to push my work even more. I believe this symbiotic relationship of photos versus prints would grow my work tremendously and help push me to a stronger 4th Year Show in the Spring as well.
Original Proposal
Proposal Outcome
Title
The Intersection of Photography and Printmaking
Semester of Mini-grant
Year of Mini-grant
2018
Disciplines(s)
Grant Description
I would like to ask for support to purchase various bookmaking materials, including paper, thread, and wax, as well as funds to purchase my own typewriter; despite having access to one in the studio, I would like my own to further explore the options without commandeering it from the rest of the class and so that I may pursue this work beyond the classroom on my own time and terms both in and out of school. I also have acrylic paint and medium in my budget for staining paper. I will use materials I already have for etchings and other prints.
Original Proposal
Proposal Outcome
Title
Deconstructing the Artist Book
Semester of Mini-grant
Year of Mini-grant
2017
Disciplines(s)
Grant Description
My proposed project involves the craft of bookmaking in relation to the meaning of “self” across time and interfaces. I imagine a trail of selves extending backward and forward in time, a constantly changing definition of who we are. In addition to time, we create various selves via the internet, freezing ourselves in cyberspace on numerous social networks and websites. I currently am asking myself, how can I portray these layers of selves? How can I show these shadows of who we are in an art form? A book makes the most sense to me, as it is literally layers: pages one after another; once flipped, previous pages are past encounters while future pages wait to be seen. I would use Coptic binding for the more open format of the book, and a more obvious portrayal of layering.
Original Proposal
Proposal Outcome
Title
Layers of Selves
Class Year
2019
Disciplines(s)
Arts Award Type
Proposal Outcome
Grant Description
The objectives of my project are to participate in various workshops and obtain studio space at a printmaking studio over the summer, achieve technical fluency within printmaking, and to produce a body of work based on these and past experiences.
Original Proposal
Title
Explorations in Printmaking
Class Year
2019
Disciplines(s)
Arts Award Type
Proposal Outcome
Grant Description
My proposal begins with attending the workshop, Exploring the Multiple and Transforming Images through Silkscreen, at the Anderson Ranch Arts Center in Aspen, Colorado. I have already received a scholarship from Alice Bailey, who has connections with Anderson Ranch, to cover tuition and been accepted into the workshop.
Original Proposal
Title
Translations in Printmaking
Studio Art
2019

Anna Morgan, from Richmond, Virginia, grew up surrounded by arts in a family of painters, writers, dancers, and musicians. She took art classes throughout her K-12 education and participated in various workshops. For her high school senior project, Anna worked with her art teacher, Pam Sutherland, and helped her install her work in galleries outside of DC and in Richmond. Pam has been an incredible influence on Anna’s work and progression as an artist; however, her most important influence has been her mom, an incredibly talented painter and human. Anna interned with Amie Oliver at The Art Lab, and she received the Cindy Neuschwander Scholarship Fund and a Gold Key for painting in the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards. She is incredibly interested in details and deeply values the process of art-making. Though officially an Arts Scholar for Studio Art, Anna is enthralled by words and writes whenever she can, and she is an active member of First Year Players, where she was on props and paint teams, a member of run crew, and Assistant Head of Paint. She participated in theater all four years of high school, sang in her high school’s Glee Club, and danced on and off since she was little. Anna loves exploring movement, whether on stage as a dancer or actor, or behind an easel exploring the ways she can manipulate a pen, paintbrush, pencil, or oil stick. She cannot wait to further explore her passion for interdisciplinary arts. Ultimately, she simply wants to, and needs to, be surrounded by the arts and the diversity of people and creative expression they bring. She is so honored and excited to be a part of the Miller Arts Scholars program.