Episode 3: Jenna Frye and Ellen Mueller

Positive Space: Conversation in Art Foundations

Art professors Jenna Frye and Ellen Mueller have a lively discussion about teaching foundations courses, time management skills and Janet Jackson.

Jenna Frye is a self-described maker, teacher, and joker living and working in the Baltimore Metropolitan area. Her creative work and ideas about educating artists have been showcased nationally and at several annual conferences including the National Association of Schools of Art and Design, The Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design and The College Art Association. Frye is a member of the full-time faculty at MICA where she also serves as Coordinator of the Electronic Media and Culture program and founded the college's first dedicated foundation student Maker Space: The Make Cool Stuff Lab. You're likely to find her designing nerdy toys and games for her students to learn with, fiddling with the latest techno-crafts or maybe just playing with blocks. Jenna holds a Bachelor of Science in Psychology as well as an MA in Digital Art and an MFA in Sculpture. www.jennafrye.com

Ellen Mueller has exhibited nationally and internationally as an interdisciplinary artist exploring issues related to the environment, hyperactive news media, and corporate management systems. She received her MFA in Studio Art from University of South Florida, and currently teaches at West Virginia Wesleyan College. Recent artist residencies include Ox-Bow, Ucross Foundation, Nes Artist Residency (Iceland), Virginia Center for Creative Art where she was a Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation Creative Fellow, Signal Culture, Playa, and Bunker Projects (Nov/Dec 2016). Mueller has published a foundational art textbook with Oxford University Press entitled Elements and Principles of 4D Art and Design (February 2016). http://ellenmueller.com

The article on hoe to say ”NO” discussed on the podcast can be found HERE.