http://www.katybeck.com/ en-us katybeck@katybeck.com 2008-07-13T08:15:01-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.katybeck.com/archives/vacation/feels_like_thre.php I've been out of school for two months so far, and yet it feels like more than one summer's worth of excitement has taken place! There was a month of recuperation in Providence: getting back on a decent sleep schedule... 1307@http://www.katybeck.com/ Vacation 2008-07-13T08:15:01-05:00 http://www.katybeck.com/archives/family/beach_toy.php A friend of mine was getting rid of this little beauty before she moved to a new apartment, and I offered to give it a new home. I am currently packing up my car to drive out to Cape Cod... 1306@http://www.katybeck.com/ Family 2008-07-01T16:34:24-05:00 http://www.katybeck.com/archives/providence/playing_with_cs.php After this image whetted my curiosity, I had to try out this photomerge thing for myself. I happened to have a set of photos I took of Roger Williams Memorial Park for research during one of my studio projects, and... 1305@http://www.katybeck.com/ Providence 2008-06-30T17:25:51-05:00 http://www.katybeck.com/archives/providence/summer_storms.php When I left my apartment last night to head to studio, it was sunny and clear. But by the time I had driven the two miles into downtown, this is what the weather looked like: It was bizarre how fast... 1304@http://www.katybeck.com/ Providence 2008-06-25T11:49:17-05:00 http://www.katybeck.com/archives/gardening/seedlings.php Despite being completely mired in schoolwork this past semester, I somehow managed to start two small flats of seeds and keep them alive until they turned into cute little herbs! I think it had something to do with running... 1303@http://www.katybeck.com/ Gardening 2008-06-20T07:54:45-05:00 http://www.katybeck.com/archives/decorating/functioning_cam.php The title of this blog post comes from a recent conversation with my mom, where I was talking about my blogging prospects now that my lovely, trusty old camera has lost the will to focus properly. In response, the mailman... 1302@http://www.katybeck.com/ Decorating 2008-06-19T10:39:06-05:00 http://www.katybeck.com/archives/providence/hot_hot_hot.php Its barely June, and I am sitting in studio already, taking advantage of the air conditioning. Why? because its 97 degrees outside, and my apartment doesn't have a/c. While I get ample cross-breeze at home, that just doesn't cut it... 1301@http://www.katybeck.com/ Providence 2008-06-09T13:16:35-05:00 http://www.katybeck.com/archives/art_design/some_more_eye_c.php So even with the ridiculously easy goal of posting once a day for the rest of May, I didn't actually post every day. For shame. But its the summer now, and I (theoretically) have time to do stuff like put... 1300@http://www.katybeck.com/ Art & Design 2008-06-02T13:35:22-05:00 http://www.katybeck.com/archives/grad_school/graduation.php Today was the 125th commencement of the Rhode Island School of Design. I didn't have a camera with me, but as luck would have it, President Maeda was taking pictures of it from the stage and posting them on... 1299@http://www.katybeck.com/ Grad School 2008-05-31T20:58:37-05:00 http://www.katybeck.com/archives/family/a_very_special.php Continuing in my family's birthday season, next up is my awesome brother Jeff, who is hopefully off enjoying an Old 97s concert instead of actually seeing this blog entry. This photo is of us this past summer, when my family... 1298@http://www.katybeck.com/ Family 2008-05-31T09:09:57-05:00 http://www.katybeck.com/archives/grad_school/campus_podcasts.php Our soon-to-be president has been busy these last few weeks, touring the campus and producing a series of ad-hoc podcasts of various final crits across campus. Its a neat way to experience the unique atmosphere of this place, and perhaps... 1297@http://www.katybeck.com/ Grad School 2008-05-28T21:47:33-05:00 http://www.katybeck.com/archives/family/the_happy_birth.php So its my dad's birthday. Notice I don't say "today," or "yesterday," or "tomorrow" even, because he's in Singapore and the whole time thing gets a little tricky. By the time it was his birthday here, it was already... 1296@http://www.katybeck.com/ Family 2008-05-26T11:47:22-05:00 http://www.katybeck.com/archives/grad_school/more_photograph.php Since I finished my Intro to B&W Photography class this past Wintersession, I have been slowly but surely scanning in all of the negatives that I didn't have a chance to print for the class (the ones I did print... 1295@http://www.katybeck.com/ Grad School 2008-05-25T10:29:25-05:00 http://www.katybeck.com/archives/providence/internets_meet.php This morning I started a week-long stint dogsitting this little hellion. Sources tell me she is a very sweet Beagle mix named Eve, but I have yet to be convinced. But we've had our first walk, and she's now... 1294@http://www.katybeck.com/ Providence 2008-05-25T10:03:23-05:00 http://www.katybeck.com/archives/art_design/how_to_make_rub.php One of my last projects of the semester involved creating typographic narratives that lived somewhere out in the real world. As often happens to me with projects like this, I was way more interested in the system of producing my... 1293@http://www.katybeck.com/ Art & Design 2008-05-22T08:47:37-05:00