I was drawing comics a lot, releasing books and stuff. I went to the University of Guelph, I applied for a master's program. I got in and I went there in 2016. "It would be untrue to say that Wendy isn't inspired by my own adventures or misadventures. Scott spoke to Shelagh Rogers about Wendy, Master of Art. Wendy, Master of Art is on the Canada Reads 2021 longlist. The panellists and the books they choose to champion will be revealed on Jan. You can watch Scott discuss his work on CBC Arts's In the Making on CBC Gem. Scott has published two other Wendy books, including Wendy's Revenge, and has appeared in The New Yorker and the Best American Comics anthology. It is deeply funny and endlessly relatable as it shows Wendy growing up from Millennial art party girl to successful artist, friend, teacher-and Master of Art.An excerpt from Wendy, Master of Art by Walter Scott. At its heart, this is a book about the give and take of community-about someone learning how to navigate empathy and boundaries, and to respect herself. Wendy, Master of Art explores the politics of open relationships and polyamoury, performative activism, the precarity of a life in the arts, as well as the complexities of gender identity, sex work, drug use, and more. Scott’s incisively funny take on art school pretensions isn’t the only focus. What is the post-Jungian object as symbol? Will she ever understand her course reading-or herself? What if she’s just not smart enough? As she develops as an artist and a person, Wendy also finds herself in a teaching position, mentoring a perpetually sobbing grade-grubbing undergrad. In Wendy, Master of Art, Walter Scott’s sly wit and social commentary zero in on MFA culture as our hero decides to hunker down and complete a master of fine arts at the University of Hell in small-town Ontario.įinally Wendy has space to refine her artistic practice, but in this calm, all of her unresolved insecurities and fears explode at full volume-usually while hungover. Wendy is an aspiring contemporary artist whose adventures have taken her to galleries, art openings, and parties in Los Angeles, Tokyo, and Toronto.
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