My Senior Year of the United States (2024-2025+)

All I wanted was to graduate from the United States of America.​​

 

It’s not that I didn't like it here in the USA — it’s just that “Breakaway” by Kelly Clarkson was on repeat, and I dreamed of getting acceptedhired into a collegejob literally anywhere else. I wanted to apply what I'd learned to the Real World Out There!

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So I made up my own senior year with self-assigned "classes," volunteering, field trips, and graduation. The project commemorated the 10th anniversary of my high school graduation in 2015, while also functioning as a practice lab for my workplace's 100th anniversary marketing campaign in 2025. And although I applied to artist residencies abroad, I ended up right where I'm meant to be in KC.

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Now it's 2026! Global soccer season and the USA's 250th anniversary are upon us. If the presentfuture fills you with anxiousexcitement and an urge to (respectfully) rebel, then I have a pitch for you.

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My Senior Year of the United States (MSYUSA) is a downloadable project kit for DIYing your own senior year, with worksheets and inspiration for creating your own assignments.​​​​​​ MSYUSA is ideal for the recent BFA graduate, creative peer groups, or anyone who is ready to write a new chapter in life. The downloadable components include:

• Newspaper: space for documenting field trips and community service hours

• Yearbook: journal prompts and space for mementos

• Graduation Speech Writing: writing prompts

• Independent Study: space for research and ideas

• ...plus links to suggested reading and movie watch lists

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Receive a digital download to your inbox for $5, or choose to have a printed PDF delivered to your mailbox for $20. Either way, you'll submit your final project and graduation speech to MSYUSA.com for inclusion in a group graduation show.

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BRING YOUR GRADUATION SHOW TO OPEN STUDIOS @ CHARLOTTE STREET ON SATURDAY, APRIL 25TH FROM 3PM - 10PM !