12/12/2008 - Casey Jex Smith
Chris Pew: Could you please introduce yourself. The who, what, where, why, when, and how if you will?
Casey Jex Smith: So I'm originally from Detroit, but was raised in Salt Lake City. After a year of design classes at Brigham Young University, I spent two years in Brazil as an LDS missionary (white shirt, tie, name tage, aka Elder Smith). Back from Brazil, parasite free, switched majors to fine arts and got my BFA in Painting and Drawing. For a year, I worked as a cook at a care center for mentally and developmentally disabled elderly folk while I put together my portfolio and applied to grad schools. The San Francisco Art Institute was the only school I got accepted to.
Can you explain your experiences at art school. Your times at Brigham Young University and your recent MFA from the SF Art Institue?
I don't know if you've heard of the Princeton review, but it ranks universities in atypical categories. BYU has been the reigning #1 most religious school in the country while SFAI rounds out the top 10 least religious. Besides that, not much of a difference between the two. Loved them both.
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