Mississippi Snow

As a graduate from Hunter MA, I am so happy you are asking this question.

I applied, and was accepted, into the Hunter MA with a 2.5 cum GPA in my undergrad, and only a minor in art history.
My GRE scores were completely lackluster, with a 3.5 on the writing, and maybe 154 on the analytic. 
Now, chalk this up to either me being horrible at taking tests—yes—or Hunter being a bit lax—yes, +100 students—but really our discipline is much deeper than that.
Our discipline is built on passion. 

And, to further accentuate, I want to underline something very important. The test scores do not matter (in most cases). 
As you already stated, your SoP and writing sample, if strong, will be more than enough.

What actually got me into Hunter, as I was told later by my advisor who said she fought for me to be accepted, was that I wrote her an impassioned email about my desire to study with her and to be at Hunter. 

This, I’ve found, has helped me more in gaining employ or favor with people than anything.

So, look through the professors’ emails and find one you gravitate towards. 
I would be happy to put you in touch with my advisor—whom I am now on very good terms with as I am in a new Ph.D. Program—as she was completely supportive throughout my entire time there.

Good luck. Don’t hesitate to ask people for things. 

Any word on UCLA?

 

This is not so relevant to the subject, but, for future reference, it is spelled résumé. I say this, because I see it spelled wrong nearly every day, and I think it could become of significance--if spelled properly-- in an application as it stands out. 

This is not so relevant to the subject, but, for future reference, it is spelled résumé. I say this, because I see it spelled wrong nearly every day, and I think it could become of significance--if spelled properly-- in an application as it stands out. 

I'd like to know more about the lives of artists who drew and wrote in the margins of medieval texts. Those cats sounded like pretty awesome ... cats. 

On the real, Monet was also a pretty big asshole to his family, as was George Ohr, the local, Mississippi eccentric potter/ceramicist. 

Raphael was supposed to be a ladies' man, though. 

I feel as if the thing I'm most having a problem with is the period before moving. Counting down the days before moving, I just want to be there and away from all this. "This" being home, a relaxed/non-productive environment where, whenever I arrive home, I just fall into a routine of immediately sitting on the couch and not doing much besides reading articles online. Mississippi isn't the most exciting or culturally productive state, at least the culture I'm looking for/I'm tired of for so many years, so that may be the problem as well. 
 
Does anyone have the problem of coming home and not feeling very productive, and therefore anxious about the lack thereof? 

Well, I would discount a lot of those artists I listed then, with the exception being Christian Boltanski. "Above the poverty line" is quite vast, but I assume just above. 

Seeing that you have Brazilian in your username, I'd guess you already have Vik Muniz -- his documentary Wasteland is exactly what you'd be asking about. I'd also possibly suggest Richard Mosse's new series "Infra" that's being shown at the Ireland pavilion of this year's Biennale. It's about the lives and means of fighters and impoverished in the DRC. 
 
I'd also suggest looking into who the artist was that did the "poor city" at this year's Art Basel. It received a lot of controversy for allowing rich people to play poor and go "slumming." I think Francis Alys might also be applicable to this with his projects like When Faith Moves Mountains and his dOCUMENTA work Reel/Unreel, each incorporating the poor in neighborhoods to change or do something to their environment. 

If I remember correctly Olafur Eliasson was also designing some light that would help poor in Africa better live. 

I also can't believe I almost forgot Subodh Gupta, India, who is basically everything you're looking for rolled into one. 

Ya, maybe that'll help. 

Christian Boltanski for sure, particularly his work for Monumenta. Carsten Holler, Petrit Halilaj, Sarah Sze -- in a more ecological sense. I think Rirkrit Tiravanija has done a lot of installation work in these areas. God, this is such a broad area in Contemporary art. I think in a lot of ways you could count Rachel Whiteread's work in the categories given. These are just the artists off the top of my head; I will get you a longer list once I really think about it. 

Is there an area of the world or region that you might be most interested?