Merit Thursday He/Him meritthursday.com Animation, film/video, performance art, installation, multi-media, combined art In-person, Online, Hybrid mentor BIO Merit Thursday (he/him) is an educator, curator, and multi media artist. He is trans/queer, and makes art in a variety of media, including animation, performance art, and installation. He is a current Jerome Hill fellow, an animation professor at MCAD, and the curator and host of the hot monthly cabaret Weird Stuff Only. Thursday is interested in making work about the body; its history, its future, its connection to all things material. TEACHING PHILOSOPHY & MENTORSHIP I feel passionately about connecting with artists about the things that excite them. I feel proficient in working with a student to understand the areas in which they thrive emotionally and holistically; more than the areas they excel in academically or technically. I encourage students to investigate, to abandon preciousness, and to dedicate energy towards intuition and gut.