Photo by Niko Navalta By Niko Navalta, Aidan Hurley, Rosie Lopolito, Angie Shenouda, Brigita Przybylski, Kleigh Balugo, Tracy Fuentes A self portrait is often a clear indication of how an artist perceives themselves. In the spirit of alone, we asked contributors to create self portraits that represent their relationship with themselves when no one else…… Continue reading Looking Inward: Our Self Portraits
Category: Art
Blue Air
Photo by Niko Navalta By Niko Navalta Fridays are my days off. After a week of classes filled with writing papers, making illustrations, and attempting to go to bed at a normal time, Fridays are the days where I get to shut myself in my room and do absolutely everything and nothing. For me, being…… Continue reading Blue Air
Warmth
Photo by Niko Navalta By Niko Navalta I’ve lived in many different places, and when I was a child, wintertime meant freezing temperatures and bundling up in layer after layer of thick jackets and puffy gloves. Putting on and taking off these winter clothes was always a hassle. However, the possibility of fun in the…… Continue reading Warmth
La Virgen del Sacrificio
Photo by Elvira Castillo By Elvira Castillo My installation focuses on the exploration of memory through the experience of a brown, first-generation, Bolivian American woman. While honoring the women that came before me, along with their struggles, sacrifice, and successes, I navigate through the disconnection I felt throughout my childhood and young adult life. By reflecting on…… Continue reading La Virgen del Sacrificio
The World We Constructed
Photo by Emma Tolliver By Emma Tolliver My piece, a mixed-media piece utilizing photography, wood, vinyl fabric, gouache paint, zip-ties, and yarn, is about my identity as the daughter of immigrants. When my 할아버지 (romanization: harabeoji, Korean for “Grandpa”) immigrated to the United States, he was fleeing a traumatic situation. He built a koi pond…… Continue reading The World We Constructed
Postcards from My Longing
Photo by Aiden Nelson By Aiden Nelson Inspired by old-school postcards, I painted on photographs from trips to my family’s cabin in New Hampshire. Summer has always been such a sad season for me, full of loneliness and nostalgia. These photos are an attempt to capture the feeling of longing — wishing you were somewhere…… Continue reading Postcards from My Longing
Chicano Art, Creative Risks, and the Unusual: An Interview with Artist Daisy Sanchez
Photo by Daisy Sanchez By Mariela Rivera Daisy Sanchez is an artist from Las Vegas. This summer she had her first solo show at ASAP, short for Available Space Art Projects, an experimental art space in The Historic Commercial Center District. Her most recent work is an introspection into her cultural identity. Her Chicano art gives…… Continue reading Chicano Art, Creative Risks, and the Unusual: An Interview with Artist Daisy Sanchez
That Picnic Scene
Photo by Eva Vitkute By Eva Vitkute The moment you realize you should turn and run away, but the sun’s too bright, the grass too green and the breeze too cool. Naivety and fear meet soft touches and hopeful eyes. This is more than just a meeting, more than a date. Something more. Quotes from:…… Continue reading That Picnic Scene
Reminiscing in Reflections
Photo by Arianna Rodriguez By Arianna Rodriguez When I created this piece I was reimagining when my family and I would go hiking in the spring and summertime. We would hike up to this lovely shaded area with trees and a waterfall from the snow runoff in the mountains. I’d be sitting under the trees’…… Continue reading Reminiscing in Reflections
i wanna be the girl from sims
Photo by Daria Drobushevskaya By Daria Drobushevskaya When I thought about the place of my dreams, then a simple entertainment from my childhood came to my mind. I remembered how, walking with friends, we always built houses from everything that came to hand. in the winter they were snow huts, in the summer we raided…… Continue reading i wanna be the girl from sims
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