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Emerging adulthood. Became really comfortable with my "weirdness" and infatuation with horror even if I was totally adverse to it as a kid. This helped me solidify my identity under a "only I know me, only I know my art" kind of mindset.

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When I was younger I was not comfortable with my identity for a long time. I tried to avoid looking different during middle school, thinking it would help stop the bullies. I also used to be extremely anxious, didn't really like super loud or unexpected music. Now I have solidified my identity and managed a lot of my anxiety and I find myself reveling in weird intense experimental music that would have totally made me hyperventilate as a kid. I especially listen to this whole album on the train- which has also been a huge development for me- back in 2018 the train made me SUPER anxious because it was so loud, I didn't get the system, I thought I would get lost on there forever. Now I use the train every day, I love the sounds and people watching and seeing people look at me weird when I dance to my music.

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I have always had social media so from a very young age I have always had a pool of artists to follow, connect to, and be inspired by, and encouragement on my own account that I still post my art to. (Some gruesome horror/NSFW on account)

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I have always had social media so from a very young age I have always had a pool of artists to follow, connect to, and be inspired by, and encouragement on my own account that I still post my art to. (Some gruesome horror/NSFW on account)

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At my job at Blick art materials I run into a lot of people inspired by things they see on social media. It's cool to see people always branch out and try new things because creators influence creators.

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For as long as I remember I was craving an artistic community to participate and live in. Massart is where I finally felt like I was in a space where I belonged and could confidently collaborate in.

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Participating in festivals as I have grown up and having my work represented by a gallery since age 16 has been a great form of support and way to directly profit off of my art and pave a foundation for my future career.

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I would call both my brother and I artists. We both thought we would go into art, me with illustration/teaching and him with graphic design, but in high school he fell into hard times and got completely dissuaded from the art field. It's disappointing to see the negative results of poorly funded arts education, and the failure of the school system on my brother.

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I have always had a strong bond with my Mom and she has supported me no matter what. Without her I would not have been as set on art from the get-go.

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I have always had a strong bond with my Mom and she has supported me no matter what. Without her I would not have been as set on art from the get-go.

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I was always encouraged to be myself and loved to accessorize! I look back on this and see so much of what I do now, collecting patches and pins, getting excited about stickers, finding stuff that's just strange and fun and colorful.. this encouragement was important for me, and my Grandma loved playing dress up with me.

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I was always encouraged to be myself and loved to accessorize! I look back on this and see so much of what I do now, collecting patches and pins, getting excited about stickers, finding stuff that's just strange and fun and colorful.. this encouragement was important for me, and my Grandma loved playing dress up with me.

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In middle school I exhausted a lot of my energy trying to fit in, look like everyone else, act like everyone else. This resulted in a vehement rejection of social norms and a personal re-evaluation of my identity

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Art competitions validated my progress as a young artists. Multiple gold keys from scholastic art awards put me ahead of other students and allowed myself to justify having applied myself and solidified my studio practice.

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Every class I have found a way to incorporate art. Even if it was not the crux of the assignment or had nothing to do with it, I found myself overextending to make every assignment an art project. This was in a technology class.

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Along with overextending to make every assignment my own, I became fascinated with gallery functions because we had a small gallery space. I was able to practice curation while having a space to display my own work.

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This was a huge confidence boost for me! Seeing where other students were and getting accepted to many schools on the spot made me feel valued as an artist.

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The Collaborative gave me a public art space to share and profit off of my art starting at age 16. Their youth art program reaches out to young students and allows them a professional gallery experience, justifying their current studio practice!

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Theories of development: language acquisition

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Theories of development: language acquisition

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Teachers in my high school promoted me to explore new materials and try new things: 

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Teachers in my high school promoted me to explore new materials and try new things: 

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Example 1: Adventure based on dice to take random photos

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Example 2: Sculpture with handmade frame- first time doing anything like this

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Example 2: Sculpture with handmade frame- first time doing anything like this

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Example 3: sewing products + printmaking

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Example 3: sewing products + printmaking

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The collaborative was a really safe space for me and continues to be. Very inspiring to be around successful older artists.

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The collaborative was a really safe space for me and continues to be. Very inspiring to be around successful older artists.

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Meeting friends at Massart and having a queer/trans community to live with was really important for me.

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Meeting friends at Massart and having a queer/trans community to live with was really important for me.

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Learning new things in college, bookmaking knowledge expanded

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Learning new things in college, bookmaking knowledge expanded

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Perception of myself drawing, despite body dysmorphia issues

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Perception of myself drawing, despite body dysmorphia issues

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More gallery shows, I hung this one completely myself at MassArt

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More gallery shows, I hung this one completely myself at MassArt

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Perception of self despite body dysmorphia for class

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Perception of self despite body dysmorphia for class

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My gallery wall in 2020 at The Collaborative

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My gallery wall in 2020 at The Collaborative

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Intellectual differences- internal growth- you may not know how each student learns best until you see them flourish

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Intellectual differences- internal growth- you may not know how each student learns best until you see them flourish

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All made up of the same atoms, chemicals, base parts (paint droplets) but develop into different people and features (face overlays) can also be described as coming from drastically different walks of life to arrive at the same location, i.e. school, to put in the work