Feb 5, 2020 | Blog, Events
Do you remember the first time you posted a picture of your art to your personal social media? For me, it was about a month before participating in this group exhibit in Visual Shop’s gallery. This was my first show ever. Yes, ever! The Community Service art show was...
Jan 31, 2020 | Blog, Events
One of the best things about themed shows is that they always spur inspiration. It can be pretty easy to get stuck in a creative block or feel uninspired when working on large collections of work…but with that being said, it can also be hard to create a piece in a...
Jan 5, 2020 | Blog, Events
Growing up as a racially ambiguous immigrant in Northern California was rough; As a freshman in high school, I’d walk down the halls being called a variety of racial slurs while the other kids would watch for my reactions, in an attempt to label me (when even I didn’t...
Aug 27, 2019 | Blog, Events
A couple of months ago, I was lucky enough to be invited on to The Artist Unmasked podcast to chat with the lovely Erica about my printmaking and poetry! Impostor syndrome quickly set in, after the initial excitement of “someone actually wants me to talk about...
May 19, 2019 | Blog, Events
On March 21st, I was scrolling through an artwork hashtag on Instagram during my lunch break at work when I came across this post by Connection High School teacher, Justin Wheatley: I was immediately on board, especially having gone to high school in a city where drug...
Feb 14, 2019 | Blog, Events
We’re a week in to the group exhibit, “The Melting Pot II,” curated by the lovely Hanalei Artworks on behalf of Thumbprint Gallery. This show was a lot of fun to prepare for and to go see… mainly because there were a lot of firsts in it for me....
