Who did you most relate to? and why? Definitely Alex Roka. I’m also a visual arts major, like he was when he first started here, but who really likes graphic design and at times tends to compose her work in a more design-ey way. His work was also around the style that I like too see in design (vintage, typography, badges, etc) so his work interested me much more.
Who surprised you? and why? I neglected to write her name, but the artist that works with Pump Project and all that was quite surprising. I didn’t think photographers would be really interested in giving artists studio spaces, and her work with NASA was really neat.
What was the most valuable piece of advice you heard today? Well, it was really encouraging to see that the old idea of “you’ll be a starving artist” isn’t necessarily true. As long as you know what you want and know how to use your resources, as well as have tenacity, you should be able to find work. And if you can’t, you can make your own work, be it by making Whiskey, or bugging people until they let you in!