Cohort 52 is a platform for emerging voices from the Applied Art & Design program at Sierra College in Northern California. Cohort 52 is facilitated by Assistant Professor Vincent Pacheco.
Can you tell us a little bit about yourself?
I am a first year college student who is interested in graphic design but looking into the trades
How much experience do you have with collage?
Quite a bit because it is one of my favorite kinds of art. I used to scrapbook a lot for fun which helped me see a vision for my collages.
Collage artists tend to be picky when it comes to their source material. Can you talk about your approach for selecting your images and/or publications?
Were there any large themes you intended to explore or unpack before you began with this series of work? Did you stay on theme, or did things change as you began physically cutting and pasting images?
How did your background and life experiences inform your collages?
What was your environment and set-up like when making the work? Did you listen to music? Did you work in isolation, or were you surrounded by distraction? Do you think this influenced the work you made?
Scissors or X-Acto?
Was there anything unexpected that emerged while creating your work? Any new epiphanies?
Just a lot of people loved the doors and were able to understand my vision which meant a lot.
Looking at your work again, has your understanding of your collages changed over time? Has any hidden meaning emerged?
