Art Daily News International Magazine is nurtured and supported by visual artists who understand the importance of creativity in infusing meaning into our everyday lives. Our publication is 100% literary and does not charge a fee for features or press releases to artists or any entity that represents them and/or showcases their work. Its partner, Art Daily News International Magazine Special Editions, offers a variety of fee-based services to help creatives maximize exposure and further their careers, including artist and fair catalogs, videos and slide presentations, invitations, and announcements, press releases for marketing purposes, Photoshop corrections and re-sizing of photographed artwork, text, bio, statement and curriculum editing, and other personalized marketing services. As our magazine continues to expand, we stay true to our mission of educating, entertaining, and exposing worldwide art lovers and collectors to the magnificent spectrum of art forms that enhance our lives and beckon us to see the world through their creators’ eyes. The quarterly magazine format version is available online and through print-on-demand. The global continuous version is available online. Magazine format special editions are also published throughout the year.
Fátima Cánovas, Miami, Florida-based Journalist | Chief Editor | Publisher | Art Marketing Consultant | Graphic Designer
Ileana Collazo, Miami, Florida-based Visual Artist | Poet
Miguel Collazo, Miami, Florida-based Art Consultant | Editorial Consultant | Visual Artist
Sini Kunnas, Finland-based Journalist | Art Speaker | Visual Artist
Eliana Pedroza, Bogotá, Colombia-based Art Curator | Artist Representative | Gallerist
Silvia Medina, Santander, Spain/Vero Beach, Florida-based | Art Director | Chief Curator
Bibiana Cervantes, Miami, Florida-based Art Coordinator | Visual Artist
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“Art is the language that unites all people.”
Fátima Cánovas
Issue Contents:
Section 1: A preview of 2023’s global art fairs.
Section 2: Meet the magazine’s collaborators.
Section 3: Collaborators’ Features:
❖ “Digital Art for Art Lovers and Collectors” by Fátima Cánovas
❖ “How Light and Dark affect how Artists Create” by Sini Kunnas
❖ “Interpreting Light and Shadow with Digital and Traditional Art” by Miguel Collazo
Section 4: Interviews:
❖ “Thriving as an Artist during the Pandemic”, an interview with globally exhibited, recognized, and collected American/Swiss contemporary artist Kelly Fischer
❖ “How a Young Art Entrepreneur Navigated through the Pandemic”, an interview with up-and-coming American/Swiss contemporary artist/art major Jade Fischer
*Our second quarterly issue will focus entirely on NFTs and the Metaverse.
*Contact Fátima Cánovas to be featured in our global publication and/or request fees and samples of our paid services, as well as quotes for personalized marketing plans.
*All digital artworks are available on acrylic, canvas, fine art paper, metal, and photo paper,
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Art fairs have become one of the primary platforms for art lovers and collectors, gallerists, and visual artists to come together for a short time to share their love and appreciation for this fascinating form of expression. They are mesmerizing venues where gallerists and creatives showcase their best works, forge vital connections, and facilitate the sales that help the art world continue to thrive and evolve.
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Because there are so many global events throughout the year, Art Daily News International Magazine wants to share them with our readers to give them the opportunity to plan and make the best of each exhibition.
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SEA Focus, Singapore, 6-15 January
Este Arte, Punta del Este, Uruguay, 7-10 January
Art SG, Singapore, 12-15 January
London Art Fair, UK, 18-22 January
Fog Design + Art, San Francisco, US, 19-22 January
Original Miami Beach Antique Show, Miami Beach, US, 19-23 January
The Winter Show, New York, US, 20-29 January
Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair (winter), London, UK, 24-29 January
Art Boca Raton, Boca Raton, US, 25-30 January
Art Genève, Geneva, Switzerland, 26-29 January
Brafa, Brussels, Belgium, 29 January-5 February
Artefiera, Bologna, Italy, 3-5 February
Affordable Art Fair, Brussels, Belgium, 8-12 February
Zona Maco, Mexico City, Mexico, 8-12 February
India Art Fair, New Delhi, India, 9-12 February
Material, Mexico City, Mexico, 9-12 February
1-54 Marrakech, Morocco, 9-12 February
Art Rotterdam, Netherlands, 9-12 February
Rotterdam Photo, Netherlands, 9-12 February
Intersect Palm Springs, Palm Springs, US, 9-12 February
LA Art Show, Los Angeles, US, 15-19 February
Art Wynwood, Miami, US, 16-19 February
Palm Beach Show, US, 16-21 February
Superfine, Miami Beach, US, 16-19 February
Frieze Los Angeles, US, 16-19 February
Investec Cape Town Art Fair, South Africa, 17-19 February
Palm Springs Modernism, US, 17-20 February
Art Madrid, Spain, 22-26 February
ARCO Madrid, Spain, 22-26 February
Just Mad, Madrid, Spain, 23-26 February
Nomad St Moritz, St Moritz, Switzerland, 23-26 February
Art Sampa, São Paulo, Brazil, 1-5 March
Aotearoa Art Fair, Auckland, New Zealand, 2-5 March
Art Dubai, UAE, 1-5 March
Outsider Art Fair, New York, US, 2-5 March
Collect Art Fair, London, UK, 3-5 March
Mercanteinfiera Spring, Parma, Italy, 4-12 March
Collectible, Brussels, Belgium, 9-12 March
Antikmässan, Stockholm, Sweden, 9-12 March
Affordable Art Fair, Battersea, London, UK, 9-12 March
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Contemporary Art Ruhr, Essen, Germany, 10-12 March
Art Fair Tokyo, Japan, 10-12 March
TEFAF Maastricht, Netherlands, 11-19 March
Antik Passion Almoneda, Madrid, Spain, 18-26 March
Salon du Dessin, Paris, France, 22-27 March
Affordable Art Fair, New York, US, 22-26 March
Art Central Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, 22-25 March
Art Basel Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, 23-25 March
Drawing Now, Paris, France, 23-26 March
MIA Fair, Milan, Italy, 23-26 March
Superfine, San Francisco, US, 23-26 March
Palm Beach Contemporary & Modern, US, 23-26 March
SP-Arte, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 29 March-2 April
PAD Paris, France, 29 March-2 April
Art Paris, France, 30 March-2 April
Art Expo New York, US, 30 March-2 April
The Photography Show presented by AIPAD, New York, US, 31 March-2 April
Art Dusseldorf, Germany, 31 March-2 April
Urban Art Fair, Paris, France, 13-16 April
Superfine, Washington DC, US, 13-16 April
Expo Chicago, US, 13-16 April
miart, Milan, Italy, 14-16 April
Salone Internazionale del Mobile, Milan, Italy, 18-23 April
The Open Art Fair, London, UK, 19-23 April
PArC (Peru Arte Contemporaneo), Lima, Peru, 19-23 April
Art Brussels, Belgium, 20-23 April
Photofairs Shanghai, China, 20-23 April
Art Market San Francisco, US, 20-23 April
Dallas Art Fair, US, 20-23 April
Discovery Art Fair, Cologne, Germany, 21-23 April
New York International Antiquarian Book Fair, US, 27-30 April
The Philadelphia Show, US, 28-30 April
Affordable Art Fair, Hampstead, London, UK, 10-14 May
Kunst RAI, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 3-7 May
Art Vancouver, Canada, 4-7 May
Art Karlsruhe, Germany, 4-7 May
Arte Genova, Italy, 5-7 May
ART (Art Revolution Taipei), Taiwan, 5-8 May
Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair (spring), London, UK, 9-14 May
Future Fair, New York, US, 10-13 May
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Supermarket (Stockholm Independent Art Fair), Sweden, 11-14 May
Photo London, London, UK, 10-14 May
Independent, New York, US, 11-14 May
Superfine, Seattle, US, 11-14 May
Market Art Fair, Stockholm, Sweden, 12-14 May
Taipei Dangdai, Taiwan, 12-14 May
TEFAF New York, US, 12-16 May
Eye of the Collector, London, UK, 17-20 May
Frieze New York, US, 17-21 May
Affordable Art Fair Hong Kong, China, 18-21 May
Nada New York (New Art Dealers Alliance), US, 18-21 May
Glasgow Contemporary Art Fair, UK, 19-21 May
ARCO Lisbon, Portugal, 25-28 May
Arch Moscow, Russia, 7-10 June
Volta Basel, Switzerland, 12-18 June
Liste Art Fair, Basel, Switzerland, 12-18 June
Photo Basel, Switzerland, 13-18 June
Design Miami, Basel, Switzerland, 13-18 June
Affordable Art Fair Sydney, Australia, 15-18 June
Rhy Art Salon Basel, Switzerland, 15-18 June
Art Basel, Switzerland, 15-18 June
Tokyo International Art Fair, Japan, 23-24 June
Masterpiece London, UK, cancelled
Tokyo Gendai, Japan, 7-9 July
Art Santa Fe, US, 14-16 July
Seattle Art Fair, US, 27-30 July
Art Market Hamptons, Bridgehampton, US, 10-13 August
Art-o-rama, Marseilles, France, 31 August-3 September
Affordable Art Fair Melbourne, Australia, 31 August-3 September
Art Rio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 6-10 September
Frieze Seoul, South Korea, 6-9 September
Art Beijing, China, 9-12 September
Vienna Contemporary, Austria, 7-10 September
Art on Paper, New York, US, 7-10 September
The Armory Show, New York, US, 8-10 September
Photofairs New York, US, 8-10 September
Superfine, New York, US, 14-17 September
Design London, UK, 20-23 September
Affordable Art Fair NYC (fall), New York, US, 20-24 September
Goldsmiths’ Fair, London, UK, 26 September-8 October
Contemporary Istanbul, Turkey, 27 September-1 October
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Lausanne Art Fair, Switzerland, 28 September-1 October
Pinta Photo, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 28 September-1 October
Texas Contemporary, Houston, US, October
The Chicago Show: Antiques & Art & Modern, Chicago, US, October
Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair (autumn), London, UK, 3-8 October
Affordable Art Fair Stockholm, Sweden, 5-8 October
PAD London, UK, 10-15 October
Frieze London / Frieze Masters, London, UK, 11-15 October
1-54 London, UK, 13-16 October
Art International Zurich, Switzerland, 13-15 October
Paris+ par Art Basel, Paris, France, 19-22 October
IFPDA Fine Art Print Fair, New York, US, 26-29 October
Kunst Zurich, Switzerland, 27-30 October
Contemporary Art Ruhr: Innovative Art Fair, Essen, Germany, 27-29 October
Art Cologne, Germany, November
Artissima, Turin, Italy, November
Abu Dhabi Art, UAE, November
Art x Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria, 2-5 November
Art San Diego, US, 3-5 November
Salon Art + Design, New York, US, 9-13 November
Paris Photo, France, 9-12 November
West Bund Art & Design, Shanghai, China, 9-12 November
PAN Amsterdam, Netherlands, 19-26 November
Scope Miami Beach, US, December
Spectrum Miami, US, December
AADLA Fine Art & Antiques Show, New York, US, December
Untitled, Miami Beach, US, 5-9 December
Art Miami, US, 5-10 December
Pinta Miami, US, 6-10 December
Art Basel Miami Beach, US, 7-9 December
Design Miami, Miami Beach, US, 7-9 December
INK Miami, Miami Beach, US, 7-9 December
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Collaborator’s Features
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Digital Art for Art Lovers and Collectors
by Ileana Collazo
“At my studio, I am the mainframe that creates imaginary landscapes.” What makes an art lover or collector fall in love with an artwork? Is it the surface it is created on, the medium employed, or the heart prints and the essence of the artist that rendered it?
As a multifaceted artist, I have worked on canvas, paper, Yupo paper, Mylar, and Plexiglass using acrylics, pencils, color pencils, and pens as my painting mediums; as well as concocted some unusual traditional collages; some of which have been sold and others that I foster in my studio while they wait for their forever homes.
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But, for several years now, I have focused on creating digital art employing a similar host of tools that include brushes, color palettes, and photographed images of my traditional and digital artworks used to develop some interesting paintings and collages. And I can assure art lovers and collectors that digital art is every bit as creative and complex as working with traditional mediums.
Artists create with colors, shapes, movement, and ideas we envision in our minds, which we then transfer to whatever surface, tactile or on the screen, to render the finished works others admire, fall in love with, and acquire.
As for displaying and exhibiting digital art, there is a wide spectrum of possibilities spanning from prints on canvas, paper, metal, and Plexiglass to digital frames, monitors, and television and computer screens. While purchasing options range from open and limited editions to purchasing the rights to digitally display a work/works or acquiring exclusive rights to a particular piece.
Even though NFTs have become one of the ways to buy digital art, most sales are made directly by the artists from their websites’ shopping carts, via online galleries and marketplaces, or through a gallery or artist representative. Depending on where the artwork is bought, it may be already printed or be ordered, printed, and sent directly to the buyer.
Another option for purchasing digital art is to commission an artist to create a slide or video of several pieces with our without background music, which can be played continuously for periods of time in digital frames or monitors; a wonderful meditating experience and conversation piece for any environment; especially if it includes 3-D art.
Digital art is one more step in the long journey human beings undertook when our ancestors filled the walls of countless caves with the images that now mesmerize us because their heart prints and essence are still as vibrant as the day they created their art.
The image of my virtual studio hardly depicts what goes on when I turn on the mainframe and screen and creativity meets technology.
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How Light and Dark affect how Artists Create by
Sini Kunnas
The internet enables lightning-fast image sharing, opening the windows to the world for young to the old from all walks of life. This technological advance is a powerful revolutionary tool for artists, as we can share our work globally at the push of a button. But, while this mode of communication is especially advantageous for creatives, it also challenges copyright and privacy laws.
While each artist creates from their specific location, the world wide web allows us to visually travel to sunny places during dark winter days and artificially enhance the surroundings that have a profound impact on the art we create, exponentially expanding our boundaries; even if these new opportunities reduce the cultural boundaries that once earmarked our work.
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The effect can be seen in the artists’ nuances and visual choices, our current environment and creative mindset. Our color palettes, the way we employ light and shadow and choose our subject matter and themes are currently influenced by the global images we see as much as by our immediate surroundings.
In Lapland, Finland, where I live with my family, we are now experiencing the shortest daylight hours of the Twilight Time. The reduced natural light strongly influences our thoughts and the way we see and feel about our surroundings. Many people experience depression during this time of the year, others feel that way when it is time to re-adjust to longer sunlight hours as spring approaches.
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While long hours of natural light are the norm in many places around the world, the northern hemisphere’s long, dark winters challenge the creative mind’s tendency to rely on light as part of the process of rendering our work. Artists like me eagerly await June’s long midsummer daylight hours, filing light in our memories to help infuse our art with it during the long winter months.
When I look at an artist’s color palette and their use of light and shadows, I can immediately tell how much sunlight they are exposed to while working. Looking at their works, I can easily deduce how light influenced their work’s color and mood.
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I wrote this article right before New Year’s Eve 2023. Soon spring will once again flood the Arctic with sunlight. As an artist, I eagerly await the pink, purple, orange, green, blue, and yellow tones that will once again shine on the snow as purple shadows dance with the pastel hues over the alluring shapes of trees covered with spring snow; the trees posing like marble statues as they bravely withstand the zero Fahrenheit temperatures.
My regards to all our readers. Wishing everyone a prosperous 2023. Sini
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How colors affect one another, the same shade was applied on both surfaces.
Interpreting Light and Shadow with Digital and Traditional Art
by Miguel Collazo
Regardless of the medium, surface, or technique artists employ for creating art, the process revolves around interpreting light and shadows by applying paint to a variety of surfaces. These visual effects are accomplished by the proximity of certain colors to others, as they diminish or enhance the play of light and shadow on the depicted subject and set the artwork’s mood and tone.
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Digitized colored pencils on paper by Ileana Collazo
In traditional painting, artists observe these effects from natural settings, create it artificially by lighting forms and objects, or imitate them from visual references of photographs taken on scene and visual references like magazines and internet websites. Other times, they opt for working from memory or creating light and shadow patterns that deviate from reality.
In essence, artists employ paints to capture, translate, and make permanent a setting that in our physical world constantly changes; be it natural light and shadows or artificial adjusted light trained on subjects from different angles.
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Digitized Acrylic on Yupo Paper by Ileana Collazo
Plein-air painters are challenged with the urgency of capturing scenes before the light changes by creating sketches to use as templates to continue developing in their studios, or repeatedly returning to the same spot and re-interpreting the effects of light and shadow as they change in subsequent visits.
Digital artists work directly with the light that emanates from computer screens, employing the same tools as traditional artist such as digital brushes, color swatches, and digital surfaces.
Direct Print on Aluminum Dibond by Ileana Collazo
Traditional artists have several choices for presenting their work, displaying their original paintings, or photographing and loading them onto their computers to display them on digital monitors, which translates into turning them into light. Digital artists do the same in reverse by digitally displaying their work or creating prints that once again capture light by employing the printer’s ink to transfer them to the same surfaces traditional artists use, which translate them into paint that interprets light.
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Traditional and digital artists consistently bridge both art forms by manipulating physical works to color adjust, crop, and collage; as well as digital sketches of works they translate to traditional paintings.
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Fine Art Paper Print by Ileana Collazo
“Thriving as an Artist during the Pandemic” Interview
by Fátima Cánovas
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Globally recognized artists like Kelly Fischer are accustomed to hopping on a plane and traveling from one country to another to attend their exhibitions, seek inspiration in fresh environments, and enjoy much needed rest spurts from their hectic schedules. The pandemic upset the natural flow of movement for people from all areas of the world, bringing with it a disconnect that greatly affected the artistic community and the entities that represent and exhibit it. Regardless of the advent of online art platforms, in-person events are an integral part of the interconnections that forge relationships that lead to art sales, and the pandemic put a stop to them for an extended period.
During this timeframe, many artists found themselves completely cut-off from their communities, while others, like Kelly, were able to continue to advance their careers and prosper in the face of adversity.
Art Daily News contacted Kelly in Bern, Switzerland, where she has a one-year solo exhibition of her work; concurrent with her being the invited artist of a prime Palm Beach, Florida art gallery during Art Palm Beach Modern + Contemporary Art Fair 2023. Kelly is much more than a fantastic creative, she is also a savvy businesswoman who understands that being an artist is equal parts creativity business sense, and hard work.
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Bern, Switzerland
Artist Statement: “I pursue shapes and colors. My semi-abstract, expressionist portraits tell a story of whimsical spontaneity. Based on an underpainting, my art begins to emerge as color and texture are added layer by layer. The landscapes pull the viewer into a world of color, light, and emotion. My body of work has developed and evolved over time, with much of the outcome being driven by creative impulses.”
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Memphis, Tennessee Studio
About Kelly: Originally from Tennessee, Kelly Fischer has lived in Switzerland for the past thirty years. She maintains strong connections in both countries, spending equal time at her studios in Bern, Memphis, and Weehawken, NJ studios. Her paintings have been featured in numerous galleries and exhibitions, including Art Basel Miami, the Austrian Biennale, and the Venice Biennale. Aside from creating art, Kelly has published eleven children's books and is the former founder and principal of the English Montessori School of Bern.
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Hoboken, New Jersey Studio
Can you share with our readers how, as a global artist with studios in Bern, Switzerland, Hoboken, New Jersey, and Memphis Tennessee, you managed to thrive in your artistic career during the pandemic?
I’ve been asked this question a lot since the beginning of the pandemic. Because I am dual citizen in the USA and Switzerland, I was afforded the luxury of travel between the two countries. I continued to paint and found freedom in having less exhibitions and more time to create and meet with my collectors in my three studios. The pandemic provided us with a lot of spare time. For some, this meant having time to fix up their homes and, luckily, many people added new artworks to their homes.
What proved the most difficult for you as you continued to work and travel during its peak?
The most difficult part of the pandemic for me was the unknown, but we never know what’s around the corner. In addition, certain opportunities fizzled out and never materialized.
What advice would you give other artists about continuing to pursue their artistic careers during difficult times such as these?
Consider new ways of getting your art in front of an audience. Keep creating and lean into whatever situation you are dealt. Sometimes, it’s the exact push we need, because it’s so easy to settle into a day-to-day routine that during tough times we are forced to reinvent.
Did this global upheaval affect the way art lovers and collectors interacted with you and purchased your art?
As time passed, there have been many layers of upheaval. At the start of the pandemic people were more optimistic and used their time advantageously, such as looking inward or simply making changes to their homes. Eventually, as the pandemic dragged on, people became more reserved out of fear and reluctant to spend money. Over time, exhibitions and art fairs returned and so did the crowds, but with reservations about spending money on luxury items like art.
Do you feel that things have returned to normal, and you are now able to conduct your art pursuits the way you did before the pandemic?
Yes, I feel things have returned to normal, but a new normal. As an artist, I am eager to connect with people through my artwork and, more importantly, as individuals.
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Opening Reception of Current Bern, Switzerland Year-long Exhibition
How a Young Art Entrepreneur Navigated through the Pandemic Interview
by Fátima Cánovas
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About Jade: Young contemporary artist/entrepreneur, Californiaborn, Switzerland-bred eighteen-year-old Jade Fischer has traveled the world and been immersed in the art world most of her life. Her dual citizenship in Switzerland, and the United States made it possible for her to become completely fluent in the languages of both countries, and she is comfortable and savvy in both cultures. The opportunity to belong to two vastly different countries has influenced her art and serves as a constant source of inspiration.
Growing up in a household that encouraged and promoted the arts as a creative venture intertwined with a solid business perspective gave Jade the foundation to explore her creativity and start a business based on her art while still attending high school in Switzerland. Upon graduation, she plans to attend art school in England or the United States while developing her brand and making the most out of every new experience.
Her business art experience spans from being a marketing assistant, creating event invitations and website updates, to serving as support staff at major art fairs and exhibitions in Europe and the United States.
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As a high school student preparing to attend college as an art major in another country and running a start-up art business, did the pandemic affect your plans and daily operations?
Well, starting my company during covid, was quite difficult, price inflation, and a lot of business closures made it difficult to contact with people and much harder to get products due to covid regulations. In school, I wasn't as affected because the forced isolation provided me with lots of free time to better organize my schoolwork and my business.
Did the imposed isolation affect the art you created during the last three years?
My art making was quite affected in some ways and grew and developed in others. Having no direct access to the art tools I was accustomed to using, I was limited, but this also made me take a break from art, and later discovered new techniques such as digital art; prompting me to become aware that I truly enjoy making digital art and can integrate it into my creative realm.
Did your podcast become a more integral outreach tool to communicate and interact with your peers and perspective art buyers during the peak periods of limited face-to-face interactions?
My podcast is quite new and focuses on other topics than art, such as world problems, but also day to day things that one experiences as a teenager, including my clothing brand. Our aim is reaching a broad spectrum of different groups of people.
Are you gearing up for new opportunities and creative ventures as the pandemic wanes and the world returns to normalcy?
Yes, this summer I plan to put more focus on my clothing brand.; which is currently on a short production break. I graduate on June 2nd of this year and plan to put all my time and energy into Bloodthirsty, my clothing brand so that it can grow and prosper the way I envision.
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