JCAM, Vol. 6, No. 1
Diamond Holland What is your professional name? My name is Diamond Holland. Where were you born and does that place still influence you? I was born and raised in Rocky Mount, North Carolina. If anything, it influenced me to leave as soon as I could for bigger and better. Where do you live now and how does that place influence you? I now live in Castalia, North Carolina, which is practically in the middle of nowhere but it is quaint and acceptable. It definitely influences me by giving me a space to think clearly. Do you have family, friends, or fellow artists who support you in your work, life and art making and how do they make a difference in your life? I have family and friends who are artists and they support me and my endeavors. They just encourage me and sometimes give me great ideas to go on. When and how did you start making art? When I was in the second grade. That is when I had my artistic awakening. I drew a picture and it ended up in the newspaper. From then on art was something I was both passionate about and good at doing.
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