Looking back at the introduction I wrote for CA2, I’m happy to see I’ve matured as an artist. My artistic language is evolving and I’ve explored new mediums, like animation, in which I want to find an internship.
The way in which my feedback of CA2 helped me te most, was by the teachers being so positive and trusting with the feedback they gave me. They pointed out that despite making work mostly revolving around me, I was still aware of my audience. They agreed with illustration being more than 2D and were supportive of my exploration of different mediums. They also said it was good how I was actively exploring the work field I might wanted to do in internship in: theatre.
My confidence in what I make has grown even more. Not only do I now have fun making art, I feel like it actually has a purpose. I realized I can touch people with my art and with that maybe make small changes within them. I have found a voice and have even more to say.
My trademark in the first 2 years in this school was that I wanted to make work about myself. This year this has changed. I’ve explored myself a lot by hyper focussing on myself in my work for 2 years. This has resulted in getting a better understanding of who I am, my opinions, what I represent and who I want to become.
Having done cultural diversity also helped a lot in this. I felt like I could learn a lot from it, so I chose it. The practice assignment was not my thing at all. I learned so much from the theory though. It helped me give words to the opinions that I was developing over the past year. I came to realize I am a feminist and I want to create work that will make a change for the position of women in society. I am quite sure I will do my graduation around this topic.
Because I only liked half of cultural diversity and got out of it what I wanted, I’m still considering to switch to critical studies (autonomous) for the minor and develop myself further there, which was my first choice in the first place. I haven’t made a final decision on this though.
Because of corona, I am considering to take half a gap year, starting in February. I feel like I haven’t been able to find the internship that I really want until now because of this and I wouldn’t want to work from home if I did find it. I have many ideas of what I want to achieve in this time, one of which is expanding my t-shirt selling project.
Besides the corona situation, I think it would be very positive for me to take this time off, to take a breath and see where I am
at and where I want to go.
Use this link for the full competence portfolio: https://competentnicole.hotglue.me/
My website for additional information on my works: http://curlycollie.nl/