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<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\nGraduating Student:<\/strong> Josephine Chase (S 22)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n\n\n\n\nMy work, both in conception and execution, is a heartfelt love letter to the ancestors of my theological and genetic make-up, built in reverence and gratitude to every street light that lit an overgrown garden. Through both an interior and exterior art installation, I hope the fluid nature of that art conception, for the viewer, extends beyond the gallery.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<\/div>\nWho, or what is your work in conversation with?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\nI find my work most at home with other thinkers and makers focused on the experiences of contemporary Black experience in art and visual language. I enjoy work that rests neither fully in critique or celebration, but deftly defies monolithic translation by prioritizing storytelling itself as a medium of generational care.<\/p>\n
\n\n\n\nI am forever inspired by the installations of Azikiwe Mohammed<\/a>, an artist who understands the vignette of the home as this rich material for material exploration, with such a generous thought to the space for the viewer to also wonder and contribute to that projected vision.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<\/div>\nHow did VCFA change your approach to thinking about your studio practice and your community at home? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\nIt cemented a professional practice as an artist in which I developed a strong partnership with my studio and research, as well as language, to facilitate a generative exchange of interdisciplinary approaches to visual culture.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n
<\/div>\nWho were your Artist-Mentors?<\/strong><\/p>\nLeslie Fry<\/a><\/p>\nDr. Zun Lee<\/a><\/p>\nThyrza Goodeve<\/a><\/p>\nNiloufar Emamifar<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
<\/div>A Survey in Blackness - Azikiwe Mohammed<\/small><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nWhat was on your play list during your time at VCFA?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n1st semester: \u201cBaby Powder\u201d<\/a> – Jenevieve<\/p>\n2nd semester: \u201cWild Irish Roses\u201d<\/a> – Smino<\/p>\n3rd semester: \u201cCraziest Things\u201d<\/a> – Babeheaven<\/p>\n4th semester: \u201cIsn\u2019t It Lovely\u201d<\/a> – Genevva<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
<\/div>Josephine Chase - Studio<\/small><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nWho are your favorite protagonists in fiction?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\nHolly Golightly – Breakfast at Tiffany’s: A Short Novel and Three Stories<\/a>\u00a0 by Truman Capote<\/p>\n
getting to know the graduates<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\nGraduating Student:<\/strong> Josephine Chase (S 22)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n My work, both in conception and execution, is a heartfelt love letter to the ancestors of my theological and genetic make-up, built in reverence and gratitude to every street light that lit an overgrown garden. Through both an interior and exterior art installation, I hope the fluid nature of that art conception, for the viewer, extends beyond the gallery.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n Who, or what is your work in conversation with?<\/strong><\/p>\n I find my work most at home with other thinkers and makers focused on the experiences of contemporary Black experience in art and visual language. I enjoy work that rests neither fully in critique or celebration, but deftly defies monolithic translation by prioritizing storytelling itself as a medium of generational care.<\/p>\n I am forever inspired by the installations of Azikiwe Mohammed<\/a>, an artist who understands the vignette of the home as this rich material for material exploration, with such a generous thought to the space for the viewer to also wonder and contribute to that projected vision.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n How did VCFA change your approach to thinking about your studio practice and your community at home? <\/strong><\/p>\n It cemented a professional practice as an artist in which I developed a strong partnership with my studio and research, as well as language, to facilitate a generative exchange of interdisciplinary approaches to visual culture.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n Who were your Artist-Mentors?<\/strong><\/p>\n Leslie Fry<\/a><\/p>\n Dr. Zun Lee<\/a><\/p>\n Thyrza Goodeve<\/a><\/p>\n Niloufar Emamifar<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n What was on your play list during your time at VCFA?<\/strong><\/p>\n 1st semester: \u201cBaby Powder\u201d<\/a> – Jenevieve<\/p>\n 2nd semester: \u201cWild Irish Roses\u201d<\/a> – Smino<\/p>\n 3rd semester: \u201cCraziest Things\u201d<\/a> – Babeheaven<\/p>\n 4th semester: \u201cIsn\u2019t It Lovely\u201d<\/a> – Genevva<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n Who are your favorite protagonists in fiction?<\/strong><\/p>\n Holly Golightly – Breakfast at Tiffany’s: A Short Novel and Three Stories<\/a>\u00a0 by Truman Capote<\/p>\n<\/div>A Survey in Blackness - Azikiwe Mohammed<\/small><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>Josephine Chase - Studio<\/small><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n