Sam

This year, I have earned Industry Recognized Credentials in...

Adobe Certified Associate- Photoshop

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End of Year Artist Statement

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For better or for worse, I have always had an acute self-awareness: how I feel, how I am presented and perceived, what is working for me, what will never work for me. With this, I am prone to overthinking, which leads to getting stuck in my head. If my body didn’t need me to do work for it, like eating, drinking, etcetera- I could live an incredibly stimulating life just sitting somewhere completely still, uncontrollably exploring the forests of thought inside my mind. Self-awareness becomes a moot point when you are so hyper-aware of everything around you and about you that you can’t process any of it. While I was never necessarily a visually artistic person, visual art really intrigued me, being a way to express yourself in a medium more abstract than thoughts and words. I was interested to find out if the abstractness of expressing yourself through visual art was more liberating than trying to process feelings in words.

Upon enrolling in the Digital Media Arts (DMA) program at Central Vermont Career Center, I was excited to discover that, in many ways, this was the case. In the DMA program, I explored photography, graphic design, photoshop, and filmmaking as artistic mediums. Having so much variety instilled an eclectic mix of interests in me, in terms of creative mediums. I’m really grateful to the program for that.

Since I can remember, I’ve been a film buff, so it was no surprise for me to discover that filmmaking was my favorite artistic medium. I love a story, and on a good day, I see my life as a story I am authoring. It is incredibly fulfilling for me to capture the way someone is feeling, the way they want to be expressed. My goal is to learn all of the aspects of filmmaking- screenwriting, directing, production. I've dabbled in each during my time in DMA, and I know I will continue to explore this medium not only as a source of interest, but of joy.