Desde Niña
Location
FA-255
Start Date
2-5-2025 1:10 PM
Department
Art + Design
Abstract
This project is a collection of short stories from diverse women and gender non-binary individuals, exploring themes of adolescence, change, and vulnerability. These stories highlight the experiences of young and adult women with varying backgrounds and upbringings. I aim to create a platform where women can share their stories through self-reflection, memory, and history. These stories will be organized through shared themes in a chapter format and will be designed creatively through photography, typography, and other visual design. To inform my research I interviewed three different individuals with expertise in the areas of design, writing, and human psychology. I interviewed a prior student who shared a similar goal of book creation, a current MFA student and Loyola University alumni in creative/fiction writing, and a current psychology student from NEIU. Their insights helped me refine my project goals and led me to a further understanding of how to strengthen my approach and execution while maintaining the writer’s integrity, effectiveness in storytelling, and considerations for thoughtful design execution. My creative process has included making an organizational foundation for logistics, and mood boards, brainstorming, and gathering supplies for the printing and installation of my project. My goal is to reach a wide audience, however, I recognize that a large part of my audience will be women. This project aims to foster an understanding between people, regardless of gender or identity, with an emphasis that anyone can gain something from diverse personal narratives. Readers will be able to gain personal connections, insights into other cultures or unique experiences, and self-reflection to carry into the future. To deepen engagement, I will be featuring 4-5 individuals and interviewing the subjects for further research to give each person their own featured profile. Providing a detailed account of the 4-5 individuals will allow the audience to better understand and connect with their story.
Faculty Sponsor
Lauren Meranda
Desde Niña
FA-255
This project is a collection of short stories from diverse women and gender non-binary individuals, exploring themes of adolescence, change, and vulnerability. These stories highlight the experiences of young and adult women with varying backgrounds and upbringings. I aim to create a platform where women can share their stories through self-reflection, memory, and history. These stories will be organized through shared themes in a chapter format and will be designed creatively through photography, typography, and other visual design. To inform my research I interviewed three different individuals with expertise in the areas of design, writing, and human psychology. I interviewed a prior student who shared a similar goal of book creation, a current MFA student and Loyola University alumni in creative/fiction writing, and a current psychology student from NEIU. Their insights helped me refine my project goals and led me to a further understanding of how to strengthen my approach and execution while maintaining the writer’s integrity, effectiveness in storytelling, and considerations for thoughtful design execution. My creative process has included making an organizational foundation for logistics, and mood boards, brainstorming, and gathering supplies for the printing and installation of my project. My goal is to reach a wide audience, however, I recognize that a large part of my audience will be women. This project aims to foster an understanding between people, regardless of gender or identity, with an emphasis that anyone can gain something from diverse personal narratives. Readers will be able to gain personal connections, insights into other cultures or unique experiences, and self-reflection to carry into the future. To deepen engagement, I will be featuring 4-5 individuals and interviewing the subjects for further research to give each person their own featured profile. Providing a detailed account of the 4-5 individuals will allow the audience to better understand and connect with their story.