Introduction

Hello, my name is Jasmine. I am a student here at LaGuardia entering my 3^rd semester with the school. Currently I have enjoyed my time here at LAGCC and meeting the amazing people and professors I have had the privilege to work with. This is will be my first official art course as a student, I am excited to see what the class holds for me and what I will take away from it.

                I think my first interactions with what I consider “art” happened at a young age. My parents, both of Puerto Rican descent and 2^nd generation Americans spent their teenage years during the 1980’s in New York City. My father was a graffiti artist who always had his work up throughout the house growing up. He was very much so into street art and had an insane collection of comic books which I believe inspired his style of drawing. I believe my taste in art has definitely been sculpted by my experiences with street art growing up but hopefully after this course there will be some new styles I have developed an appreciation for.

I have attached a picture of  “Tuxedo” by Jean-Michel Basquiat which I had the awesome experience of seeing in person at the Brooklyn Museum last summer while they had the “Basquiat: The Unknown Notebooks” exhibit available for viewing.