Mentors: Megan Morton

Megan Morton is an art major at UVU with a focus in graphic design.


Megan's Artist Statement:

To me graphic design is another medium used to communicate and idea through imagery. Everything we see makes an impression on us. I use graphic design to convey a concept using which ever medium, style, colors or format that I see fit. i love the freedom it gives me to expand on other, more traditional mediums to show my point of view. I love how good design can make a lasting impact.


Visit Megan's website!

Mentors: Sara Herrera

Sara Herrera is a fine art major at UVU with emphasis in painting and watercolor.


Sara's Artist Statement:

I am from the Northeast coast of Mexico and I enjoyed being surrounded by the colors of the green tropical vegetation, the blues of the sea, the warm colors, and the vibrant colors of fruits and flowers which helped me to grow a sensitive soul toward nature.

Its beautiful colors have had a profound effect on my inner sensitivity; creating a strong attraction toward representing them by painting. Painting is my voice through which I express the beauty I see around me.

Mentors: Derek Hegsted

Derek Hegsted is a fine art major at UVU. He teaches fourth grade through twelfth grade.

Derek's Artist Statement:
Reflections of Passion
Heartbreak and Hell
Solitude in Solace
Conduit of Emotions
Lover of Life
Defender of Faith
Risk Taker
Different Drum
Defying the Odds
Thought Provoking
Ever Learning
Tenacious
Hope
Joy


Visit Derek's website!

Mentors: Thomas Tholen

Thomas Tholen did animation story boards and layout for 20 years and is getting a second BFA from UVU.

Thomas' Artist Statement:

Some of my first memories are art related. I remember being amazed about how things looked and asking my dad about shadows when I was very young. I would have had to have been about three years old at the time based on where we lived. I entered contests when I was in elementary school and won some of them. I am still fascinated by shadows and how they effect our perceptions of form and the three dimensional space around us. In particular in figure drawing or figure painting, what separates one space from another and creates the image we see as a human being on a 2-D surface? To me it is incredible.

Mentors: Alisen Abney

Alisen Abney is a fine art student at UVU. She plans to study art history in graduate school and hopes to teach.

Alisen's Artist Statement:

I love the strength of the unanticipated in an abstract shape. I find beauty in the uncontrolled flow of colors interacting with one another, blending and retracting. I enjoy the subtle textures that form as values change. I sense the atmosphere that light introduces. I feel the honesty that comes from the experience as the shape, light, color, texture, and space layer upon each other.

T-Shirts

Identity t-shirts will be on sale at the event on April 9th. These stylish t-shirts cost just $10 each and will help you show your identity and support for this great art show event and Identity events in the future!

Mentors: Jorge Rodriguez

Jorge Rodriguez is a fine arts major who is emphasizing in Painting and Drawing. And political activism. And action figures. And...

Jorge's Artist Statement:

My love of art could be traced back to the days of my childhood when comic book superheroes held all of my attention. During these years, I would fill pages detailing the adventures of my favorite superheroes represented in simple stick figures. As I grew older, my father showed me a new way to draw figures, based on circles, squares, and rectangles, and explained that the human figure could represented with these basic shapes. Soon, this developed into a full-blown love of art. It all finally came together when a friend told me I was “like a really cool action figure”.

Visit Jorge's website!