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 More progress to share! Definitely still in the early stages and have to get a move on but here's what I presented to my peers during critique. Got some really great feedback and am excited to continue. I also had a meeting with Klara to go over this process and got some approval and ideas from her!  Final type decision for the exhibition/catalogue branding! The title will be "my life, my practice" in all lowercase in the Gill Sans and the body text will be serif font Perpetua which is from the same designer of Gill Sans so there are some inherent elements that are relative in both type faces that I think allows them to pair well together (also a great suggestion from Franc). Moodboard and color studies- swatched these colors from some of my selects of Klara's work that are my favorite. Assigned each color to a basic human emotion (planning to organize the book by emotions). However thinking of changing these emotions to more specific ones that Klara and I will work ...

 UPDATE! this week I focused on conducting some more last minute research and actually set up a meeting with the artist Klara to get her thoughts about the project and pick her brain a little bit for some initial research to use to start my design process (i intend to conduct more meetings with her to share what I've been working on as well as to gather more information for the content/text of the book- quotes and images etc). Below are my notes from our meeting:  Initial Meeting with Klara Notes Her inspiration- “answering all of life’s questions” She uses art to investigate these questions She is currently working on small studies and paintings regarding her thoughts Inspired by the fact that we think 60-70,000 thoughts a day- how do we as humans filter through these Why do we feel? How do we feel? Approaches starting a new piece with these questions Starts with intense thinking Sometimes her questions turn into a new painting or thoughts lead to others She believes her moti...

 Here is my running doc for my proposal. Obviously this might change over time but here is my initial thought process outlining my goals for this project. Subject My subject is an artist named Klara Chavarría. Chavarría is a Guatemalan artist and designer who comes from a family of creatives. In 1993, Chavarría relocated to the United States to receive her BFA from Kansas State University where she concentrated in Design, Visual Arts, and Painting. She originally began working in the design and marketing fields where she worked in publishing. Chavarría ultimately decided to abandon her corporate life and pursue her art practice full time professionally. She began working in her studios in Chicago and Cincinnati and now works and resides in Miami, FL permanently.  Chavarría’s work centers around her inner-search providing a way or outlet to communicate, discover, and investigate her questions about life. Her unique approach to expressionism and figurative abstraction provide an...

 I have started writing my proposal- see below for the outline Your goals and objectives will give a better insight into writing your proposal. Your proposal must be written with the following questions in mind – a) what is your subject + a succinct history etc.? Klara Chavarria: Klara Chavarría Kepfer, is an Artist and Designer that grew up in Guatemala City in a family of artists and teachers and started studying academic painting with a renowned artist and professor when she was only eight years old.  In 1993, she relocated to the United States as a student and received a BFA from Kansas State University concentrating in Design, Visual Arts and Painting. After working in the Design and Marketing fields and having her own business in these fields for several years, Klara decided to abandon her corporate life and pursue her art career & art practice full time professionally. Her professional art practice + career started over 20 years ago in the Midwest, with studios in C...