{"id":3377,"date":"2019-05-29T23:40:46","date_gmt":"2019-05-30T06:40:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lbccviking.com\/?p=3377"},"modified":"2019-05-29T23:40:47","modified_gmt":"2019-05-30T06:40:47","slug":"lbcc-student-changes-her-lifes-path-thanks-to-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbccviking.com\/?p=3377","title":{"rendered":"LBCC student changes her life\u2019s path thanks to art"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While at Chaffey College in Rancho Cucamonga, Karina Colorado took two art classes that opened her eyes and changed her entire perspective. <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI completely fell in love, and I was like \u2018This is what I\u2019m gonna do,\u2019\u201d Colorado said. <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After a year of studying criminal justice at Chaffey College, Colorado decided to let go of all inhibitions and take a leap of faith to follow her passions by studying studio art.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Before Colorado changed to studio art, she had doubts about the lack of financial security she would face in the future and chose to keep art as a hobby instead of focusing on it as a career.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The two classes inspired the criminal justice major to make the switch into an art major. <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI think it was something I was very, very passionate about, and I still am, but it was just this newfound passion I had never experienced before,\u201d Colorado said.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After realizing Chaffey College didn\u2019t have as many art classes as she wanted, the newly declared art student decided to transfer to Long Beach City College.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now at LBCC, Colorado has taken a variety of art classes, and even has a piece in the annual student art show. <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Colorado\u2019s favorite medium is ink, she loves to create quirky ink portraits full of linework and crosshatching.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She says she hopes to convey her subject\u2019s personality through the lines and shading.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The artist raved about LBCC\u2019s art department and was moved by the program.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"391\" data-attachment-id=\"3379\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/lbccviking.com\/?attachment_id=3379\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lbccviking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/20190521_lifestyle_karinaprofile_aturner1.jpg?fit=6000%2C3368&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"6000,3368\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS Rebel T6i&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Karina Colorado working on her latest ink portrait. 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Photo by Alexis Turner<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAll of my art classes here have been so great, but my favorite would be the one I am taking this semester which is intermediate drawing with Stas. I think he is an amazing professor and he really does let us just run with our imagination, our gut, and I really love that he doesn\u2019t have a lot of limitations,\u201d Colorado said.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When talking about Colorado and her artwork, Intermediate Drawing professor Stanislav Orlovski, preferably known as Stas, said, \u201cIn the relatively short time that I have known her, Karina has developed a voice in her work that is confident and fearless. I look forward to seeing how her work evolves and hope that she continues to draw on her personal experience to address issues that are relevant to contemporary culture.\u201d <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Colorado\u2019s peers in her art classes enjoy her energy in person and the passion she gives on the canvas.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cKarina\u2019s artwork is fun, creative, and honest. Overall, she\u2019s a great artist and an amazing person to be around,\u201d Karolina Juarez said, Colorado\u2019s roommate and fellow art major.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To see Colorado\u2019s expressive portraits, check out her instagram @inkyqueefs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While at Chaffey College in Rancho Cucamonga, Karina Colorado took two art classes that opened her eyes and changed her entire perspective. \u201cI completely fell in love, and I was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":3378,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5],"tags":[627,91,1029,116],"class_list":["post-3377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-alexis-turner","tag-art","tag-eye-opening","tag-lbcc-community"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3Skgy-St","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lbccviking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/20190521_lifestyle_karinaprofile_aturner7.jpg?fit=6000%2C4000&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbccviking.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3377","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbccviking.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbccviking.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbccviking.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbccviking.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3377"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lbccviking.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3377\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3380,"href":"https:\/\/lbccviking.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3377\/revisions\/3380"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbccviking.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbccviking.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbccviking.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbccviking.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}