Today we’d like to introduce you to Laura Cash.
Laura, please kick things off for us by telling us about yourself and your journey so far.
I was born in The Bahamas and grew up in the small town of Nassau. My grandfather painted scenes of palm trees and beaches on conch shells that he sold to tourists. It was my grandfather who first taught me how to draw, and my mother bought me art supplies to try nurture my talents. I continued to draw and be inspired by movies and television. I can recall drawing my favorite Pokemon characters as a young girl. In high school, I really got to experiment with art in class, and I was given even more tools to play with. I had always gotten lost in the creative process, spending hours perfecting one piece of work, I recall working on a pointillism piece for a straight 8 hours. When it came time for me to decide my future career, I could only picture myself doing something creative, so I took the risk and decided to go to an art school. Since then I have been excelling in my studies, I recently graduated from SCAD with my BFA in Motion Media Design, and now I am continuing my studies in the hopes of getting my MFA. I recently was awarded two Southeast Student Emmy Awards for my works, and am now a peer tutor at my school, and I couldn’t be happier.
Can you give our readers some background on your art?
Motion Media Design is a field in which artists can play. Typically, it is a film of some sort, but can consist of any type of media. Motion Design includes things from ads you see on television, movie and TV show openings, graphics for sports and news shows. Typically motion design is a commercial field and is used in order to advertise products, but my work tends to be non-advertiser friendly. I try to inject my dark and twisted sense of humor into everything I do. Usually when I get an assignment brief, I will try to look at it and think of a way to twist it to make it more appealing to me. So far, this approach has proven to be effective in helping me come up with more unique pieces and solving creative problems in a more interesting way. My main purpose when creating my pieces is to entertain and insight thought with my pieces, if I can accomplish either of those things then I consider that a success.
Do you think conditions are generally improving for artists? What more can cities and communities do to improve conditions for artists?
Technology has been an amazing asset to artists all across the world hoping to share their works. It has made sharing works so much easier, however, because of this there is a sea of works online. It can be so difficult to be seen amongst all the other amazing and talented artists throughout the world. I would probably have to say that although technology has made certain things easier for artists, it has also complicated other things. I think cities can highlight more local artists, like your magazine does. Most artists just need some help getting their message and their artwork out, if given that opportunity then at least we can be judged based on our works and not just our popularity.
What’s the best way for someone to check out your work and provide support?
If people are curious to see my works, they can head to my website at lauracashmedia.com. I have all my works posted on their including my motion pieces and illustrations I did during my undergraduate degree. Unfortunately, because I am an international student, I don’t think anyone can support my work monetarily, but if they do wish to support me, sharing my works with their friends is a good way to help!
Contact Info:
- Website: lauracashmedia.com
- Email: lauracashmedia@gmail.com
Image Credit:
Personal photo credit: Julia Lamare
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