Artist Statement for Fesitval

Heather Koob

Courses Taken: SIA Ceramics, SIA Drawing and Painting, Portfolio Development/Independent Study Painting (two years), Ceramics II, Ceramics III, Computer Graphics, Web Design & Production, World of Fashion, AP Studio Art.

When it comes to ceramics, I enjoy a combination of throwing as well as sculpture/hand-building, even combining the two in some pieces.

Art is important to me because it is my form of self-expression. When thinking about the process of my work, it is hard to completely summarize what goes on in my head. I do not carefully plan out every last detail of a piece. My process is simply having an idea in my head and jumping right into it. As I progress in the piece, more ideas spark until my mind is a creative ocean; the outcome on canvas (or whatever medium I decide to work in). Each and every piece I have worked on has taught me more about who I am, my artistic style, and that I am capable of anything as an artist with not only hard work, but passion as well.

I will be attending SUNY Purchase College in the fall to earn my BFA in graphic design and further my art studies. I hope to someday become a successful and respected artist in society.

Henry Rollins

Henry Lawrence Garfield (Henry Rollins) was born on February 1, 1961 in Washington D.C. In 1980 Henry Rollins was a teenager living in Arlington, Virginia, just over the river from Washington, DC. He worked as the shift manager for a Haagen-Dazs ice cream shop near Georgetown University, and was a huge fan of a Southern California punk rock band called Black Flag. One day he and his friend drove to New York City to see Black Flag play at the Peppermint Lounge. They played later at a small club down the street, and Henry jumped on stage and took the mike for a song. A few days later he was called back to New York to audition for the band. Henry spent the next six years riding in vans, sleeping in the back of trucks, getting beaten and mauled on stage and fronting the baddest, most primal rock-and-roll band in the history of the world. Since 1986 Henry has enjoyed a more pleasant lifestyle and career as a singer. He is a published poet as well. His band, Rollins Band, was a highlight of the Woodstock '94 concert. His autobiography, "Get In The Van", is available in print and as a self-narrated compact disc. He has written several articles for Details, an American magazine.