Carla Gannis

This week Carla Gannis was a guest speaker at Hofstra University. She is an artist/designer who works with photos and other media to create art. Carla's excitement and go-to-it attitude were infectious as she spoke about her various projects. Although she originally received her bachelors and masters in painting, Carla has since turned to new media and the computer for her various projects.
The information that most impacted me in her talk was that her knowledge is all self-taught or through internships. She has no formal schooling for what she creates. Although she is an artist, Carla's abilities to use computer programs are absolutely incredible.
From her most recent Jezebel to her I Dream series, Carla's ability to combine both history and modernity in her search for inner meaning is striking. She is very well aware of what she is trying to portray and does so effectively through her work.
Even though Carla freelances, teaches, and researches, she is always seeking more. She is never content to sit still and smell the roses. Instead she is off to discover some new art, some new idea, some new skill that she can use to explore her world and emotions.