Edition 29— Ayana Mack, Graphic Designer, and Artist
When I emailed Ayana Mack to schedule an alumni interview, her response was prompt; I got a reply the next day — Ayana would be free only five times that month.
We agreed on a far-out day, although I was skeptical we’d…
Edition 28 — Adrian Romero, Illustrator
In 2012, Adrian Romero was searching for a summer job when he came across Artists For Humanity through the Boston Youth Fund.
“When I looked at the job listing it seemed like a very cool job to be paid to make art and get…
Edition 27 — Nyviana Colon
A Ripple Effect
One day in class, Nyviana Colon observed the Tweety Bird printed on the front of her agenda book. Bored with the lesson at hand, she decided to try drawing it. Her sketch came out better than she’d expected — she’d discovered that…
Edition 26 — Lena Yee
A Second Home
When Lena Yee was little, her father asked her to draw pictures for him. In middle school, she experimented with graffiti and taught herself web design. And in 2009, as a sophomore at West Roxbury Academy, she learned that a nonprofit called…
Edition 25— Mattaya Fitts, Visual Artist and Muralist
There’s a big misconception out there about artists: to create art is a decision they made, a chosen occupation. The truth is most artists don’t choose to make art for a living, they just can’t imagine themselves doing anything else.
Mattaya Fitts’…
Edition 24 — Théry Badin
A New Perspective
Coming from a strict Caribbean household as a first generation immigrant, 14 year old Théy Badin was a brilliant student. He excelled in subjects like math and science and took part in multiple extracurriculars including STEM camps in the summer and Certamen…
Edition 23 — Stephanie Wu
A Collective Community
While Stephanie Wu was drawing long before she’d ever heard of Artists For Humanity, AFH is where she first discovered what it means to have an artist community. Now, as a recent graduate of Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) with a…
Edition 22 — Amanda Pelrine
A ‘Worth It’ Job
At 16-years old, Amanda Pelrine was in search of an easy job and a quick paycheck. When her friends at Boston Latin Academy told her about AFH, she believed she’d found it. “It ended up being a lot more of an…
Edition 21—Stephen Cronin
A Family That Spreads
Of all things, t-shirts are what brought Stephen Cronin to Artists For Humanity’s doors.
Introduced to the program through a family friend who had previous children involved in the program, Cronin came to AFH in search of their Screen Printing Studio.
“I think…
Edition 20 — Aristotle Forrester
In Real Time
Aristotle Forrester has been surrounded by art all his life; his mother is a visual artist and he began painting in the first grade. “I was making paintings in school instead of learning how to do math,” he laughed.
Forrester grew up…
