Giselle A. Vega
About the Artist
Growing up from New York City and studying in Rochester, NY, a former student of NTID/RIT, Giselle Vega has been coming up with new ideas to pass on a message through her art. In her journey, she is on the path of finding her voice as a feminist. At age 15, she was told that that is when she was considered a woman. In her Latino community, it is common to throw a Quinceanera, a traditional Sweet 15 party, but Giselle didn’t want to celebrate hers. She felt there was more to become a woman and did not wanted to celebrate yet. From there on then, she was devoted to maintaining her place and identity as a woman and finding her voice. She is the first in her family to able to attend to college and since then, Giselle has learned how much she can formed herself for the greater good, especially as a woman. Women have achieved a lot of great things for society and Giselle wants to be part of it. She wants to break the stereotypes of women can’t be in successful majors and can be a boss, not a bossy. She wants young girls to be able to express themselves and to be able to understand that they can be whatever they desire.
About the Box
Giselle is currently taking Writing Seminar class, and was assigned to a project called The Cornell Box and it is inspired by Joseph Cornell's Shadow Boxes. Cornell collected the materials that matters to him and then put them together in a box. He was inspired by the idea that art was not necessarily about applying paint to canvas, but could also be formed by real objects. Cornell's shadow boxes invites viewers into his personal life and inspire them to see each individual object in a new perspective.
Giselle constructed a box similar concept as Cornell's box but with her purpose of raising awareness of the women who made history and to inspire girls that they can do it too.
