Intro: My name is Juliane Schnibbe. I’m 24 and I’m a Resident Director at Collegiate Village. I’m currently attending Buffalo State for MS in Student Personnel Administration. I received a Bachelors in fine arts and a Bachelors in Art History from Sunny Potsdam.
1. JF: What interests you so much in art?
JS: When I’m making art it consumes me. It is probably the only thing I can do and let 12 hours pass without realizing it. I also like that I can convey messages to an audience in a more tactile way, to leave an impression and provoke thought. I enjoy the subjective quality art has. I appreciate arts ability to capture a moment or feeling, enabling a viewer(potentially centuries later) to share that experience.
2. JF: Who is your fav. Artist and why?
JS: One of my favorite Artist is Duane Hanson. I enjoy the social commentary his work portrays and the realistic quality of his sculptures.
3. JF: What do you like of that artist’s work?
JS: “Super Market Shopper” is one of my favorites. I like that his work at first glance looks real it helps drive his message.
4. JF: What would your medium be if you were an artist?
JS: My concentration for my BFA was ceramics, so I primarily worked with clay. My secondary focus was digital design, I primarily used Photoshop and dream weaver.
5. JF: How many art galleries have you been too, and which is your fav one?
JS: I’ve been to too many to count. Several in Montreal, Ottawa, New York City, London, Amsterdam, Florence, Rome, and Paris. It’s hard to pick a favorite, but if I had to pick it would be the scratch gallery in london, england.
6. JF: Do you like the art gallery that is in Buffalo, and what’s your fav. part?
JS: I actually haven’t been to the Albright Knox yet, though I hope to soon. I have been to galleries in Allentown which were nice.
7. JF: At what age did you start liking art drawings?
JS: I’ve always loved art-the majority of my family work in the arts so from a very young age I was exposed to art, music, theater creative writing etc. When I was younger my favorite coloring book was a Keith Haring coloring book.
8. JF: What was the first art drawing your saw, and who was it by?
JS: I don’t remember the first piece of artwork I saw, but the first time I remember actually appreciating art was when I was six, I was at the Louvre (Paris, France) and it was a sculpture thevenus de milo.
9. JF: If you were an artist who would you wanna be?
JS: It might be fun to be Van Gogh for a day… But only a day.
10. JF: What colors would be mostly used in your drawings?
JS: It would depend on what I was drawing or painting color adds to the mood of the piece.