The Presentation for the artist Jeaneen Carlino was interesting due to all the coincidences she had with the presenter. Jeaneen Carlino is a visual artist that is known for her murals, art prints, greeting cards, and logo designs. Some of the the equipment she uses for her art pieces are acrylic paints and charcoal. In the presentation, it was mentioned that Carlino lived in Whittier, CA and the art work she creates is a way of helping her when it comes to personal growth. When it comes to drawing woman in her art work, the presenter mentioned that Carlino bases these female figures based on women she knows or women she aspires to be. Her art work is very lovely but the one that got my attention was Carlino's 2007 piece called, "Rising like Corn" which she also happened to work with SPARC to sell this art piece. In this piece we see a woman with a sharp gaze and she's holding a stick. The artist is showing us how fearless this woman is and her stance represents her standing up for something she may not agree with. It's a message that she's trying to us the audience to do when we see things that we don't agree on. We see corn in the background and it could imply that this woman is of the working class and despite her feminine features, she's like most everyday Chicanas that had the capability to stick up for herself hence the words Uprise being written in the left corner of the art piece. What I was curious about was the use of a bandana to cover her face. It makes me think that by doing this, Carolina perhaps wanted her audience to insert themselves in this woman's position or maybe she wants to show how she was able to blend the culture of Chicano/a youth with an older audience and the possibility of seeing common ground.
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