Author: Halima Konteh

As an aspiring artist I want to learn how to give form to my painted figures and to evoke a sense of life to the viewer when looking at my work through figurative brushstrokes like the old masters such as…

I have not felt confident enough in the past year to consistently exercise the skills I know I have. When I switched schools from an intense and rigorous art curriculum mid pandemic, I had lost most of the progress and…

Ever since I can remember, I loved to draw. I was transfixed by the way the lines would inch their way across the paper into a sprawling landscape, a map to a yet undiscovered world. It was a language of…

My name is Jacqueline Huari, though I’d prefer to be called Jack. I’m 15 and attend the High School of Art and Design and recently finished my freshman year. It was my Design Foundation teacher that referred me to this…

My name is Maya Vazquez, I was born to a Puerto Rican artist and a baker who immigrated from Belize, Central America. I currently live in a 2-family house with my mom and grandparents. From an early age I have…

Below, we feature two articles about artist Ashton Agbomenou. In the first article, published in the Spring 2012 edition of Lines from the League, Agbomenou writes about his origins at the League and his beginnings as an artist. The second,…

I plan on attending a college dedicated to the visual arts, ideally FIT or Purchase. Since I am graduating a year early, I must build my college art portfolio and application. I also want to be more formally trained, as…

When I got to middle school, I remember telling people I wanted to be a lawyer, but I then realized that I did not want to pursue this career path because there’s a very heavy mental weight that comes with…

I have always been interested in pursuing a career in the arts either as a fashion designer or an artist in general. Moving to New York from Georgia was supposed to be my chance to pursue that because all the…