Alana Williams is a young African American artist born and raised in Indianapolis, Indiana. As a child growing up playing outdoors, she has always been fascinated by nature. Her mother took her shopping to pick out flowers for the garden. Alana’s mother would always have her daughter help her plant various flowers in the garden. This helps inspire her love for flowers. Alana finds flowers beautiful because they are very unique for their colors, textures, and shapes. This interest has led Alana to explore nature further during her teenage years, and further developed when she opted to take her Bachelor’s Degree in Ceramics and Art of Education.
Alana is currently an undergraduate student attending Herron School of Art and Design. She is working toward her BFA in Ceramics and Art of Education. Alana delved even more into her ceramic practice, which involved intimate floral arrangement and meaning. Alana’s current work of today is mixed media using clay and wood. Alana creates hand built flowers arranged in small to large scale floral arrangements. The flowers that Alana takes while looking at her garden are only part of the meaning. She uses the practice of layering the flowers close together to allow the natural environment a voice. Her artwork focuses on the meaning of flowers in her work. Alana’s work “Black Roses” has been shown in the Herron School of Art and Design 2018Undergraduate Exhibition show. “Black Roses” represents loss of a one or friend. Alana cherishes this connection with nature. She feels that the artistic exchange between the nature and the artist opens up many opportunities.
Alana is also training to become an art teacher, specializing in teaching art to young children. She teaches 4-18-year-olds in order to help them foster the same enthusiasm that she has for art. Alana had great experience in teaching different grade level from elementary school through high school. Her future goals are to develop more art and to encourage students through teaching art.
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Alana Williams is a young African American artist born and raised in Indianapolis, Indiana. As a child growing up playing outdoors, she has always been fascinated by nature. Her mother took her shopping to pick out flowers for the garden. Alana’s mother would always have her daughter help her plant various flowers in the garden. This helps inspire her love for flowers. Alana finds flowers beautiful because they are very unique for their colors, textures, and shapes. This interest has led Alana to explore nature further during her teenage years, and further developed when she opted to take her Bachelor’s Degree in Ceramics and Art of Education.
Alana is currently an undergraduate student attending Herron School of Art and Design. She is working toward her BFA in Ceramics and Art of Education. Alana delved even more into her ceramic practice, which involved intimate floral arrangement and meaning. Alana’s current work of today is mixed media using clay and wood. Alana creates hand built flowers arranged in small to large scale floral arrangements. The flowers that Alana takes while looking at her garden are only part of the meaning. She uses the practice of layering the flowers close together to allow the natural environment a voice. Her artwork focuses on the meaning of flowers in her work. Alana’s work “Black Roses” has been shown in the Herron School of Art and Design 2018Undergraduate Exhibition show. “Black Roses” represents loss of a one or friend. Alana cherishes this connection with nature. She feels that the artistic exchange between the nature and the artist opens up many opportunities.
Alana is also training to become an art teacher, specializing in teaching art to young children. She teaches 4-18-year-olds in order to help them foster the same enthusiasm that she has for art. Alana had great experience in teaching different grade level from elementary school through high school. Her future goals are to develop more art and to encourage students through teaching art.