Biography: I am a jeweler and illustrator, with the desire to create art flowing through my veins since birth. Creating art is truly my oxygen; without it, I would cease to be who I am. My grandma is a fine jeweler whom I have been apprenticing under for several years, and after exploring every artistic…
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Pregnancy Truth by Jasmine Davis
I had always heard that pregnancy was such a beautiful and amazing thing to experience. That women’s bodies were meant to create a baby. That your baby bump would be cute, and having cravings is fun. Being pregnant is full of happiness and joy. It all was a lie. For me, at least. I got…
We All Wear Our Crowns by Jonathan Gonzalez Trejo
We played fútbol in this empty backyard that belonged once to a house where now jap arrowroot blanketed the body, Sara, Richie, Jaylen, and I. We’d play there every day, even at night to sneak out of the tedium we lived in. Richie would bring the big lamp from his chicken coop to light us…
The Joker by Alissa Booth
Looking in the mirror, I see me and laugh with glee Grabbing the can from under the sink, I paint what every person wants to see. I only imitate. Walking on sunshine, I hum to the sound of the bees with happiness flowing through me. I can’t believe this is reality….
Where Light Begins by Tarynn Douglas
I woke where dawn first learned to sing Beneath the vow the bright ones bring Their breath was warm; their pulse was mine A kingdom forged in fire divine No night remains just morning gleam The rising of every dream They crowned me gold, they crowned me clear And broke the chains I used to…
The Love That Once Was by Diana Montelongo
There were good days and bad days, nothing out of the ordinary. A girl who helps with the chores around the house. The same routines, the same dysfunctional and unexpected but yet predictable regular days. A day out and about, surprisingly not too ordinary. You met, oh boy, you met. Days started having a different…
Kynósoura by Jonathan Gonzalez Trejo
My mothers love can’t be seen by squinting at the measuring spoons My mothers love is an achoo away from blowing me to the moon My mothers love ain’t something you see on the road killed My mothers love is sacramental hair that don’t want to be cut away, so hold still My mothers love…
I’ve Got You! by Aspen Hermance
Biography: Ever since I was little, I’ve always had too much going on inside my head. Art is one of the only ways I can let “it” all out. It’s the faucet from which the chaotic swirl of my conscious thinking can leap out into the world. Whether anything meaningful has come out of it…
Lebensmude by Alexa Marshall
Biography: Art to me is about expressing a feeling and a story. It can be in big flashy ways, such as cinema, or in more subtle and personal ways that may not be obvious to every observer. Artists put their feelings, thoughts and a little piece of themselves into everything they create. That gives it…
Saudade by Alexa Marshall
Biography: Art to me is about expressing a feeling and a story. It can be in big flashy ways, such as cinema, or in more subtle and personal ways that may not be obvious to every observer. Artists put their feelings, thoughts and a little piece of themselves into everything they create. That gives it…
Hiraeth by Alexa Marshall
Biography: Art to me is about expressing a feeling and a story. It can be in big flashy ways, such as cinema, or in more subtle and personal ways that may not be obvious to every observer. Artists put their feelings, thoughts and a little piece of themselves into everything they create. That gives it…
Cherries On Top by Rebekah McWhorter
Biography: Creativity is the breath of my embodiment, and watching it evolve throughout my life has unlocked so much knowing within myself. There has always been a little spark of expression within me asking to be brought out into the world. Whether through music or writing, I have always followed that spark, bringing my inner…
An Open Book by Rebekah McWhorter
Biography: Creativity is the breath of my embodiment, and watching it evolve throughout my life has unlocked so much knowing within myself. There has always been a little spark of expression within me asking to be brought out into the world. Whether through music or writing, I have always followed that spark, bringing my inner…
Wrong celebration by Jenna Luna
Biography: My name is Jenna luna I’m a 23 year old artist who is mostly self taught. I’ve been attending aims classes in person for the last three semesters. I came to aims with the hope of learning and growing in my talent as an artist and I feel that no matter what I have…
Family experience by Jenna Luna
Biography: My name is Jenna luna I’m a 23 year old artist who is mostly self taught. I’ve been attending aims classes in person for the last three semesters. I came to aims with the hope of learning and growing in my talent as an artist and I feel that no matter what I have…
Stillness with Teeth by Tesia Munoz
One side stays still. It follows the steps. Turns the key. Shuts the door. Chews the food. Nods at the noise. Fakes the pulse. Smiles at the right time. Stands in the right place. Waits for the feeling whatever it’s supposed to be that never arrives. The other side claws at the walls with teeth…
Dumpling Sauce by Jonathan Gonzalez Trejo
Lately I’ve been feeling that I’m living in a time loop, No matter how much it repeats itself, it don’t feel like my mind grew, Dusty spirits yawn for attention in the high noon, Rising dead speak in my dreams thinking I’ll respond soon, Follicles plucked out until there’s no fine tune, Haunted radio waves…
Basement depths by Echo Larkin
Biography: I am returning to aims as a student because I want to make a change in my life with my career. I want to bring my creativity to what I do for a living and not just my hobbies I do in my free time. My art and my crafting means my unlimited freedom….
No, Thank You…Yes by Jonathan Gonzalez Trejo
When I’m locked in, you don’t need to fetch the bolt cutters to get me out, Road running across scenes from the coyotes but I never took the petty route, Net worth stuck in between the rim and backboard, I still ain’t gotta get carried down, To get bounced to and announce swoosh inside of…
Exterior Spatial Depth on Acrylic Painting. by Jessica Garza
Biography: AIMS appealed to me when I started my GED program in 2022, during classes held online due to COVID. After I finished the program, Aims contacted me to let me know I could enroll in a college degree program. So I signed up for a Liberal Arts with Art Studio Associates degree.What does your…
Echoes on Asphalt by Shawna Peters
Biography: Shawna Peters is an emerging artist and graphic design student at Aims Community College, where she is exploring how visual storytelling can transform everyday moments into emotional experiences. Returning to school marks a deeply personal chapter for her; a commitment to reclaiming her expressiveness after surviving ovarian cancer. Shawna uses art to process, honor…
Orange Type of Love
Biography: What brought me to Aims Community College was a deep desire for a better future. One shaped by opportunity, growth, and determination to rise beyond the circumstances I came from. I spent most of my teen years in Mexico, navigating through the poverty and challenges of living in an unfamiliar country. Those experiences…
(-2) by Jonathan Gonzalez Trejo
If I don’t know how to speak then who does? It can’t be the broom that snowballs the debt of this wooden floor that is an apoplectic zone for snowshoes Because if it were it would’ve already protested its purpose set by those lively things You know, the things that are whatchamacallit…their own tool, a…
Jets in Action
Biography: Ben Ayers is a photographer based in Greeley, Colorado, specializing in astrophotography, landscapes, wildlife, and portraiture. While his academic journey began in Construction Management at Aims Community College, Ben chose to follow a different path, pivoting to a Studio Art major to pursue his lifelong passion for visual storytelling.In his astrophotography, Ben draws huge…
Waldeinsamkeit by Alexa Marshall
Biography – Art to me is about expressing a feeling and a story. It can be in big flashy ways, such as cinema, or in more subtle and personal ways that may not be obvious to every observer. Artists put their feelings, thoughts and a little piece of themselves into everything they create. That gives…
Solstice by Katelyn E Rogers
Author: Katelyn E Rogers (sh Biography – My name is Katelyn Rogers, after a 10-year break from schooling since high school, I am excited to begin a new chapter as a student at Aims Community College, pursuing my Associate of Liberal Arts and Sciences with a focus on Studio Art. Over the past decade, I…
Iris by Rebekah McWhorter
Biography – Creativity is the breath of my embodiment, and watching it evolve throughout my life has unlocked so much knowing within myself. There has always been a little spark ofexpression within me asking to be brought out into the world. Whether through music orwriting, I have always followed that spark, bringing my inner realm…
Family Portrait by Rebekah McWhorter
Biography – Creativity is the breath of my embodiment, and watching it evolve throughout my life has unlocked so much knowing within myself. There has always been a little spark ofexpression within me asking to be brought out into the world. Whether through music orwriting, I have always followed that spark, bringing my inner realm…