Stella Wilson

Here at NMIT, I covered the problem of poor subtitles in a powerpoint that I presented to my class. I looked at solutions to this problem and discussed them with peers.

Rosa Coutts is currently a student at NMIT studying the New Zealand Diploma in Arts and Design. Rosa was originally a self-taught Artist, she started this course in hopes to learn about the proper process behind different mediums and expand her skill set with different mediums and techniques. Since starting this course, she has developed an interest in oil painting. Rosa naturally started her artistic journey as a child and was encouraged by her family. She liked to draw, paint and sew – she used to cut up old clothes from opp shops and make them in to clothes for her Pippa dolls, then later started making clothes for her…

DISCOVERING ARBUS A short article by Stella Wilson.  NMIT 2018. Arbus was a photographer based in New York City (NYC) who took photos in the nineteen sixties and seventies. She is famous for portraits of individual characters such as dwarves, transvestites, nudists, and troubled children.  Arbus is mostly known for her very quirky perception of the world, rather than for how she was perceived by others.  Her photographs were not necessarily flattering of her subjects. In fact they were often quite exposing or aesthetically un-pleasing and were sometimes even considered offensive.  Lisette Model who was Arbus’s teacher and early influence, was unsure if she should release such controversial content. Why…