Trinacenci: The Creative Process
I started this newsletter to connect with my community beyond just posting finished designs on social media. I wanted a chance to share the mental blocks, the break throughs, the thought processes, and the mind-mapping behind the pieces that I make. Art and Design is more than the final product. From a childhood memory, to a lesson from our high school teacher, to a skill we learned 20 years ago: there are eons of knowledge nuggets, cultural experiences, and deep research (sometimes unintentional—thank you, doomscrolling >.<) that go into every creative work we put out into the world.
In this newsletter, I’ll be pulling back the curtain to show WHAT goes into the creative process, HOW creatives come up with designs, and WHY any of this matters in the grand puzzle of life. You’ll get a glimpse of my thought patterns, vulnerabilities and trying to overcoming imposter syndrome, uncertainties of being a creative in a world that constantly wants us to underpay and eliminate us, and how to push on and love all parts of this messy journey.
I wanted to create a space where you also feel empowered to create for the sake of creating—for the fun and the meditation and the mindfulness of it all.
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About Katrina Villavicencio
Katrina Villavicencio is an award-winning artist, creative strategist, graphic designer, and tribal arts practitioner. She is passionate about storytelling through a creative lens, and has been researching and experimenting with indigenous Filipino tribal art for over 10 years. Through her work, she passionately advocates for education and preservation of Philippine ancestral arts. As a multimedia designer, she is an expert at branding, marketing, storytelling, and narrative change with over 10 years of experience in brand development, content strategy, digital and web products, and print production.
Katrina has showcased artwork at group exhibitions, sold prints and artwork at events, and teaches art workshops in the DC area. She’s won over 10 awards for a range of products, topics, and materials in health equity, wellness, and justice spaces. She is an alum of the Re:power Women of Color Leadership Cohort and a member of the Montgomery Arts Association, the Women's Caucus for Art DC, the American Institute of Graphic Arts DC. Katrina loves to experiment with different mediums and carries a lifetime of skills in drawing, painting, collage, block printing, papercutting, and ceramics. She believes inclusion and authenticity will change the world.
