(The following text is an edited excerpt from a conversation conducted between Felicia Griffin and former NIAD art facilitator Lukaza Branfman-Verissimo. The entire interview can be found in Issue 6 of New Life Quarterly, published by E.M. Wolfman Books)
What would you like us to know about you? Who is Felicia Griffin?
Um, well, I like to come here and have fun and I love my friends and I want to do some more pompoms and I like doing my art.
What are you working on right now?
A pompom. I made two pillows and put pompoms on the pillows.
Why do you like to make art that involves circles? I see that’s a repeated shape in your pompoms, prints, and paintings — where does that circle shape come from?
The circle is inside of me, a square too. I see it in the world too.
You engage with a lot of people while you work at NIAD — how does that relate to your art making?
Yep, I like doing it and um, I like to help out. It makes me feel happy! I started doing this: giving gifts. I go to the cabinet and get pencils and sticks and then I store them in my bag. Well, so at first, I take some things from people or from the cabinet and then, well I just give them away. I am always looking out for who needs help.
Do you consider the Art Center your family?
YEEEAAAAS! Uh, all my friends are here. I care for people here — yes!
