{"id":3785,"date":"2013-10-14T17:50:54","date_gmt":"2013-10-14T17:50:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mymajors.com\/blog\/?p=3785"},"modified":"2020-12-09T22:47:03","modified_gmt":"2020-12-09T22:47:03","slug":"gianna-m-paper-lion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mymajors.com\/blog\/gianna-m-paper-lion\/","title":{"rendered":"2013 Creative Outlook Cover Contest Finalist – Gianna Mangicaro “Paper Lion”"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Paper<\/a><\/strong>GIANNA MANGICARO<\/strong> – Paper Lion<\/em><\/strong>
\nGianna Mangicaro, a senior in upstate New York, took her first art class as a junior and created Paper Lion Sculpture<\/em>. \u201cThe project came to be because I didn\u2019t want to do the normal. I wanted to do something out of my comfort zone. It took me about a whole week to do this significant art piece.\u201d Gianna says she also wanted a larger piece and she estimates the art to be about three feet by four feet.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am pleased that I had such success in my first art class,\u201d she says. The piece is white paper cut and designed to make the lion\u2019s face and mane. Each strand of the mane was placed individually. \u201cI am still making art, but with all the classes for college preparation and several AP courses, I couldn\u2019t take an art class. I do whatever pops into my head. I may find something on the computer that inspires me. I taught myself how to crochet because I was bored one day.\u201d She learned she dislikes charcoal as an artist\u2019s medium. \u201cWe were doing a self-portrait where we had to draw half our face and the other half was the skeleton underneath the skin. It was so messy. I really like paper sculptures. It\u2019s my favorite.\u201d<\/p>\n

Along with school work and art during her free time, Gianna is also involved in her school\u2019s drama club and DECA (Distributive Educational Clubs of America), an organization that looks at marketing, finance, hospitality, business management or entrepreneurship. During the musicals, she has served as a dance leader to teach the cast the steps to dances for the school musicals. Along with school and art, Gianna is also a black belt in karate and is an avid horseback rider. \u201cI sometimes volunteer with children who have disabilities and enjoy a therapeutic horseback ride.\u201d<\/p>\n

Her college could take her into the world of nursing. \u201cI am still looking at college but I am interested in neonatal care or intensive care nursing,\u201d she says. \u201cI like math and science and math is my favorite subject. During a visit to a NICU, I saw that the nurses made colorful and well-designed name tags for the babies and I realized I could bring my art to work too.\u201d<\/p>\n

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