Art Student Visited Japan In April, Now Heads To NYC
Junchen Huang is ending his journey as an undergraduate student at Western New Mexico University. He will be earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree on Friday. Next week he prepares to begin a new academic career at Pratt Institute in New York City. While he plans to study in the most artistic city in the country, his experience as a Mustang has already taken him around the world. Huang was born in China. As a child he was interested in art but felt that he couldn’t express his creativity as freely as he did once he moved to the United States nine years ago. “Chinese educational systems are not always prone to art,” explained Huang. “It can be a side thing, a hobby. In the United States you have freedom and no restrictions as well as the audience and acceptance of doing art is greater.” Huang’s main focus is painting and drawing; however, throughout the last year he has created artwork that is displayed through live projections. That experience led him to be chosen...