Negar Nahidian is a mother, artist, and faculty of art at Georgetown University. We discussed Negar’s inspirations as a child; how to foster creativity and aesthetic awareness; inspiring reads; how Negar deepened her study of watercolor and calligraphy; channeling grief into beauty; being patient while creating art; and not being attached to outcomes, instead focusing on the process. Admire or acquire Negar’s exceptional artwork on her website (n2dezign.net) or on Instagram (n2dezign).
Resources to inspire creativity and aesthetic awareness:
Skillshare
Procreate for the iPad with Apple Pencil
Go: A Kidd’s Guide to Graphic Design by Chip Kidd
The Secret Lives of Color by Kassia St. Clair
Marian Bantjes: Pretty Pictures by Marian Bantjes
I Wonder by Marian Bantjes
Design Matters with Debbie Millman
Negar’s favorite art museums in D.C. and New York:
Hirshhorn Museum
National Gallery of Art
MoMA
Museum of Arts and Design
