Will you create a storyboard?
This unusual request has punctuated Josefa Vaughan’s interactions over the years. In turn, the imaginative storyboards received have created a sort of mosaic that continues to inspire Vaughan’s work.
Vaughan’s storyboard is a piece of paper with two sections. The top for visual art, the bottom for writing. She first developed this practice of asking for storyboards from her students as a way to gauge their creative interests and skillsets. As outlined in Kindersigns, Vaughan unexpectedly found an additional use for these as kindlings for her own work.
Throughout the years, Vaughan has collected storyboards from notable creatives, friends, young students, strangers, and unhoused folks alike (see Inklings & Iotas). She references these much like her previous sketchbooks, as sources of memory and inspiration. In Vaughan’s own words, “I am more interested in how people see than in how they look.”
Below you’ll find a glimpse into the breadth of Vaughan’s storyboard collection, which spans over a thousand individuals. Please contact josefa@artseed.org if you are interested in learning more.
