GRACETTA
by Grace Donovan
GRACE
ETTA
Graphic Designer
Videographer and Editor
Newport Beach, CA
BA in Integrated Marketing Communications
with a minor in Digital Media Art from Manhattan College
BIO
Grace Etta Donovan is a young visionary and creative who was born to be an artist.
From a very young age, Grace was enthralled by digital storytelling. Grace started taking pictures of her friends in middle school—begging for DSLRs and editing software for birthdays and Christmas.
In high school, Grace garnered a personal following on VSCO resulting in repeat viral posts. Her niche for art and design became something she saw as her future as she set out for a degree in Communications and Digital Media Art from Manhattan College.
In Riverdale, New York, Grace perfected her craft - mastering the Adobe Suite and shooting on 4K Sony's. Her coursework allowed her to
Born and raised in New England, Grace is very passionate about where she comes from. Like a double-helix, her Massachusetts and Maine roots intertwine to make her who she is, but her curiosity and eagerness to learn is what drives her to find new homes in different places. At just 23, she has lived on her own in New York City, NY; Charleston, SC; and most recently Southern California.
Her mind's eye is always creating, and when there is no canvas in front of her — Grace's life becomes her portrait. Moments, like graduating college or moving cross country, become video clips in trailers of her life, surrounding scenery composes itself into photographs while personal interests transpire into posters.
Art is Grace's deepest passion in life. She see it everywhere she look and in everything she does. Grace uses art to tell her story - the lessons she is learning and the places she is going. It is so personal to her -- a currency into what she sees and feels. Grace is curious and eager for opportunities to immerse herself in someone else’s story.
*MADELYN & MAUREEN
Everything that Grace makes is dedicated to the two women in her family who were artists before her. Her grandmother Madelyn Madow and her great aunt Maureen Rupprecht pioneered careers in art and design when it was still a male-dominant industry.
*Grace's grandmother Madelyn Madow, whose creative eye Grace inherited, began her career in marketing and advertising when it was still a male-dominated industry. Madelyn still ascended to an executive position with T. Deane and, later, opened her own antique store, combining items from a bygone era with her unique sense of design.
Grace's great aunt, Maureen Rupprecht, another trailblazer, attended the Art Institute of Boston when many women were being directed into secretarial positions.
Instead, Maureen became a graphic designer and founded Glen Graphics which became an advertising powerhouse in the ski resort area of Mount Washington and North Conway, New Hampshire.
Grace did not know the details of their careers until after they had passed and saw the striking parallels to her own aspirations.
Though they did not live to see Grace's creations, she knows they live through them.
