Kelli Anderson, 2021 Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
Kelli Anderson, Alexis Grant
Communication Design: Design Pioneers
No abstract provided.
James Victore, 2021 Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
James Victore, Anthony Jandrokovic
Communication Design: Design Pioneers
No abstract provided.
Chiara Aliotta, 2021 Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
Chiara Aliotta, Mary Ann Ganoung-Williams
Communication Design: Design Pioneers
No abstract provided.
Sagi Haviv, 2021 Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
Sagi Haviv, William Spanjer
Communication Design: Design Pioneers
No abstract provided.
Accumulations Of (Not) Doing, 2021 University of Massachusetts Amherst
Accumulations Of (Not) Doing, Richenda Cope
Masters Theses
As I encounter life during a global pandemic, caused by a virus that has us all homebound, I continue my own struggle with a different virus that keeps me not only homebound, but bed bound as well. In this thesis project, I make my way around and through the questions of chronic illness, self-worth, productivity and a changing relationship to time that arise in this dual viral experience - situating the personal within a larger social/political context.
The Systemic Punches: Displacement Experience Of Vulnerable Immigrants, 2021 University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
The Systemic Punches: Displacement Experience Of Vulnerable Immigrants, Eric Andre
Graduate Theses and Dissertations
"The Systemic Punches: Displacement Experience of Vulnerable Immigrants" focuses on the impact of systems of state control such as immigration laws, policies, and practices that have been institutionalized and that have marginalized immigrants. In my thesis, I pay specific attention to inhuman acts of exclusion and discrimination resulting from the systemic barriers perpetuated by xenophobic and nationalist ideologies.
From this standpoint, my thesis exhibition employs interactive space, which includes visual art (drawing, sculpture ceramics), projection, video, and sound, as a means to explore the effects of the exclusive and discriminatory immigration policies and practices. Furthermore, it is designed to explore …
Visiting The Garden By Ryan Guptil, 2021 University of Southern Maine
Visiting The Garden By Ryan Guptil, Ryan Guptil
ART/RSP 299: Gathering in the Garden: Poetry and Studio Art
Visiting the Garden
Winter is gone
The sun is out
I open right up
I come right out.
My bright red complexion
My powerful aroma
Creatures come to see me,
Without a doubt.
They know my smell
They know my name
They know what I am
Not ever a doubt.
Every year I am the same,
But they always change.
Till next year my friends
Please stay the same.
I feel you looking
I never move, always still
Frozen like a rock.
I am as bright as a flame
And catch the shining sun.
You’re drawn to me
Like a …
Dandy/Robin/Gardener By Sadie Pressman, 2021 University of Southern Maine
Dandy/Robin/Gardener By Sadie Pressman, Sadie Pressman
ART/RSP 299: Gathering in the Garden: Poetry and Studio Art
Dandy
I’ll be so direct by saying, if I may, that here is simply, absolutely, the best place to be. Here,
where the rolling hill plunges towards the ocean. Here, where the sight of the Bavarian blue sky
makes my insides feel endless. Here, where, watching as I so often do, as the white cotton
shape-shifts before my eyes, summer-time in suspense. The sun’s rays suspend from the sky,
dangling like the hands of time. They caress me. A pocket watch in the sky, the sky's the best
accessory. Here, where I am more popular than I could ever have …
A Short Stay By Rachel Milne, 2021 University of Southern Maine
A Short Stay By Rachel Milne, Rachel Milne
ART/RSP 299: Gathering in the Garden: Poetry and Studio Art
A Short Stay
Gracefully, she leaps over the fence.
Slowly, she walks through the yard,
Plucking low-hanging leaves for breakfast.
She lingers, as she eats
And suddenly –
Nails skittering on wood, a rush of air through the grass,
Her visit is cut short
She sends herself back into the woods
Just as the dog reaches the top of the hill
Their nest may be elsewhere,
But the pair frequently visit this place.
His little, crimson body darts over the yard,
Her subtle, tawny feathers hide away in a tree.
A constant in the garden,
They are a pleasant sight …
Floral Beauty By Sophia Squire, 2021 University of Southern Maine
Floral Beauty By Sophia Squire, Sophia Squire
ART/RSP 299: Gathering in the Garden: Poetry and Studio Art
Floral Beauty
An appreciation for chrysanthemum
Took bloom within her soul during
Her early years of life and began
To flourish as time went on
Passing slowly, the years whisked
By and things would grow all around
Her as her hair drifted down past
Her slim shoulders – long brown
“I wish to grow my roots, soon,
In one place where I can stay
Becoming stronger within myself
Until it is time for me to wither away
I’ll make this body a lovely space
For my spirit of flora to grow and
Thrive, with windows all around to
Let sunshine …
We, Three By Ginny Majka, 2021 University of Southern Maine
We, Three By Ginny Majka, Ginny Majka
ART/RSP 299: Gathering in the Garden: Poetry and Studio Art
We, Three
I am the soil, the mountains and oceans of life.
Mycellium colonies beneath my surface plunge up
up, up through the peat and the moss, the decaying leaves. They pray for the rain, the fruit of my earth.
Plantae nestle in, fragile and comfortable,
seeds sprout to eagerly gulp rain,
animalia flourish, consuming what I provide
only to come home, at the end, to me
to rejoin my earth;
we are one
I am the atmosphere, the sunny clouds and storms producing bounty to those below
I am the chaos in the lightning
I am the rainbow after …
Admirers Of The Garden By Tabitha Burgess, 2021 University of Southern Maine
Admirers Of The Garden By Tabitha Burgess, Tabitha Burgess
ART/RSP 299: Gathering in the Garden: Poetry and Studio Art
Admirers of the Garden
I fly in as the sun rises
Fluttering to the beaming light
Of golden and red velvety petals
I touch down on the layers of the lilies
Admiring their similar colors
Breaking my concentration
A chirping sound in the distance
I feel the wind beneath my wings
As I fly to an area I’m familiar with
I land on the nearby fence post
My black and white feathers
Illuminated by sunlight
I look down at the nearby botany
The rows of greens growing from the soil
I seek out my next destination and take flight
As …
Visitors By Lindsey Bosk, 2021 University of Southern Maine
Visitors By Lindsey Bosk, Lindsey Bosk
ART/RSP 299: Gathering in the Garden: Poetry and Studio Art
Visitors
There is a need within us all,
just like this garden,
for water to replenish what is dry and wilted.
One drop falls from the grey-blue sky onto a leaf.
Another hits my brow, I smile.
Like me, the rain does not stay forever,
we are both visitors here.
The droplets of water pick up speed,
as if sensing urgency.
Thirsty plants lap up water,
the rain is welcome.
Unlike the rain, I serve no purpose.
I quench no one’s thirst.
Nonetheless, I sit in the center of it all,
as If I matter most.
Ilja By Paula Shevenell, 2021 University of Southern Maine
Ilja By Paula Shevenell, Paula Shevenell
ART/RSP 299: Gathering in the Garden: Poetry and Studio Art
ILJA
I remember you
sitting in the woods,
Gathering in the children
Gathering in the
sights and sounds.
You’re expression
warm, kind patient
as the children crawl over you.
I remember
Sitting on this rock
breathing in the scent of the woods
Trying to bring in
the calm I see in you
Amid the chaos
Of children befriending you
Of parents attempting
To capture the moment
With their devices
Of plastic, wires and glass.
Three Garden Visitors By Vivien Russe, 2021 University of Southern Maine
Three Garden Visitors By Vivien Russe, Vivien Russe
ART/RSP 299: Gathering in the Garden: Poetry and Studio Art
Three Garden Visitors
Beside a cup of tea, I am a spotted leopard on pajamas.
Outside in the garden, this early summer morning,
Staying sly, quiet, not wanting to draw any attention from the neighbors.
A birdie is hidden in the Emerald Green Arborvitae,
After lunch, Owen comes over, asking politely if he can come into the yard to find it.
I reply, “Certainly, you can retrieve anything that lands in the yard without asking”.
Coming unannounced, no matter when, full of presumption
It comes with the lightest, gentle touch or the hardest hit, knocking flowers off center.
Below the …
Sumi-E Anniversary, 2021 Sumi-e
Sumi-E Anniversary, Mary Rodning
Sumi-e
The Anniversary write up about the history of the Sumi-e Group in Mobile, AL
Mary Rodning's History, 2021 Sumi-e
Mary Rodning's History, Mary Rodning
Sumi-e
Mary Rodning provided a written document of her life story and her work with the Sumi-e group in Mobile, Alabama
Shanti Sparrow, 2021 Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
Shanti Sparrow, Catie Benner
Communication Design: Design Pioneers
No abstract provided.
Material Encounters: Making Memory Beyond The Mind, 2021 Rhode Island School of Design
Material Encounters: Making Memory Beyond The Mind, Ariel Wills
Masters Theses
Can acts of making carry the memories of our embeddedness within the world? This thesis explores how making things can nurture a sense of kinship that cuts across the organic and inorganic, erasing the distinction between living and dead, material and spiritual. Through handwork such as art-making, sewing, knitting, cooking, woodworking, and beyond, the burden of remembering and of archiving is shared across human and non-human bodies, cultivated through practices of making, and through the materials themselves. By recounting the stories of my family’s experience as Jewish immigrants in the United States, I aim to reveal how their domestic practices …
Print Foundation: Student Guide To Graphic Communication, 2021 California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Print Foundation: Student Guide To Graphic Communication, Yeyoung Kim
Graphic Communication
This book covers the foundation of print technologies and information related to graphic communication and aims to resolve the absence of the graphic communication textbook for beginners. While there are plenty of professional and technical resources for students, it can be challenging to read professional books without prior knowledge on the subject. This book will also clarify the difference between the Graphic Communication major and the Graphic Design major at Cal Poly SLO.
The project began with the student survey on what they would want to be included in the introductory textbook and some of their additional suggestions were followed. …