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Brockport College: Development Of A Growing Campus, Erik Edelman

Advanced Problems in Graphic Design Posters

This poster traces the growth of The College at Brockport in three different eras, starting in 1940 and ending in 2017. It contains historic photographs, campus maps and a diagram explaining how buildings are moved.

The Expansion Of Prague: The Astronomical Clock, Elissa D'Alessandro

Advanced Problems in Graphic Design Posters

Prague, the capital city of the Czech Republic, is bisected by the Vitava River. Nicknamed "the City of a Hundred Spires," it is known for its Old Town Square, the heart of its historic core, with colorful baroque buildings, Gothic churches, and the medieval Astronomical Clock, which gives an animated hourly show. Completed in 1402, pedestrian Charles Bridge is lined with statues of Catholic saints.

Washington Dc: Growth Of The Nation's Capitol, Stephen Coia

Advanced Problems in Graphic Design Posters

This poster traces the growth of Washington, DC from 1808-2006, and diagrams the process used to build the Washington Monument.

The Great Wall Of China: Progress Of The Wall Over Major Eras, Joseph Difrancesco

Advanced Problems in Graphic Design Posters

This poster traces through maps and diagrams, the development and history of the Great Wall of China through various eras starting in 475 BC and ending with the Ming Dynasty in 1644 AD.

Hurricane Katrina: New Orleans, Erika Johnson

Advanced Problems in Graphic Design Posters

This poster uses historic photographs and maps to provide a visual representation of the flooding that occurred from Hurricane Katrina during the time period of 8/29/2005-9/1/2005. Also included is a diagram showing how a hurricane is formed.

Fort Sumter: Ft. Sumter And Charleston, Sc During The Civil War, 1861-1865, Sydney Haskins

Advanced Problems in Graphic Design Posters

This poster uses historic photographs and maps to show the important role played by Fort Sumter in the American Civil War. It also provides a diagram of the fort and a civil war cannon.

Glasgow, Scotland, Helen Shandraw

Advanced Problems in Graphic Design Posters

This poster uses maps to trace the growth of Glasgow, Scotland from 1778-2017. It also shows a diagram of the Clyde Arc Bridge.

The Land Of Elyon: Books 1 & 2, Deanna Mangiola

Advanced Problems in Graphic Design Posters

This poster provides context for the children's fantasy series The Land of Elyon through maps and a diagram of the fictional world.

Kowloon: Through The Years, Abby Tripp

Advanced Problems in Graphic Design Posters

This poster maps the growth of Kowloon, Hong Kong from 1841 through 2017. It features diagrams of the Wong Tai Sin Temple and demonstrates the process of worshipping there.

Every Step Of Rome, Lauren Jo Carter

Honors Projects and Posters

Through this project I created a publication that depicted my time in Rome during my semester abroad through photographs, imagery, typography and graphic elements.

In Rome, I collected research to create a publication that shows what I did through the semester. I collected information to create infographics and visual elements in a publication. Information includes things like how many steps I took to what I spent my time and money on. I then used this information to create a comprehensive report of what I did during the semester. I also collected historical information and interesting facts on the sites I ...

Generating Change

SIGNED: The Magazine of The Hong Kong Design Institute

A new HKDI exhibition that showcases some of the best young graphic design talents from Switzerland is set to offer a window into the artists of tomorrow

Woven Woman, Rebecca J. Baldwin

Toyon Literary Magazine

Originally circulated for Advanced illustration

Cursive Camp, Lesley Teater

Undergraduate Research Symposium

Cursive handwriting is no longer a required course in school curriculums. Although many people do not see it as a necessary skill, cursive is more than just a form of writing. For a child’s quickly developing mind, cursive handwriting aids in expanding reading and writing comprehension while also improving cognitive thinking, focus, motor skills and creativity. Recognizing the importance of these language and communication skills, I set out to design an interactive learning app through my Interaction Design class with the help of my professor, Gretchen Rinnert.

Cursive Camp is a two-part app, divided into “practice” and “play” sections ...

Patterned Infringment, Madison Kalson

Undergraduate Research Symposium

All fashion collections are created using inspiration. Often inspiration can come from art or prints updated, reimagined, or changed. But there is a fine line between inspiration and copyright infringement. While copyright laws are not hard to access they are complicated and often a copyright lawyer is necessary. Additionally, there are copyright fees and renewal fees assuming the artist files within two years of their work being published or publicly displayed. Copyright law should be easier for the artists and stricter for the infringer. If the artist does not sue the infringer, which they can only do if their work ...

Jun-Jun Sta.Ana Interview, Jackson Hughlett

Asian American Art Oral History Project

Bio: Jun-Jun Sta.Ana is a self-taught multi-disciplinary artist born on September 19, 1963 to Remigio Benavidez Sta.Ana and Emma Cecilio Catral in Manila, Philippines. He moved to the United States at the age of 24, shortly after finishing a degree in Dentistry. He started his art career late just before he was turning 40- having a solo show of digital works using appropriated images from free porn sites which he deconstructed and embellished with images and symbols culled from Filipino talismans. His practice has become multi-disciplinary, and while still utilizing found images and materials, he also employs the ...

Kevin J. Miyazaki Interview, Anthony Santoro

Asian American Art Oral History Project

Bio: Kevin J. Miyazaki is an artist and photographer born and raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to Japanese American parents originally from Hawai‘i and Washington state. His artwork often focuses on issues of ethnicity, family history and memory. The incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II is of particular interest to Miyazaki, whose father spent time at both Tule Lake and Heart Mountain camps. His work has been exhibited in a variety of locations, including The Center for Photography at Woodstock (New York), The Haggerty Museum of Art (Milwaukee) The Rayko Photo Center (San Francisco) and Photographic Center Northwest ...

Mdocs Publication-2017-03-08, Skidmore Grad To Talk About 'Buffet' Film, Bill Buell

MDOCS Publications

"Skidmore Grad to talk about 'Buffet' film"

The Daily Gazette

March 8, 2017

Author: Bill Buell

Mdocs Publication-2017-03-01, Emmy-Award Winning Producer To Screen Documentary, Anonymous Anonymous

MDOCS Publications

"Emmy-award winning producer to screen documentary at Skidmore College"

The Saratogian

March 2, 2017

Author:

Mdocs Poster-2017-02-13, After Trujillo, Jesse Wakeman, Jordana Dym

MDOCS Publications

Screening: "Despues De Trujillo"

Monday, February 13, 2017, at 6PM-8PM, Davis Auditorium

Después De Trujillo (After Trujillo) (2016) draws on media archives and filmmaking expertise to explore the connection between landscape and memory in the Dominican Republic.

The documentary film, which was first shown in the DR last fall, probes the relationships between dictatorship, modern architecture, and cultural memory.

Narrated by Dominicans, this journey through modern monuments, memory gardens, and contemporary ruins, reveals landscapes where the ghost of the Trujillo regime lingers.

Directors Lisa Blackmore and Jorge Domínguez Dubuc will be present for a discussion after the screening.

This event ...

Lissauer, Mildred Wallis (Potter), 1897-1998 (Mss 544), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 544. Materials related to the construction of the Godey Quilt by Mildred Lissauer, Louisville, Kentucky in 1934. Includes graphic items gleaned from newspaper, magazines, and other paper ephemera, correspondence with the seamstress responsible for much of the sewing on the quilt, research correspondence of Sandra Statebell related to the quilt and an article that she wrote about it. News clippings and magazine articles about Lissauer’s penchant for interior decorating.