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Silk Wings: The Making Of Noma, Sandra C. Lopez-Monsalve Dec 2015

Silk Wings: The Making Of Noma, Sandra C. Lopez-Monsalve

Capstones

Silk Wings: The Making of Noma is a documentary that follows a group of aerialists, dancers and acrobats as they create an original new show. Conceived and directed by aerialist and choreographer Sara Zepezauer, Noma is a show that explores sight, sound, and movement.

Through beautifully shot performances and intimate interviews, the film follows Sara and her troupe through the path of creation and personal motivations. In this vibrant journey, Sara finds inspiration to cope with her father’s diagnosed carcinoma.

Silk Wings is a story about creativity, perseverance, hope and friendship.


Performing Conquest And Resistance In The Streets Of Eighteenth Century Potosí: Identity And Artifice In The Cityscapes Of Gaspar Miguel De Berrío And Melchor Pérez De Holguín, Agnieszka A. Ficek Dec 2015

Performing Conquest And Resistance In The Streets Of Eighteenth Century Potosí: Identity And Artifice In The Cityscapes Of Gaspar Miguel De Berrío And Melchor Pérez De Holguín, Agnieszka A. Ficek

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis examines the ways in which Potosí's two most influential colonial artists represented the urban dynamics of race, class and labor in their depictions of the Andean 'City of Silver' during the eighteenth century, when silver production, profits and population were dramatically declining.


Please Read, Joseph W. Anthony-Brown Dec 2015

Please Read, Joseph W. Anthony-Brown

Theses and Dissertations

This is a semi-fictional story told through a series of fake found documents. It describes my work and thoughts through metaphor. Machines have the potential to gain self-consciousness through accumulation of errors. Creativity can be confused with randomly generated variety. The acceptance of chaos and loss of control can provide a path to enlightenment.


Fathers And Sons: A Journey In Creating A Personal Work Of Cinematic Art, Samuel D. Hopson Dec 2015

Fathers And Sons: A Journey In Creating A Personal Work Of Cinematic Art, Samuel D. Hopson

University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

This document gives an account of my artistic efforts in creating my thesis film Fathers and Sons. This document includes sections that cover the writing, casting, production design, principal photography, and editing of my film. I give special attention to the writing process in Chapter 2, because of its personal significance to my growth as a filmmaker. This chapter details the evolution of my original story concept from a drama to a comedy. The ultimate goal of my film was to create a personal work of art. This document self-reflects on how well I was able to achieve this goal, …


A Statement, Cein Watson Dec 2015

A Statement, Cein Watson

Theses and Dissertations

The thesis paper is a map of my studio practice. It is meant to be a resource to help the viewer read my artwork. By laying out the tools of my practice the paper gives the reader a context on how I digest and synthesis works of art. These tools range from references to art history, architecture, and a grounding in traditional craftsmanship. The result is a culmination of influences that situate the work and give the reader an intimate understanding of the final art exhibition. With this map, the viewer can navigate the processes and contexts of the artwork.


Sephardi And Mizrahi Jews In America, Saba Soomekh Dec 2015

Sephardi And Mizrahi Jews In America, Saba Soomekh

The Jewish Role in American Life: An Annual Review

Sephardi and Mizrahi Jews in America includes academics, artists, writers, and civic and religious leaders who contributed chapters focusing on the Sephardi and Mizrahi experience in America. Topics will address language, literature, art, diaspora identity, and civic and political engagement.

When discussing identity in America, one contributor will review and explore the distinct philosophy and culture of classic Sephardic Judaism, and how that philosophy and culture represents a viable option for American Jews who seek a rich and meaningful medium through which to balance Jewish tradition and modernity. Another chapter will provide a historical perspective of Sephardi/Ashkenazi Diasporic tensions. Additionally, …


A Work In Process: The Diligence Behind The Art, Marc Hurst Dec 2015

A Work In Process: The Diligence Behind The Art, Marc Hurst

Theses and Dissertations

The following is an in depth analysis of the development process from script to stage for the lighting design of five productions. These productions were commissioned to MFA lighting design candidate Marc Hurst during his three years in the University of South Carolina Department of Theatre and Dance's Master of Fine Arts Program. This paper critically examines the process by which the artist develops their lighting design from first read to fully realized production.


Thinking And Making: Art And Craft In Library Of Congress Classification, Rochelle Smith Dec 2015

Thinking And Making: Art And Craft In Library Of Congress Classification, Rochelle Smith

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Why are art and craft so widely separated in the Library of Congress Classification (LC) System? All classification systems give insight into worldviews prevalent at the time they were created, and library systems are especially illustrative of the cultures and cultural moments which shaped them. The separation of art and craft in LC, in N and TT respectively, compared to their collocation in LC’s contemporaries, Dewey Decimal Classification and Cutter’s Expansive Classification, suggests divergent views of the arts within librarianship, illuminating American views on the relative definitions of art and craft from the mid-nineteenth through the early twentieth centuries.


Braithwaite, John, Bronx African American History Project Dec 2015

Braithwaite, John, Bronx African American History Project

Oral Histories

Summarized by Concetta Gleason

John Braithwaite moved with his family fromManhattaninto theBronxontoKelly Streetin 1945 when he was two years old. His parents learned of theBronxandKelly Streetfrom their friends. Braithwaite’s parents and many of his neighbors were fromBarbados. The neighborhood and schools were very diverse with Italians, Jews, Spanish and blacks (both from the South and the Caribbean), and that did not change until the Cross-Bronx Expressway divided theBronxin half. The family was associated with St. Margaret’s Protestant Episcopal Church. His family has a great love for the arts; his father was a tailor, but painting was his passion, his older …


Quiet Catastrophe: Robert Smithson’S Spiral Jetty, Vanished, Clark Lunberry Nov 2015

Quiet Catastrophe: Robert Smithson’S Spiral Jetty, Vanished, Clark Lunberry

Clark Lunberry

Maps to Nowhere: Seen from above, Robert Smithson's Spiral Jetty emerges dramatically from the rocky shores of Utah's Great Salt Lake. Like a swirling vortex steadied and then stilled, the earthwork begins as a straight line of stone extending far into the water, the form then curving, arching and coiling in upon itself until abruptly coming to an end. Rocks and boulders are seen in various shapes and sizes, with brown soil packed and flattened within the spiral, making a broad path that one might walk upon. The water washes upon the earthwork's shaped shores, surrounding and filling it, a …


Threshold, Kristin King Nov 2015

Threshold, Kristin King

CGU MFA Theses

My work explores the nature of interiority and exteriority, the relationship between the centered inner self and the peripheral, the physicality of occupying the inside of a space or viewing that space from the outside.


The Room Without A View, Antione L. Leonard Nov 2015

The Room Without A View, Antione L. Leonard

CGU MFA Theses

My work excites conversation about the creation of aesthetic sensations on the human eye while confronting ideas about the pervasive effects of beauty on the mind, body, and emotional sensitivities. Imagination is integral to my work, both in terms of how I make paintings and how they demand to be seen by viewers. I create individuality with the use of an anti-institutional spray paint next to institutional oil paint. I search my everyday lived experiences to find information that has been taken for granted to enhance my art, through natural behaviors within and outside of my studio environment, physically drawing …


Stairs To The Uranium Deposit, Rachel Schuldt Nov 2015

Stairs To The Uranium Deposit, Rachel Schuldt

Arrow Rock

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Candy, Mai Urai Nov 2015

Candy, Mai Urai

Arrow Rock

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Fields Around The Radiation, Rachel Schuldt Nov 2015

Fields Around The Radiation, Rachel Schuldt

Arrow Rock

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Fisherman, Sergio A. Poveda Nov 2015

Fisherman, Sergio A. Poveda

Arrow Rock

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Lady Mary Of The Lake, Jaymie-Rae Martin Nov 2015

Lady Mary Of The Lake, Jaymie-Rae Martin

Arrow Rock

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Red Dragon, Sergio A. Poveda Nov 2015

Red Dragon, Sergio A. Poveda

Arrow Rock

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Cat, Haruka Kawata Nov 2015

Cat, Haruka Kawata

Arrow Rock

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There’S No Way You Can Avoid Taking Sides, Sergio Poveda Nov 2015

There’S No Way You Can Avoid Taking Sides, Sergio Poveda

Arrow Rock

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Worker's Trophy, Zac Farmer Nov 2015

Worker's Trophy, Zac Farmer

Arrow Rock

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Ram’S Gondola, Zac Farmer Nov 2015

Ram’S Gondola, Zac Farmer

Arrow Rock

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Snow Globe (Cover Photo), Jaymie-Rae Martin Nov 2015

Snow Globe (Cover Photo), Jaymie-Rae Martin

Arrow Rock

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Ice River, Jaymie-Rae Martin Nov 2015

Ice River, Jaymie-Rae Martin

Arrow Rock

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The Crew Is Still Up There, Sergio A. Poveda Nov 2015

The Crew Is Still Up There, Sergio A. Poveda

Arrow Rock

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Space, Mai Urai Nov 2015

Space, Mai Urai

Arrow Rock

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A Fleeting Moment, Mai Urai Nov 2015

A Fleeting Moment, Mai Urai

Arrow Rock

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Flower Of Fire, Sergio A. Poveda Nov 2015

Flower Of Fire, Sergio A. Poveda

Arrow Rock

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Sunrise At Fisherman’S Bastion, Kristine Wagner Nov 2015

Sunrise At Fisherman’S Bastion, Kristine Wagner

Arrow Rock

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Butterfly Eating House, Kristine Wagner Nov 2015

Butterfly Eating House, Kristine Wagner

Arrow Rock

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