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Connected: An Artist’S Investigation Into Digital Communication, Brenda Roveda
Connected: An Artist’S Investigation Into Digital Communication, Brenda Roveda
Master’s Theses and Projects
The purpose of my thesis was to develop a body of utilitarian ceramic pottery, which examines the internal conflict I have with digital communication and its impact on social interactions. I draw inspiration from historic ceramic artworks for my wheel-thrown and hand-built forms. My traditionally inspired utilitarian forms are ornamented with surface decorations that represent contemporary symbols of the digital age. By doing this I intend to create artworks that allow the viewer to contemplate the evolution of human communication and their own reliance on technological devices.
My studio investigations incorporate scholarly research of historic artworks and time periods combined …
Designing Social Change: Inquiry-Based Practice & Teaching, Donald Tarallo
Designing Social Change: Inquiry-Based Practice & Teaching, Donald Tarallo
Art and Art History Faculty Publications
This paper shares an exploratory and inquiry-based graphic design project and the resultant pedagogic approach that offers arts and design educators ideas on teaching to instigate positive social change. The author summarizes a year-long fellowship project where he worked as a change agent in service to a partnership of six non-profit, after-school arts programs in Providence, Rhode Island who are organized as the Providence Youth Arts Collaborative (PYAC).
The intention of this project was two-fold. The primary effort was to investigate ways graphic design can be strategically used to seed interest and empower youth to make positive choices with how …