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Dolores & Goliath, Lauren Wiener, Fleet Library, Special Collections

2nd Student Artists' Book Contest 2016

No abstract provided.

Radishes, Shaylie Woodhouse, Fleet Library, Special Collections

2nd Student Artists' Book Contest 2016

No abstract provided.

The Dyatlov Pass Incident, Leah Yao, Fleet Library, Special Collections

2nd Student Artists' Book Contest 2016

No abstract provided.

V.1 2015-2016, Center For Arts & Language, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

All Student Newspapers

v.1 is a publishing platform for the ongoing work, ideas, discussions, debates, and aspirations of students at the Rhode Island School of Design. The 2015-2016 issue contains articles on addressing the complexities surrounding today's institutions, pedagogies, technologies, and professional expectations. This issue was not themed intentionally, yet the articles signal the problems of higher education and the precarity of the students who occupy it.

The Influence Of Self-Image Congruity On Perceived Value And Brand Loyalty Concerning Sportswear, Jane Andayi Opiri

LSU Master's Theses

Perceived value is important in determining brand loyalty. Although studies have shown that consumers’ perceived values change over time, understanding which values are influenced by self-image congruity is necessary, because the relationship consumers form with brands they favor will help marketers develop strategies that can motivate their brand loyalty. Therefore, this study sought to assess which perceived values consumers acquire from consumption of their favorite sportswear brand. It also examined the influence of self-image congruity on these values. The objectives of the study were to: identify the perceived value of sportswear brands of college students; investigate the effect of perceived …

The End Of The Wasp Season, Erin K. Schmidt, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

1 artists' book. Edition of three numbered and signed copies. Title, artist's name, edition statement, and artist's email address written in pencil on paper board which attaches the cover boards in place. Publication date from artist's invoice. "The title of this work is taken from the title of the book 'the end of wasp season' which has been altered into the form of a wasp nest. Nine small whirlwind bound books are nestled into the brood cells, tucked away like larvae. Within the brood cells images of wasps have been rubber stamped in social groupings, but their numbers decrease leaving …

Rain/Fall, Denise Bookwalter, Michael Bookwalter, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (partly color). Limited edition of 50 numbered copies. Co-published: Chicago: Center for Book and Paper Arts. Artist book consisting of 9 rotatable volvelles inserted into cardboard pages. Printed on Legion Bamboo paper. Bound in red book cloth. "The project Rain/fall accentuates the physicality of the book and the possibilities of contemporary mobile technology combining these seemingly disparate forms to create a complementary cross platform reading experience. Rain/fall is driven by geography and weather. The text in both the app and the book is determined by where the reader is and what weather the reader is …

Until Death Do Us Part, Thomas Sauvin, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

[100] pages : chiefly color illustrations. "Published ... in a second edition of 2000 China, September 2015."--colophon. "Until Death Do Us Part focuses on the unexpected role cigarettes play in Chinese weddings. As a token of appreciation, it is customary for the bride to light a cigarette for each and every man invited. The bride and the groom are then invited to play some cigarette-smoking games of an unprecedented ingenuousness. This publication pays homage to a tradition in which love and death walk hand in hand. These photos come from the Beijing Silvermine project, an archive of half a million …

Unfolding Practice : Reflections On Learning And Teaching, Arzu Mistry, Todd Elkin, Women's Studio Workshop, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

56 unnumbered pages : color illustrations. Issued in an edition of 50 copies. "Unfolding Practice: Reflections on Learning and Teaching is a conversation between two artist-educators. Flowing across five chapters, the double sided accordion book has been curated from ten years of recorded conversations, field notes, planning, sketches, reflection, and teaching. The front of the book weaves text, illustration, cutouts, and screen prints, journeying through artistic process and educational practice. The back of the book is a guide, expanding on the practice of using accordion books as a tool for capturing, visualizing, and building upon reflective thinking. The brown paper …

Blue Yodo Waltz, Kyoko Matsunaga, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

1 scroll. "Rivers are the source of all development, and civilizations are made up of individuals. The original of this scroll was a collage on a QRS player piano roll of Blue Danube Waltz (Strauss) which I happened to find at an antique shop. When I lived in Osaka, I took pictures of ordinary local people while walking along the city's iconic Yodo river all the way to the bay as a collection of slice-of-life scenes of people in the limited area and time that I could experience at first hand, and laid them on the stream of the elegant …

Wipe The Slate, Sarah Nicholls, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

1 folded sheet. Edition of 200. "December 2015 New York City" Folded pamphlet, with text and background illustrations, printed from wood and metal type and hand carved lino blocks. Can be viewed unfolded flat or folded into accordion-style book. Sheet folds out to 32 x 47 cm, one side illustrated with woodcuts, the other with linocuts. Title printed in red letterpress, text printed in blue letterpress.

The Tunnel Calamity, Edward St. John Gorey, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Pop-up and Movable Books

1 tunnel book : color illustrations. "A Tunnel Book" Tunnel peepshow with 8 panels attached on the vertical edges with accordion-folded strips pasted down on front and rear illustrated boards. Book expands so cut-out illustrations can be viewed in 3-D through peephole in cover. Unexpected appearance of the Uluus (thought to have been extinct for over a century) in the tunnel connecting East Shoetree and West Raidsh, St. Frumble's Day, 1892. Originally published: New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1984. Housed in a paper box (16 x 18.5 cm)

The Bee Book, Matt Holbein, Emily Brooks, Foliage Library, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Pop-up and Movable Books

1 volume (in box) : color illustrations + 1 instruction booklet. Statement of responsibility from back cover of book. "The Bee Book is part of the Foliage LIbrary, a series of educational pop-up books by Matt Holbein & Emily Brooks."--Accompanying instruction booklet. "The Foliage LIbrary: Exploring nature through interactive folding books"--Back of box. The artists were inspired by classes on artists' books and pop-up books taught at the RIT Libraries for the creation of this book and others from their company. Funding for The Bee Book was obtained through a Kickstarter campaign. "The Bee Book is an illustrated interactive folding …

Polygonal Provocateur, Abigail Daleki

All Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Other Capstone Projects

This thesis calls attention to what we interpret as a painting; an object hung on a wall for decoration, to be looked at, thought about, or just as an interruption to a dull, white surface. Historically, paintings were used in religious practice or to serve utilitarian purpose. Through the years, paintings have become less about content and more about catching the eye, making the viewer think. Paint, on a canvas, stretched over a frame and hung on a wall is, traditionally, a painting. I am focused on challenging that regime. I want to challenge the idea of what a painting …

Reviving Project:A Chinese-American Culture Exchange Project, Yushan Cassie Sun

UROP Posters

Through art exhibitions in Beijing, China and Richmond, Virginia, Reviving project 01 aims to help promote/ revive a craft technique in Qinghai, China that is disappearing due to the urbanized surroundings.

American artist were invited to collaborate with people from Qinghai to make new pieces incorporating original crafted pieces.

Redefining The Insular Tradition: Illuminated Manuscripts Of The Seventh Through Ninth Centuries, William Boyles

Honors Theses

During my studies as an undergraduate student with an interest for medieval art, I found myself drawn to the beautifully painted works of illuminated manuscripts. Especially interested in the history, culture, and tradition of the British Isles, I became intrigued by the oftentimes-interchangeable term Insular. Textbooks, scholars, and various journal articles that I read all viewed Insularity in a slightly different light. So when given the chance to explore a unique topic for my honors thesis, I immediately knew that I had to research this problematic designation. My research began with a broad reading of the core of books, journals, …

Kore: A Natural Paint Pigment Company, Allison Young

Honors Theses

With the company I am creating I intend to help artists recognize that sustainable options are available without giving up on quality in regards to paint products. Named Kore, my company focuses on creating reusable, environmentally friendly pigment based paints exclusively for artists. Earth Pigments is a company that makes non-toxic pigments from the earth, but unfortunately has poor product design, which reflects lesser quality paints. The branding process will include designing labels, business cards, a pamphlet, advertisements, and tote bags. My intention for Kore is to provide the highest quality paints while at the same time leave minimal environmental …

Creating Knowledge, Volume 8, 2015

Creating Knowledge

Dear reader,

I am delighted to introduce this eighth volume of Creating Knowledge: The LAS Journal of Undergraduate Scholarship. This volume features 19 essays and 14 art works, representing advanced coursework produced in twenty different departments and programs during the 2014-2015 academic year. Several of the essays have been honored with department awards and several draw on research supported by undergraduate research grants. Many were originally written in senior capstone seminars, research-intensive seminars, and independent studies, and many were presented in some form at one of the numerous conferences and showcases sponsored by departments and programs throughout the year. All …

2015 Yearbook, Risd Archives, Center For Student Involvement (Csi)

RISD Yearbooks

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Anarchist Strategy And Visual Rhetoric In Brazil, 1970: The Living Theatre As “The People In The Street”, Chelsea R. Roberts

All Master's Theses

The dominant narrative of the Living Theatre, an anarchist-pacifist, activist performance group, situates the company within a historical framework of the "New Left". Implications of this strategy are identified and critiqued. Both due to the simplification of historical time periods between the fields of theatre and politics, or "periodization" (Postlewait), and because of the ways in which the "New Left" is identified as overtly American in much theatre scholarship, historicizing the Living Theatre as "in-line" with the New Left has resulted in the erasure of the Living Theatre's founding philosophies of anarchism and pacifism. The visual implications of these findings …