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All Cats Are Grey In The Dark, Kristen Bradford

CGU MFA Theses

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Outlier, Or A Statistical Explanation Of Fear, Erika Dyquisto

Journal of Humanistic Mathematics

Postscript

As a seventh grader, I would sit in algebra class thinking I understood what my teacher had explained -- the order of operations or how to factor a polynomial -- but I would get home, try to do my homework, and my “knowledge” was gone. I had a vague idea that these formulas were about complicated relationships: the division and commonalities of beings. But just as I didn’t have the experience to allow me to discern the true nature of the human relationships these abstract concepts could represent, I didn’t know how to apply these new calculations to anything …

Water Riot Territory, Dominique Ovalle

CGU MFA Theses

The old world has fallen away; we look for the New World now. I entreat you with symbols, signs and code-talking—a new language I’ve learned while prowling the jungles of angst in this “Romantic Life,” which is utterly unromantic. Sometimes I run away, and enter into emptiness. Inside darkness cannot comprehend the light that searches for us. On the bottom of the ocean, light must be generated from within. But something does not come from nothing. What was something born of?

My paintings operate as a map to strange destinations—charting weird trips through swampy, melancholic emptiness, as well as encounters …

What Is Art? Ages 5-7, Alma Porras, Lilybeth Valencia

Curricula

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Exhibition September 27 – November 27, 2013, Wriston Art Center Galleries

Exhibition Materials

Leech Gallery: Capturing Modernity: Art, Fashion and Artifice. Curated by Elizabeth Carlson, associate professor of art history.

Hoffmaster Gallery: Alison Stehlik: Where-House

Kohler Gallery: Stephanie J. Williams: Homegrown

40/40/40 Exhibition Of Contemporary Art Celebrating Ireland’S 40 Years In The European Union, Amy M. Walsh

Exhibition Catalogues

For E word 40/40/40 is an exhibition of contemporary art works from the Irish State Art Collection organised by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the Office of Public Works (OPW) of Ireland. These works have each been created by 40 artists under the age of forty, who are Irish or have chosen to base themselves in Ireland. It is in celebration of the 40th Anniversary of Ireland as a Member State of the EU. The works reflect the current art practice of these artists and cross a variety of media – photography, drawing, sculpture and painting. The …

Brian Fay Interview For Peel Magazine, Brian Fay

Other resources

This interview is from a series of artist conversations around the use of and relationships to the materials they employ in their practice. Other interviewees include Alexandra Hughes, Nadia Scola, Rachel Sharp, James Watts and Zara Worth.

Exhibition March 29 - May 4, 2013, Wriston Art Center Galleries

Exhibition Materials

Leech Gallery: Stripped Down: Understanding the Female Nude. Curated by Caitee Hoglund '12.

Hoffmaster Gallery: Sonja Thomsen: nexus

Kohler Gallery: Rafael Salas: You're Invisible Now

Reflexions, Takeshi Kanemura

CGU MFA Theses

Through my art, I offer viewers environments that function in a manner similar to public parks. People visit parks not to talk about the park and its elements, but to have their own time and space to interact with themselves and/or others. Although each of my offerings is distinct, all are united by the way they function: to create the possibility of human interaction. Even when I am not present, the spaces I have created are interactive performances. After visitors leave, my art again becomes incomplete, and an invitation for other viewers. The whole process encompasses the production of the …

The Artist Avengers: The Power Of Art, Marina Santana, Ashley Dee Abarca

Curricula

No abstract provided.

'A Century Of Transformations' Exhibit Design, Anne Giangiulio

Selected Works Temporary Series

I designed this bilingual exhibit for the Centennial Museum located on the campus of The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) to commemorate the University's Centennial in 2014. 'A Century of Transformations' follows the Texas School of Mines and Metallurgy, which opened as a mining school in 1914, and evolved into the University of Texas at El Paso, a nationally recognized research university. Featuring over 40 text panels in English and Spanish, as well as video slideshows and an interactive sticky note feedback wall, the exhibit highlights the University’s rich history and traditions. It also features significant milestones, distinguished …

Chalk The Block 2013 Poster, Anne Giangiulio

Selected Works Temporary Series

I designed this poster for the annual Chalk the Block event which took place October 11–October 13, 2013 in downtown El Paso. For the pop-up gallery component of the event, I organized a group of 6 students from my 'Graphic Design 4: Typography' class at The University of Texas at El Paso. Their posters were judged and selected to be on sale in a downtown space, previously a vacant restaurant, which had been converted into a gallery for the three-day weekend event. All proceeds from the sale of the posters went directly to the students.

Global Financial Crisis Poster Submitted For The Biennial Of The Poster In Bolivia 2013, Anne Giangiulio

Selected Works Temporary Series

This 70 x 100 cm poster was designed and submitted for "Category D: Global Financial Crisis" topic of the The Biennial of the Poster in Bolivia 2013.

San Patricios T-Shirts, Anne Giangiulio

Selected Works Temporary Series

This is a logo I designed for a local El Paso Irish band called The San Patricios. The signos de exclamacion (¡!) refer to El Paso's location on the U.S.–Mexico border. The three-leaf clover depicts the numbers 915, which is the telephone area code of El Paso. The triple spiral is another Celtic symbol referring to the origin of the band' music. The band first wore T-shirts sporting the logo at their annual Saint Patrick's Day event at Ardovino's Desert Crossing in Sunland Park, NM on March 17, 2013.

Rebecca & Adam's Wedding Invitations, Anne Giangiulio

Selected Works Temporary Series

I designed this wedding invitation for my good friends. It was inspired by a vintage Johnny Cash show poster that they both loved. The notched-cornered RSVP postcards are meant to resemble concert tickets, while still coordinating with the invitation. With matching lined envelopes and hand-calligraphy addresses, these hand silkscreened invitations helped complete the couple's music-themed wedding.

Wheatpaste Workshop / Large Typographic Panels Designed For Future Artspace El Paso Lofts Site, Anne Giangiulio

Selected Works Temporary Series

On March 1, 2013, I hosted a "Wheatpaste Workshop" for Department of Art students at The University of Texas at El Paso to learn the street art technique of wheat pasting. For the workshop, I designed a large-scale typographical graphic. The workshop wheat pasted the design over two, 4' x 8' plywood panels. These panels were then pieced side by side and installed upon the chain link fence on the 600 block of North Oregon Street in downtown El Paso, around the future site of Artspace El Paso Lofts. When completed in 2015, Artspace will blend 51 affordable live/work units …

Projection (Baton Charge 1913), Ronan Mccrea

Exhibitions

Projection (Baton Charge 1913) is based an single photograph made by Joseph Cashman (1881 – 1969) during the labour dispute known as the Dublin Lockout in 1913. Taken from a elevated point of view, Cashman’s image depicts members of the Dublin Metropolitan Police baton charge a large crowd attending a protest meeting to be addressed by trade union leader Jim Larkin on O’Connell Street on 31 August 1913. Larkin was arrested and two people were killed during the riots that followed. This photograph (along with second photograph by Cashman of Larkin addressing a crown with outstretched arms) dominates the iconography …

Bitter Milking Art Education? (Re)Orienting, (Re)Deeming, (Re)Claiming, (Re)Presenting M(Other)Work In Art Education, Anniina Suominen Guyas, Linda Hoeptner Poling, Kathleen Keys

Art, Design & Visual Studies Faculty Publications and Presentations

Reviewing the existing literature of women and/or mothers in academic roles paints a pretty grim picture. Even worse is the prediction for success that shies far from optimistic. Some inequities in higher education need to be considered: "women lag behind their male counterparts in tenure status, promotion to full professor, and salary. Overall, considering all full-time faculty at all types of institutions, women earn about 80 percent of what men earn" ("Inequities Persist", 2005, p. 1). The adherence to Family Medical Leave Act provisions or other familial and maternal related leave are inconsistent across academia and, even in their most …

Uncoverings: The Research Papers Of The American Quilt Study Group, Volume 34 (2013), Lynne Zacek Bassett, Hallie E. Bond, Cheryl Cheek, Sharon Fulton Pinka, Merikay Waldvogel, Sarah Bliss Wright

Uncoverings Journal

Preface by Lynne Zacek Bassett

Adirondack Quilts and Comforters: A Regional Study by Hallie E. Bond

The "Cooish" Rescue of the Quilt in Harry Kelly's Cottage by Cheryl Cheek

Lowcountry Chintz: The Townsend/Pope Quilt Legacy by Sharon Fulton Pinka

Printed Panels for Chintz Quilts: Their Origin and Use by Merikay Waldvogel

Alabama Cotton and Bemis Bags: Pieced into Quilt History by Sarah Bliss Wright

Contributors

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Understanding Children's Art Making Preferences: Implications For Art Therapy, Amy Morrison

Expressive Therapies Dissertations

This study employed a phenomenological, qualitative approach to investigate children’s art making preferences. The researcher was curious about the meaning that creating two-dimensional and three-dimensional art forms held for children. Influences and contributions to children’s art making preferences were explored. Lastly the study questioned what children’s artistic preferences mean for the field of art therapy. Theories of art therapy, artistic development, and child development informed the study. Thirteen children ages 5 to 11, four boys and nine girls participated. The researcher requested the children choose a subject and create the subject in both two and three dimensions. A range of …