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Normal Editions Workshop Newsletter, 2008, Wonsook Kim School Of Art And Design

Normal Editions Workshop Newsletter

Annual newsletter for the Normal Editions Workshop, School of Art, Illinois State University.

Painting The Sublime Landscape And Learning To See Nature Along The Way, Deborah Browne

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

My thesis is one artist's response to the question of the relevance of landscape painting today, focusing on the communication of the idea of environmental stewardship. The process of studying nature and transferring that vision to canvas promotes greater understanding of the beauty and complexity of elements that comprise ecosystems. The artist possesses a creative impulse finding satisfaction in making artwork that expresses a love of nature as part of a larger worldview. If done well, the persuasive power of such art may be enormous. Comprised of oil paintings and written work, this thesis establishes a way of approaching both …

Aph(L)Orisms (Maximus In Minimis), Florentin Smarandache

Branch Mathematics and Statistics Faculty and Staff Publications

This collection of “aphlorisms” resulted from a search in my old manuscripts. At that time I was preoccupied everyday with noting down in my little notebook various interesting-to-me expressions that I heard or that came to my mind. Etymologically, aphorism + floral = aph(L)orism, which is a short reflection written on a floral design, or a short poetry accompanied by an artistic background. They are colorful contemplations. Maximus in minimis (Lat.) means very much in very little [max in min], or condensed thought, or ideating essence. They are actually maxims, adages, sayings mostly in one line (uni-stich) with a title, …

Many Telling Moments:The Essence Of Fragmented Image Culture, Bonnie Ebner

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

My purpose in entering the UCF MFA program was to further explore and develop my passion for photography. During my time in the program, I developed my methodology--from having the traditional photography paradigm ingrained in my mind (and wanting to fit into it) to accepting and valuing my own unique process. I construct installations using diverse imagery and non-traditional presentation. In my installations, one may witness a reflection of the contemporary pace of image perception--fragmented, complex, abundant, and disordered. Together, images and their arrangements are used to create a unified piece that satisfies a new system within apparent disorder. The …

La Nena Y El Muñeco, Liza Rodriguez

Digressions: Literary & Art Journal

No abstract provided.

Preface, Dawn Barrett, Andrew Martinez

Infinite Radius: Founding Rhode Island School of Design

No abstract provided.

On Zeitgeist, James Sham

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis is an exploration into the possibilities and repercussions of articulating zeitgeist, that is, the spirit of our current age. The parameters and ramifications of such a project are, in this writing, analyzed in reference to the notion of historicity, and the narrative gaze that it perpetuates. The mechanism of canonization, and a discourse's capacity to be viral are examined.

Argent Sound Recordings: Multimodal Storytelling, Matthew L. Klimas

Theses and Dissertations

ARGENT SOUND RECORDINGS explores the integration of visual, written and sonic elements to tell a story. "The Silver Bell," a fairy tale, is delivered through the internet – providing users an opportunity to experience and interpret a constructed narrative under the guise of an independent record label website.

Lucky Strike Branch Library, Vanessa Yvonne Vinsant

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis project is an examination of how design can reinvigorate interest in reading through the creation of a branch library. The primary focus of this study is to generate a space that successfully binds intellectual interests, social and economic groups to re-establish community.

Bounded Surface, Emilie Sayward Brown

Theses and Dissertations

The relationship between surface, perception, and structure has occupied my graduate studies. Locating, transforming, and transcending the surface requires play with perceptive abilities not only of vision, but of touch, hearing, and the other senses as well. How do the interactions of sense with the qualities of a surface determine our perception of the world? What role does the extension of the senses play in one's ability to perceive surface and structure? Using sense information gleaned from surfaces, the tectonics of our world are made visible. Might this relationship be played backwards as well? Composed structures produce surfaces upon which …

In The Theater Of Subjectivity, Violetta Litvak

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis tracks the formal and conceptual development of my work during the two years of graduate study at the VCU Photography and Film Department. It describes the influence of photography on my evolution as an artist and contextualizes my desire to expand the practice beyond the traditional limitations of the medium. It recounts my experimentations with assemblage, video and installation and their contribution to my understanding of spatial and temporal dimensions in the formal construction of my work.In part, the thesis is also a statement of my convictions about art making. It discusses theimportance of perception and subjective experience, …

Rhythm, Grid And Collage: Building A Design Business Incubator, Robert David Smith

Theses and Dissertations

The idea of rhythm as applied to interior space is the basis for this thesis. The site is an old warehouse with a structure that contains a repetitive rhythm in the form of a columnar grid and a corresponding fenestration pattern, yet the building also has an atypical wedge shape. The program is a design business incubator, a place where design business startups, recent graduates of Virginia design programs, can begin their design careers and find their rhythm in a cooperative and supportive environment, a collage of design businesses, if you will. Rhythm is essential in our lives, from the …

Integrating Nature Into Urban Educational Environments, Caroline Anne Davenport

Theses and Dissertations

Urban educational environments struggle to offer green space and natural light to their students. Studies have shown that exposure to natural elements, such as natural light, ventilation and vegetation improves student performance and concentration. The Waldorf School understands a child's innate need for natural learning; making it a natural choice when studying design options that integrating nature into the educational environment. The emphasis on nature based learning in the curriculum leads Waldorf to be the perfect school to test the boundaries of what is possible in urban educational environments. The project integrates nature into an urban adaptive re-use school environment, …

Say Yes To Who You Are, Brooke Ann Inman

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Record, Monica Rocio Palma

Theses and Dissertations

Television static represents the absence of a legible image and the presence of something iconic and disturbing - a sinister abstraction. These repeating rhythms also occur in the Hail Mary prayer, in the houses in my neighborhood, in large crowds, and in my mother's crotchet patterns. The unsettling aspect of repetitive mark making in my drawings mirrors in part my psychotherapy, in which the past is revived over and over, as well as the idea of penance absorbed through my Catholic background.Since moving away from Mexico I have been using imagery related to the United States: rivers, mountains, and landscapes. …

Early Intervention, Research And Therapy Center For Children With Autism, Nicole Marie Caccavo

Theses and Dissertations

This book documents a design study and creative project undertaken toward the fulfillment of a Masters of Fine Arts Degree in Interior Environments at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia. This book documents a year long accumulation of study and research done toward the development of an early intervention, therapy and research center for children with autism. This creative project demonstrates how an environment can be a catalyst for social interaction, way finding, therapy, and intervention. The goal was to design a space that would be multi-functional and also benefit the surrounding community. This design study will explain how colors …

Uncoverings: The Research Papers Of The American Quilt Study Group, Volume 29 (2008), Laurel Horton, Susan Price Miller, Aimee E. Newell, Sue C. Cummings, Marin F. Hanson, Arlesa J. Shephard, Loretta B. Chase

Uncoverings Journal

Preface by Laurel Horton

The Circuit Rider's Quilt: Reality and Romance by Susan Price Miller

More than Warmth: Gift Quilts by Aging Women in Antebellum America by Aimee E. Newell

Irene Post: Quilt Artist and Neighbor of Bertha Stenge by Sue C. Cummings

Modern, Yet Anti-Modern: Two Sides of Late-Nineteenthand Early-Twentieth-Century Quiltmaking by Marin F. Hanson

Quilts for McKinley: Women's Involvement in Politics by Arlesa J. Shephard

Quilts in Transition: A Study of Strafford County, New Hampshire, Probate Inventories by Loretta B. Chase

Contributors

Index

Calliope, Armstrong Atlantic State University

Calliope Magazine

Volume 24

This Is War! The Pain, Power, And Paradox Of Images, University Of Richmond Museums

Exhibition Brochures

This is War! The Pain, Power, and Paradox of Images

October 5 to April 4, 2008

Joel and Lila Harnett Museum of Art and Print Study Center

Introduction

If "war is the father of all things," as the Greek philosopher Heraclitus lamented many centuries ago, then perhaps art is the mother. War continues to be a perennial subject in all of the arts, often symbolizing mortality and struggle and illustrating the triumphs and degradation of humanity. Our exhibition comes at a time when many museums are presenting war imagery in their galleries, from historical explorations to contemporary artists contending with …

Eating Wonderland: Recent Work By Sue Johnson, University Of Richmond Museums

Exhibition Brochures

Eating Wonderland: Recent Work by Sue Johnson

February 8 to June 15, 2008

Lora Robins Gallery of Design from Nature

Introduction

We very pleased to present the work of Maryland artist Sue Johnson at the Lora Robins Gallery of Design from Nature, University of Richmond Museums. The exhibition premieres recent ceramic work created by Johnson at the Arts/Industry residency program of the John Michael Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin, and funded by Kohler Company, Kohler, Wisconsin. This unique residency provides visiting artists the opportunity to learn techniques and work with materials and equipment in Kohler's pottery, iron, and brass foundries. …

Lights And Shadows - 2008, University Of North Alabama

Lights and Shadows

Art and Literature Magazine

The Laureate, 7th Edition (2008)

The Laureate

Table of Contents

• 11 Andrew Soliday - to-do list
• 12 Carolyn Racine - Consumption
• 13 Rebecca Mansberger - How I'll Know if You Are Home
• 14 Victoria Blevins - The Things We Don't Talk About
• 19 Jodi Hovey - The Ocean is Sitting alone in a Chair in the Corner of a Nearly Empty Room
• 20 Caroline Lampinen - Camille
• 21 Shoshana Mcintosh - Drink to the Moon
• 22 Kathleen Tarleton - Hyena
• 23 Ashley Christopher - Theodore's Pants
• 30 Amber Adams - Untitled
• 31 Kimberly Knopf - Harvest's Dusk
• 32 Stephanie Yates - Phantom
• 34 Carissa Dismuke - A …

1968: Art And Politics In Chicago, Patricia Kelly, Louise Lincoln, Robert Cozzolino, Christopher Mack, Joanna Gardner Huggett, Amor Kohli

DePaul Art Museum Publications

No abstract provided.

Farewell To Sport, Paul Gallico, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

1 book object. Altered book, all pages after page 15 are glued together into one block, these pages have two rectangular compartments carved-out and contain an empty box of Camel cigarettes and a blue Bic disposable lighter. Inside front cover has a paper label glued in with printed initials: SPC. Below the label written in pencil is 2008. Originally published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1938, this book is the 4th printing October 1941. Book is open to chapter two with chapter title: Who do you think you are --Dempsey? Gift of Jan Baker. Curated title for Fleet Library …

Visionaire 55: Surprise, Stephen Gan, Cecilia Dean, James Kaliardos, Greg Foley

Visionaire

11 volumes : chiefly color illustrations,+ 1 advertiser's insert. Books with pop-up illustrations and movable tabs designed by various artists. Title and author information from book covers. Housed in box 29 x 23 x 16 cm. Limited edition of 4000 numbered copies. CONTENTS: [volume 1]. Pyongyang; Pyongyang II, diptychon / Andreas Gursky -- [v. 2]. Head on / Cai Guo-Qiang -- [v. 3]. [Untitled] / Steven Klein -- [v. 4]. Les seins miraculeux / Sophie Calle -- [v. 5]. [Untitled] / Mario Testino -- [v. 6]. The passing winter / Yayoi Kusama -- [v. 7]. [Untitled] / Alasdair McLellan -- …

Visionaire 54: Sport Lacoste, Stephen Gan, Cecilia Dean, James Kaliardos, Greg Foley, Chemise Lacoste

Visionaire

4 parts in case : color illustrations Title from title page of attached text. "A collaboration with Lacoste in celebration of their 75th anniversary." Each case contains three polo shirts (1 small, 1 medium, 1 large) with photographically-printed designs by different artists. Each case also contains three attached boxes (each with a shirt inside) and [28] pages of attached text at end. Limited edition of 4000. Set 1. Nick Knight, Karl Lagerfeld, Michael Stipe. -- Set 2. Inez van Lamsweerde & Vinoodh Matadin with M/M (Paris), Thomas Demand, David Byrne. -- Set 3. Peter Lindbergh, Thomas Ruff, Pedro Almodóvar. -- …

Anxiety And Remediation: The Photographic Images Of Kerry Skarbakka, Corey Dzenko

Hemisphere: Visual Cultures of the Americas

No abstract provided.

Martha, Shu-Ju Wang, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

1 volume, 26 pages. Cover title. "Gocco printed from original text and design by Shu-Ju Wang. Individual prints by Martha Pomeranz."--Colophon. "Relay Replay Press is dedicated to working with seniors with dementia to create artist's books that illuminate the creative lives of the elderly."--Artist's statement at Vamp & Tramp Booksellers website. Limited ed. of 20 copies. "Martha designed and Gocco printed the individual prints; I designed and Gocco printed the envelopes and the cover. The cover was also dyed with a very diluted acrylic paint; on Rives Lightweight, Nepal Light, and Nepal Heavyweight. Martha took to the Print Gocco like …

Solid Phases, Sara Langworthy, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

1 volume ([50] pages) : illustrations ; 24 x 32 cm. Edition of 33 copies. Most of this book was designed and printed in 2008, during a Visiting Artist Residency at the University of Iowa Center for the Book, made possible by a grant from the Windgate Foundation. The final twelve press runs and binding were completed in the fall of 2012. The text was hand-set from a very worn case of Helvetica, and printed on a Vandercook SP-20. Images printed from a photopolymer plates and linoleum blocks. Papers, in order of appearance and omitting repetition, are: Sakamoto, Shin-Tobi, an …

Where Are You From?, Alex Appella, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

14 pages : color illustrations. "This on-going, numbered edition was begun in September, 2008, in San Antonio de Arredondo, Provincia de Cordoba, Argentina. This book was printed on Colorspot Nieve paper, 220 gram using an Epson Ink Jet printer"--Colophon. Pages sewn into linen tapes. Flat back binding. Book housed in box made by author. Box has stickers, tags, a ribbon, etc. to look like a traveler's trunk. Library has copy no. 5, made: April 2009.