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Mi Buenos Aires Querido, John Gordon, Linda Sullivan

Journal of Undergraduate Research

The project Mi Buenos Aires Querido was a wonderful opportunity for me to begin my work on a professional level as a graphic designer and artist. The project explores cross cultural design as well as experiential communication and the marginalization of Latin America. I never intended to exhibit a photo essay, presenting glossy photos glamorizing Buenos Aires. Doing so would make people think the city is beautiful, and while it is the beauty is not superficial. I wanted to communicate the beauty and struggle of everyday life in the neighborhood of La Boca. La Boca was chosen because it once …

Velocity, Collin Bradford, Peter Everett

Journal of Undergraduate Research

As citizens of contemporary Western culture, we have inherited a set of ideas about the nature of human life. A large part of our understanding of the world is based in the ideas of the Modern era. Though the majority of the populace may be unaware of the influence that the past has on our contemporary lives we cannot escape our modernist heritage. A large part of the worldview that we inherited is the linearity of time. There is an interesting contradiction between modernism’s linear time and the Cartesian idea of God as the master clockmaker. A clock functions based …

A Symbolic Study Of Van Eyck’S Annunciation, David Amott, Dr. Martha Peacock

Journal of Undergraduate Research

The Northern Renaissance artist who best understood iconography’s potential in painting was Jan van Eyck (1390-1441), whose Annunciation (1434) is a masterpiece of Netherlandish art and one of the most important paintings of the Northern Renaissance. Integrated into this work is symbolism that refers to the Trinity, the Old and New Testament, and events leading up to the birth of Christ. Outside of the painting’s major symbolic cycle, however, are a number of other details that add further meaning to the scene. Among these are the rainbow colored wings of the Archangel Gabriel embellished with peacock feathers. These details are …

“A Spooky Evening” Chinese Film Project, Randy Astle, Dr. Darl Larsen

Journal of Undergraduate Research

Chinese folklore has been a rich mine for artistic production for hundreds of years, and continues to be so today. For example, Chinese ghost stories, such as in the medieval compilation of dozens of ghost stories in the work Strange Tales of Liao Zhai, have inspired artists for centuries. Many modern filmmakers have exhibited interest in this particular subgenre, giving it both serious and comical treatment. In particular, the New Wave in Hong Kong cinema that began in the 1980’s initiated the creation of innumerable films, usually slightly comic, that dealt in some way or other with magicians, vampires, ghosts, …

Randy Grabowski, Trumpet, With Polina Khatsko, Piano, January 21, 2014 [Program], University Of Northern Iowa. School Of Music.

Music Recital Programs

Program of a music recital given by faculty, students, or guest artists from the School of Music at the University of Northern Iowa.

Dea. Curtis Lovette

African American Funeral Programs

Funeral program for Dea. Curtis Lovette. Service held on January 21, 2014 in Savannah, Georgia

Non-Toxic Intaglio Printmaking, Todd Chilton, Gary Barton

Journal of Undergraduate Research

Intaglio printmaking is a process that carries with it a tradition of hazardous chemicals and solvents that is not only dangerous for artists and students, but also for the environment. As an artist, I am concerned with the negative effects of working with these substances. In our day of increased health and safety awareness, as well as environmental consciousness, certain traditional methods of printmaking are being replaced with safer, cheaper, and more environmentally friendly processes. Traditional techniques are expensive, and it is difficult to continue working with these processes outside of a university with a well-equipped shop. The dangers and …

African Band Music For Education, Darrel L. Brown, Dr. S Gordon Jessop

Journal of Undergraduate Research

The practice of using folk music in a classical music composition became a norm during the twentieth century. In a century when music of this genre was waining into the avante-guard, this technique was a change of pace in a different direction. Composers ranging from Bela Bartok (1881-1945) and Zoltan Kodaly (1882-1967) in Hungary to Gustov Holst (1874-1934) and Ralph Van Williams (1872-1945) in England embraced this concept not only as fodder for new compositions, but also as a way to preserve the music of their native lands. Simultaneously, music education began to make advances and composers like the aforementioned …

Faculty Recital Series: Sarah Gentry, Violin; January 21, 2014, Sarah Gentry

School of Music Programs

Kemp Recital Hall
January 21, 2014
Tuesday Evening
7:30 p.m.

Courage: Take A Stand For Justice - Flyer, Taylor University

Martin Luther King Jr. Day Programs and Schedules

The flyer for the Courage: Take a Stand for Justice celebration in honor of Martin Luther King Jr.

Ada News - 01/20/2014, American Dental Association, Publishing Division

ADA News

Established in 1970 as the official newspaper of the American Dental Association, the ADA News serves practicing dentists and others allied to the dental profession in the U.S. and internationally. It is the No. 1 source of news and information about the many benefits and services the ADA delivers to members daily as well as timely information on scientific, social, political and economic developments affecting dentistry and health care.

Courage: Take A Stand For Justice, Taylor University

Martin Luther King Jr. Day Programs and Schedules

The program for the Martin Luther King Jr. Day chapel in honor of Martin Luther King Jr.

Lanthorn, Vol. 48, No. 35, January 20, 2014, Grand Valley State University

Volume 48, July 1, 2013 - June 2, 2014

Lanthorn is Grand Valley State's student newspaper, published from 1968 to the present.

Wilson, Ivan, 1889-1981 (Sc 1308), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1308. Letters, 26 August and 21 December 1969, written by Ivan Wilson, Bowling Green and Hazel, Kentucky, to the J. Crawford Crowes, Bowling Green, Kentucky, concerning the move of Wilson and his wife to Hazel.

I'Ve Seen The Promised Land: A Letter To Amelia Boynton Robinson, Mauricio E. Novoa

SURGE

You asked if I had any thoughts or comments at the end of our visit, and I stood and said nothing. I opened my mouth, but instead of giving you words my throat was sealed by a dam of speechlessness while my eyes wept out all the emotions and heartache that I wanted to share with you. The others in my group were able to express their admiration, so I wanted to do the same. [excerpt]

Grand Valley Forum, Volume 038, Number 17, January 20, 2014, Grand Valley State University

2013-2014, Volume 38

Grand Valley Forum is Grand Valley State's faculty and staff newsletter, published from 1976 to the present.

Cseas Weekly Bulletin (January 20, 2014), Center For Southeast Asian Studies

CSEAS Bulletin

No abstract provided.

Family Planning And Human Trafficking In China, Hanna Tarbert

De/Constructing Social Justice: Past, Present, and Futures

Divisions concerning best policy practices simmer underneath the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) image as a united body with one major exception: China's Family Planning Policy or the one child per couple policy. Within the CCP, China's 1.3 billion population is accepted, without challenge as a major problem that must be addressed ever since the party took a hardline stance in 1979 to reduce the Chinese people's fertility. An unintended consequence of the population policy is the significantly skewed ratio between male and female children, causing a scarcity of women, which in turn contributes to the continuous decline in the status …

Mrs. Wadell Lee Haynes Rumph

African American Funeral Programs

Program for the Funeral Service of Mrs. Wadell Lee Haynes Rumph, held at James H. Cole Home for Funerals, Inc. on January 20, 2014.

Setting The Stage For Change: Alumni And Students Creatively Worked Side-By-Side With Iwu Theatre Faculty To Create An Indelible Portrayal Of The Struggles Of America’S Working Poor., Kim Hill

News and Events (Discontinued Series)

No abstract provided.

Paul Phillips, Sr.

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.

St. Mark’S Catholic Community Of The Deaf, January 19, 2014

Saint Mark's Catholic Community of the Deaf

A newsletter published for Deaf Catholics in Edmonton, Canada

Saint Mark's Catholic Community of the Deaf Finding Aid

Lucas Noel Florin, Oboe And English Horn, Lucas Noel Florin

School of Music Graduate Recitals

• LUCAS NOEL FLORIN, Oboe and English Horn
• Nicholas Laban, Piano
• assisted by Sandra Fernandez, Flute Adam Phillips, Trumpet

Lucas Noel Florin is a graduate student from Saint Clair Shores, MI majoring in performance. He studies with Dr. Michael Miller.

Concert Recording 2014-01-18, Rachel Phillippe

Concert Recordings & Programs

[00:00]. Preludium and allegro / Kreisler -- [07:43]. Meditation from Thais / Massenet -- [12:49]. Violin concerto in A minor / Accolay -- [20:50]. Czardas / Monti -- [25:39]. Violin concerto in G. Allegro / Mozart.

Mr. Buster E. Robertson

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.

Acclimation, Rory Dlugos

Art Journal

In fragmenting the human figure, I hope to express loss of control or the inability to know one’s future. On a daily basis, I am bombarded with this anxiety-ridden dilemma. In my work, this struggle manifests itself in the figures’ expressions and poses. The seamless integration of figures into the background can be seen as their successful ability to merge with their changing environment; in other words, a positive adaptation of self.

At other times, the figure-background dichotomy represents the struggle to adapt to change and maintain a constantly evolving, healthy self. In some works, the figures are rooted in …

60, Casey Cullen

Art Journal

Through my body of work, 60, I aim to convey my confusion of learning a new style of photography along with the uncertainty of identity. The confusion of what is going on in the photograph coincides with the unfamiliarity of the camera and the more general disorientation of everyday life. My photographs question different methods of photography through the use of an old process while also questioning the term “portrait.” Working with a camera that has been surpassed and forgotten about has allowed me to keep the process alive. A large format camera enables me to have more freedom in …

Memory Tokens, Julia Christ

Art Journal

My work deals with memory and the affliction of forgetfulness. Memories start out vivid and get washed over, dulled. New experiences cover up those of the past, and the authority of our memories is called into question. Like most humans, I collect memories compulsively; like souvenirs in a hoarder’s obsessive sanctuary, those memories start to pile up. They become indistinguishable and forgotten. These collected memory tokens, whether or not they are consciously acknowledged, trigger different emotional responses and forever influence my identity.

When I revisit a place, I am brought back to events that previously occurred there; multitudes of past …

Solitaire, Dominic Channon

Art Journal

Commencing with the characteristics of my self as an only child, a distance runner, and an heir to my father's nomadic behavior, I have become interested in developing a further concept of self based on our capability to form our knowledge and interpretation of the world to our being. The experimentation with time and perception through the use of the camera has become my obsession. I want to create balance and repose through my work, challenging the perception of what it is that we know. My challenge is to create work that maintains these consistencies yet renders subject matter in …

Tranformations And Disappearances: The Presence Of The Artist In The Work Of Francesca Woodman, Michael Rose

Art Journal

No abstract provided.