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Dominoes, Morgan Rimmer, Amanda Mcnally, Alyssa Bausbacher, Jaedyn Werner

Theory In Action 2020

This project is inspired by the design of dominoes in the way they fall when they are knocked over. While this project is similar in the way they fall, we were able to make it in a more creative and fun way. First, the law of continuation is seen in the way the blocks are layered and continue in a straight path. Next, the law of proximity is important for our design to function correctly. Without close proximity with one another the blocks would not be able to fall as easily, nor would they be able to be pulled back …

Bell Tower, Jarod Sankar, Kathryn Crowder, Isabel Rivera, Zanna Trotter

Theory In Action 2020

In our project, we decided to focus and corner in on the laws of symmetry and figure-ground. We felt that these laws best fit our idea and look we had desired for our project based on our mind-map created at the beginning. The law of symmetry is the idea that we are compelled to group items together to create a symmetrically balanced design. The fascia and body of the tower is all symmetrical but has diffused light inside the glass tower that are not placed symmetrically. Our mind automatically sees the tower as symmetrical and disperses the unfocused light throughout …

Writing For Arts Education Policy Review, Mark Graham, Sharon Chappell, Tracie Constantino, Pam Musil, Lawrence Scripp

Faculty Publications

This article provides readers with suggestions as to how to prepare manuscripts for publication in Arts Education Policy Review. It is presented in a question-and-answer format and includes references to model policy articles.

Catch Me If You Can, Megan M. Provenzale

Digressions: Literary & Art Journal

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Brain-Starved Berliner, Adam Deross

Digressions: Literary & Art Journal

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Take Time To Smell The Roses, Sabrina Louissaint

Digressions: Literary & Art Journal

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Echo, Danielle Williams

Digressions: Literary & Art Journal

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Blood Money, Angelica Zadak

Digressions: Literary & Art Journal

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Resilience In Delicacy, Linh Tran

Digressions: Literary & Art Journal

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Nothing, Joy Oni

Digressions: Literary & Art Journal

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Bow And Scrape, Marina M. Handal

Digressions: Literary & Art Journal

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Down By The Sea, Monique Cole

Digressions: Literary & Art Journal

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Sunday's Prayer, Megan M. Provenzale

Digressions: Literary & Art Journal

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Director's Note, Athena L. Edwards

Digressions: Literary & Art Journal

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Forever Love, Sabrina Louissaint

Digressions: Literary & Art Journal

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Sail Into The Abyss, Ruby Pendas

Digressions: Literary & Art Journal

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Just Go, Angelica Zadak

Digressions: Literary & Art Journal

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Pink Lust, Angelica Zadak

Digressions: Literary & Art Journal

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Temple Of Terrors, Tyrianna Richards

Digressions: Literary & Art Journal

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My Body (Not) For Sale, Re'nyqua Farrington

Digressions: Literary & Art Journal

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Cicada Sound, Megan M. Provenzale

Digressions: Literary & Art Journal

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Memory Bread, Nisiqi

Art + Design Masters Theses

Memory Bread, constituting a daily performance ritual and the post-action objects, seeks to address the generational decline of mother language use in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, a post-colonized province of China. I chose to eat sliced white bread in the performance and later casted concrete sculptures as the extension of the action for both substances’ capitalistic nature. Being an invasive material that took over the traditional architectural lifestyle, the use of concrete mirrors the pervasive cultural and ethnic assimilation in China. Meanwhile, the materiality of concrete being a mixture of various substances also metaphors the mixed culture that Chinese-Mongolians …

Untitled, Unknown

Morehead State University Art Collection

An untitled, undated stone sculpture that stands outside ADUC by an unknown artist.

Untitled, Unknown

Morehead State University Art Collection

An untitled, undated piece of a paratrooper jumping from a plane done by an unknown artist

El Paso Women’S History Coloring Book Volume Ii / Historia De Las Mujeres De El Paso: Cuaderno De Colorear Volumen Ii, El Paso Women’S History Coloring Book Committee

Books

The year 2020 marks the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage in the United States. The El Paso Women’s History Coloring Book Volume II celebrates this anniversary and women’s achievements, while also acknowledging that much work still remains to be done regarding women’s and voting rights.

This new bilingual (Spanish and English) coloring book builds upon the El Paso Women’s History Coloring Book, published in March 1991. The original coloring book was created by Eva Ross, a retired teacher and former Equity Program Specialist of the Ysleta Independent School District. This second volume was developed as a free educational resource. …

Visual Diary As A Tool For Idea Generation For Graphic Design Study Program, Fei Chin Jacqueline Sim

Student Works (2020-2029)

This research is to explore visual diary as a tool that allows students to express their multiple creative views and their abilities in generating ideas. This tool has been integrated as part of the selected students’ assignments and projects as a practice in the creative arts education. Many of them were taught to sketch, doodle and experiment in different drawing techniques. Nonetheless, many of them are facing the problem of lack of knowledge and understanding in the ideation process. The quantitative research design and procedures were employed in this study. A total of 35 visual diaries were selected, one each …

Piet Mondrian’S Neo-Plastic Compositions (1917-1944) And His Six Principles Of Neo-Plasticism: An Analysis Of His Aesthetic Ideas Based On A Study Of His Essays And Paintings, Ali Fallahzadeh

Student Works (2020-2029)

Amongst the modern artists of the beginning of the 20th century, Dutch painter Piet Mondrian (1872-1944) is considered a pioneer of pure abstract painting. The result of his consistent intuitive experimentations on canvas during the 1910’s was the proposal of his new artistic style in 1919 called Neo-Plasticism, nieuwe beelding in Dutch. Throughout his Neo-Plastic period (1919-1944), he aimed to depict a universal expression of ‘equilibrium’ (new term for harmony) and a vital rhythm among his universal elements of painting called plastic means or means of imaging. Besides being a pure abstract painter, Mondrian was also a prolific writer of …

Zulkifli Yusoff’S “Don’T Play During Maghrib” Installation Art: A Visual Interpretation Based On Social Interactionism, Zolkiflee Nursyakirin

Student Works (2020-2029)

Zulkifli is a world class artist who can create social criticism art based on culture, education and economical stagnancy. “Don’t Play During Maghrib, Dialogue Series 2” (DPDM) is an exceptional artwork which represented him at the Venice Biennale in 1997. There is no written research about this artwork and also there are very limited references and materials on Malaysian installation art. This led the researcher to embark on this topic as a dissertation. Since, this research focuses on the installation artwork, it is appropriate to explore and study Zulkifli Yusoff’s artwork. It is qualitative research which aims at exploring the …

Nalini Malani's Medea Project: Gender And Nationhood In Postcolonial India, Maya Varma

Art and Art History Honors Projects

In 1996, renowned contemporary Indian artist Nalini Malani embarked on what would become a decades-long project exploring the Greek myth of Medea as an embodiment of postcolonialism. Considering Medea’s historical interpretations as a mistreated wife and a villainous mother, this thesis examines how Malani transforms Medea into a metaphor of resistance to British colonialism and anticolonial nationalism in post-Partition India. Against the backdrop of the 1947 Partition and subsequent political events relating nationhood with the female body, Malani negotiates Medea as an emancipatory figure who shifts essentialized notions of womanhood into more complex narratives of violence, subjectivity, and liberation.

The Morse Dry Dock Dial, Sarah Nicholls, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations ; 31 x 46 cm folded to 17 x 13 cm. Cover title. Edition of 250. "The Morse Dry Dock Dial is the Spring 2020 Informational Pamphlet, taking its name from the magazine published by the Morse Dry Dock Company, my great-grandfather's employer in the early years of the twentieth century. The original publication reported on the lives and activities of their community of workers, many of which lived in the neighborhood, what was then called Bay Ridge and is now named Sunset Park, Brooklyn. This pamphlet talks about my family's history in the neighborhood, …