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Luminous Threshold, Peggy Wen

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

Luminous Threshold is an interactive experience exploring the liminal transition between the viewer and ambiguous spaces. My thesis exhibition incorporates two paintings, one continuous pulsing light structure, two sound-activated light structures, and a black cube that is perceived to be inserted through the gallery wall. The paintings and forms explore liminality within a two-dimensional space, while the light pieces create an ephemeral viewer- participation experience. Liminality, defined by Arnold Van Gennep and Victor Turner, is one of three stages in life an individual will go through. It is considered a Rite of Passage or Threshold and is the ambiguous transitional …

Every Seed Counts, Lindsey Wasnak

Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects

Above all else, humans should understand the impact of the decisions they make, before they make them. In specific, the decisions that could harm the environment, whether that is on a large or small scale. Humans create an enormous amount of trash, and for this honors project a campaign was created that emphasizes the importance of being environmentally conscious with paper. Being environmentally conscious can be expressed in a multitude of ways, so the main focus of this project was to create plantable seed paper that people can use and then grow things with after they are finished. This project …

Jordan Nassar: The Field Is Infinite, Megan Bickel

Art Inquiries

No abstract provided.

Dyani White Hawk: Speaking To Relatives, Sara Stepp

Art Inquiries

No abstract provided.

Care Full Objects, Barbara Knezevic

Articles

No abstract provided.

Typemaking, Rebekah Sorensen

Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects

The objective of this project is an exploration of typemaking—an analysis including the development of letterforms to the various methods in printing these forms, including the rich history behind these developments—which ultimately results in the form of communication known as graphic design. Research begins with the history of print processes and evolving typographic styles, providing a comprehensive understanding of how typography has been applied as a means of communication, and the benefits to society throughout time. The information is then applied through the digital design of letterpress type, followed by the physical production of these pieces using a range of …

For People And Planet: Teachers’ Evaluation Of An Educational Mobile Game And Resource Pack, Ma. Mercedes T. Rodrigo, Johanna Marion R. Torres, Janina Carla M. Castro, Abigail Marie T. Favis, Ingrid Yvonne Herras, Francesco U. Amante, Hakeem Jimenez, Juan Carlo F. Mallari, Kevin Arnel C. Mora, Walfrido David A. Diy, Jaclyn Ting Ting M. Lim, Ma. Assunta C. Cuyegkeng

Department of Information Systems & Computer Science Faculty Publications

For People and Planet: An SDG Adventure refers to a freely available Android-based narrative adventure game and teacher resource pack that helps learners see the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in their day-to-day lives. In this paper, we describe the results of an evaluation of both the game and the resource pack by eight (8) middle school teachers. After playing the game and reading the resource pack, teachers gave their feedback about what they liked best and least about the materials, how they could use these resources for their classes, and how these resources could be improved further. Overall, …

Enduring Covid-19 As Nyc Subway Riders, Ruben Cuevas

Theses and Dissertations

My thesis paper describes my master art project of paintings about the New York City Subway riders commuting routine prior and during the Coronavirus. As a regular subway rider myself I am closely connected with this particular art project because I witnessed the subway riders endure the most contagious viral pandemic of the 21st century. My thesis recounts how from a few sketches and photo shots of people in the subway this art project developed into a collection of paintings carefully completed on large linen canvas and acrylic medium. The initial set of my paintings narrate typical NYC subway rider …

Ties That Bind Us, Christine M. Orr, Christine M. Orr

Theses and Dissertations

when objects converge in a space

they start a dialogue of their lives

lives that become entangled with your life

your memory

objects are the narrators of memory

a stain, a chip, a tear

materials embed meaning and metaphor within the process of creating

woven cloth, throwing lines, squeezed and pressed coils

all become remnants of the hand

as I make, play, and collect materials and objects

questions are brought forward

How do these components talk to one other?

What are they saying?

How do I listen?

knowledge is generated in the transformation of material through the process of

making …

Ballad Of A Bootlegger, Sarah K. Parker

Theses and Dissertations

Roll in the soot of fires-gone! Purification through osmosis(?). They don’t pass onward so you can pass on the recognition. Learn the lesson, you bootlegger! This is necessary; you must use your hands and forge onward. Shit fire to save a match and light the birthday candles, time will pass before you’ve finished blinking so take another sip in and breathe easy child-- loss is part of life and no one can ever take that away from you (not that you’ve feared this). Slip the ring on your finger and marry to a practice of breaking perceptions of rules that …

Social Emotional Learning And The National Core Arts Standards: A Cross-Disciplinary Analysis Of Policy And Practices, Mark Graham, Matt Omasta, Stephanie L. Milling, Elizabeth Murray, Amy Peterson Jensen, Johanna J. Siebert

Faculty Publications

Arts education advocates sometimes point to extrinsic benefits of arts learning, including Social Emotional Learning (SEL). This study considers if and how the National Core Arts Standards (NCAS) in dance, media arts, music, theater, and visual art may align with SEL standards adopted by the state of Illinois, upon which other SEL standards have been modeled. A team of arts education experts coded 15,500 intersections of arts standards &SEL goals. They found a great deal of indirect alignment between the NCAS and SEL objectives, but direct alignment was rare. As the types and degrees of alignment varied by discipline, broad …

Understanding Antisemitism : An Analysis-In-Process By Jews For Racial & Economic Justice (Jfrej): A Grassroots, Membership-Based Organization In New York City, Rachael Schragis, Rebecca Katz, Erin Brownstein Mcelroy, Audrey Sasson, Jews For Racial & Economic Justice, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

1 poster : illustrations (black & white and color). Starting in 2018 and into early 2021, more than 70 JFREJ members participated in a cultural organizing project to understand, struggle against, and imagine a world free from antisemitism. JFREJ members and artists Rachel Schragis and Rebecca Katz facilitated this process, which involved JFREJers of all ages and backgrounds, including members of our Mizrahi & Sephardi, Jews of Color, and Poor & Working Class Caucuses. A 40-page pamphlet on the subject by JFREJ was produced to accompany the poster. Library does not have the pamphlet. Offset printing. Flowchart. Gift of Angela …

Insurrection Nation, Alejandro Cartagena, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

56 unnumbered pages : all color illustrations (portraits). Cover title. Publication information from publisher's website. Limited edition of 200. Photos taken January 6, 2021, Washington, D.C. SUMMARY: Color photographic portraits of the faces of 1440 individuals who took part in the attack on the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021. "The looting, the destruction, the deadly violence. President Donald Trump was right: Insurrection is upon us..."-- author's webpage. Stapled.

Dear Laurie, Dear Gülşah, Gülşah Mursaloğlu, Laurie A. Palmer, E.S. Kibele Yarman, Umur Publishing, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

108 unnumbered pages : color illustrations + 1 poster. Cover title. Edition of 500: 300 in English, 200 in Turkish Coptic bound with wrap-around cover that unfolds to become a poster. "'Dear Laurie, Dear Gülşah' is a publication that brings together the correspondence between A. Laurie Palmer and Gülşah Mursaloğlu across disparate geographies, from April to September 2020. Within this transformative year that bore witness to a global pandemic, anti-racist protests, downfalls of power figures and monuments and fires around both continents, the letters both reflect on the present moment and offer insight into the artists' practices and long-term projects."--Letter …

Lunar Volvelle, Monica Ong, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

1 volvelle : color illustrations ; 19 x 19 cm + 1 card (2 unnumbered pages Edition limited to 50 numbered copies, signed. Artists' book in the form of a volvelle, a chart made of concentric paper wheels. "To see the current lunar phase, begin by rotating the sun disc until the pointer rests on the desired date. Count the number of days since the last new moon or use an almanac to determine the day of the lunar cycle and move the moon disc to that number. As the moon reveals its ever-changing shape, so too does the poem …

Robert Adam Interiors And Wakehurst's Yellow Drawing Room: Imported Period Rooms In The United States, Isabella Margi

Pell Scholars and Senior Theses

No abstract provided.

นวัตกรรมการสร้างสรรค์ตราสินค้าเครื่องแต่งกายเอาเทอร์แวร์สำหรับกลุ่มกรีน ฮิปสเตอร์ ด้วยแนวคิดโมดูลาร์ อินโนเวชั่น, อรปรียา ฤทธิโชติ

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

นวัตกรรมการสร้างสรรค์ตราสินค้าเครื่องแต่งกายเอาเทอร์แวร์ สำหรับกลุ่มกรีน ฮิปสเตอร์ (Green Hipster) ด้วยแนวคิดโมดูลาร์ อินโนเวชั่น (Modular Innovation) เป็นการวิจัยเพื่อหาแนวทางการออกแบบเครื่องแต่งกายสำหรับกลุ่มเป้าหมายที่ให้ความสนใจในด้านการอนุรักษ์สิ่งแวดล้อมในปัจจุบัน พัฒนาควบคู่กับการเพิ่มประโยชน์ด้านการใช้สอยของเครื่องแต่งกาย โดยมีวัตถุประสงค์เพื่อหาแนวทางในการสร้างตราสินค้าเครื่องแต่งกายเอาเทอร์แวร์ สำหรับกลุ่มกรีน ฮิปสเตอร์ (Green Hipster) จากสิ่งทอรีไซเคิล ด้วยแนวคิดโมดูลาร์อินโนเวชั่น (Modular Innovation) โดยใช้กระบวนการวิจัยเชิงคุณภาพและเชิงปริมาณควบคู่กับกระบวนการออกแบบสร้างสรรค์ให้สอดคล้องกับกลุ่มเป้าหมาย เริ่มตั้งแต่การศึกษากลุ่มเป้าหมาย กลุ่มกรีน ฮิปสเตอร์ (Green Hipster) ถึงข้อมูลทั่วไป (เพศ อายุ การศึกษา รายได้) และพฤติกรรมการบริโภคสินค้า เพื่อให้เข้าใจถึงรูปแบบและหลักเกณฑ์ที่ส่งผลต่อการตัดสินใจเลือกบริโภคสินค้า ตลอดจนการศึกษาถึงลักษณะแบรนด์สินค้าในปัจจุบันทั้งต่างประเทศและในประเทศ เพื่อหาช่องว่างทางการตลาดที่สามารถตอบโจทย์กลุ่มเป้าหมายได้ ผู้วิจัยมีเครื่องมือที่ใช้ในการวิจัยได้แก่ แบบสอบถามกลุ่มผู้บริโภคทั้งผู้หญิงและผู้ชายในเจเนอเรชั่นวาย มีอายุระหว่าง 23-35 ปี จำนวน 56 คน ผลจากการวิจัยพบว่า การสร้างสรรค์เครื่องแต่งกายเพื่อกลุ่มกรีน ฮิปสเตอร์ที่มีความสนใจในด้านการอนุรักษ์สิ่งแวดล้อมกับแนวคิดโมดูลาร์อินโนเวชั่น สามารถมีแนวทางในการออกแบบร่วมกันได้ โดยการออกแบบที่สามารถปรับเปลี่ยนหรือถอดประกอบชิ้นส่วนได้ (Modular Design) และโอกาสการใช้สอยในรูปแบบลำลองกึ่งกิจกรรมกลางแจ้ง (Casual Outdoor) สามารถประยุกต์ใช้เพื่อตอบสนองความต้องการของกลุ่มผู้บริโภค ช่องว่างการตลาดสู่การสร้างสรรค์ตราสินค้าแฟชั่นได้ในอนาคต

การออกแบบเรขศิลป์เพื่อให้ความรู้โฮมีโอพาธีย์, มณิภา วัฒกีกุล

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

การวิจัยครั้งนี้มีวัตถุประสงค์เพื่อค้นหาแนวทางในการออกแบบเรขศิลป์ที่เหมาะสมเพื่อให้คนกลุ่มเจนเนอเรชั่น วาย เกิดความรู้และความเข้าใจได้ง่ายเกี่ยวกับการแพทย์ทางเลือกโฮมีโอพาธีย์ กลุ่มตัวอย่างที่ใช้ในการวิจัยในครั้งนี้คือ กลุ่มคนเจนเนอเรชั่น วาย ช่วงอายุระหว่าง 20 - 39 ปี เก็บรวบรวมข้อมูลสถิติจากเว็บไซต์ เอกสารงานวิจัย หนังสือ บทความทางวิชาการ และสัมภาษณ์กลุ่มเป้าหมาย นำมารวบรวมและวิเคราะห์ข้อมูลในการออกแบบ ผลการวิจัยครั้งนี้พบว่า กลุ่มคนเจนเนอเรชั้น วาย นั้น มีสุขภาพทรุดโทรมจากการทำงานหนัก จึงเริ่มมีการหันมาใส่ใจสุขภาพมากขึ้นแต่ไม่มีเวลา อีกทั้งพฤติกรรมของกลุ่มกลุ่มคนเจนเนอเรชั่น วาย ใช้สมาร์ทโฟนและเล่นโซเชียลมีเดียเป็นหลัก ชอบสื่อสารและแสดง ออกผ่านสื่อใหม่และสื่อออนไลน์ต่างๆ ชอบเสพสื่อบันเทิงและชอบอ่านการ์ตูนดิจิตอลที่เป็นสื่อออนไลน์ กลุ่มเป้าหมายนั้นให้ความสนใจและพึงพอใจในการ์ตูนดิจิตอล จึงได้ผลสรุปว่าการ์ตูนดิจิตอลเป็นสื่อที่สามารถถ่ายองค์ความรู้โฮมีโอพาธีย์ที่เหมาะสมต่อกลุ่มคนเจนเนอเรชั่น วาย โดยการ์ตูนมีโครงสร้างในการเล่าเรื่องที่ละเอียดซับซ้อน สามารถถ่ายทอดเรื่องราวต่างๆได้อย่างละเอียดและมีความน่าสนใจ รวมถึงสารที่ต้องการจะสื่อสำหรับการออกแบบเรขศิลป์เพื่อให้ความรู้โฮมีโอพาธีย์คือ ชีวิตที่ดีคือการเปลี่ยนแปลง และกลุ่มบุคลิกภาพที่เหมาะคือ สบายๆไม่มีกฎเกณฑ์ (Casual), เป็นธรรมชาติ (Natural), ทันสมัย (Modern)

Bridging The Gap: A Guide To Help Design Students Become Design Professionals, Sarah Westholm

Honors Program Theses

In talking with many professional designers in the last year, I have noticed how much time they spend talking about their process, research, and planning. All of this comes before the visualization of the actual design. Design is truly becoming more human-centric and is used as a tool to solve problems. This means that many things must be considered beyond color, typography, and composition. Traditional design education gives students the tools they need to know how to create visually successful designs. However, students also need to understand how to use those technical skills and apply them to a design that …

Investigating How Qipao And Hanfu Dresses Are Representative Of China, Jennifer Tibberts

Senior Honors Theses

This research investigates why hanfu and qipao represent the nation of China. Previous sources have described the dresses, Chinese history, and Chinese fashion aesthetics, and have questioned why many people wear these dresses today. However, previous studies have not investigated what aspects of hanfu and qipao make both Chinese people and outsiders associate these dresses so strongly with China. This research looks deeply into the importance of fashion to expression of identity, characteristics and ideals of Chinese clothing, what hanfu and qipao are, how the dresses connect with Chinese history and traditions, and why the styles have phased in and …

Reed Magazine, Issue 154, Rita Bullwinkel, Alex Gulis, Ashley Burnett, Willow Gelphman, Andrew Mcclure, Ralph Robert Moore, Zach Murphy, Justin Noga, Jihoon Park, Linda Wilgus, Annie Zhu, Suzanne Rico, Joseph Sigurdson, Ashlee Beals, Geraldine Birch, Amelia Joy, Kathleen Mcnamara, Marcia Meier, Josue Montiel, Mackenzie Moore, Magda Romanska, Matthea Harvey, Scott Bade, V. Joshua Adams, Sally Ashton, Ellen Bass, Michelle Bitting, Cassandra Caverhill, Wortley Clutterbuck, Emma Depanise, Paul Dresman, Mary Anna Dunn, Jonathan Endurance, David Groff, Skye Jackson, Danusha Lameris, Megan Merchant, John A. Nieves, Ricardo Pau-Llosa, John Sibley Williams, Turner Wilson, Sarah Nolte, Tvisha Gupta, Erin Salazar, Q'Shaundra James, Alden Hughes, Shelle Barron, Janelle Aina S. Baylosis, Erik Beehn, Mason Brown, Jennifer Carrier, Daquane Cherry, Alex Gulis, Shen Chen Hsieh, Safia Ismail, London Ladd, Hector Ledesma, Jung Min, Gray Passey, Tracy Whiteside, Kenneth Zenz, Timothy Cech, Rachel A. Crawford, Matty Heimgartner, Nick Taylor

Reed Magazine

No abstract provided.

Evolving Perspectives: How Research, Age, And A Global Pandemic Alters The Mind's Eye In Costume Design, Audrey Reed

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis explores how various factors can affect how something is viewed and appreciated. It specifically relates to James and the Giant Peach the musical as it is as a halted production for the VCU theatre due to COVID-19. This document encompasses facts about Roald Dahl’s life, details about my designs for the production, as well as how a global pandemic affected the life of theatre. Included in this document are research and renderings.

Yolkkh: The Story Of My People, Amna Zelimkha Yandarbin

Theses and Dissertations

The name of my project is: Yolkkh, The Story of My People. With this project I present a series of scarves each one bearing an illustrated scene in order to tell a story – my story and the story of the Noxci people. Noxci are the people who are referred to as “Chechens” by Russians and are generally known by that title. As a Muslim, I have witnessed the way Western media tend to dehumanize my community. In order to contrast this dehumanizing process, I thought that telling the story of my family would help reverse Islamophobic tendencies and raise …

Reclamancipation: A Story Of Brilliance, Resilience, And Transilience, Nia A. Campbell

Theses and Dissertations

The experiences of African American women are composed of more than the maltreatment that often exclusively defines them. Oppression and celebration intermingle to define the identities of African American women, and this thesis proposes a method to understand this reality through an exchange of stories in the form of a customizable board game. The game educates those inside and outside the African American women’s community by encouraging the emancipation of self, decolonization of society, and formation of empathy. This thesis embraces intersectional feminism, womanism, and linguistic descriptivism. The research is informed by personal narratives of African American women ages 23-71 …

The Algorithmic Mashrabiya: Reimagining The Traditional Islamic Screen, Ahmed Nour

Theses and Dissertations

Traditionally, a mashrabiya was an ornate wooden structure attached to the side of an Arabian building or house, with small, intricately patterned openings to provide both ventilation and privacy for the people inside. The patterns, following the geometric rules of Islamic ornament, lent a distinctive appearance to buildings in the region. A mashrabiya converted the house into a safe, private sanctuary, providing a magical scene inside, characterized by linear sun rays, filtered points of light and shadow. Over time, as building technology changed and the number of skilled craftsmen dwindled, the traditional mashrabiya has all but vanished. The aim of …

Kaleidoscope Wellness | Destigmatizing Mental Health For Teens By Design, Rhode L. Baptiste

Theses and Dissertations

Motivation

Mental health is a global public health crisis. (Marcus et. al, 2012; WHO, 2020). Although there is a growing acceptance of the complexities surrounding mental illness, care delivery for adolescents with mental health concerns remains highly stigmatized, which contributes to delays in care (Hoisington et. al, 2019; Burns & Birrell, 2014). Half of all mental illnesses can be detected prior to the age of 14 (National Alliance for Mental Health, 2020). While research exploring how the physical health care environment impacts health and well-being for patients has evolved immensely over the past two decades, research on how facility design …

You Wouldn't Download An Art, Rice Evans

Theses and Dissertations

To quote the late Alaskan Senator Ted Stevens, “The internet is a series of tubes.” Like my art practice, these tubes meander through concepts, techniques, and mediums to arrive at a messy, confusing, and overwhelming shared experience of digital life. It is here where we find humor, creativity, and most importantly our own folk culture.

Earth Tone Sigh Spell, Martha Glenn

Theses and Dissertations

A written accompaniment to the artist’s thesis exhibition titled Earth Tone Sigh Spell, conceived during the years 2020-21 and installed at The Anderson Gallery, Richmond from May 1–15, 2021.

The following thesis explores themes of personal memory, geo-theory, myth, symbol, and historical event. The artist uses research and stream of consciousness writing methods as a way to weave these concepts together and tie them back to her own practice with installation, sculpture, and new media.

"With The Commodity In The Hand": A Practical Investigation Of The Intersection Of Material Culture With Performance Theory, Katharine M. Given

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis examines the intersection of performance theory and material culture through the practices of garment reconstruction. In chapter 1, I examine key theorists in the fields of material culture and performance studies and articulate the connections between the two fields. In chapter 2, Using practice as research, I recount the experience of building reproduction garments from the eighteenth century using historically appropriate tools and methods, as well as the experience of wearing those garments. Finally, in Chapter 3, I walk through a possible historical examination of my encounter with these reconstructed garments, and consider the way in which feminine …

Playing At The Crossroads Of Religion And Law: Historical Milieu, Context And Curriculum Hooks In Lost & Found, Owen Gottlieb

Articles

This chapter presents the use of Lost & Found – a purpose-built tabletop to mobile game series – to teach medieval religious legal systems. The series aims to broaden the discourse around religious legal systems and to counter popular depiction of these systems which often promote prejudice and misnomers. A central element is the importance of contextualizing religion in period and locale. The Lost & Found series uses period accurate depictions of material culture to set the stage for play around relevant topics – specifically how the law promoted collaboration and sustainable governance practices in Fustat (Old Cairo) in twelfth-century …