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Broken Things, Syndey Stoops

Manuscripts

Prose by Sydney Stoops.

Door And Ivy, Peter Larson

Manuscripts

Photography by Peter Larson.

The Cicada Cries And So Do I, Samuel Knepprath

Manuscripts

Prose by Samuel Knepprath. Finalist in the 2018 Manuscripts Prose Contest.

Cramps, Jessica Martorano

Manuscripts

Poetry by Jessica Martorano.

Exclusion, Caitlyn Zegiestowsky

Manuscripts

Photography by Caitlyn Zegiestowsky.

Pink Lady, Camille Arnett

Manuscripts

Prose by Camille Arnett. Winner in the 2018 Manuscripts Prose Contest.

Interview With Ali Eteraz, Elena Decook

Manuscripts

Ali Eteraz is the author of the debut novel Native Believer, a New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice selection. He is also the author of the critically acclaimed memoir Children of Dust, which was selected as a New Statesman Book of the Year, won the Nautilus Book Award Gold, and was long-listed for the Asian American Writers Workshop Award. Previously, he wrote the short story collection Falsipedies and Fibsiennes. Other short stories have appeared in The Adirondack Review, storySouth, Chicago Quarterly Review, and Forge Journal. Eteraz is an accomplished essayist and has been …

Flake, Kyle Clark

Manuscripts

Poetry by Kyle Clark.

Quick Question, Matt Del Busto

Manuscripts

Poetry by Matt Del Busto. Winner in the 2018 Manuscripts Poetry Contest.

A Treasure, Meghan Allen

Manuscripts

Prose by Meghan Allen. Runner up in the 2018 Manuscripts Prose Contest.

Windows, Melanie Garcia

Manuscripts

Photography by Melanie Garcia.

A Swamp Called Mama, Con Murray

Manuscripts

Poetry by Con Murray.

Mawwage Is What Bwings Us Togetha Today, Megan Ulrich

Manuscripts

Prose by Megan Ulrich.

Out Of Office Reply, Tyler Wagner

Manuscripts

Poetry by Tyler Wagner. Runner up in the 2018 Manuscripts Poetry Contest.

Interview With Monica Youn, Matt Del Busto

Manuscripts

Monica Youn is the author of three books of poetry: Blackacre (2016), which was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award; Ignatz (2010), which was a finalist for the National Book Award; and Barter (2003). Her poems have appeared in numerous journals and anthologies, including the New Yorker, the Paris Review, and the New York Times Magazine, and she has been awarded a Witter Bynner Fellowship from the Library of Congress and a Stegner Fellowship from Stanford University. A former attorney specializing in copyright and election law, she now teaches poetry at Princeton University. During …

Mindsight, Jessica Martorano

Manuscripts

Poetry by Jessica Martorano. Finalist in the 2018 Manuscripts Poetry Contest.

Infinity, Eric Baugh

Manuscripts

Prose by Eric Baugh. Finalist in the 2018 Manuscripts Prose Contest.

Mood Swings, Peter Larson

Manuscripts

Photography by Peter Larson.

Shadowed Shame, Carolyn Swartz

Manuscripts

Poetry by Carolyn Swartz.

White Lips, Carolyn Swartz

Manuscripts

Photography by Carolyn Swartz

How To Acquire A Stalker, Katherine Marquam

Manuscripts

Prose by Katherine Marquam.

Warm, Trembling, Etc., Fiona Schicho

Manuscripts

Poetry by Fiona Schicho.

Front Matter, Manuscripts Staff

Manuscripts

Includes table of contents and editor's note.

Proxy, Sandeep Kumar Mishra

Studio One

Sandeep Kumar Mishra is a writer, poet, artist and lecturer in English Literature. He is the art instructor at Kishlaya Outsider Art Academy. He has edited a collection of poems by various poets - Pearls (2002) and written a professional guidebook -How to be (2016) and a collection of poems and art-Feel My Heart (2016).

Subject To Change, Alexis Kurtzman

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Subject to Change is comprised of a series of self-devised, ritually practiced free-associative action-mark-making strategies. Each procedure explores various degrees of chance operations and seeks to question and explore the roles of intuition, intention, interpretation and human participation. A hybrid of fixed method with variables of the unknown explores and investigates performative mark-making methodologies, in-person and internet collaboration, control and working under pre-fixed intervals. Alongside chance, time-based procedures are concurrently determined to achieve work on paper whose marks are not initially foreseen. This practice of working addresses the disconnect between the maker engaged in active activity of doing versus the …

Ice Cream, Richard Frank Peterson

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Ice Cream is a series of 2D and 3D depictions of lawn ornaments, Charlie Brown, and novelty ice cream bars, which question how White America is indoctrinated through seemingly innocuous images and objects. The exhibition unveils the white supremacy fostered within the American way of life and articulates an environment where Americans act in racist ways when they believe they are acting morally. The research found within Ice Cream attempts to dismantle the foundation these justifications are built upon. This honesty, coupled with acknowledging that these historic traditions are rooted in racial constructs, will result in a double consciousness and …

The Flow Of Art: A Study On The Human Experience And Nature, Matthew R. Schott

Undergraduate Honors Theses

Through all of human history, artists and other creators have been able to access the extraordinary state of flow to achieve amazing feats. Whether it be for a divine purpose, or simply making someone’s day a little better, art has been used to lift the spirits and nourish humanity. In our attempt to cope with the world in which we live, we have found this great mental resource, that has allowed for achievements that not one person could not attain on their own. In my observation, I have seen this euphoric cycle of flow change the lives of so many …

Racial Peeves: The Exploitation Of Microaggressions, Olivia Gabrielle Ellis

Undergraduate Honors Theses

Racial Peeves: The Exploitation of Microaggressions documents my personal experience of dealing with microaggressions throughout my life, as well as the history of these racial issues. This thesis also documents the creation of my Senior BFA Exhibition of the same title inspired by 1970s Blaxploitation posters.

Experience Bobo Experience, Sara Smith

Capstone Projects and Master's Theses

Experience Bobo Experience -by Sara Marie Smith (Artist Statements and Images of work)

Spring 2018-CSUMB Undergraduate Capstone Project/ Visual Public Arts Department

My Senior Capstone is about using inspirational wisdom from acknowledged sources to address the quandaries of our human experiences. I have chosen a cognitive clown, named Bobo, to investigate Henry David Thoreau, Jack Kerouac, and Allen Watts. Bobo, my character, goes on a journey of learning. Bobo is a line drawing, rendered in marker, with a circular head, two dot eyes, three puffs of hair with a clown smile and clown clothing. Experience Bobo Experience speaks to …

Narratives Of Loss, Carla R. Stine

Graduate Theses/Dissertations

My research revolves around impermanence, loss, and the grief that accompanies loss. My thesis work consists of digital collages interlaced with short stories, an interactive digital media piece, traditionally-made collages, a picture book, art objects, and an assortment of other supporting work. My ultimate aim is to employ both traditional techniques and digital skills to create visual narratives that supply glimpses into my personal history of loss and that speak to life’s brevity.