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So There I Was, Jesse Marie Baggett Jan 2026

So There I Was, Jesse Marie Baggett

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

This written thesis provides a description and analysis of my thesis exhibition, So There I Was, which presents a body of ceramic sculptures and paintings that explore themes of adventure, travel, and shared experiences. The work reimagines personal experiences through a cast of animal characters, with a rabbit acting as a stand-in for myself. These narratives are inspired by events from my own life and are transformed into imaginative scenes that emphasize playfulness, wonder, and storytelling.

The sculptures combine toy-like animal figures, pull carts, and miniature architectural structures to create playful environments that resemble playsets or staged scenes where …


For The Birds, Charlotte L. Middleton Apr 2025

For The Birds, Charlotte L. Middleton

School of Art, Art History, and Design: Theses and Student Creative Work

For the Birds is a homogenous material exhibition of porcelain pottery that explores the relationships between, expectations of, and roles placed upon women and pottery. Using traditional craft processes, still life imagery, and the language and limits of porcelain, I create arrangements that expose the viewers assumptions of both subjects. Pottery- pitchers, cups, and vases—is a product of anthropocentrism and anthropomorphism and can be entirely taken for granted- their role is assumed and unquestionable—to serve. The language and expectations of these objects are the medium I build with.

The title of the show, For the Birds, is both a …


The Alchemical Vessel, River Soma Jan 2019

The Alchemical Vessel, River Soma

MFA Statements

My work comes from a place of deep feeling on a bodily level. Amidst the decorative play, there is a sense of the primitive and primordial, and also a certain humanity and clumsiness through struggle. Through the hermetic tradition I relate the alchemical vessel and its symbolic process of interior development to my artistic practice. Focusing in mixed media sculpture, I discovered a concentrated accumulation of symbolism specific to my practice, but also the full recognition of my practice as a ritualized psychological undertaking.


2018 Forces, Scott Yarbrough Mar 2018

2018 Forces, Scott Yarbrough

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2017 Forces, R. Scott Yarbrough May 2017

2017 Forces, R. Scott Yarbrough

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2016 Forces, Scott Yarbrough May 2016

2016 Forces, Scott Yarbrough

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2015 Forces, Scott Yarbrough May 2015

2015 Forces, Scott Yarbrough

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2014 Forces, Scott Yarbrough May 2014

2014 Forces, Scott Yarbrough

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2013 Forces, Scott Yarbrough May 2013

2013 Forces, Scott Yarbrough

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2012 Forces, Scott Yarbrough May 2012

2012 Forces, Scott Yarbrough

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2011 Forces, Scott Yarbrough May 2011

2011 Forces, Scott Yarbrough

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2010 Forces, Scott Yarbrough May 2010

2010 Forces, Scott Yarbrough

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2009 Forces, Scott Yarbrough May 2009

2009 Forces, Scott Yarbrough

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2008 Forces, Scott Yarbrough May 2008

2008 Forces, Scott Yarbrough

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2007 Forces, R. Scott Yarbrough May 2007

2007 Forces, R. Scott Yarbrough

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2006 Forces, Scott Yarbrough May 2006

2006 Forces, Scott Yarbrough

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2005 Forces, Scott Yarbrough May 2005

2005 Forces, Scott Yarbrough

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2004 Forces, Scott Yarbrough May 2004

2004 Forces, Scott Yarbrough

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2003 Forces, Scott Yarbrough May 2003

2003 Forces, Scott Yarbrough

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2002 Forces, Scott Yarbrough May 2002

2002 Forces, Scott Yarbrough

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2001 Forces, Scott Yarbrough May 2001

2001 Forces, Scott Yarbrough

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2000 Forces, Scott Yarbrough May 2000

2000 Forces, Scott Yarbrough

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1998 Forces, Peggy Brown May 1998

1998 Forces, Peggy Brown

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1997 Forces, Peggy Brown May 1997

1997 Forces, Peggy Brown

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1996 Forces, Peggy Brown May 1996

1996 Forces, Peggy Brown

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1995 Forces, Larraine Stroman May 1995

1995 Forces, Larraine Stroman

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1994 Forces, Peggy Brown Dec 1994

1994 Forces, Peggy Brown

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1993 Forces, Peggy Brown May 1993

1993 Forces, Peggy Brown

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1992 Forces, Peggy Brown May 1992

1992 Forces, Peggy Brown

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1991 Forces, Peggy Brown May 1991

1991 Forces, Peggy Brown

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