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Patrick Wilson, Christine Lena

International Faculty Researchers

New urban developments in the growing city of Chongqing, China have captured the imagination of Artist Patrick D. Wilson, a Western Michigan University assistant professor of sculpture and integrated media, whose art work is often influenced by architectural imagery.

Noise., Laura Katherine Polaski

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

My research is in the realm of the psychological, the emotional and way these drives manifest physically. The works in Noise. aims to give a physical representation to the non-physical. Research on Affect Theory and the teachings of Silvan Tomkins were paramount to understanding emotional drives and the ways in which they manifest.

The purpose of this research is to understand how emotions are generated and communicated and to ask if specific emotions can be generated upon viewing inanimate objects. I create abstract figurative sculpture, which imitate emotion that has no specific physicality. These works exist with one foot in …

Ua1b3/5 Cherry Statue Committee, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Records created by the Cherry Statue Committee in the course of raising funds for and directing the creation of the Henry Cherry Statue by sculptor Lorado Taft. Records created include meeting minutes, correspondence, reports, financial records and dedication programs.

Expanding Eco-Visualization: Sculpting Corn Production, Jennifer E. Figg

Theses and Dissertations

This dissertation expands upon the definition of eco-visualization artwork. EV was originally defined in 2006 by Tiffany Holmes as a way to display the real time consumption statistics of key environmental resources for the goal of promoting ecological literacy. I assert that the final forms of EV artworks are not necessarily dependent on technology, and can differ in terms of media used, in that they can be sculptural, video-based, or static two-dimensional forms that communicate interpreted environmental information. There are two main categories of EV: one that is predominantly screen-based and another that employs a variety of modes of representation …

Understanding Arts-Based Methods In Managerial Development, Steven S. Taylor, Donna Ladkin

Faculty Articles

With the rising use of arts-based methods in organizational development and change, scholars have started to inquire into how and why these methods work. We identify four processes that are particular to the way in which arts-based methods contribute to the development of individual organization managers and leaders: through the transference of artistic skills, through projective techniques, through the evocation of "essence," and through creating artifacts such as masks, collages, or sculpture, a process we call "making." We illustrate these processes in detail with two case examples and then discuss the implications for designing the use of arts-based methods for …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 83, No. 22, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

Ua32/4/1 Women & Kids Learning Together Summer Camp, Wku Gender & Women's Studies

WKU Administration Documents

Booklet reviewing events at Women & Kids Learning Together Summer Camp.

Trends. The Idolatry Of Ignorance And Iconoclasm: Notes On The Taliban, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The New York Times has reported that at least some Taliban authorities have directed that all statues in Afghanistan--including those commonly viewed as priceless exemplars of cultural (largely Buddhist) heritage and as treasures--be destroyed. The Taliban's rationale--that these statues have been used as idols and deities by non-Islamic believers and may be turned into idols in the future--is largely discussed in the context of leading to a global cultural catastrophe, as an unacceptable decision, as gratuitous vandalism, as exemplifying a rigid ignorance deserving unique contempt and disgust.

Ua11/1 Outdoor Sculpture Campus Tour, Wku University Relations

WKU Administration Documents

Brochure highlighting numerous sculptures located on the Western Kentucky University campus.

Images Of Mary: Effects Of Style And Content On Reactions To Marian Art, Donald J. Polzella, Johann G. Roten S.M., Christopher W. Parker

Psychology Faculty Publications

105 college students rated digitized facsimiles of works of art depicting the Virgin Mary, which varied in style (Pre-Renaissance versus Renaissance and Post-Renaissance) and content (depictions of events versus devotional images). Viewer reactions were affected strongly by style, content, and their interaction. For example, the newer style was perceived to have greater power and clarity than the older style, and this effect was greater for event depictions than for devotional images. Other findings included differences in reactions between men and women.

Ua12/2/2 Xposure - Rites Of Passage, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

1995 Xposure yearbook.

• Contributors
• Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1996
• Frazier, Andy. My Cup Is the Cup of Life – Coffee
• Hinkebein, Dana. Behind the Curtains – Theatre & Dance
• Thomas, Kim. Rites of Passage – Mark Nethery, Jessica Nethery
• Cunnoe, James. College: Land of the Free & Home of Instant Pasta
• Thomas, Kim. The Search for Truth – Religion, Paul Miller, Native Americans, Clay Coleman, Candi Cabaniss, Atheism
• Meese, Ray. Confirmed in the Faith – Pam Page, Catholicism
• Broadbent, Stephanie. The Stigma Unearned: Virginity in College
• Davis, Amanda. Nontraditional Values – Nontraditional Students
• Spears, Brian. Turn On, Tune …

Karen P. Sinclair's Review Of Sidney Mead's Te Maori: Maori Art From New Zealand Collections, Karen P. Sinclair

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

Ua11/2 Art Exhibit, Wku Public Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

Press release regarding Shoe Fantasies exhibit by Charles Forrester.

Ua11/2 Southern Sculpture: 68, Wku Public Relations

WKU Administration Documents

Press release announcing Southern Sculpture: 68 art exhibition.

Ua11/2 Art Faculty Exhibition, Wku Public Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

Press release announcing art exhibition by Lysbeth Wallace and Charles Forrester.