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Pendleton, Darlene (Fa 1127), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2018

Pendleton, Darlene (Fa 1127), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1127. Student paper titled “The Art of Lace Making” in which Darlene Pendleton details the challenges and intricacies of braiding, lace making, knotting, and tatting. Pendleton, a student in the Textiles, Clothing, and Merchandising program at WKU, collected her data from two home economics teachers and one university instructor. The paper contains biographies of each informant, illustrations of patterns and designs, and samples of handiwork.


Alternative Futures: The Creative Reconsideration Of Fashion Objects, Kathryn Roberts Feb 2018

Alternative Futures: The Creative Reconsideration Of Fashion Objects, Kathryn Roberts

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

This project is the beginning of what I intend to be a larger, evolving work that seeks to marry the theoretical with the practical when considering fashion objects that have “served their purpose”. The object at the project’s focal point: a worn out pair of blue jeans. My particular focus on jeans is based on the fact that they, alongside the t-shirt, are one of the most ubiquitous and commonly owned pieces of clothing for people all over the world. This wardrobe staple transcends age, race, and class, as it occupies an iconic status that has made them invulnerable to …


Bringing Students Into The Picture: Teaching With Tableaux Vivants, Ellery E. Foutch Jan 2018

Bringing Students Into The Picture: Teaching With Tableaux Vivants, Ellery E. Foutch

Art History Pedagogy & Practice

This article explores a recent experiment in implementing tableaux vivants as a college-level art history assignment, in which students researched works of art and also assumed the pose, posture, and attributes of the work; students were also invited to reconceptualize and think transformatively about these historical works. Drawing upon the principles of Universal Design for Learning, the assignment offers an impetus for close looking, research, critical thinking, interpretation and creativity, and an engagement in metacognitive and embodied experiences, as will be demonstrated by the resulting assignments and students’ written self-reflections. While the assignment was originally designed for a course focused …


True, Valerie (Fa 1122), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2018

True, Valerie (Fa 1122), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1122. Student paper titled “Making of Lye Soap” in which Valerie True details the processes behind soap production. True’s informants include her grandmother, Delora True, and her boyfriend’s mother, Frances Chaney. Additional information regarding the uses of lye soap, necessary ingredients, and tools of the trade are also included. Black and white photographs of the process are provided as well.


Xu Zhen & Madein Company: The Phenomenon Of Artist-Company, Qianfan Gu Jan 2018

Xu Zhen & Madein Company: The Phenomenon Of Artist-Company, Qianfan Gu

Theses and Dissertations

The thesis is about the phenomenon of "artist-company" -- commercial methodologies employed by contemporary artists are determining their artworks. Taking XuZhen as a case study, it attempts to understand the phenomenon through aspects including art autonomy and institutional theories. It argues that "artist-company" is a continuation of institutional critique.


The Tragic Notion Of Painting, Yang Yu Jan 2018

The Tragic Notion Of Painting, Yang Yu

Theses and Dissertations

The tragic notion in my painting is to remind the viewers of the preciousness of their lives. My paintings convey the same feeling as Rothko achieved with his dark paintings. I express my personal experience on the canvas by employing colors and cinematic Atmosphere.


Bibliophile, Alivia M. Vaillancourt Jan 2018

Bibliophile, Alivia M. Vaillancourt

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Encumbrance, Anna Louise Wilson Jan 2018

Encumbrance, Anna Louise Wilson

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Catastrophe Bonds: An Interview With Oliver Ressler, Brandon Bauer, Oliver P. Ressler Jan 2018

Catastrophe Bonds: An Interview With Oliver Ressler, Brandon Bauer, Oliver P. Ressler

Faculty Creative and Scholarly Works

An Interview with Brandon Bauer and Oliver Ressler on the occasion of his exhibition at St. Norbert College and the University of Wisconsin - Green Bay: "Catastrophe Bonds", the first survey of Oliver Ressler‘s work in the United States. The exhibition focuses on forms of grassroots democracy as well as economic and political alternatives to the existing state of global affairs. This interview was published in the book that accompanied the exhibition.


Can’T, Alyson Laplante Jan 2018

Can’T, Alyson Laplante

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Let’S Count To Three, Andrew Rohrer, Cole Donaldson Jan 2018

Let’S Count To Three, Andrew Rohrer, Cole Donaldson

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Birds In Flight, Kristofer D. Coleman Jan 2018

Birds In Flight, Kristofer D. Coleman

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Equilibrium: Possession Of Feathers, Anna Louise Wilson Jan 2018

Equilibrium: Possession Of Feathers, Anna Louise Wilson

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Childlike Wonderment, Anna Louise Wilson Jan 2018

Childlike Wonderment, Anna Louise Wilson

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Before The Moon Rose, Brianna Nichols Jan 2018

Before The Moon Rose, Brianna Nichols

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The Mermaid Song, Matthew Fash Jan 2018

The Mermaid Song, Matthew Fash

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Fairy Rings, Brooke Bergstedt Jan 2018

Fairy Rings, Brooke Bergstedt

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Of Cats And Trolls, Mustafa E. Mustafa Jan 2018

Of Cats And Trolls, Mustafa E. Mustafa

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American Assurance, Mustafa E. Mustafa Jan 2018

American Assurance, Mustafa E. Mustafa

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The Sidewalk, Rajesh Naidu Jan 2018

The Sidewalk, Rajesh Naidu

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Love For Halloween: Future Generations, Lanie Amelia Rose Evans Jan 2018

Love For Halloween: Future Generations, Lanie Amelia Rose Evans

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Suburbia, Cole Donaldson Jan 2018

Suburbia, Cole Donaldson

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Can’T Sleep/Can’T Write, Michael Noble Jan 2018

Can’T Sleep/Can’T Write, Michael Noble

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Ode To My Bed, Alivia M. Vaillancourt Jan 2018

Ode To My Bed, Alivia M. Vaillancourt

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Mujer Verde, Michael Noble Jan 2018

Mujer Verde, Michael Noble

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Nothing More, Matthew Fash Jan 2018

Nothing More, Matthew Fash

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Repeats, Brianna Nichols Jan 2018

Repeats, Brianna Nichols

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Lines Written After Reading 'Lines Written In Early Spring', Michael Noble Jan 2018

Lines Written After Reading 'Lines Written In Early Spring', Michael Noble

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Enter Fall, David M. Tracy Jan 2018

Enter Fall, David M. Tracy

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Depression And Light, Katelyn Haase Jan 2018

Depression And Light, Katelyn Haase

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