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Full-Text Articles in Fine Arts
Addressing Low Self-Esteem In Adolescent Girls Through Art Education, Anne M. Gregerson, Donna Kay Beattie
Addressing Low Self-Esteem In Adolescent Girls Through Art Education, Anne M. Gregerson, Donna Kay Beattie
Journal of Undergraduate Research
I found a setting for my project that worked well with my goals. It was the Salt Lake City YWCA’s Girls To Women program, a gang intervention program for girls aged six to thirteen. I set up a schedule with program director, Kathryn Jones to present four two-hour sessions of art instruction to a group of seventeen girls aged ten to thirteen years of age. These sessions took place at the YWCA building in Salt Lake City during June and July, 1996.
Design Of The Soccer Promotional Kit, Matthew Dennis Doyle, Adrian Pulfer
Design Of The Soccer Promotional Kit, Matthew Dennis Doyle, Adrian Pulfer
Journal of Undergraduate Research
The project I completed combined my future occupation with my favorite pastime- soccer. Simply put, graphic design is problem-solving and a problem that needs solving is a lack of game loyalty or fan support which is necessary for the growth of soccer in the United States. Many youth participate in the game but I found, in a phone conversation with a Utah leader of the American Youth Soccer Organization (AYSO), that most kids drop out between the ages of 12 to 14 (sixth to eighth grade), and if kids aren’t playing by the fifth grade they will probably never play …
Eustache Le Sueur: Adoration Of The Shepherds, Caroline Larson, Dr. Martha Peacock
Eustache Le Sueur: Adoration Of The Shepherds, Caroline Larson, Dr. Martha Peacock
Journal of Undergraduate Research
The painting, Adoration of the Shepherds, in Brigham Young University’s Museum of Art collection came to the museum as an anonymous painting in 2004. Little was known regarding the provenance of this work except that it had most recently been in the collection of Gloria Teichert. Preliminary discussions during the acquisition process suggested that it was most likely a seventeenth-century French painting in the style of such classicists as Eustache Le Sueur. This prominent artist of the French baroque era was one of the founders of the French Academy. Even with this preliminary attribution, however, much work was still needed …
“Reintroduction”, Levi Jackson, Brian Christensen
“Reintroduction”, Levi Jackson, Brian Christensen
Journal of Undergraduate Research
I decided to do the installation in May because that gave me the right weather for the installation as well as enough time to prepare for the exhibition of the sculpture at BYU. I had made most of the boxes for the salt and had the salt ready for transportation to the site. I rented a truck from BYU to transport all two thousand pounds of salt to Southern Utah. I drove a couple hundred miles to the desert I wanted to do the installation at. It was raining very hard; hard enough that flash floods in that are were …
D-E-A-F Images Of A Visual Culture, Whitney Hardie, John Telford
D-E-A-F Images Of A Visual Culture, Whitney Hardie, John Telford
Journal of Undergraduate Research
My goal this year was to go above and beyond my education and truly put the skills I’ve learned at BYU to use. I actually graduated in April but moved the date to August so that I could finish this project. I took three years of sign-language classes in addition to completing my BFA in photography while attending Brigham Young University. The goal of this project was to use both talents to further people’s education of deaf culture.
Images Of The Modern Day Family, Leslie Duke, Richard Hull
Images Of The Modern Day Family, Leslie Duke, Richard Hull
Journal of Undergraduate Research
This project was an exciting exploration into the realms of both art and society. Originally, as was stated in my grant proposal, the goal of this project was to create a series of narrative illustrations depicting the dynamics of the modern day family, particularly focusing on the urban families of New York City. These illustrations were to be completed using visual research, such as sketches, on-site paintings and photographs, taken in New York City.
Darfur And The Media: Framing And Its Effects, Tamara Sanford, Dr. Robert Wakefield
Darfur And The Media: Framing And Its Effects, Tamara Sanford, Dr. Robert Wakefield
Journal of Undergraduate Research
As the conflict in Darfur persists, conditions continue to deteriorate for those living in the area. Hundreds of thousands of people have been killed, even by the most conservative estimates. The United Nations puts the death toll at roughly 300,000 (Lederer, 2008). Up to 2.5 million Darfuris have fled their homes and continue to live in camps throughout Darfur, or in refugee camps in neighboring Chad and the Central African Republic.
Dynamic Symmetry And The Visual Arts, Peter H. Everett, Bruce H. Smith
Dynamic Symmetry And The Visual Arts, Peter H. Everett, Bruce H. Smith
Journal of Undergraduate Research
Dynamic Symmetry is the name given by some to the underlying principles of design found in the human body and in the growth patterns of many plants and shells. From the research of Professor A.H, Church of Oxford, Rev. H. Moseley, D’arcy W. Thompson, and others it becomes apparent that these principles of design are derived from a summation series of numbers, specifically 1,2,3,5,8,13,21,34,55,89, etc. (also called the Fibonacci or Braun ratio-series).
Turning To The East: A Study Of Traditional Japanese Ceramic Art, Katie Louise Ellis
Turning To The East: A Study Of Traditional Japanese Ceramic Art, Katie Louise Ellis
Journal of Undergraduate Research
My orca grant project was focused mainly on two areas: first, learning traditional Japanese pottery making techniques through primary experience on a trip to Japan studying with Kosei Tamaya, and second, observing the work of Japanese master potters at a number of national museums and galleries. As I did more research and preparation for my trip to Japan I realized that in addition to learning about traditional techniques, I had an even greater desire to experience the country that has inspired so many incredible ceramics artists and understand what cultural and region specific influences have impacted their work.
Sou Da Bahia, Megan Trueblood, Robert Barrett
Sou Da Bahia, Megan Trueblood, Robert Barrett
Journal of Undergraduate Research
Bahia is one of the most well-known and admired areas of Brazil. It’s people, culture, and heritage, have a unique and fascinating history. The title of the project, Sou da Bahia (translated, I’m from Bahia), carries a profound meaning. It is a statement that communicates immense cultural pride. It’s a badge of honor and homage to the strong creative spirit that thrives there.
The Speakers (Voice Box), Chris Purdie, Brian Christensen
The Speakers (Voice Box), Chris Purdie, Brian Christensen
Journal of Undergraduate Research
The Speakers (Voice Box) is a six-foot cube made of two hundred-twelve black speakers. The point of departure for this sculpture is found in an art historical dialog between Minimalist art and the criticism of Michael Fried. In this piece I examined the phenomenology of perception as it applied to Minimalist artist Tony Smith’s sculptures—specifically Die, a six foot steel cube. The dimensions of Smith’s Die and mine correspond to those of the human body as depicted in Leonardo da Vinci’s drawing, Vitruvian Man. Both Smith and myself are interested in the ways physical objects, as well as our spatial …
Physics In Art A Video Exploration Of Elements Of The String Theory, Paige Crosland, Joseph Ostraff
Physics In Art A Video Exploration Of Elements Of The String Theory, Paige Crosland, Joseph Ostraff
Journal of Undergraduate Research
The string theory, also known as the “great unifying theory,” finds middle ground between the long at-odds theories of quantum physics and general relativity. The “strings” in this theory are tiny pieces of matter, smaller than protons and neutrons, which make up the world, as we know it. These strings are said to be undulating at incredible rates and forming loops and waves. According to the theory, these loops and waves form other dimensions of space and time. My project took some of the aspects of physics presented in the great unifying theory and found visual examples of them in …
Juvenile Book Cover Illustration, Lisa Marie Brown, Robert Barrett
Juvenile Book Cover Illustration, Lisa Marie Brown, Robert Barrett
Journal of Undergraduate Research
The book market has long been the fine art gallery of illustrators. Portraits, landscapes, and characters set in beautiful historical and modern scenes are only a few of the genres that illustrators have explored through the medium of the book cover. Book illustration has a long visual history that has inspired readers for many generations. The flourishing tradition of children’s book illustration began with such artists as Howard Pyle and N.C.Wyeth whose timeless covers for classics, painted in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s, are still printed today. This rich heritage gives illustrators a firm foundation from which to build …
An Illustrated Book On The Life Of Parley P. Pratt, Emily Becraft, Robert Barrett
An Illustrated Book On The Life Of Parley P. Pratt, Emily Becraft, Robert Barrett
Journal of Undergraduate Research
The idea for this project came about as I, a descendant of Parley P. Pratt, realized I knew very little about him, his life, his family, and only a very small portion of what he contributed to the founding and history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. As I gained an interest in him and his life and looked for available information on him, I realized it is at a high reading level and not easily accessible to descendants or the general church populace. As the ideas for a book to provide information about Parley P. Pratt’s …
Lithographic Collotypes, - -
Journal of Undergraduate Research
A few years ago I enjoyed a book in Special Collections and was impressed with the unique quality of it’s pictures. I found out that they were collotypes, something of which I had never heard. A year or two later a professor asked me if I was familiar with this process. I learned that collotype is a photomechanical printmaking technique that was used in the past for reproducing photographs. With the advent of automated printing machinery the manual process of collotype became too impractical for commercial purposes. However, the machines used in high-speed printing are unable to match the inherent …
On A Bridge Under A Linden Tree, Valerie Atkisson, Bruce Hixton Smith
On A Bridge Under A Linden Tree, Valerie Atkisson, Bruce Hixton Smith
Journal of Undergraduate Research
For my final BFA show, I proposed to display eight drawings, eight paintings, and eight ceramic sculptures unified by process and metaphor. Ultimately, I wanted the works to relate to each other in color, texture, form, line, and process. I used a combination of two metaphors, a bridge and a linden tree, to serve as the basis for the conceptual and formal elements common to all the works.
Orca Scholarship Report And Summary, Amy Morris Mcglashan, Robert Marshall
Orca Scholarship Report And Summary, Amy Morris Mcglashan, Robert Marshall
Journal of Undergraduate Research
I have been looking forward to the time to report on the results of my research project. I had proposed to study the writings of Robert Burns, travel to Scotland to experience the places he lived in and wrote about, and paint those places described in his ballads and poetry. The entire process was incredibly enjoyable, not to mention educational and inspiring.
Marc Chagall’S Hadassah-Hebrew University Stained-Glass Windows: A Homecoming For The Durene Jews, Taliatha Palmer, Dr. Mark Magleby
Marc Chagall’S Hadassah-Hebrew University Stained-Glass Windows: A Homecoming For The Durene Jews, Taliatha Palmer, Dr. Mark Magleby
Journal of Undergraduate Research
Marc Chagall was an artist keenly aware of his own historicity. He was familiar with contemporary artistic philosophies and movements as well of those of the past. Raised as an Orthodox Jew, Chagall had a firm understanding and passion for the history of Judaism and was fully cognizant of the role that he as an influential Jewish artist played in the story of his people. With this understanding of history, Chagall, upon accepting the commission in 1959 to do a series of stained glass windows for the Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem, conceptualized the work as a tribute to the …
Altar [Ed] Beauty—Lives Of Indian Iconography, Abraham Kimball, Robert Marshall
Altar [Ed] Beauty—Lives Of Indian Iconography, Abraham Kimball, Robert Marshall
Journal of Undergraduate Research
During the time of colonization in India there was a lull in the production of Indian style artwork. During this time when illustrations were made they were European. When local artist were actually hired they were required to work in the prevailing European styles rather than indigenous Indian Styles (The Tamarind Papers, 11). Nevertheless, since the time of Independence Indian artists have slowly made there way back to their roots. But, with today’s onslaught of globalization I have wondered how art currently contributes to India’s social solidarity. Anciently, India’s Rajas (rulers-religious leaders) commissioned art; it functioned as a form of …
Summary Of Creative Research Grant Results And Artistic Statement, Ashley Knudsen, W. Wayne Kimball Jr.
Summary Of Creative Research Grant Results And Artistic Statement, Ashley Knudsen, W. Wayne Kimball Jr.
Journal of Undergraduate Research
What started as an obsession with Asian paper lanterns has become a passion with light. This research grant entailed a series of prints constructed into paper lanterns with images centered on scriptural based concepts of light.
High/Low Brow, Susan Kruegar, Sunnie Bybee, Joseph Ostraff
High/Low Brow, Susan Kruegar, Sunnie Bybee, Joseph Ostraff
Journal of Undergraduate Research
“The tool of the spirit of yesterday was the ‘academy.’ It shut off the artist from the world of industry and handicraft, and thus brought about his complete isolation from the community. In vital epochs, on the other hand, the artist enriched all the arts and crafts of a community because he had a part in its adeptness and understanding as any other worker…” These sentiments were written in the beginning of the 20th century by Walter Gropius in The Theory and Organization of the Bauhaus. The Bauhaus was a German art school that revolutionized the ideas of art verses …
Utah Quilts: Expressions Of Tradition And Innovation, Claire Dixon, Dr. Marian Wardle
Utah Quilts: Expressions Of Tradition And Innovation, Claire Dixon, Dr. Marian Wardle
Journal of Undergraduate Research
With this grant, I set out to design a quilt exhibition that would satisfy two distinct interpretations of quilts that have emerged in the last few decades. One camp, which Susan Bernick further separates into “art” quilt culture and “feminist” quilt culture, aims to elevate quilts from their folk art status because of their extraordinary design quality and because of their similarity to modern and post-modern art movements. The other camp—the less self-conscious one—consists of the average quilt makers who have at times been venerated and at times been ignored, but who have continued nonetheless in the tradition handed down …
Consumer Culture: An Installation, Alicia A. Delgado, Joseph Ostraff
Consumer Culture: An Installation, Alicia A. Delgado, Joseph Ostraff
Journal of Undergraduate Research
Food and eating carry many associations. For the video installation, I wanted to portray a culture partaking of another culture’s foods. I wanted the food of one=s culture to be symbolic of the literal consuming of it. I think it is interesting how often we say, “Oh, I love Mexican food.” But how in touch are you with the culture?
Report Of Creative Research Grant Results, Jared Clark, Robert Marshall
Report Of Creative Research Grant Results, Jared Clark, Robert Marshall
Journal of Undergraduate Research
The tangible result of this grant-funded research exists in two stages. The first, as proposed, is a series of paintings that will be shown on the walls of Gallery East of the College of Eastern Utah beginning in two days (September 1st) and ending a month later. The second stage consists of continuing my work on this theme during the fall semester and showing the complete body of work in a solo show at the Atrium Gallery of Salt Lake City during the month of February of next year. There are nine oil paintings ready for the Gallery East show …
Crushed, Brett Bolander, Adrian Pulfer
Crushed, Brett Bolander, Adrian Pulfer
Journal of Undergraduate Research
My first attempt at filmmaking turned out to be quite a positive experience. I was interested in the possibilities of crossing the disciplines of graphic design and film, and I am glad to find that they can mesh together quite well.
The Photosilkscreen Project: Finding Unity In Diversity, Namon D. Bills, Joe Ostraff
The Photosilkscreen Project: Finding Unity In Diversity, Namon D. Bills, Joe Ostraff
Journal of Undergraduate Research
The original stated purpose of this project was to produce a series of paintings using photosilkscreen processes to create working compositions by combining disparate concrete images and abstract markmaking in order to find harmony through diversity both in the combination of concrete images and in the way those images respond to abstract mark-making. I feel that this project was successful in its technical as well as aesthetic aspects.
“Highbrow” And “Lowbrow” Art And Its Effect On The Awareness Of Society, Katherine Campbell, Joseph Ostraff
“Highbrow” And “Lowbrow” Art And Its Effect On The Awareness Of Society, Katherine Campbell, Joseph Ostraff
Journal of Undergraduate Research
The purpose of the research was to determine whether or not the exposure of “highbrow” art placed in “lowbrow” venues would result in an increase of awareness to all exposed. The society was to be exposed to art in a reputable venue, a “highbrow” art gallery in Scottsdale AZ. The society then was to be exposed to the art in “lowbrow” venues in the form of kitsch, for example, the art was to be printed on t-shirts, magnets, and baby quilts, these were then to be distributed throughout the community. I had desired to know whether or not those who …
Catalog Of An Artist’S Work: A Compilation Of The Works Of Torlief S. Knaphus, Martha M. Beddoes, Dr. Martha Peacock
Catalog Of An Artist’S Work: A Compilation Of The Works Of Torlief S. Knaphus, Martha M. Beddoes, Dr. Martha Peacock
Journal of Undergraduate Research
Torlief S. Knaphus was born in Vats, Stavanger, Norway in 1882. Throughout his childhood and teenage years, Torlief showed artistic promise in his whittling and painting. He had a deep love for the beauty and divinity in nature and wished to capture this beauty in painting. Through his teenage years, Torlief became a sailor and studied art in Oslo.
Perceptions Of Western Religious Music Among Non-Western Latter-Day Saints, Matthew Astle, Richard Long
Perceptions Of Western Religious Music Among Non-Western Latter-Day Saints, Matthew Astle, Richard Long
Journal of Undergraduate Research
As the LDS Church continues to grow and expand in developing nations throughout the world, it is presented with the unique challenge of overcoming cultural differences to create a truly global brotherhood. One of the most culturally sensitive areas that the Church must deal with is that of music. The Church=s policy in the General Handbook of Instructions is that hymns “are the basic music for Latter-day Saint meetings and are standard for all congregational singing” (p. 289). This standard applies worldwide, from Kansas to Kenya to Cambodia. The hymns used by the LDS Church are based on the Western …
The Mismatch Negativity In The Categorization Of Speech Sounds, Emily Chapman, Dr. David Mcpherson
The Mismatch Negativity In The Categorization Of Speech Sounds, Emily Chapman, Dr. David Mcpherson
Journal of Undergraduate Research
Discussion of Results Our objective in this research was to study the categorization of speech sounds (phonemes) in normal subjects and subjects with disorders of auditory discrimination. The hypothesis we set forward was that there would be an evident difference in the MMN elicited from the normal subjects and the subjects with disorders in auditory discrimination.