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Marshall University Music Department Presents A Faculty Recital, Flute 2 B, Music Of Blavet And J.S. Bach, Wendell B. Dobbs Dr., Kay Wildman, Elizabeth Reed Smith

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Marshall University Music Department Presents A Faculty Recital, Júlio Ribeiro Alves, Classical Guitar, Wendell Dobbs, Ancient And Modern Flutes, Júlio Ribeiro Alves, Wendell B. Dobbs

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Windows To Heaven, James Spera, Joseph Bertha

Exhibition Catalogs

Catalog for the exhibition Windows to Heaven held at the Seton Hall University Walsh Gallery, September 14 - October 16, 2009. Curated by Sasha Makuka and Allison Stevens. Includes an essay by Sasha Makuka and Allison Stevens. Includes color illustrations.

Fan Letter, Fall/Winter 2009-2010, Illinois State University, College Of Fine Arts

FAN Letter

Newsletter of the College of Fine Arts

Art As A Venue For Political Commentary: The Modern Mexican Printmaker And Social Consciousness, Gabriela Pickett

Master of Humanities Capstone Projects

This master’s project addresses the relationship between the Mexican roots of the author and her personal artistic expression. Growing up in México, the author was greatly influenced by the artistic talent of her father, as well as the work of many iconic Mexican artists. From a very early age she recognized how the political climate surrounding the Mexican Revolution and the visual arts complimented each other. The murals of Diego Rivera (1886-1959) are evidence of the fusion of art and a visual depiction of the history of México. This exposure helped her appreciate the process of defining cultural identity through …

¡Escriba! ¡Write! Volume 7, June 2009, Hostos Community College Library

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Layers, Jan Bennett Troutt

Student Theses and Dissertations

The creation of art has many different inspirations and origins. It can be based on forward thinking and portray thoughts and ideas that have not yet occurred, or can be retrospective and revisit occurrences in the past. No matter which avenue the idea originates from, once the creative process begins, it must be pursued until the artist feels a sense of completion. This thesis exhibition was created to explore my own thoughts and feelings when faced with life changing events, but yet it suggests how mankind in general might perceive and react in similar circumstances. When exploring these topics, I …

Heritage Braided, Akiko B. Jackson

Theses and Dissertations

The awareness of marginality, oppression, and hierarchy at an early age directly influences the creation of work specific to my identity as a woman of color. Born and raised on an island in the Pacific Ocean, I was aware of my sense of location and space relative to the world. The vast ocean separating me from the ‘mainland’ created a specific understanding of marginality, of what is “main” and what is “minor,” and how these categorical placements continued from my youth to ongoing perpetuation. The work I create has a subtle and persistent investigation into my identity as a socio-economic …

Fountains, Toshiyuki Tanaka

Theses and Dissertations

Most of my works are figurative and depend on my memory when I was modeling. I’d like to attempt to clarify the memories through process of modeling. When I model a human, it might not be a perfect imitation of body because it’s a representation of memories, and it’s affected by memories. It is not important to imitate the human form, but I’m interested in gathering memories and giving a form to them. I’m interested in life force and transience of life, so I was looking for a material which can represent these qualities. When I am engaged glass, I …

Structure And Repetition, Jon Sutter

Theses and Dissertations

This work is the result of an exploration into the relationship of form and pattern. Its inspiration began as an experiment where certain two dimensional graphical patterns were interpreted as three dimensional elements in a lattice-like assembly. The resulting compositions are built entirely of MDF, and each piece is made from multiple copies of one or two identically shaped parts that are joined with shallow grooves. Some of the pieces resemble Asian architectural lattices as well as the scientific models of molecules in crystals. Often, the flat components seem to undulate in space or twist into impossible shapes. Although the …

Thou Art That., Paula Sarut

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The artist discusses her Master of Fine Arts thesis exhibition, Thou Art That, held in Slocumb Galleries, East Tennessee State University, from November 3-7, 2008. The exhibit consists of self-portraits in oil on stretched canvas painted between May and October 2008.

Ideas explored include the creative power of limitation, metaphor, divinity, relationship, human development, life experience, and the bond between mother and child. Influences discussed include the written works and ideas of Joseph Campbell and Joseph Chilton Pearce, as well as the ideas of artist Judy Chicago, art critic Suzi Gablik, and the artwork of Gerhard Richter.

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Schema., David B. Mazure

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This thesis supports the Master of Fine Arts exhibition at the Slocumb Galleries in Ball Hall at East Tennessee State University, from February 23^rd through February 27^th 2009. The exhibition is comprised of eight graphite drawings, one ink drawing, eight vinyl prints, two hundred sixty lenticular prints, over fifty digital inkjet prints, and one video installation. The exhibition presents the artist's exploration into using drawings and prints as installation as they relate to quantum physics and universal scale. Subjects discussed, on a project-by-project basis, include thought, ideas, methods, influences, and process by which the work in the exhibition …

Cannibalism: A Failure To Be Satisfied., Richard Brandon Pruett

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This thesis supports the Master of Fine Arts exhibition at the Tipton Gallery, East Tennessee State University, from March 23^rd through April 3^rd, 2009. To comment on the title of my thesis, it describes an invented process created to re-contextualize failed paintings into works that critically comment on the discipline of painting itself. The paper describes and analyzes the conceptual moves created by a refusal to be satisfied with predictable outcomes in my work. At the end of this tumultuous quest to explore what painting is to me, the most rewarding works were a product of a …

Marshall University Music Department Presents A Senior Recital, Matthew Kelly, Matthew Kelly

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Sensibilities, Nsu University School

Hieroglyphics: the NSU University School Literary Magazine

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Marshall University Music Department Presents A Senior Recital, Jason Rose, Euphonium, Jason Rose

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Beyond Edifice, Keith Mendak

Theses and Dissertations

Seeing one’s self in another requires empathy and compassion. A person must be willing to look beyond their immediate self and feel what is not readily perceptible. Difference is merely an edifice constructed by our faith in perception. By transfiguring what is familiar an alternative now is made available to the mind and reveals an underlying essence common in all people and things. We realize physical separation is an illusion of the material world and that everything exists from one sacred source.

Marshall University Music Department Presents The Marshall University Symphonic Band, Ben F. Miller, Conductor, Lee Ann Lykens, Graduate Student Conductor, Ben Miller, Lee Ann Lykens

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Altruism, Activism, And The Moral Imperative In Craft, Gabriel Craig

Theses and Dissertations

I consider myself a metalsmith although my interest in materials and ideas extend beyond the boundaries of traditional practice. I approach my work thematically, meaning that I treat my discipline as a framework for a broad investigation rather than as a skill set or process. The outcomes of this approach are therefore varied and include jewelry, installation, performance, video, interactive community based projects, print and web based writing, and historical research. It is through humor or direct viewer interaction that I promote accessibility in my work. My ideas are layered and communicated in a way that allows viewers to engage …

Marshall University Music Department Presents The Chamber Brass, Marshall University

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Marshall University Music Department Presents The Marshall University Symphony Orchestra, Dr. Elizabeth Reed Smith, Conductor, Elizabeth Reed Smith

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The Imagination And The Real, Thomas Ryan Gothrup

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis challenges the sedentary nature of living vicariously through the television, whether it be watching sports or playing video games. Since the advent of professional sports spectators have become accustomed to stadiums stuffed with people cheering on their favorite teams. The television substitutes for this visceral experience and allows viewers to live surrogate lives without leaving the living room. Ultimately, I see this thesis as a social commentary on the impact of sports and media in our society. This project highlights the sociological implications of the loss of interpersonal contact perpetuated by media.

Finding Myself Here, Cari Freno

Theses and Dissertations

Both the natural and civilized worlds establish a context within which I may understand my own existence. My search for “self” and the emotive qualities of life within these contexts provides the impetus for my work. I create juxtapositions: from found art assemblages to, more recently, intimate experiences in public park environments. Within these curated experiences I challenge myself to open up to unknown experiences derived from my relationship to the landscape and the life forms found within. My videos are a kind of self-surveillance fostering absurdly promiscuous behavior when I am alone, in front of a camera. These conjured …

Marshall University Music Department Presents A Sci Student Composition Concert, Marshall University

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Legacy, Susana Almuiña

Theses and Dissertations

I am interested in family secrets and the rules and mores that may constrain family behavior or adversely affect a member’s destiny. I make work that looks askance at the efforts to hide from the world those events or secrets that reflect badly on a family. I look at the places where I have discovered some of them: family furniture and objects around the house, which can shed, metaphorically, the secrets and stories that are part of family tradition. I focus light on the lives of my uncelebrated ancestors and bring them, however briefly, into the collective consciousness.

Marshall University Music Department Presents The Nevelson Duo, Elizabeth Reed Smith, Violin, Leslie Petteys, Piano, Assisted By Blake Racer, Voice, In "E" Is For..., Elizabeth Reed Smith, Leslie Petteys

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Marshall University Music Department Presents The Belle & Lynum Jackson Competition Winner's Recital, Austin Seybert, Trombone, Austin Seybert

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Marshall University Music Department Presents A Senior Recital, Angela Crum, Trumpet, Angela Crum

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Marshall University Music Department Presents A Senior Recital, Jami Saunders-Jarrett, Accompanied By, David Patrick, Piano, Jami Saunders-Jarrett

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Marshall University Music Department Presents The University Chorus, Spring Concert, Robert Wray, Conductor, Robert Wray

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