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Asunder: A Variety Show By Ash Lehning, Ashley Lehning

Honors Capstones

For my honors capstone project, I performed a variety show. Through the performance, I wanted to showcase who I am as a performer and as a person. For many years, I have been passionate about dancing, singing, writing poetry, and playing music. I also really enjoy joking around and having fun. So, instead of trying to decide on just one or a few of these skills to showcase, I combined all of these into a variety show with 26 different acts (one for each letter of the alphabet). This project challenged my creativity in that I had to come up …

I Am Guillotine, Nathanael Joseph Williams

Fiction MFA Theses

63 years after the Mad War, an exchange of nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons, a twelve-year old girl wakes up on a train. She has no memory of where she comes from or who she was before the train, but when it stops, there is no doubt that she is now a slave. Brought to the town of Bludgeonburg in chains, she is sold off, along with a boy named Mohawk, to a man named Aabrax as a pit slave. The odd are firmly against Aabrax, and Gilly is not expected to survive, but by a stroke of luck, she …

Pandemic Mythmaking: Covid-19 And Mythological Symbolism In Indian Folk Art, Ishani Anwesha Joshi, Sathyaraj Venkatesan

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

Through a comprehensive analysis of Durga Bai Vyam’s “Samura Manthan” and Rupsona and Bahadur Chitrakar’s “Corona Rakshasa,” this article aims to investigate how mythological stories and themes have been used in the Indian context in folk art during the COVID-19 pandemic. The investigation will offer insights into how artists have leveraged mythological symbolism to infuse their works with richer layers of meaning, thereby engaging readers in a deeper exploration of the pandemic’s impact on society and the human psyche. By close-reading the aforementioned paintings, this study aims to illustrate the evolving visual representation of cultural narratives …

The Holler, Ainsley C. Maryanski

SPARK Symposium Presentations

My work explores the relationship between people and the spaces they inhabit, focusing on Johnson City, TN—a place shaped by both history and personal memory. Through film photography and archival materials, I document landscapes and interiors that hold traces of past and present lives, revealing how time often alters place and perception.

Alongside my own photographs, I include images of my grandparents and great-grandparents, the land they lived on, and fragments of a past that still lingers. These elements don’t just serve as historical references but as evidence of continuity—of lives once rooted in these places and the ways they …

From Roses To Pixels; Design For Kashan’S Golab Festival, Safiyeh Niknami

LSU Master's Theses

This research aims to elevate the visibility and appeal of the Kashan Rose Water Festival through innovative graphic design strategies and a user-friendly festival mobile application. The primary objective is to integrate the rich cultural heritage of Kashan with contemporary design elements to create a cohesive brand image that attracts both local and international visitors. By utilizing traditional Persian motifs and modern user experience design, the project seeks to enhance visitor engagement and provide a comprehensive digital interface for festival attendees.

Central to this research is the development of a mobile application that serves as an interactive guide and planning …

Marjorie Barrick Museum Of Art, Zida Wang

Community Engagement Expo Research Posters

This poster presents Bus to Barrick, a museum education initiative at the Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art that provides free access to arts-based learning experiences for students across the Clark County School District. Through funded transportation, guided exhibition tours, and hands-on workshops, the program removes barriers to museum participation and promotes creativity, critical thinking, and cultural engagement. The poster outlines program operations, participation data, educational outcomes, and future goals while demonstrating how university museums can support equitable access to arts education and strengthen connections between higher education institutions and local communities.

Tolkien, Tabletop, And Orcs: The Impact Of Participatory Neomedievalisms On Authority, Tyler Bell

ATU Theses and Dissertations 2021 - Present

Different medieval and fantasy works have utilized race in different ways. Medieval Europe used race as a structural relationship to morally and religiously other certain people groups. J.R.R. Tolkien used race in a similar way, othering the fantasy races like orcs as a way to give the audiences clear antagonists. Direct film and video game adaptations of Tolkien uphold him as the authority on fantasy race, using orcs as antagonists and glorifying violence against them. The table-top role-playing game Dungeons and Dragons initially held up the antagonistic portrayal of orcs, but through different editions, the restrictions placed on orcs have …

Junior Recital - Brenley Mason, Brenley J. Mason

All Music Department Programs

This recital is in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Music in Music Performance.

The Social Life Of Plants: Botanical Representations In Moche Art, Breanna Fae Reiss

Art & Art History ETDs

The Moche were semi-autonomous communities who thrived in the ten fertile riverine valleys of Peru’s northern coast between the late fourth and ninth centuries CE. Phase IV (c. 590–700 CE) Southern Moche ceramics feature intricate fine line visual narrative scenes with many multivalent symbols and motifs. This dissertation intends to understand why plants begin to play a more significant role in the Moche iconographic corpus in this period. I explore the interests of elites, the ecological web interweaving image and environment, and species identification. The local flora was affected on one hand by naturally occurring changes in weather and environment …

Contributors, Taz Fruhauf

.RAW Journal of Art and Design

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'2 Friends In A Laundromat' & 'Bubba', Andrea Aruino, Jacob Crock

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'Fingered' & 'Visual Control', Olivia Pye, Nick Degeorge

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'Percy Jackson Book Cover Redesigns' & 'Quirks Of An Anxious Girl', Elizabeth Ridley, Lorelei Samuel

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'Can't Feel Me', Owen Isachsen

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'Eva' & 'Esencia', Frankie Grosser, Itzel Camarillo-Gonzalez

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'Lucky Flix' & 'Heart Of The Country', Dan Lee, Jane O'Neil

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'Decapitated Darling' & 'Informal Hand-Drawn Letter To My Hometown', Maneli Mianji, Cezar Gomez

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'Holy' & 'Far Gone', Christianna Gatti, Tyler Deal

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'Picking Up The Pieces' & 'Supernova', Liliana Monge, Zach Kanter

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'Walking On Clouds' & 'Tuned To The Moment', Frank Cooke, Michaela Velleno

.RAW Journal of Art and Design

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'Scatter', Victoria Dai

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'Surface Tension (Part 3 Of The Forces Of Nature Series For Fits At Slo)' & 'Koi Pond', Jordan Marozik, Jenni Martinez

.RAW Journal of Art and Design

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'Fashion At Mdo', Taz Fruhauf

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'Bodies In Nature' & 'Sf Moma', Joie Rahn, Dena Gabriel

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'West', Kennedy Ray

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'Is This All You See?' & 'The Deception Of Elegance', Luiza Rufeisen, Maya Benham

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'Pink Party', Kelli Ayon

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'Shooting Expired Konica Sxg 100' & 'Abjection', Anushe Irani, Isabela Cordovez

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'Chromatic', Sedona Elliott

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'Culture In Couture' & 'The Elements Of Style', Cooper Mortensen, Riley Williamson

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