Keri Rainock and Professor Kelly Loosli, Animation Program in the Visual Arts Animation is a powerful and diverse art form that can make use of any genre and create magic. Character Animation is the process of bringing a character to life. This process transcends any number of media- from 2D hand drawn images to clay animation […]
OTTOMAN AND EUROPEAN INFLUENCE IN THE NINTEENTH-CENTURY BRIDAL COLLECTION OF THE AZEM PALACE, DAMASCUS, SYRIA
Julianne Parker In 1829, Ottoman Emperor Mahmud II issued a proclamation mandating that all men under his rule must replace their traditional clothing with the “modern” European-style jacket and trousers.1 The interest and appeal of Europe had never been so publicly sanctioned in Ottoman history. The western influence was perhaps most greatly felt in outlying […]
Seeing England: Responding to the English Landscape with Writing and Visual Art
Amy Bennion and Professor Joseph Ostraff, Visual Arts Artists have been exploring the connections between the visual image and the written word for centuries. Often these explorations result in self discovery. For my project I continued this tradition of artistic exploration and my results were indeed personal in nature and furthered the discovery of my art. […]
Sharing Cultures: Destination Zambia
Erica Williams and Dr. Dale Cressman, Communications My project began with a flight to Lusaka, Zambia with a non-profit organization based in America Fork, Mothers Without Borders. The program consisted of daily service activities, nightly dinners with a Zambian family, and lodging in a hostel in Lusaka. Every morning we rode a bus to a […]
MANGA: A Documentary Video Project
Amanda Dabney MANGA: What is it? Where did it come from? And why does everyone in Japan love it? I have a friend, Blair Sterrett, who spent a few years in Japan when he was younger, and he often recalls his experiences there with appreciation and longing for the culture he grew to love. Interestingly, […]
Historic Syria
Sally A. McDonald and Dr. Cynthia Finlayson, Art History and Cultural Studies It is hard to know where one will be taken when researching an obscure topic. It is the exhilaration of the mysterious as well as the frustration of the unexpected that takes the researcher on a journey into the unknown, leading them to […]
Harold Coletta: Preserving the Life of a Great Musician
Caroline Margaret Maxwell Eight cupboards stood in front of me, full of materials that once belonged to Harold Coletta, a prominent, influential violist of the twentieth century. I unlocked one of them, pulled out a stack of papers, and started sorting through them. Hidden treasures began to appear among the concert programs, snapshots, and letters: […]
Islamic Pattern, a Geometrical system of Creating Art
Allan Ludwig and Professor Peter Everett, Studio Arts This is final report of my investigations into Islamic pattern, and Geometrical systems of creating art. In the summer of 2004 I traveled to Spain for a hands on learning experience and to see Islamic Pattern for myself. Locations of interest that i visited were the Alhambra in […]
Performative Primary Research
Sylvia Loehndorf and Dr. Eric Samuelsen, Theatre Media Arts The five weeks I spent in Europe completing the primary research and performance of Enchanted April afforded a different research focus than I had originally intended. The program’s director changed the format of the endeavor before rehearsals ever began. What originated as an endeavor in primary […]
Transcription Project of Composition Suite No. 5 by Marin Marais
Eric Lew and Dr. Claudine Bigelow, School of Music In 1889, a revival of early instruments no longer used (then and now) was undertaken by the Société des Instruments Anciens. The purpose of this revival was to study and practice instruments once preferred but now almost completely unused and unknown in practice and performance. Among […]
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