Light Princess

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Brent Leavitt and Dr. Dean Duncan, Media Arts Department The following information details our production group’s attempt at producing the Light Princess. Ultimately the project didn’t make it much further than the conceptualization and pre-production phase. However, as it did take place in an educational setting there were many experiences facilitated by the initiation of […]

The Collections of the ‘Azm Palace in Damascus: Men’s Costume and Embroidery

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Danielle Hurd and Dr. Cynthia Finlayson, Art History From the outside the ‘Azm Palace is almost indiscernible amongst a maze of souqs, restaurants, offices and homes in the old city in Damascus. Much more than a building, it is an icon of the political and cultural heritage of the Syrian people. Constructed in 1749 by […]

Contemporary Encaustics

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Kristin Glaus and Professor Joseph Ostraff, Deptartment of Visual Arts Encaustic painting has a very deep tradition in the visual arts. The technique was used as far back as 100 AD, its roots established in Greece where beeswax was used as caulking in the joints of barges. Eventually the Greeks mixed pigments with the beeswax, adding […]

What I Know About Heaven

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Robert M. Gardner and Professor Robert Marshall, Visual Arts King David the Psalmist, Walt Whitman, William Wordsworth, Abraham on his journey to Egypt—These illustrious men hold something in common with most of humanity; for they, like many unnamed, have found solace and inspiration in the twinkling of a distant star or the majestic swell of […]

Covering The Once and Future King: An Exercise in Book Jacket Illustration

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Meghan S. Flint and Professor Bethanne Andersen, Illustration The legend of King Arthur is unmatched in valor and glory as well as tragedy. Because of this, Arthurian works are continually created in every media. I have joined in this effort by illustrating a series of book jackets for T. H. White’s literary series The Once and […]

Hong Kong Space (Visual)

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Daniel Everett and Professor John Telford, Photography We live in a separated world. Despite extensive technological advances in global connectivity, our understanding and knowledge of other cultures is quite limited. We gain small amounts of information through history lessons and brief news reports. Sometimes we are fortunate enough to hear descriptions from someone who has experienced a […]

Home, Family, and Nation – Inventory of the Manuscript Collections of Lucy Broadwood’s and Alice Gomme’s Pioneering Folksong Research in Great Britain

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Sarah Perry and Professor Jerry Jaccard, Music Education Lucy Broadwood was a researcher with a specific interest in English folk song, including children’s singing games. She was at the forefront of the English folk song, folk dance, and folk art revival that set the stage for widespread reform in school music, serious musical composition, and music […]