Trenton Reynolds and Professor Bruce Smith, Visual Arts The purpose of my project is to create images that combine the strengths of photographic and painted imagery. Many contemporary artists combine painted and photographic elements in their work, however, rarely are the two distinct visual languages unified. Most often any viewer can readily distinguish between the […]
Giant Steps: Essential Saxophone Recordings on Compact Disc
Bret Pimentel and Professor Ray Smith, School of Music Because the saxophone is a relatively young instrument (invented in the 1840’s), sound recording technology has been available to document much of its history. The saxophone’s importance in jazz music has promoted extensive recording of hundreds of saxophonists since the 1920’s. Increased interest in the saxophone […]
Mid-Range Reduction Glaze Development
Laura Lund Pierce and Professor Von Allen, Visual Arts As the final surface of a piece, glazes give ceramic works their vitality through color and texture, and creating a glaze itself can be an art. Mid-range reduction glazes are fired at a mid-range temperature in a kiln where the oxygen supply is reduced during the […]
Collaboration in the Arts
Rebeca Dawn Peterson and Professor Murray Boren, Composer-In-Residence Part of being an artist is being misunderstood. Being an artist myself, I have found that it doesn’t matter what form your art manifests itself, there is commonality among all artists if you choose to recognize it. Collaboration in the arts is something that can have positive […]
Mukono Town Academy
Paul Nielson and Professor Joseph Ostraff, Visual Arts Computers and the arts are increasingly finding their place together today. In fact, the line between what is art has also changed amid this technological age. With the advent and user capability of computers it is now possible for artist and programmers to come together. The multimedia […]
“Voices in the Wind’s Singing”: Three Original Art Songs with Text by T. S. Eliot
Marilyn Nelson Nielson and Professor Murray Eddington Boren, Music French composer Francis Poulenc said “The setting to music of a poem must be an act of love, never a marriage of convenience.”1 As I searched for a thesis topic, it was ultimately love for T. S. Eliot’s work that led me to create these musical […]
A Pictorial Perspective of Isaiah
Jared Miller, Victor Ludlow (Ancient Scripture) and Jason Zimmer (Visual Arts) Jared Miller A Pictorial Perspective of Isaiah Faculty Mentors: Victor Ludlow, Ancient Scripture and Jason Zimmer, Visual Arts Taking a pictorial perspective of Isaiah, and glimpsing the visions of his painted poetry had always seemed to personally open a window of understanding to his […]
James Tissot: The Prussian Flag
Philipp Malzl and Dr. Martha Peacock, Art History and Curatorial Studies James Tissot was a French nineteenth-century painter who spent a great deal of his creative life in London. During those years he repeatedly chose to make the Prussian flag a somewhat conceiled, central motive in several of his paintings. The Ball on Shipboard (1874) […]
Experimental Wood Sculpture
Will Mahoney and Professor Brian Christensen, Visual Arts Wood is a sculpting medium that possesses a natural beauty, a beauty which can be enhanced by manipulation. Wood facilitates much creativity in form, has inherent strength, but can also exhibit construction limitations. One of the objectives driving this research project was to broaden the usage of […]
Animated Short of the Children’s Story Ballet is NOT for Girls!
Merrilee Allred Liddiard and Professor Kelly Loosli, Visual Arts The opportunities within the world of art, particularly animation and illustration are wonderfully endless. Truly there is no limit to how far one can take an idea, character or story. This marvelous principle is one that I personally discovered while working on the making of the […]
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