Journal of Undergraduate Research

Taliatha Palmer and Dr. Mark Magleby, Visual Arts Marc Chagall was an artist keenly aware of his own historicity. He was familiar with contemporary artistic philosophies and movements as well of those of the past. Raised as an Orthodox Jew, Chagall had a firm understanding and passion for the history of Judaism and was fully […]

Amy Morris McGlashan and Professor Robert Marshall I have been looking forward to the time to report on the results of my research project. I had proposed to study the writings of Robert Burns, travel to Scotland to experience the places he lived in and wrote about, and paint those places described in his ballads and […]

Susan Kruegar and Sunnie Bybee and Professor Joseph Ostraff, Visual Arts “The tool of the spirit of yesterday was the ‘academy.’ It shut off the artist from the world of industry and handicraft, and thus brought about his complete isolation from the community. In vital epochs, on the other hand, the artist enriched all the arts […]

Ashley Knudsen and Professor W. Wayne Kimball, Jr., Visual Arts What started as an obsession with Asian paper lanterns has become a passion with light. This research grant entailed a series of prints constructed into paper lanterns with images centered on scriptural based concepts of light. I have found through experience with past projects that my […]

Abraham Kimball and Professor Robert Marshall, Visual Arts Proposal and Rationale During the time of colonization in India there was a lull in the production of Indian style artwork. During this time when illustrations were made they were European. When local artist were actually hired they were required to work in the prevailing European styles rather […]

Michael Francom and Professor Brian Christensen, Visual Arts Time is a constant in our lives. We are completely wrapped up in its influence. We relate everything we do to this marching enigma. Its outward markings are day and night, equinox and solstice. What separates the present from the past or the future? How does the principle […]

Claire Dixon and Dr. Marian Wardle, Visual Arts With this grant, I set out to design a quilt exhibition that would satisfy two distinct interpretations of quilts that have emerged in the last few decades. One camp, which Susan Bernick further separates into “art” quilt culture and “feminist” quilt culture, aims to elevate quilts from […]

Alicia A. Delgado and Professor Joseph Ostraff, Visual Arts Background Food and eating carry many associations. For the video installation, I wanted to portray a culture partaking of another culture’s foods. I wanted the food of one=s culture to be symbolic of the literal consuming of it. I think it is interesting how often we say, […]

Jared Clark and Professor Robert Marshall, Visual Arts The tangible result of this grant-funded research exists in two stages. The first, as proposed, is a series of paintings that will be shown on the walls of Gallery East of the College of Eastern Utah beginning in two days (September 1st) and ending a month later. The […]

Katherine Campbell and Professor Joseph Ostraff, Visual Arts The purpose of the research was to determine whether or not the exposure of “highbrow” art placed in “lowbrow” venues would result in an increase of awareness to all exposed. The society was to be exposed to art in a reputable venue, a “highbrow” art gallery in Scottsdale […]