Brett Bolander and Professor Adrian Pulfer, Visual Arts My first attempt at filmmaking turned out to be quite a positive experience. I was interested in the possibilities of crossing the disciplines of graphic design and film, and I am glad to find that they can mesh together quite well. One of my initial goals was trying […]
The Photosilkscreen Project: Finding Unity in Diversity
Namon D. Bills and Professor Joe Ostraff, Visual Arts The original stated purpose of this project was to produce a series of paintings using photosilkscreen processes to create working compositions by combining disparate concrete images and abstract markmaking in order to find harmony through diversity both in the combination of concrete images and in the way […]
Catalog of an Artist’s Work: A Compilation of the Works of Torlief S. Knaphus
Martha M. Beddoes and Dr. Martha Peacock, Art History and Curatorial Studies Torlief S. Knaphus was born in Vats, Stavanger, Norway in 1882. Throughout his childhood and teenage years, Torlief showed artistic promise in his whittling and painting. He had a deep love for the beauty and divinity in nature and wished to capture this […]
PRINTED PATTERN The Study of Pattern Through Ancient Egyptian Art
Michelle Sorensen and Professor Adrian Pulfer, Visual Arts and Graphic Design Pattern design is widely popular and used throughout the world. Patterns have also been used since the beginning of time. They can be seen in blankets, clothing, rugs, and paintings throughout history. For my study of patterns I looked to an unusual resource—ancient Egypt. Egypt […]
“Vanth and Child”: An Investigation of the Mislabeled Etruscan Urn Mother and Child
Cassandra Scheerer and Dr. Mark Johnson, Visual Arts & Communication Since its discovery in Chianciano, Etruria, the identification of the figures in the Etruscan cinerary urn Mother and Child (Fig.1) as a mourning mother holding her deceased child has gone uncontested. Reasons for this include the fact that the inscriptions do not identify the figures […]
Community Magazine
Kevin C Pinegar and Professor Adrian Pulfer, Visual Arts When I enrolled in Brigham Young University, I had decided that “for the sake of education” I would give up art and culture for a few years and live in Provo. I was naive back then: I thought that BYU would be a place that discouraged creative […]
Sacred Architecture: How Where We Worship Tells about What We Worship
Carly Hyatt and Professor Val Brinkerhoff, Visual Arts Through my ORCA project and working closely with a mentoring professor, I have learned much more than how to conduct effective research. I was able to explore a passion of mine, religious architecture, in a very unique setting. Originally, my plan was to go to Italy and evaluate […]
Preservation of Culture: Documentary of Ethnic Contrast in Ecuador
Brandon Farmer, Jonathan Frioux and Dr. Mark Magleby, Art History Cultural diversity and its preservation are greatly influenced by today’s ever-changing world. With advances in technology, content and information from the more rapidly changing modern world can reach nearly any culture on the globe. Each and every community experiences changes over time, but the idea […]
Creating a Culturally Sensitive Art Educator in the Ural Mountains
Julia Baker and Professor Sharon Gray, Art Education As stated in my proposal, the overarching goal of this research is to assess how investing time, energy, and talents in improving the physical attributes of a special needs childcare institution in Russia will help art education student teachers become more well rounded, and sensitive educators and artists. […]
Portrait of a Tree: Exhibit A
Hannah Wertz and Professor Sunny Taylor, Department of Visual Arts Abstract and Justification for “Exhibit A”, on public display October 17-31, 2011 Exhibit A is an explanation in four parts, of my attempt at knowing more about the Populus Tremulus (Aspen Tree). Eighteen months ago my experiments started shallow by painting portraits of the tree as […]