Chelsy Smith Walker and Professor Bryon Draper, Visual Arts “Every man is a quotation from all his ancestors,” said Ralph Waldo Emerson. This ancestral quotation created a dialogue that later became an exhibition. My lifelong dream became a reality through the realization of a one-woman show in Gallery 303 of the Harris Fine Arts Center […]
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Rise Up From Fragments: The Life and Arts of the Virgin Anasazi
Cynthia Lee Killian Young and Dr. Marti L. Allen, Department of Anthropology The adventure of planning and creating a museum exhibition began September 2003. While other museums may take a year or more to install a series of exhibits, we at the Museum of Peoples and Cultures (MPC) were able to create a professional exhibition […]
Discussing Gender Equality in an Unequal Environment: Misrepresentations of Life by Tamilian Women
Evan Carpenter and Dr. Julie Hartley, Anthropology In May through September of 2005 I shot a documentary film about social progress for women in a village just outside the city of Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu, India. The original purpose was to learn how the social and domestic roles of a family are affected by a […]
Giving Life to Commedia Dell’Arte
Janine Michelle Sobeck and Dr. Rodger Sorensen, Theatre and Media Arts Commedia dell’arte is the Italian theatrical form that ruled supreme from the 13th – 18th centuries. Created in a time when the theatre tradition in Europe revolved around the classic, “cold” theatre, commedia is often seen as a revolt, becoming wildly popular while managing […]
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: […]
Bringing Life to BYU’s Animated Films
Jared Cardon and Professor Kelly Loosli, Theatre and Media Arts Department Early in Fall of 2004 I purchased and completed a series of DVD tutorials on advanced CGI animation techniques with the hope that I would be able to reimburse myslef for the purchase with ORCA funds. These DVDs covered a variety of subjects, including modeling, […]
Heritage Still Life Paintings
Sarah E. Cannon and Professor Joseph Ostraff, Visual Art Genealogy is the second most used resource on the Internet. This is not surprising to me, because heritage largely defines a person, and people are interested in their roots. Within the field of art, there has been a substantial amount of work devoted to the topic of […]
Evaluation of Numerical Models for Prediction Fatigue Life of Cement-Treated Pavement Base Layers
Rebecca Crane and Dr. W. Spencer Guthrie, Civil and Environmental Engineering Cement treatment of aggregate base materials has been utilized in pavement construction since the 1930s (1). The addition of cement increases the strength and stiffness of the treated material and therefore offers greater structural support to the surface layer and greater protection of the […]
Understanding Factors That Influence Quality of Life in Young Adults with Chronic Pain
Sarah Hocking and Dr. Jane Lassetter, College of Nursing Chronic pain is a prevalent condition among adults of all ages. It has been estimated that between a quarter and a third of older adults experience chronic pain (Donald & Foy, 2004). The chronic pain experience of older adults has been the subject of much research […]
Chinese Life in California during the Gold Rush Era: Better or Worse than Life in China?
James Cross and Dr. Jay Buckley, History The relationship between the Caucasian Americans and the Chinese immigrants in California during the gold rush is a topic that has captured the interest of many historians. Of the available literature related to the Chinese, most focus on racial prejudice as a result of labor competition or their […]
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