Browsing by Subject "Fine arts"
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Organizing Desire
(East Carolina University, 2010)This thesis investigates how American culture internalizes, processes, and acts on data received through mass media. -
Painting Process as Art Form
(East Carolina University, 2013)The purpose of this written report of my thesis is to discuss the research and visual element presented in partial fulfillment of the Master of Fine Arts degree. In my research and creative practice, I focus on the integration ... -
Paying Close Attention
(East Carolina University, 2011)Paying Close Attention is a body of work created to complete the Master of Fine Art degree at East Carolina University. This document supports my creative thesis, a body of three works entitled Mobile, Deconstruction, and ... -
The Phenomenology of Impairment
(East Carolina University, 2014)This written research document supports The Phenomenology of Impairment, a mixed media installation consisting of three hundred and sixty-five self-portraits. This work was a part of a phenomenological exercise that ... -
Pond Life : A Landscape of Sustainability for the Table
(East Carolina University, 2013)The purpose of this written report of my thesis is to discuss the visual element presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements of the Master of Fine Arts degree. The objects in this visual presentation address our ... -
Presently Post Modern
(East Carolina University, 2011)The museum, Fine Art, and the viewer's idea of status within these institutions are all ideologies. These ideologies are reinforced through our participation in them, acting them out as though they are natural. Photography ... -
Quietus
(East Carolina University, 2015)Quietus is a collection of three short stories dealing with themes of corruption, death, and loss. There are elements of psychological horror at play with the occasional emergence of humor, whether it is lighthearted or ... -
"RAPPACCINI'S DAUGHTER" BY NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE : A VISUAL INTERPRETATION
(East Carolina University, 2010)This document is in support of my thesis work, a series of illustrative images. By allowing readers a closer look into my creative as well as technical processes, I hope to provide a guide to my visual artwork. I will ... -
Reawakening
(East Carolina University, 2014)Artists continually, create art celebrating Western Society and Civilization as the epitome of human culture. Art is created that memorializes our environment, landscape and culture in ways that are inconsistent with the ... -
ReCollection
(East Carolina University, 2011)The intent of this written research document is to support the creative research works entitled: ReCollection. This work supports an investigation of collecting and accumulation of material items in the American culture. ... -
The Recruitment Office of Interdisciplinary studies
(East Carolina University, 2014)My work has always explored discarded material. I am also a passionate amateur of multiple disciplines. I call myself an amateur because of my curiosity for other disciplines not measured by a degree. The Office of ... -
Reflect
(East Carolina University, 2015)This document is written in conjunction with a series of work titled, Reflect. Through historical research, personal narrative, interviews, and the making process, I examine the differences between loneliness and solitude, ... -
Reflections of Difference
(East Carolina University, 2013)"Reflections of Difference" is an installation intended to explore and express the issues of women dealing with their body image. To create this thesis I have incorporated scientific data, personal interviews with my ... -
THE RETURN
(East Carolina University, 2012)"The Return" investigates how culture shapes our understanding of the natural world. The life process of death is the key to this understanding. Culture has interpreted, compartmentalized, or rationalized this process in ... -
Rhythm to the Art Educator
(East Carolina University, 2009)Rhythm is a basic principle of art, taught to beginners and explored by master artists. However, rhythm is a difficult concept to understand and apply visually. The basic definition of rhythm is defined, and the use of ... -
Romancing The Labor
(East Carolina University, 2013)This is a report of a creative body of work dealing with the adaptation of traditional industrial processes into contemporary sculpture. This thesis shows that admiration for labor is still present in sculpture by utilizing ... -
Roxie, Mr. Bingo, Kewl and The Gate : Street Gangs in Kinston: Participating in One City's Game of Chance to Save Itself
(East Carolina University, 2010)This project in pursuit of social and aesthetic experience involved the Kinston Community Council for the Arts, the Kinston Department of Public Safety and The Gate of Kinston (Gang Awareness Training and Education; a ... -
The Same Green and the Same Square and Other Stories
(East Carolina University, 2013)"The Same Green and The Same Square and Other Stories" is a collection of seven short stories that explore the "Why?" of human behavior and emotions--why we do the things we do, why we think the things we think, why we ... -
Seeking Comfort
(East Carolina University, 2015)I believe that objects once possessed by a loved one can vividly revive one's memories and have the power to evoke comfort and nostalgia. The contrast, color, repetition, and tactile qualities of my pieces preserve these ... -
Sensory Reminiscences
(East Carolina University, 2011)This report is based on my thesis exhibition, inspired by memories of my childhood. The foundation of this body of work involves reconstructing and reviving the sensory perceptions of materials, processes, and colors from ...