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Cultural Mansters
(East Carolina University, 2017-05-03)
This document is written in support of the thesis exhibition, Cultural Mansters, which represents and supports the idea of using satire and non-threatening imagery as tools to create a discourse on sociopolitical topics. ...
Fragile: Handle with Care
(East Carolina University, 2017-05-03)
Memory has always been dearly held in my family, and easily lost. I watched as my loved ones surrounded themselves with objects that acted as physical anchors to the full lives they had lived, the places they had been, and ...
An Explanation of Sympathetic Magic
(East Carolina University, 2017-04-27)
These supernatural stories come to life from my research as new photographs appropriated from my family albums and vernacular images to create visual folklore about the Appalachian Mountains of Eastern Kentucky. The images ...
Suspension of Disbelief
(East Carolina University, 2017-05-03)
This thesis is an invitation to participate in the viewership and operation of fictional narratives. The making of this work is an attempt to understand the dichotomy of enjoying the trick and knowing its method. In ...
HUSTLE: The Economic Impact of the Arts
(East Carolina University, 2017-05-04)
Through a short documentary film, I am examining how investing in local arts enriches a city’s economy and quality of life. Part of Greenville’s strategic development plan is finding ways to attract and retain residents. ...
Sarah
(East Carolina University, 2017-04-28)
As a woman artist, I create my own places to exist. My self-portraits are full of emotion, thought, and creative energy and are made to engage the viewer in an intimate moment. I work by transforming thoughts and emotions ...
Identity Informed Then Performed
(East Carolina University, 2017-05-03)
The concept of identity is constructed by societal means, and for the individual, it may be interpreted in many ways. Identity can be recognized by external means such as the clothes a person chooses to wear, but it can ...
Korean contemporary art as an educational resource for the American secondary art classroom
(2012)
Focusing on the artwork by Korean-born artist Shin il Kim, this chapter
examines Korean contemporary art as a resource for teaching and learning in the
American secondary art classroom. Kim utilizes digital technology ...
Fear Not This Body
(East Carolina University, 2019-11-26)
Body shame is an insidious part of Western culture. As a fat woman, I am intent upon expressing and sharing the beauty of bodies that are commonly vilified in an effort to combat that shame. In my MFA thesis exhibition, I ...
Three Initiatives for Community-Based Art Education Practices
(2013-07)
According to Lawton (2010), art educators should be concerned with teaching their
students to make critical connections between the classroom and the outside world.
one effective way to make these critical connections ...