Blake, BethWatts, Amber D2016-05-262016-05-262016-052016-05-03May 2016http://hdl.handle.net/10342/5365This is a report of a thesis to complete the Master of Fine Arts Degree at East Carolina University. The body of work presented is the result of research and creative activity which addresses a number of food-related issues. I investigate the idea that most Americans are only vaguely knowledgeable of the food chain which sustains us. Through the construction of mixed media art objects, I question and critique capitalist food production, advertising and consumption.application/pdfenpaintingmixed mediaassemblagecollagethinking through makingFood in artArt and social conflictAdvertising in artFood chains (Ecology)Multimedia (Art)Master's Thesis2016-05-25