MFA Final Projects
 
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1IntersectionDolberg, Daniel GlenThe unifying theme that runs throughout the paintings in my MFA show is that of space versus form. Light versus darkness and the interaction and relativity of color are secondary themes that I explore in my paintings. The subject matter I have chosen to explore in-depth is the architectural form o...Art/Art History2005-12
2TimepiecesDow, ValarieThis work involves my exploration of the beauty of places and objects which contain a human history and illustrates my interest in the passing of time. I illustrate this with the use of reflective surface. I hope to say that our past brings a richness to our present and deserves honor. The compil...Art/Art History1999-12
3Ghosts, Storytelling and Ominous FiguresCandace von HoffmanThis final project paper reflects my graduate research based in my experience of growing up in Alabama, my family's involvement in White supremacist systems in the American South, and critical Whiteness. In the past two years, the arts-based research I have completed in pursuit of my MFA has examine...2021
4Survival skills: art and video installations at the Fort Douglas theatreHarding, Elaine S.This thesis reflects the six pieces developed as resident artist at a Salt Lake City inner-city elementary school. They cover a broad spectrum which include empathy, awareness, devotion, wonderment and transformation. Evidently the creative process is imperative to producing higher-order thinking ...Art/Art History1998-08
5Teeter Totter: project paperMary SinnerFor as long as I can remember I've been arranging shapes and playing with space. It began with sidewalk chalk and found objects arranged on the cement to create elaborate spaces. Then cannibalizing my grandma's architectural digest magazines and inventing new layouts on cheap lined paper with mounta...2014
6Motion picturesMoore, Amanda JaneArt cannot be created in a bubble. Motion Pictures is no exception. This body of work is a culmination of my education, location, and personal interaction with pop culture. Without my move from Atlanta to Salt Lake City, I would not have become so obsessed with my subject matter. Without my subje...Art/Art History2006-05
7Automatic processing pitfallsWatson, JustinI used this text to examine processes by mirroring the internal structures of my mental processes.Art & Art History2016
8Zan artYamanashi, KeikoThis world in which we live changes blindingly fast, never stopping. Photography is the only method for me to grab a moment in time and to leave it to posterity as a record of truth. There are nowadays many photographers who do not take photographs of objects as they are but who add special effec...Art/Art History2004-12
9Automatic Processing PitfallsJustin WatsonI used this text to examine processes by mirroring the internal; structures of my mental processes. This paper is arbitrary to the; source of the experience examined, although this arbitrariness is; also an impetus to the survival mechanisms depicted. When we; elucidate our meanings we grow more los...2016
10Design of NatureBunker, Carol AnnThis paper embodies three main topics that repeatedly surfaced throughout my graduate experience. What is a design process? An intense study of the thing that you are designing. The design process is different for each individual depending on his or her attitude, character, and personal experience...Art/Art History1998-06
11MFA thesis show by: James McGeeMcGee, JamesThe body of work represented it this packet reflects on remembered and imagined experiences from childhood. Mostly symbols from a suburban world, the subject matter includes above ground pool and BMX bikes; the people portrayed are my family. These paintings illustrate what is specific about memory...Art/Art History2005-06
12Paper & tapeTachinni, Eugene RonaldThis final project paper has two components; text and imageiy. The first component, the text, has two parts. The first part is a collection of four personal narratives written by the artist, contained in the first four chapters. The second part is a response to an assignment given in a course ca...Art/Art History2008-05
13You are here: visualizing Provo agriculture an MFA community-based art education final projectLofgreen, CarlynAs an undergraduate student, I was consistently taught that art was anything that was in a museum or gallery. Art was a commodity to be bought and sold, and while the artist could derive pleasure from the making of it, art was in the end purely aesthetic and unattached to the mundane task of daily ...Art/Art History
14Dormiens vigils (while sleeping, watch)Webster, Maryann S.Dreams about a disappearing ecosystem and an increasing awareness of the fragile nature of our existence inspired the eighteen works in this exhibition. These works express a deepened concern through understanding of life and nature as fragile, precious and sacred. I have interpreted the gallery s...Art/Art History2001-05
15Swimming in the gene poolGillett, Eric A.Swimming in the Gene Pool is a creative project that applies specific concepts observed in genet­ics towards developing a working graphic design methodology. The methods, based on four types of genetic mutation that occur in nature, include duplication, deletion, translocation and inver­sio...Art/Art History2003-08
16Connection/DisconnectionTara CarpenterMy work explores the way people form connections, both inside their brains, and with other people. Neurologist Joseph LeDoux says, "The particular patterns of synaptic connections in an individual's brain, and the information encoded by these connections are the keys to who that person is" (3). In o...2012
17Rewritten PlacesLinnie BrownFarmland converted to subdivisions. Roads created, widened, redirected. More buildings. Boundaries shifting. People moving in and out. These continual signs of change and development exist in the rapidly growing suburban city where I live. I view this human activity on the land as a complicated, on-...2015
18TailingsLarkin, Vincent StuartThis paper describes the research leading up to and a description o f the MFA thesis exhibit titled "Tailings." The exhibit addresses the increasing saturation o f our environment with pollutants, toxins, and manufacturing waste through sculptural work that contains or represents the physical ...Art/Art History2008-05
19Tara Carpenter final project paperCarpenter, TaraMy work explores the way people form connections, both inside their brains, and with other people. Neurologist Joseph LeDoux says, "The particular patterns of synaptic connections in an individual's brain, and the information encoded by these connections are the keys to who that person is" (3). In o...
20The symbolic image and its relation to Christianity and morality in contemporary paintingHoeft, David WilliamWeakening moral standards and the increasing speed and distractions of contemporary life have contributed to the diminished capacity of individuals within Western society to feel and comprehend more deeply. The scales of available information are tipped to the sensual, inconsequential and commercial...Art/Art History2002-08
21Craft as a Bridge Between Humanity and the Natural WorldJessica BoothAs people have faced major life and societal altering events that cause them to evaluate the systems they are living in and disengage from them, they seek more sustainable methods of living and community building that nature seamlessly incorporates into its infrastructure. As we engage with the natu...2024-05
22Break the squareWang, FeiThis thesis traces the process of my two years' study. After graduation from college in China with a BFA degree in graphic design, I still felt something was missing in my education, that is, the typography experiments. It became one of the reasons I chose to pursue graduate study in the US, a Weste...Art/Art History2004-08
23FactitiousLewis J. CrawfordThis paper is a journey into how I discovered the word factitious and re-defmed it for my artistic practice. I have broken down the paper into four different chapters that explore and explain this process. "Narrative Is Necessary," the first chapter, discusses the history of my research on narrati...Art/Art History2009-05
24Photographic BrushstrokeVan Thieu ChuPhotographic Brushstroke, a term that has been an oxymoron, is no longer. Being a visual artist is in; many ways like being a singer, if you sound like everyone else then why even bother singing. If you; go to my exhibition with a predetermination of what photography is, you will not find a single; ...2010
25Reclaiming Motherhood: I Will Not VanishHolly Parson NielsenThe purpose of this thesis is to describe the evolution of my MFA show, Reclaiming Motherhood: I Will Not Vanish. One of the primary themes of my show is shapeshifting: physically, emotionally, and mentally transitioning, changing form, becoming fluid, and finding resilience. The big question 1 had ...2021
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