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Adapting Reproduction Knowledge and Photomechanical Techniques to Serigraphy for Non-Commercial Purposes

Description: This problem is involved with attempting to answer two basic questions: (a) Can I, a commercial artist, expand and develop as an artist through screen printing and make valid aesthetic statements unrelated to client and/or product? and (b) Can knowledge of reproduction methods and photo-mechanical techniques be successfully utilized in screen printing for non-commercial purposes? Extensive notes in the form of a journal were maintained as work on the project progressed. These notes, combined wi… more
Date: December 1976
Creator: Adkins, Margie J.
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Adding and Subtracting Color in the Painting and Serigraphic Processes: A Development of Consistency in Two Art Media

Description: This is a method in which designs as a whole are not pre-planned or pre-arranged, but are developed by applying layers of color. This is an additive method for obvious reasons, and it is subtractive because shapes can be covered with opaque paint or very intense stain. Transparent layers of color applied over existing colors cause hue changes, and the process creates subtleties resulting from one color showing through another.
Date: August 1974
Creator: Gilbert, Richard W.
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Alexander Glazounov and His Concerto in E-flat Major for Saxophone and String Orchestra

Description: This paper analyzes Alexander Glazounov's Concerto in E-Flat major for saxophone and string orchestra and explores the music and style of Alexander Glazounov. Robert E. Austin provides a complete listing of the composer's works as well as biographical details about his life.
Date: August 1978
Creator: Austin, Robert E.
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Altering the Muzak Situation

Description: The project involved producing a group (16) of audio-visual installations that successfully displayed and exposed various Muzak situations. The following questions, relating to individual pieces, were of concern: 1. What is the basic intent of each installation or piece? 2. Does the piece communicate the intent of the artist? 3. Which installations or pieces will adapt to any space? 4. What visual documentation is necessary to preserve the idea?
Date: December 1979
Creator: Finch, Carl Wayne
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Analysis for Performance of the Song Cycle Songs of Travel, by Ralph Vaughan Williams

Description: This paper analyzes Ralph Vaughan Williams' Songs of Travel and asserts that the songs are a song cycle rather than just a collection of songs set to to the poetry of Robert Louis Stevenson. Richard Porter Cole performs a musical and poetic analysis of the songs and makes suggestions to aid performers of the piece.
Date: May 1977
Creator: Cole, Richard Porter
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An Analysis of Jaques Ibert’s Concertino Da Camera for Alto Saxophone and Eleven Instruments

Description: This paper provides historical background for the creation of Jacques Ibert's Concertino da camera for alto saxophone and eleven instruments and analyzes its three movements. As one of the first works written for the saxophone, James Garland Riggs explains the importance of the piece.
Date: December 1972
Creator: Riggs, James Garland
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An Analysis of Space and an Investigation Into the Nature of the Block-Out Process in My Current Work

Description: The purpose of the creative project was to investigate the relationship of figure to ground in a series of paintings in order to better understand how I perceive the space in my work and to analyze the block-out process. Questions regarding the figure/ground relationship are as follow: 1. What is figure, what is ground and what is ambiguous as I see it? 2. What effects do overlapping, shape size, color and value have upon the figure/ground relationship? The portion of the investigation concerni… more
Date: May 1978
Creator: Werner, Lois Wetzel
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The Baritone Title Roles in the Operas of Verdi

Description: This paper discusses the nature and significance of the baritone title roles in the operas of Giuseppe Verdi. These operas include Nabucco, Macbeth, Rigoletto, Simon Boccanegra, and Falstaff. Jewel William Hobbins explore the evolution of vocal roles and asserts that Verdi highly prized dramatic skill in his performers.
Date: December 1977
Creator: Hobbins, Jewel William
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The Clarinet: Its Development and Influence in the Field of Jazz

Description: This paper identifies the major clarinetists who contributed to the development of jazz and the history of the jazz movement. Gary F. Hallquist traces the history of the clarinet in jazz from the beginnings in New Orleans to the late twentieth century, touching on the major events in the scene during this era.
Date: August 1978
Creator: Hallquist, Gary F.
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Claude Debussy and the Etude Tradition

Description: This paper discusses etudes and the history of their composition, focusing on the works of Claude Debussy in particular. Richard E. Roberson examines pieces from Douze Etudes Pour Le Piano, Book One, the difficulty of the etudes, and the problems they present.
Date: December 1977
Creator: Roberson, Richard E.
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Collaborative Art

Description: Our problem was to produce art in a collaborative manner. Due to the nature of our problem, we proposed to explore specific aspects of collaborative art and answer these questions: 1. in what ways is the co-artist's input beneficial? 2. How are the artist's skills broadened by working with a fellow artist? 3. What is involved in developing a professional working relationship between male and female artist? 4. What understanding of differences in working styles is acquired? 5. What are the diffe… more
Date: May 1979
Creator: Bernhardt, Catherine A.
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The Combination of Objects in Box-Like Containers

Description: For my project, I chose to construct ten containers in which clay and non-traditional drawings were combined. The various materials used were ceramics, drawings on Plexiglas, wood, and other found materials. The questions to be answered by the completion of the ten pieces were the following: 1. What types of containers are most complimentary in combining ceramics and drawings? 2. What types of drawing media are most successful for combining drawings with ceramics? 3. What types of presentatio… more
Date: August 1978
Creator: Ellis, Lou
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The Combination of Sewing Techniques, Manufactured Fabric, Paper, Paint, as a Creative Process

Description: My problem was to investigate some of the possibilities which have arisen through my previous work by producing twelve fabric pieces and eight paper pieces. Specifically, the following questions were to be examined: 1. Are there traditional designs or techniques in quilts of the past that can be utilized in my own work? 2. Are the primary colors (red, yellow, blue) in manufactured unaltered fabric more effective than painted or altered fabric? 3. Is there a correlation between the color and ima… more
Date: May 1978
Creator: Outlaw, Marilyn Jeanne
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Combining Clay and Light Into Sculptural Forms

Description: This problem concerns the feasibility of combining the elements of light and clay in a sculptural concept of design. The study has determined various procedures of combining the sculptural ceramic forms for the internal inplant of light sources. Specific questions posed were 1. Can the surface decoration be enhanced by external and internal lighting? 2. How does each surface quality, raku, and low-fire salt glaze differ with the interplay of light? 3. In what way may two surface qualities be ap… more
Date: August 1978
Creator: Munoz, Gilberto, Jr.
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