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    • Finding Value & Cutting Up Meaning 

      D'Elia, Kathryn P.
      I am allowing this written thesis to act as an explanation of my concepts and personal journey through the University of Washington's Graduate Drawing and Painting MFA program and through creating my thesis work, a series ...
    • First Principles and Ordinances 

      Groesbeck, Katherine Jeanne
      Garments/fabric are a central theme in my work. Their inherent intimacy and privacy conceals and signifies both the absence/loss and presence of the wearer. In the studio, I investigate in a ritualistic and meditative ...
    • ::: flowers unfolding ::: 

      mcnichol, quinn
      Art is a regenerative kind of healing magic. In the studio, my body works with my mind to make paintings, drawings, collages, ceramic objects, hand-written words, and multi- media instillations. Through this work, I examine ...
    • For those of you who are into cosmetics, remember that thinking ruins the face. / ... Passion?—It’s merely neurosis. / Made in Itary: All’s in Order: “Out of Order” Fashion’s Inability to Divest of Power By Christian Alborz Oldham/ Putting the Theory to the Test 

      Oldham, Christian Alborz
      Clothing—its manufacture and its point of distribution and sale—is an apt illustration for the faults and entrapment of contemporary productive society as it relates to human and ecological rights and wellbeing. Artworks, ...
    • Francesco Furini: "Paintings of Exceeding Beauty" in Seicento Florence 

      Mayer, Jena
      Francesco Furini, one of the most intriguing artists to emerge from Seicento Florence, is primarily remembered for his depictions of the female nude. A discussion of his use of the model and citation of antique sculpture ...
    • From the Ground Down 

      Sweet, Amanda Catherine
      In this thesis I examine concepts of identity, time and space as I have investigated related influences and methodologies within my studio practice, during my time of study at the University of Washington, Seattle’s School ...
    • His Crossing 

      Stevens, Maria
      In memory, the family history, the events leading up to, and the aftermath looped in on themselves, like a spiroscope continuum. His suicide was the beginning, but also the middle, and the end. As one who would witness ...
    • His Story: Reconciling the Old-Young Man 

      Barbor, Peter H.
      The history and mythology of the male form is a central concern to my practice. How it repeats and manifests throughout time fuels my work. Through a menagerie of plastic materials, stories and sculptural motifs, my ...
    • How To Make Art 

      Blake, James William
      This work describes a way of making more work. By following theloose process below, the reader is offered a guiding set of principles in order to make Art. This is a desirable outcome given the proliferation of instruction ...
    • https://workarounds.hotglue.me 

      Simek, Stephanie
      This document serves as a record of https://workarounds.hotglue.me, which is both an artwork and a thesis. It encompasses the approaches, research, and speculations of workarounds, broadly defined as the flexibility and ...
    • The identical synthronos Trinity: representation, ritual and power in the Spanish Americas 

      Storey, Ann Elizabeth (1997)
      This dissertation examines the origin and meaning of the Trinity represented as three enthroned (synthronos), identical men. Although banned by the Vatican in 1623 and 1745, it was used in the Spanish Americas until the ...
    • Interdisciplinary Visual Arts 

      Freeman, Joseph Allen
      University of Washington Abstract Interdisciplinary Visual Arts Joseph A. Freeman Jr. Chair of the Supervisory Committee: Chair + Professor Ellen Garvens Photomedia This thesis paper explores the dynamics of how matter ...
    • Interlocking Paint and Paint 

      Sklenar, Tarran M
      University of Washington Abstract Interlocking Paint and Paint Tarran Sklenar Chair of Supervisory Committee: Professor Ann Gale Painting and Drawing Through my paintings, I am exploring the materiality of paint and its ...
    • J. Doe: Placeholders for the Unidentified 

      Mangiaruga, Morgan
      “And since you know you cannot see yourself So well as by reflection, I, your glass, Will modestly discover to yourself That of yourself which you yet know not of.” -Shakespeare How am I reflected in the objects I create? ...
    • jahlbutahkhapnida 

      Kang, Alex
      The act of stretching and experimenting with the malleable properties of language is fundamental to my practice. I often criticize the supposed neutrality of language, especially Standard American English, and question the ...
    • THE JOY IS IN THE PATTERN 

      Adams, Maria Rose
      My thesis project explores the use of carefully orchestrated, patterned paintings depicting domestic interiors with bold, flat, layered planes of color, repeated motifs, and a shallow sense of space. Pattern is everywhere ...
    • Lately We Have Been Here Just About All The Time Even When We Are Someplace Else We Should Be Here Too 

      Stobbs III, Charles Klein
      As a way of approaching the work which was exhibited at the Henry Art Gallery as part of the 2019 University of Washington MFA + MDes Thesis Exhibition, this text outlines a film, and within that film a discussion of the ...
    • Leopoldo Méndez, revolutionary art, and the Mexican print: in service of the people 

      Caplow, Deborah (1999)
      This dissertation situates the Mexican printmaker, Leopoldo Mendez (1902--1969), as a leading member of the Mexican art world of the twentieth century, revealing his central role in Mexican art and politics. His significance ...
    • Living Objects 

      Aguilar, Gavriella
      During the last two years I have found new ways to develop and maintain relationships with others through my relationships with objects. Understanding the purpose of the object, the functionality, the way it exists within ...
    • Living on Death 

      Gress, David
      My work pertains to notions of documentary. The slaughterhouse and events that transpire within constitute the untouched, given center of my work. Within these limits I am free to interpret, recreate and compose such ...