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  • Haleta, Michael (2017-05)
    In 1953 the term “3C” which stood for “Compulsory”, “Capacity”, and “Conflict” was given to one of the original minicomputer companies by the name of Computer Control Company, Inc. I have switched the 3 “C’s” to represent ...
  • Griggs, Lea (2017-05)
    This exhibition, Landscape Survey 1, provides various types of creative techniques to investigate, identify, analyze, record and interpret the aesthetic landscape. Interpretation is essential in providing the knowledge and ...
  • Gause, Sydni (2018-05)
    My work acts like the proud quilted banners pinned to the walls of a Southern Baptist church that read "King of Kings" and "Lord of Lords." I begin by investigating the role of material and the psychological undertones ...
  • Torrence, Virginia Rose (2016)
    There are certain symbols, types of touch, and a personal aesthetic that emerge from this process of searching. Some reoccurring symbols within my work are hair, fabric, holes, eyes, impressions, fruit, jewelry, and flesh. ...
  • Zablocki, Alex M. (2017-05)
    My work is a marathon exercise in the deconstruction and adaptation of vessel aesthetics, form, function, conventions and histories. I remain alchemically adventurous by employing a wide range of materials, processes, ...
  • Hoffman, Erin (2020-05)
    This paper communicates the entanglement between ourselves and our words through the lens of glass and process. Beginning with our ego-centric ways of thinking, I analyze how this type of perception is so heavily rooted ...
  • Uliasz, Isabella (2021)
    First, I have to explain what I mean by bodies. My understanding and usage of this term spans almost all things. According to existing definitions of the word, it can refer to the physical structure of a living organism, ...
  • Mahoney, Cory (2018-05)
    My work seldom begins with a clear idea in mind. To know too much about what I am going to do is to lose all purpose in doing it. The need to induce surprising results is crucial. Permutations of construction, glaze ...
  • Rennie, Ryan (2017-05)
    Much of my practice functions as a means to reflect selectively on my surroundings. This usually begins in the form of collecting, often in relationship to being an active practitioner of consumerism. I am undeniably ...
  • McLearn, Brady (2022-05)
    The following is a supporting document for my ceramic art MFA thesis exhibition in the Turner Gallery at Alfred University in April of 2022. The purpose of this document is to articulate the language that my work uses to ...
  • Heckard, Hillary (2018-05)
    I construct sculptural installations that illustrate change through the idea of impermanence by combining technology, video projection, sound, performance and light with other mediums ranging from glass, wood and metal. I ...
  • Zhu, He (2022-05)
    My thesis consists of several major pieces about a profound experience of encountering an ash tree. The tree is in the Kanakadea Park, in front of Almond Lake, in Hornell. These visiting experiences bring me strength, ...
  • Wang, Lan (2019-05)
    Since the 1960s, the Internet has reached the whole world. The idea of cyberspace has evolved to became a significant term that describes people’s many different experiences of the Internet. Cyberspaces continue to incorporate ...
  • Wilcox, Kimberly (2021-05)
    Traumatic events and hereditary elements play a role in how our identity and body take shape but, are these factors also inescapable: is our parents' history a prophecy of what will also limit us? I am interested in how ...
  • Dawson, Schuyler (2018-05)
    Who do we feel we are supposed to be? How do we see ourselves as we relate to the world? How do we find a reprieve from our daily anxieties? I explore these questions in my work using text and poetry situated amidst sculpture ...
  • Bai, Mimi Biyao (2017-05)
    Intersectionality is the overarching framework for my worldview. This term refers to the numerous, intersecting vertices of race, class, gender, etc., that affect an individual’s experience in society. Through this lens, ...
  • Yu, ChengOu (2020-05)
    My work and research are focused on iconography, culture contract and conflicts, system and logic, the concept of space. The pot as an icon is a starting point, this concept is further expanding to other subjects. My ...
  • Henry, Devin (2019-05)
    Text and image are two of the most effective tools for conveying an idea. Powerful notions can be conveyed not just by what is written, but also by how it is conveyed. Covering the Record was an exploration of these resources ...
  • Horowitz, Sam (2020-05)
    Our ability to provoke change is perhaps best illustrated by our eagerness to alter material states. Within my work, I synthesize and translate deep time into a more relatable, present frame of reference. I subvert common ...
  • Lee, YehRim (2017-05)
    In the U.S. I started to use this awareness to subvert masculine traditions and re-interpret them for my own practice as a maker. Here, I am learning to balance the best of both the Masculine and Feminine, just as I am ...

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