| Title | Date | Views | Brief Description |
|---|
| Drawing the perceptual and experiential landscape |
2011 |
1307 |
The purpose of this body of work is to communicate the personal experience of a place through perceptual drawing. The work is plein air, taking place in the woods surrounding Lake Brandt in Greensboro, NC, and on Fort Meade, MD. Formal decisions are ... |
| Living in the orchard and being hungry |
2012 |
1667 |
The written portion of my thesis explores the personal ideas, historical background, and creative context for a body of abstract paintings created for my MFA thesis exhibition at the Weatherspoon Art Museum. This body of work comes from an investigat... |
| The thing is |
2016 |
463 |
Since birth I have lived in a world occupied by trinkets, doo-dahs, thingies, collectibles, decorations, souvenirs, tokens, and tangible remnants of people and places. As an only child I spent a lot of time alone, left to my own imaginative devices. ... |
| Black Caribbean woman |
2016 |
748 |
My thesis work, Black Caribbean Woman is about how I understand my race, culture and gender. Yes, the title seems direct but there are a lot of complexities and layers in this work. I been questioning and investigating of my cultural identity as a wo... |
| Unconditional response: a story inspired by an actual thesis |
2018 |
426 |
I’m currently thinking about the institutional factors that my work and my experiences may resist. Academia uses the thesis as an archival method of collecting data from its graduate students. The thesis is used by the graduate committee to enforce t... |
| Environmental production |
2020 |
254 |
As a single parent making the most of my time and materials is paramount in balancing my daily responsibilities with my art practice. My work at UNCG became less dependent on personal documentation, aiming towards inclusive, experiential pieces and m... |
| Leptaxis and the constructed body: an exploration of poetic queer cyborg prosthesis. |
2010 |
1202 |
This written portion of the M.F.A. thesis describes the both aesthetic experience of
the artwork leptaxis and the critical intent, political perspective, and conceptual motivations
behind the construction of the work. The artwork leptaxis... |
| Journey through |
2013 |
979 |
This paper explores the underlying philosophy and creative context to the artworks Inbound, 5:30 going home, and Searching Box included in the MFA thesis exhibition at the Weatherspoon Art Museum, April through June 2013. My work explores concepts of... |
| Let's talk over coffee |
2017 |
617 |
I am driven by generosity, both on the part of myself as well as participants in my work. My art is an extension of my life, in that I attempt to understand myself by creating situations in which I communicate and connect with other people. I am cons... |
| A wild garden approach |
2013 |
1440 |
Through sculpture, drawing, and performance, my work explores the material and conceptual specificities of space. This paper seeks to draw a thread through the primary interests of my artistic practice: process based sculptural work and the creative ... |
| Big quiet |
2016 |
955 |
This thesis is about the radical transformation of my art practice. From printmaking, to painting, to social practice and sound, I’m slowly but surely finding my way. The way is long and never-ending, and I’m by no means racing to get to the destinat... |
| Eat your ear : the fallibility, futility, and fun of never knowing what your taste sounds like |
2022 |
178 |
Eat Your Ear is a contemplation of gender, sex, and the body. Utilizing photography, video, sculptural assemblage, installation, and tediously handmade objects, it is an exploration of correctness, empowering exhibitionism, self-surveillance, and sur... |
| Confide with the moon |
2022 |
175 |
Confide with The Moon is rooted in peace. I confide through the Moon with my father, who is in heaven. When I see this particular circle of light at night while I go walking or through the window, it gives peace and silence to the night and creates s... |