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Every artistic discipline is inherently a process, from the vision of the artist to displaying the artwork in a gallery. This exhibition gives the students from Florence University of the Arts a chance to showcase their artwork from the course of this semester. The pieces presented are from various classes that the school offers, including photography, drawing, and painting. Each work reveals a process of conception, execution, and exposition. A panel of Florence University of the Arts faculty selected the artworks for the exhibition in Ganzo, the creative learning lab. The event provides students with practical experience, lending a unique opportunity to display artwork abroad and gain international exposure.

Ogni disciplina artistica racchiude in sé un processo che si sviluppa a partire da una visione dell’artista per arrivare all’opera compiuta e fruibile all’interno di una galleria d’arte. Questa mostra dà la possibilità agli studenti della Florence University of the Arts di esporre lavori frutto di vari corsi offerti dalla scuola in questo semestre. Le opere provengono infatti da corsi anche molto diversi fra loro, quali ad esempio fotografia, disegno e pittura. Ogni opera rivela il suo processo intrinseco di ideazione, esecuzione e presentazione. Una commissione di docenti della Florence University of the Arts ha selezionato le varie opere da esporre a Ganzo, ristorante-laboratorio di apprendimento creativo. L’evento è per gli studenti fonte di esperienza pratica sul campo, e offre un’opportunità unica per mostrare la propria arte all’estero e ottenere visibilità internazionale.

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D I VA D I G I TA L I M A G I N G A N D V I S U A L A R T S INTRODUCTION TO PHOTOJOURNALISM

M O L LY C O L L I N S Boston College

Unt itled Digital print

My work explores the way in which my father’s livelihood as a fish monger has shaped my identity. I firmly believe that my whole being - physical, mental, emotional - was determined within my youth, as I sat on top of a fish counter watching my mother and father struggle to support their children.

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D I VA D I G I TA L I M A G I N G A N D V I S U A L A R T S INTRODUCTION TO DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY

A D R I A N A M AT T E I M E N D E Z Chapman University

S te v i Por t z Ink jet print Recreation of Gloria Swanson by Edward Steichen

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CHAU MINH THAI Florence University of the Arts

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Y U RIN KOH Johnson & Wales University

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D I VA D I G I TA L I M A G I N G A N D V I S U A L A R T S IPHONEOGRAPHY

MARGARE T E VANGELINE DES JARDINS University of South Florida

Ta k e n i n C o r f u , G r e e c e .

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R YA N C AU L F I EL D Westfield State University

Pink Sicilia iPhone photography Taken at Isola di Ortigia with an iPhone 6s.

Edited with Adobe Light Room with only +20 vibrancy.

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D I VA D I G I TA L I M A G I N G A N D V I S U A L A R T S LANDSCAPE AND ARCHITECTURAL PHOTOGRAPHY

M CK ENZ IE PA D D O CK Salem State University

La Vi l l a Me d i c e a La Pe t r a i a Digital print

La Villa Medicea La Petraia in Florence, Italy, shot on April 17, 2016.

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BRIANNA CARIOLA University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Le Murate Digital print Le Murate, Florence photos taken on March 31, 2016

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ERIC A KOPLIT Z SUNY New Paltz

Decomposition Gouache on paper

While visiting the Pitti Palace I came across a box filled with a decomposing heart between two lungs, and was immediately drawn to the deceased organs. In the past I have painted various living human organs and to see something so vital to life, lacking life, blew me away.

Organs intrigue me because their imperative functions seem to be taken for granted while frivolous aesthetic beauty is glorified. Stumbling upon decomposing lungs in a museum in Florence is fitting, for the city has a remarkable history made possible by artists such as Michelangelo and Donatello, who’s organs today lack oxygen, but whose impact is stored on display and have changed the very heart of the city.

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KELSEY HEFFERNAN Stages Watercolor on paper, black yarn

Each of the four portraits in this piece encompasses a different stage of the grieving process.

The initial stage of denial turns into anger which then develops into depression.

At the end however lies the final stage of acceptance.

The inspiration behind this piece was the death of my father this semester; the process of grieving turned into a large and important component of my everyday life. I wanted to portray this experience in a personal piece of art. The four subjects in the painting are my mother, my brother, my sister, and myself, each going through different yet similar experiences as we process my father’s death.

Each individual portrait is sewn together with black yarn to symbolize how me and my family have used each other for support and strength and how this tragic event has managed to bring us closer together. I decided to use my self-portrait to represent acceptance to reflect upon my own personal journey.

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SAS FINE ARTS WORDS, PAINTINGS, AND EMOTIONS: THE MINDMAP OF CREATIVITY

A L E X A PA PA D EL L IS University of New Hampshire

Detached Watercolor on paper

Independent. There is nothing more admirable than someone who is able to think freely and to be passionate about their work. This series of watercolor paintings depict and capture the various aspects of an independent person. An independent person embodies what it means to be individualistic, self-reliant, and courageous. Through a personal relationship, I have learned what it means to be self-sufficient, free-spirited, and confident within my own work. This piece represents an influence in my own self-expression.

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SAS FINE ARTS WORDS, PAINTINGS, AND EMOTIONS: THE MINDMAP OF CREATIVITY

JOSHUA FRA ASS University at Buffalo

Si mple Obsession Marker and water on paper Simplifying watercolor down to the most basic strokes, I was able to create my own technique through an obsessive exploration of brushstroke placement. Using markers and scribbles on paper, in a tribute to both art and writing, I was able to add water and create a watercolor effect.

In using a childlike medium in a new way, the medium was elevated into a different realm. The markers allow for both a bold exploration of many colors along with simple monochromatic schemes. This new discovery allowed for some control over the unpredictable medium of watercolor, as the work doesn’t involve traditional watercolor at all, but continues to preserve the nuances found in watercolor.

The watercolor effect creates intricate visual interest through the blending of color with water and the variety of tones and shades involved.

Each stroke and scribble melts into the next, creating a fluid movement throughout the work. As if you were reading a book, each line can be “read”, with the viewer absorbing all the information and interest contained by each line.

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SAS FINE ARTS WORDS, PAINTINGS, AND EMOTIONS: THE MINDMAP OF CREATIVITY

JOYCE FEHL AU Loyola Marymount University

I n // b i r t h Watercolor and ink on paper I am in birth - that which is always generating towards becoming-other. Inside me there is a cosmos of pulsing bodies reverberating in infinite series of transforming, being born: each interwoven with a pregnancy of memories, emotions, thoughts, shapes, movements, patterns all bearing forces of color, weight, origins, and inherited generations. I speculate my lifeline to be two infinite pulsing energies from origins beyond my genealogy and towards futures beyond my being. As an artist (a writer, a thinker, a woman) I am inhabited by my genealogy: childhood, womanhood, and motherhood. Relating the generation of womanhood and motherhood is imbued with the genetic pregnancy of disease (cancer): my mother, her mother, her sisters, their mothers.

This dichotomous relationship of innate genetic tensions of disease and giving birth to daughters persuades my future and my identity.

There arises the line of pregnancies relating to genesis, inheritance, genes, disease, womanhood, motherhood, and the embodiment of my being that defines my intellectual and psychological identity.

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PIPER TORSILIERI The College of New Jersey

Com for t Acrylic on canvas I have always been drawn to black, grey, and blue. Many people say that black and dark colors are representative of sadness or darkness, but I have always found dark colors to be the combination of all things full and joyous. As a child, I would mix my paints together, as many colors together as possible, searching for a combination that could express all of them at once.

The muddy brown I would achieve never quite satisfied my desire, but as I began to explore the darker hues of greys and blues, I felt a connection and a pull towards the color palette.

I created this series of dark paintings on canvas for one simple reason: I enjoyed them. I enjoy the warmth and fullness I connect to them, the combination of color, the energy in them, and the messy intentionality that they exhibit. For purely aesthetic reasons I created this series, and they bring me great pleasure to watch and interact with, and for that reason, I believe they have served their purpose to me as an artist.

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ASHLEY FISHER Indiana State University

Move me n t Pen on paper Living in Florence, everyone expects much from their feet. People walk literally everywhere and the city is alive with the different kind of arts. With these pieces I wanted to capture different aspects of what our feet do on a day to day basis, which could be anything from walking to dancing.

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HANNAH KROGH University of Northern Iowa

Expectations vs. Realit y Mixed Media - gelatin print and ink on paper

Expectations vs. Reality: The Story of the Unrelenting Daydreamer A marriage of photography and drawing, Expectations vs. Reality represents the collision of a rich inner world and the hum-drum, less-than-perfect, everyday life here on planet Earth. Inspired by memories in Florence and a film precious to me, 500 Days of Summer, may we all find joy in the familiar suffering of unmet expectations.

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JULIA RAINES The University of Tulsa

D av i d ’s B r u s h e s Graphite on paper

This project was created with the intention of recognizing the artist’s process and emphasizing the important of the artist’s tools. In this project, I have taken hands from great works of art and imagined them holding an artist’s tool. In this way, I am combining art and artist, and causing viewers to contemplate the connection between master and tool. The hands I used for this project are from Michelangelo’s David, Albrecht Durer’s Three Studies from Nature for Adam’s Hands, Andrea del Sarto’s Studies of Hands, Davide Ghirlandaio’s Draped Youth and the Inside of an Open Hand, and the Trevi Fountain’s Statue of Health.

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N AT H A N A S P L U N D CSU Channel Islands

Old Lonely Blandi ng Men Pen and India ink on paper

This series that I developed dives into the raw unfiltered ideas of an artist’s sketchbook. I tried to show the expressive and scatter-brained nature of my initial ideas and thoughts while observing people in Florence.

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SKYLER SIMPSON University of Nebraska - Lincoln

Digesting Graphite on paper For this series, I explored the process of digesting information and emotion. I imagined different systems of the body handling certain emotions, and how feelings may manifest in the form of anatomical structures.

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SAS FINE ARTS FLORENCE SKETCHBOOK

KELSEY BIRD Michigan Technological University

Sketchbook Watercolor pencil, pencil, ink, watercolor

This sketchbook is of areas of Florence done with different media to learn new techniques. It also contains exercises to broaden our understanding of the techniques and broaden our creativity.

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GANZO Via Dei Macci 85/r May 4, 2016

GABRIELLA GANUGI FUA President

GIOVANNI ROSSIELLO

MARCO GUALTIERI

Gallery Curating EL Instructor

Introduction to Digital Photography

GIULIO VINCI

DAVID WEISS

DIVA & IDEAS Academic Coordinator

DAVID WEISS DIVA Chair

CARYN BYLLOTT CHRISTINE ADOARA BUCKLEY MARIA KATHERINE BRASWELL MEGAN HAUG SKYLER HUNTER SIMPSON SOPHIA HEI MAN WONG Gallery Curating EL Students

SUSANNA BAUSI Press Office

ALBERTO SIMONCIONI

Intermediate Digital Photography Special Project in Digital Photography

ISABELLA MARTINI Iphoneography

JURI POZZI Landscape and Architectural Photography

ANDREA MANCINI Watercolor and Tempera Gouache Techniques

NICOLETTA SALOMON Intermediate and Advanced Drawing Words, Painting and Emotions: the Mindmap of Creativity

ALESSANDRA RAGIONIERI Florence Sketchbook

Graphic Design Printed on May 2016

by FUA Florence University of the Arts

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS RINGRAZIAMENTI

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Cover image by K E L S E Y H E F F E R N A N (see page 15)