Showcase: The Work of Creative Scholarship by The Jule Museum

AUBURN UNIVERSITY

THIS IS RESEARCH 2018

SHOWCASE THE WORK OF CREATIVE SCHOLARSHIP

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AUBURN UNIVERSITY

THIS IS RESEARCH

SHOWCASE

2018 The Work of Creative Scholarship September 29 through October 11 Preview & Reception September 28th

JULE COLLINS SMITH MUSEUM OF FINE ART 901 S COLLEGE ST, AUBURN, AL 36849

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CREDITS SHOWCASE 2018 EXHIBITION TEAM:

CURATORS:

Project Leader: Fereshteh Rostampour Project Manager: Taylor Dyleski

Karen Rogers Danielle S. Willkens Fereshteh Rostampour

Exhibition Curator: Dennis Harper Exhibition Chief Preparator: Chris Carr Curator of Academic and Public Programs: Scott Bishop Curatorial Assistant: Jessica Hughes Registrar: Danielle Mohr Funderburk

PARTICULAR THANKS: John Mason Paula Bobrowski Jennifer Kerpelman Joseph Aistrup Marilyn Laufer Andy Tennant Sean Henderson Steven Taylor Patricia James Jay Lamar Connor Lowry Barb Bondy Carlton Nell Jonathan Osbourn Charlotte Hendrix Josh Pifer Steven Taylor Jonathan Cullum Giovana Brannan Gail Edwards Rachel SoloRio

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CATALOGUE: Design: Nairika Hough Editor: Lauren Vedder

ONLINE CATALOGUE: Web Master: Sean Henderson Web Content Editor: Lauren Vedder

AWARD: Design: Fereshteh Rostampour Fabrication: Cameron Lucas

GRAPHICS: Design: Nairika Hough

AWARDS SELECTION COMMITTEE: Robin Jaffe Barb Bondy Carlton Nell Matthew Hoch Danielle S. Willkens Taylor Dyleski Fereshteh Rostampour

SPONSORED BY: Office of Vice President for Research & Economic Development

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WELCOME TO SHOWCASE 2018

SHOWCASE is a biennial exhibition that strives to represent and celebrate the breadth of creative scholarship conducted by Auburn University faculty, staff, and students as well as national and international practitioners who bring their expertise to our campus. We believe it is essential to show the depth of individual visions and voices in our global community. The aim in assembling this catalogue has been to encourage and make space for individual exhibitors to reveal and articulate the detail, vocabulary, and particularity of their research practice.

Photo Courtesy of Jeff Etheridge

The exhibition has grown over the past six years, beginning in 2012. With close to one hundred entries this year, we have had the great pleasure of seeing work from twenty two departments across eight colleges, with entries ranging from undergraduates to established researchers and artists. The final curation of the exhibition and the catalogue has provided us with a cross section of the strongest work in various fields of research and design practice. There are global trends evident in the developing use and sophistication of technology juxtaposed with equally sophisticated manual and traditional art skills including small-scale design, performance art and installation projects. It would be fair to say that the work in the online galleries and the final physical exhibition and catalogue, while vibrant and impressive, only partially reflects the current state of creative scholarship on our campus. There are many significant individuals and notable projects not included and many colleges and departments are underrepresented. That said, I think that the work of the exhibitors selected to participate in the SHOWCASE is representative of the brilliant creative research and scholarship being conducted at our university. It is my hope that, by sharing their work, these artists and researchers will be an inspiration for others to contribute to the development of future work of creative scholarship in the next SHOWCASE. I would like to extend my gratitude to Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art and its staff for their hospitality and for making this event possible.

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Photo Courtesy of Michael Cortez

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CONTENTS

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P 1-5

Performances

P 7-26

Faculty Exhibition

P 28-61

Student Exhibition

P 63-66

Faculty Biographies

P 67-69

Student Biographies

P 71

Indexes

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SHOWCASE 2018

PERFORMANCES

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ELIZABETH ANN BENSON ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF MUSIC THEATRE SINGING, MUSIC DIRECTOR , DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE, CLA

RECLAIMING ‘ROMANTIC’ : A LECTURE-RECITAL OF SONGS BY TOM CIPULLO

Music, Theatre, Poetry Live music performance Thursday, Oct. 4 12:00 pm JCSM Grand Gallery

Tom Cipullo is an Italian-American composer with over 100 published songs. His treatment of humor and tragedy are equally compelling, bringing his oeuvre firmly into the standard American canon. In a 20-minute lecture-recital (live performance), a brief presentation of the Dr. Benson’s research for her article “Reclaiming ‘Romantic’: The Art Songs of Tom Cipullo,” (forthcoming in the Journal of Singing) will be shared. Music examples showing stylistic trademarks will be presented, with live performances of these examples rendered by the presenters. This will be followed by a performance of 4-5 complete songs from which the examples were taken.

TESSA CARR ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR OF MOSAIC THEATRE COMPANY, DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE, CLA

Mosaic’s work focuses upon themes of social justice, inclusion, and diversity and is often drawn from the autobiography of Auburn students. The devised theatre pieces are all original creations that are collaboratively crafted.

Devised Theatre New Devised Work Performance by Mosaic Theatre Company Friday, Sept. 28 6:40 pm JCSM Auditorium 1

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JERI DICKEY SR LECTURER, CHOREOGRAPHER, DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE, CLA

SHATTERRED GLASS CEILING This piece addresses the gender wage gap in America. The use of an office chair and the aerial silks help to tell the story of the struggles women face while trying to climb the success ladder.

Aerial and Dance Production Performance Wednesday, Oct. 3 6:00 pm Telfair Peet Theatre

HOLLY DUNLAP INSTRUCTOR, DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH, CLA

Holly Dunlap’s poems (and collages) speak of the body, of pain, of growth and rebirth. She is interested in the concept of paradox, and she uses sometimes disparate imagery to weave together a story of women, of loneliness, of being planted and uprooted, and of relationships with her daughter and her world.

Her Name Is Many Poetry Reading Thursday, Oct. 4 6:30 pm JCSM Grand Gallery

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CHAITRA GURURAJA INSTRUCTOR, AUBURN INDIAN MUSIC ENSEMBLE, DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC, CLA AUBURN INDIAN MUSIC ENSEMBLE We have worked to integrate instruments from different parts of the world with the music of India. Ranging from Traditional Indian instruments like Tabla and Harmonium to the Udu from Africa and the western flute and modified Guitar, instruments have been used to perform classical and semi classical pieces of music from India. We have a dance for a genre of music called Qawwali which is a combination of Indian, Arabic, Persian and Turkish music. This cross cultural initiative demonstrates that Music is indeed a universal language.

Music / Dance Performance Thursday, Oct. 4 7:00 pm JCSM Grand Gallery

MATTHEW HOCH ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF VOICE, DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC, CLA

COLLABORATORS CLAUDIA AFFAN, SOPRANO, BM/BME ‘20 PHILIP MCCOWN, BARITONE, BM ‘19

Lecture-Recital: Singing with Piano Accompaniment Sunday, Sept. 30 2:00 pm JCSM Auditorium

THE CONDITIONAL BALLADS OF OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II: DUETS FROM SHOW BOAT , OKLAHOMA, AND

CAROUSEL

Oscar Hammerstein II, one of the most important lyricists in the history of music theater, is also the inventor of the “conditional ballad” - a way of inserting a love duet into the first act of an operetta or musical, thus giving the characters an opportunity to sing together before they actually fall in love. In these ballads-actually duets-the characters daydream about what it would be like to actually be in love. Quintessential examples include “Make Believe” from Show Boat (1927), “People Will Say We’re in Love” from Oklahoma (1943), and “If I Loved You” from Carousel (1945). This lecture-recital will place these duets into historical and dramatic context as well as offer complete performances of all three conditional ballads.

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ANNE NELSON JUNIOR, NURSING MAJOR, DANCE MINOR, SCHOOL OF NURSING

UNPAVED This piece was my first solo performance piece in my dance career of 13 years. It was inspired by a collaboration between my teacher Adrienne Wilson and me as we developed adaptive choreography in class. When the choreography was first created for the class’ adaptation, it gave the other dancers the chance to experience new ways to translate movement from one body to another. This solo piece is my version of the adaptive choreography set to exhibit the exploration and growth of my abilities. The title was chosen because it represents the “unpaved” path I have developed for myself as Auburn’s first wheelchair dancer, and it also represents the path of my own new discovery of dance in the chair.

Unpaved Live Performance Choreography & Dance by Anne Nelson Friday, Sept. 28 5:00 pm JCSM Terrace

CONNOR DEALY SENIOR, DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE, CLA

Drowned Live Performance Choreography & Dance by Connor Dealy DROWNED This piece is about the difficulties people face about coming out as homosexual, bisexual, trans, etc. It incorporates the innumerable pressures placed on a person’s psyche both before and after. This is a look into the inner workings of “the closet.”

Friday, Sept. 28 5:00 pm JCSM Atrium

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ALYSSA D. ROSS INSTRUCTOR, DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH, CLA Dr. Alyssa D. Ross will read from her poetry chapbook, The Harvard Computers, which explores the undercelebrated and often overlooked role of women at the forefront of the development of modern Astronomy. Selections from The Harvard Computers are forthcoming in Alternating Current Press, Offbeat Literary Magazine, and other literary publications, and feature profiles of scientists ranging from Hypatia to Henrietta Swan Leavitt. Dr. Ross has an MFA in Creative Writing from George Mason University and a PhD in Literature from Auburn.

Women of The Harvard Observatory Poetry Reading Thursday, Oct. 4 12:30 pm JCSM Grand Gallery

ADRIENNE WILSON ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE, CLA

Dance/Dance Theatre

Fragile Existence Dance performance Wednesday, Oct. 3 6:00 pm Telfair Peet Theatre

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“Fragile Existence” is created around the concept and exploration of the relationships we have to our environment. Some of those relationships are harmonious while others are more confrontational. And then there are those who are trying to establish relationships with loved ones who have passed on, some peacefully and others more violently. The original concept was inspired by a photograph of “Shoes on the Danube”-an installation at the edge of the Danube River that honors the memory of the Hungarian Jews whose lives were taken by Nazi soldiers. The image of the shoes being the only remaining artifact of those lost lives resonated in such a way that I felt compelled to use choreography as a way of ‘discovering’ who the people might have been. Along the way, the work evolved into a broader picture of universal relationships and how life can be fine one day and the next day full of tragedy (referencing school shootings, natural disasters, etc.). The movement vocabulary is shaped and developed through the use of gestural motifs and repeating travel patterns, highlighted by partnering work. The performers use audible breath as a unifying and humanizing element throughout the choreography. The image of the shoes found in the photograph are reimagined as souls or angels, representing loved ones, as the shoes hang from the fly space. The performers continually reference the shoes in the lift of their gaze and the reach of their fingers with imaginary grasps into the air.

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SHOWCASE 2018

FACULTY EXHIBITION

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BARB BONDY VISUAL ARTIST, PROFESSOR OF ART, DEPARTMENT OF ART & ART HISTORY, CLA

DEEPSEEING Bondy’s creative research connects science, art, and the humanities primarily through drawing and photography to explore questions about metacognition (thinking about thinking). The Deepseeing Series aims to activate cognitive activity in an observer by presenting images that ambiguously reference familiar visual stimuli. The purpose is to stimulate in the observer lingering curiosity to enable sustained visual processing; it is the aim that prolonged engagement with the drawing will embed the image into memory. In this sense, the viewer becomes cognitively entangled with the image and perhaps by extension, with the artist as well. (Reference: Biederman & Vessel, 2006)

Studio Art Graphite drawing on Stonehenge paper Two-dimensional 36” x 24”, framed 2016

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KELLY BRYANT PRACTICING DESIGNER AND ARTIST, PROFESSOR, SCHOOL OF INDUSTRIAL AND GRAPHIC DESIGN, CADC

BLUDOT BluDot is part of a body of work that focuses specifically on the theme of typography as form, color and/or pattern. The typography used is not seen as language or message. Rather it is purely a letter, word or phrase to be used as texture, shape or color that acts as the physical voice of the collage. Typography is used as the foremost element in the collage -- even if it looks nothing like type when finished -- and as secondary and tertiary elements to color, texture and pattern, functioning in a supporting role of structure within the collage.

Art Mixed Media Collage on paper Two Dimentional collage 8 1/4” x 7 3/4”, unframed 2015

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BEN BUSH, RUSTY LAY, SHEA TILLMAN, SHU-WEN TZENG INDUSTRIAL DESIGN FOUNDATIONS FACULTY, SCHOOL OF INDUSTRIAL AND GRAPHIC DESIGN, CADC

FAMILY OF INDIVIDUALS: BALANCING DISCRETE SEMANTICS WITH A SHARED VISUAL LANGUAGE Designing an object that is visually coherent within a matched set, a larger product line, or a parent brand is a continual challenge for the professional industrial designer. ‘Family of Individuals’ is a creative framework developed by faculty for second-year design students to better consider and explore the balance between the unique functional forms required for an individual object, and a consistent visual tie across a family set. The four-piece tea set is employed for this project, since it affords creative range for proportion studies, material selection, and ergonomic considerations. It also provides a platform for teaching computer modeling (3D CAD) and digital fabrication (3D Printing).

STUDENT WORK EXAMPLES GRACE DENNISTON DILLON HOLLINGSWORTH SARAH WILKINSON TIANRUI CHANG

Industrial Design Foundations Program FAMILY OF INDIVIDUALS Modeled in Fusion 360, Rendered in Keyshot, 3D printed in Polylactic Acid (PLA) filament. 3D printed tea set @ 9” x 10” x 17” 2018

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ANNIE CAMPBELL ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF CERAMICS, DEPARTMENT OF ART & ART HISTORY, CLA

DEEPWATER My forms are derived from areas effected by major fossil fuel accidents involving oil rig ruptures, coal-ash spills, oil train derailments, and mountain-top removal. The work serves as record of these ever-increasing incidents and illustrates how our reckless consumption of non-renewable resources is resulting in unprecedented poisoning of the soil, water and air. I limit my pallet to earth tones, near-black, and white porcelain to symbolize the purity of the natural elements becoming disfigured by these practices. This work is evidence of a culture that places profit and greed over the health of the environment and the safety of the people.

Art Porcelain sculpture with stoneware inlay Mounted on plexi-glass in a wood frame 24”x36”x5” 2015

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DAVID CARTER ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY, CLA

RECONSTRUCTION Here’s what I know of the Black Belt, its landscape pocked by dilapidated barns, fewer now, like scars. Here’s where we marked a trail with tears and death. Here’s where we guarded the coffles of black bodies as they snaked their way to the Quarters. Here’s where they dragged the sacks down the long rows furrowed in the pregnant dark soil, chattel midwives for the white bolls that would crown cotton king. Here’s where our census takers reckoned wealth in human lives, a peculiar institution indeed. Here’s where we cradled the Confederacy, where we stuffed the ballot boxes in 1901 to make sure Reconstruction knew its place. “White Supremacy for the Right” – we wrapped that rallying cry around a ridiculous albino rooster and braided our myths of “Negro domination” and paranoid fantasies of vulnerable white womanhood into the coils of a lynching noose. Here’s where the Black Panther was born, not in Oakland a continent away but in Bloody Lowndes County. Someone turned the lights out in Marion over in Perry County. In the Movement they said night marches are the most dangerous marches of all. Ask the family of Jimmie Lee Jackson, watching their gut-shot son fade to black, waiting a near half-century for some measure of justice to catch up with the uniformed killer who robbed them of their child. Is justice delayed justice denied? Is it justice at all? When they crossed the bridge into history a week later and a county away they marched in memory of Jimmie Lee. At least there is that. In Selma there is a statue near the intersection of Jefferson Davis Avenue and Martin Luther King, Jr. Street. Beneath the bust of a visionary, perpetually young, we read the inscription: “I Had a Dream.” Joanne Bland, a Freedom Fighter three decades on, asked my students, “What’s wrong with this picture?” And we spoke of verb tenses, of “had” vs. “have,” of inconvenient heroes chiseled into less threatening shapes to populate an antiseptic past. “Behold, this Dreamer cometh,” I thought. “We shall see what will become of his dreams.” There is a “Safe House” in Greensboro, Alabama where armed sentries protected Martin Luther King, Jr. during the Poor People’s Campaign, but few know the story. If the Klansmen in Hale County had gotten their wish that night they could have rewritten history, robbed James Earl Ray of his bullet trajectory’s prize just two weeks later, removed the tragic blot from Memphis. “I may not get there with you,” King warned us in that mountaintop moment. And I wonder how long we, as a people, can wander in the wilderness. Here’s when I returned to the Black Belt. I watched as Barack Obama, a senator-turned- president from Illinois, crossed the bridge in Selma and shared a very different stage with John Lewis fifty years on. There among the multitudes one could almost imagine a beloved community, but that weekend I was struck by the three teenagers from a nearly all-white school – six decades after Brown – selling bottled water at a premium to a rainbow-hued crowd while drums beat the cadence: “Black Lives Matter.” The President – my President – spoke of history, how the descendants of slavery in the Black Belt cradle of the Confederacy fought for a new birth of freedom. I watched the children tightly gripping the bars of the metal security barriers as a kindly white state trooper and a black woman together defused an argument that threatened to mar the day, and with the silhouetted bridge in the distance thought of a half-century old tableau, different troopers, roiling clouds of gas, the sickening thuds of clubs on human skulls and Lewis and all the others beaten to the ground.

RECONSTRUCTION I teach and write about race and history, indebted to parents who taught me to see the world with eyes wide open and inspired by the local people whose struggles for racial justice have too often been written out of our airbrushed narratives of the past. I wrote “Reconstruction” while reflecting on more than a half-century of change – and more than a halfcentury of continuity – since courageous activists fought for their human rights in Alabama’s Black Belt during the Civil Rights Era. Moved by the opportunity to witness President Obama mark the 50th anniversary of “Bloody Sunday” in Selma in March of 2015, I found myself in 2016 and early 2017 sobered by reminders of how far “we the people” still have to go to reach the Promised Land.

Here’s what I know of America. We measure our failings against the words of a King who echoed the prophet Amos, waiting for justice, looking for righteousness. Behold the dreamer, behold the New Colossus in the harbor. Somewhere Emma Lazarus and Martin Luther King are weeping together. We have a dream, yearning for a present, for a future, a new and different vessel to give meaning to the tragic shards of our past. Immigrants all, we wait for a third reconstruction. We know the arc of the moral universe is long. We pray that it bends towards justice. We measure our vigil in the halflife decay of the ramshackle barns as they are claimed, one by one, by time, its own mighty stream.

by David Carter

History Reconstruction Prose poem formatted for display on single “page” Approximately 750 words 2017

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MICHAEL FRAZER POSTDOCTORAL TEACHING FELLOW, DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH, CLA

ANUBIS PARTY

MARMALADE SURPRISE

ANUBIS PARTY MARMALADE SURPRISE V IS FOR VORTICIST These knitted shawls aim to represent and replicate several textual and aesthetic aspects of the Modern and Postmodern movements in literature. Inspired by the style of the Futurists and Vorticists as well as the works of author Thomas Pynchon, this ekphrastic exercise aims to transform text into a much more tactile form. Each shawl either translates the visuals that define the movements or textual passages and descriptions into pattern, shape, and design.

Textiles (Knitting) Knitted shawls in wool and acrylic yarn Longest wingspan is 78” / 198 cm 2016 - 2018 V IS FOR VORTICIST

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MATTHEW S HALL ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE, PLANNING AND LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE, CADC

THICK/THIN Obstructures has been designing and manufacturing solid body aluminum guitars since 1999 using a neck-though-body design with ambidextrous playability at its core. Through the many iterations of our designs, we’ve strived to make decisions based on performance criteria such as material efficiency, accessibility to the player, and most importantly quality and robustness of tone. Comparing our first hand-machined bass guitar to the most recent version illustrates the advancements we have made adapting to current CNC machining technology and a calculated balance of weight vs. tone. Like many design exploits, we desire two contradictory criteria: a comfortable and light instrument, but also one that exploits the mass of the aluminum body along with the rigidity of the aluminum neck to provide maximal frequen-cy response and sustain. By using an elliptical neck section rather than the hand-turned round section of the proto-type and removable fretboard, we have lightened the instrument by over 25% the weight of the initial prototype. In addition, chamfered faces on the body and ‘longhorns’, ensure a center of gravity more suitable for playing strapped and standing or seated.

Architecture Purpose built machined aluminum instrument 36”x15”x1” 2017

While we like to think of these guitars as ‘tools’, given their durability and reliability, and our resistance to succumb to stylization or image, but make no mistake: they’re also designed to be highly accurate instruments for the generation of musical sounds with over sixty instruments produced over the past decade. This design was recently awarded a 2018 IDA International Design “Gold” Award for Best Product Design (category: other)

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LAUREN ALYSSA HOWARD LECTURER, ART AND DESIGN, DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER AND DESIGN SCIENCES, CHS

I am interested in the dichotomies of emotion associated with one’s relationship to home. While navigating through a world of intimacy and uncertainty, of satisfaction or regret, I aim to explore these stages of emotion that are directly bound to the environment in which we were raised. My work stems from a need to understand the impetus for self-deprecative action and indignation, particularly as a female, and how it relates to one’s feelings of home. The work is a vehicle by which to express these underlying aggressive feelings that are directly tied to my own feminine self, which is a direct aversion to my traditional upbringing. With a conscious tenderness, I observe and perhaps scrutinize the stereotypes consistent with the Male and Female of the South by reconstructing broken, yet clear memories of growing up in a small Alabama town. I use these remnants of memories as the catalyst for a mostly tender, yet critical, and oftentimes humorous look at ourselves and the place from where we come. By grappling with opposing ideas like discomfort and relief, tensions do emerge. In my work, unlikely interactions between human and animal, religion, and gender combine through subtle gestures and more overt actions in my pursuit of love, loss, and the disorientation of self as I continue to grapple with a contradictory inner emotional dialogue.

Visual and Fine Arts It Dawned on Me Like the Mornin’ Sun Graphite on Paper, Embroidery Floss, Cedar Veneer 41” x 29 ½” (unframed) 2017

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LAUREN ALYSSA HOWARD LECTURER, ART AND DESIGN, DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER AND DESIGN SCIENCES, CHS

“It Dawned on Me Like the Morning’ Sun” and “Johnny Kick a Hole in the Sky” are apart of a two-part series. Coupled together, the viewer is confronted with two different perspectives on femininity. Using imagery consistent with a recurring symbolic narrative throughout my work, this small series illustrates a white, low class life complete with Biblical parables. The piece “It Dawned on Me Like the Mornin’ Sun” shows a woman cutting her own hair- a reference to the Biblical Samson and Delilah. Through a frenzy of hair, squirrels chaotically rummage through and around her body. A coyote symbolically forges from her chest. The viewer is left to unpack these symbols to recognize the inherent good versus evil/ strength versus weakness/ chaos versus calm within every woman. The piece “It Dawned on Me Like the Mornin’ Sun” shows a woman defiantly lifting her skirt to disappointingly reveal a sleeping squirrel. The chaos of the previous work is now subdued and sweet, however the woman is less palatable in her commanding presence and insistence on making eye contact with the viewer. Empty beer cans lay at her feet and a coyote snout hangs around her neck like a trophy or talisman. The viewer again is left to examine the imagery and symbolism and the work is meant to incite feelings of empathy, sympathy, anger, or a circling range of emotions.

Visual and Fine Arts Johnny Kick a Hole in the Sky Graphite on Paper, Embroidery Floss, Cedar Veneer 41” x 29 ½” (unframed) 2017

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ZDENKO KRTIĆ PRACTICING ARTIST AND ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR EMERITUS, DEPARTMENT OF ART & ART HISTORY, CLA

Zdenko Krtić’s creative agenda reveals increased interest in a dynamic idea of history; one that is always mutable and reflective of subjective and (infinite) narrative potentials. In his works, Krtić utilizes mediums and formats with a potential to reflect and communicate these interests and ideas. In addition to focusing on encaustic painting process as his primary medium, his creative interest extends to the medium of photography, which he approaches as both an autonomous process and as a painting component. In the latter, imagery is fragmented and incorporated into the painting by means of laser engraving and cutting, and sometimes through relief printing and transfers.

VERNAL POOLS

Art Encaustic, graphite, and mixed mediums on multiple papers 49” x 84” 2014- 2015

Vernal Pools are ephemeral wetlands that are seasonally flooded and generally isolated from stream systems. Created by millions of years of geology and evolution, vernal pools fill with water during the rainy season and dry down during rest of year. They remain dry for six to eight months awaiting the next winter or spring rains. The unique environment of vernal pools provides a habitat for numerous rare plants and animals that are able to survive and thrive in these harsh conditions.

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ZDENKO KRTIĆ PRACTICING ARTIST AND ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR EMERITUS, DEPARTMENT OF ART & ART HISTORY, CLA

LANDSCAPE WITH A CRANE (triptych) An exploration of the seductive beauty of our natural and built environments, weather phenomena, light and weathering, travel and time passing. Inevitable encounters with and views of disturbed and overburdened land.

Encaustic, oil, charcoal, and engraving on multiple panels 22” x 66” x 2” 2016

PORTRAIT OF A BOY

COLLAPSE OF AN AIRSHIP

Encaustic, pigment, collage, transfer, and laser engraving on paper 21” x 25” framed 2017

Observational drawings of people and artifacts encountered during several trips to Italy and other European countries.

Charcoal, graphite, gouache, and blue pigment on laid paper 25” x 21” framed 2017

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AMIT MOREY ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF POULTRY SCIENCE, CA

COLLABORATORS Rachel Moon Divya Srinivasan Laskhmi Krishnaprasad ARTSCI We explored the art in science! Working on innovative methods to detect wooden breast, a novel poultry muscle myopathy, Dr. Amit Morey (Poultry Science, AU) collaborated with Dr. Rachel Moon (Veterinary School, AU) to generate ultrasound images of the normal and the severely affected breast muscle of chicken. Noting the distinct differences in the images, Dr. Morey’s mentee, Divya Srinivasan (Johns Creek High school, GA), converted the ultrasound images into frequency profile graphs for objective analysis of the images. The frequency profiles were converted to sound using an online free software (Photosounder). The sounds from the software were very harsh and Dr. Morey wanted to convert the graphs to musical notes. Lakshmi Krishnaprasad (Auburn University) wanted to derive an abstract interpretation from the graphs to musically express the general curves of the graphs. For the normal chicken meat frequency graphs, she used the C major arpeggio (containing the notes C, E, and G) to represent the initial ascension of the graph followed by an immediate jump to a high pitch before jumping back to the low octave. For the severe wooden breast frequency profile, she used an instrumental concept called overtones, where multiple notes can be played using only one fingering. For the first time, we were able to demonstrate the translation of ultrasound images into frequency profiles and sound for effective differentiation between the normal and myopathy meat. The method is also intended to be used by visually impaired scientists to interpreted image data. Art is hidden in science! Its for us to find it!

Poultry Science The Hidden Art in Science Ultrasound images on digital screen Interactive 24” x 24” 2018

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CARLTON NELL PRACTICING ARTIST, PROFESSOR, SCHOOL OF INDUSTRIAL AND GRAPHIC DESIGN, CADC

AFTER 199 AND AFTER 213 “After 199” and “After 213” are part of ongoing work that is intended to be a simple expression of thoughts that originate from observation of immediate visual surroundings. The underlying premise is that the Picture is a unique mediator between the viewer and the material world because of its dual nature: it is itself a material object, but one born of and living within - thoughts of the viewer. These paintings were completed with the support of a fellowship from the Alabama State Council on the Arts, along with research grants from the College of Architecture, Design, and Construction, and the Office of the The Vice President for Research at Auburn. Art AFTER 199 Oil painting on panel 48” x 80” 2017

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CARLTON NELL PRACTICING ARTIST, PROFESSOR, SCHOOL OF INDUSTRIAL AND GRAPHIC DESIGN, CADC

Art AFTER 213 Oil painting 48” x 80” 2017

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FERESHTEH ROSTAMPOUR SCENIC, PROJECTION, AND LIGHTING DESIGN PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE, CLA

ASSASSINS The major design element is the 19’ slanted walls that tell stories and envelopes the set, symbolizing the repression imposed by the government that forced these assassins to commit such dreadful actions. The inner space consist of multiple levels to allow the assassins to watch and observe what is happening at all times. The entrances and exits allow the actors to appear and disappear seamlessly into darkness behind structures. The lighting provides the sort of a mood that almost looks cheery, but immediately shifts to a darker world. The projection images and animations are designed to make the setting shift through the time and locations effortlessly.

COLLABORATORS CHASE BRINGARDNER MEJAH BALAMS AFSOON PAJOUFAR CAMERON LUCAS MATT GIST TREVOR TURNER TAYLOR DYLESKI

FRANKENSTEIN The story is episodic and flash quickly between one place and another. Inspired by the remaining contours of the deadly eruption of Mount Tambora, my design includes a massive structure that slopes from 10’ to 0’, expands 36’ across the stage, and represents many locations of the story. Each location is carefully projection mapped on to the elevation of this structure. The combination of the varying heights on a curved surface of this structure is quite challenging for projection mapping, but provides a great panoramic view for various images, special effects and animations.

Theatre Video 2014-2016

VINEGAR TOM My set design reflects the oppressive environment that these women are trapped in. The unusual design of the prison bars speak of their desire to make their own choices and to break out of this prison. The cat’s tail shape structure connects the stage to the auditorium and brings the actions closer to the audience. By placing lights under the stage and allowing them to seep through the gaps of the floorboards, my lighting design creates an unnatural and uncomfortable environment that both actors and audiences would experience at the same time. My projection design creates a surreal backdrop and provides a seamless shift from one scene to another.

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COLLABORATORS

FERESHTEH ROSTAMPOUR SCENIC, PROJECTION, AND LIGHTING DESIGN PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE

ALLIE LENOX DYLESKI EMILY SQUIER MEDORA PEPPER ASHLIE LAUDERDALE MATT GIST CAMERON LUCAS TAYLOR DYLESKI

CONNECTION Developing new ways to design is a process that is endlessly rewarding to me. I am enchanted by visceral transformation of spaces, by wordless expression of moving bodies, and by light that always creates magic! The design concept for this piece emphasizes the interconnections between people and their environment. An animation of the binary code projected from opposite sides of the stage rush through the space and across dancers’ bodies, stressing a desire for connection. These projected images serve as the only light source, defining the space and the parameters within which the moving bodies exist. For this piece, I used 8 projectors as side lights instead of Ellipsoidal instruments that are traditionally used for dance. My new technique transforms the stage into an ambiguous space where the moving bodies serve as the structure that constantly re-shape and re-evaluate the space.

Dance

Photographer: Richard Finkelstein

Video 2016

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CHRISTINE SCHNITTKA ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF SCIENCE EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF CURRICULUM AND TEACHING, CE

A STORY ABOUT SCIENCE

Science Education Acrylic on Canvas 5’’x 8’ 2018

I am a creator and a maker. As an engineer/scientist/teacher/artist, I am trans-disciplinary in all that I do. What comes to my mind is knit, sewn, spun, formed with clay, painted, taught, sung, played on the piano, or written. I look for creative ways to express my ideas, and can’t help but indulge myself in the process of “making.” Because of this, I also look for ways to engage my students in the creative process. Dozens of them helped with this mural. This mural segment is part of a larger work that depicts stories about science from 1500 CE to the present times. It took years to learn about and research these scientists and their discoveries, and it took help from many students (especially Jacob Helf, Reese Claybrook, and Shannon Bales). I am currently working on a book to accompany the entire mural so that intriguing stories about each person, each small painting, can be told so that we can know and remember the giants on whose shoulders we stand.

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JENNIFER K SMITH INSTRUCTOR, ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN, COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE, DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION

TIMELINE OF INTEGRATED TECHNOLOGIES The gallery exhibit, created by Environmental Design Adjunct Instructor Jennifer Smith, is an interpretation of student work from ENVD 2040, Spring semester 2018. Students created timelines illustrating the evolution of various technologies including the camera, computer, phone, watch and television. Many of these formerly disparate technologies are now integrated into devices such as the Smartwatch and iPhone, thus inspiring Smith to design, and reimagine, a timeline of integrated technologies. The exhibit concludes by asking the viewer, titled here, “future designer,” to speculate on how the design of these objects might evolve in the future.

Design/ Architecture Paper, steel chord, clamps, plastic strips, zip ties, paper clips Dimensions vary from 8”x8”x5” to 4’x15’x1” 2018

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MARK THORNTON INSTRUCTOR, DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS, CLA

INCORPORATING CANTILLON: FIRST MODERN ECONOMIST GETS A FACE AND A FAMILY

Cantillon Family Portrait (circa 1730) by Largillière

There was no known image of Cantillon (168?-1730?) who is the first modern economic theorist and whose book was highly influential on the writings of Adam Smith, David Hume, and the Physiocrats, including Turgot and Condillac. In 2005, while visiting the Louvre, I saw Nicolas de Largilliere’s enormous “Family Portrait” and thought the father might be an image of Cantillon. How do you link an image to someone with no known image? Eventually, I used the image itself, known images of Cantillon’s wife and daughter, and the career of the artist to build a large amount of consistent connections. I knew I had made the case when I communicated with a curator at the Louvre and asked her if all three people had blue eyes. She wrote back “how did you know?” It turns out that blue eyes are highly dominant in County Kerry, Ireland, where the Cantillons were from, while brown eyes are dominant in Paris and much of France.

Richard Cantillon (circa 1720) by Largillière

Mary Anne Cantillon (circa 1723) by Largillière

Art History Paper Reproductions of Nicolas de Largilliere Paintings 25” X16” each 2016

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COURTNEY WINDHAM PRACTICING GRAPHIC DESIGNER, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, SCHOOL OF INDUSTRIAL + GRAPHIC DESIGN, CADC

BETWEEN THE LINES “Between the Lines” is part of a larger body of work called Pattern Play. The prints are organic patterns and often mimic shapes and movements in nature. They are created using custom laser-cut acrylic shapes stamped onto paper and are quick studies in composition and white space. This print is not only a handmade piece existing on paper but it is intended to also be viewed in the form of an animation through the lens of an app, building a connection between the realm of the handmade and time-based digital media. The “Between the Lines” accompanying animation depicts a yellow ball bouncing and falling through the lines on the page. To view the animation, download a free augmented reality app called Layar. Hold the viewfinder of your device over the print image. Tap the screen and the image will trigger the app to play the video.

Design Black Ink on Hand-made White Paper 16 Second Animation 23” x 18” (unframed) 2018

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SHOWCASE 2018

STUDENT EXHIBITION

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AYOMI AKINLAWON SENIOR, ARCHITECTURE, COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE, DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION

THE URBAN SCALE The city of Mobile, AL is the rainiest city in the country. This project presented the sustainability challenges of dealing with rain water on site as well as handling the numerous programs that needed to be accommodated on the site. The city’s low sky line created a height limit, and its rich culture and monumental buildings gave the project a lot to consider when deciding materials, systems and the key features. This project demonstrates a broad scope of creative approaches required for the successful design of a large building in an urban setting.

Architecture 2 presentation boards 20” x 30” 2017

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PETE BAKER SENIOR , BFA, DEPARTMENT OF ART & ART HISTORY, COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS

My work focuses on abstraction with text and formal elements. My intention in working with text is to see how far I can push a word or letter until it has taken on an entirely different meaning. Abstraction is a way to find the most pure elements in my thoughts and make them visual.

ILLUSION OF SYSTEM Painting Linoleum Print with Acrylic Image 10”x10” 2018

UNDEFINABLE (AMERICAN) Painting Acrylic on Canvas 43” X 54” 2018

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AMY BRIGGS SENIOR , BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS, DEPARTMENT OF ART & ART HISTORY, COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS

THE BEHAVIOR OF NATURE Kudzu is a ceramic sculpture that is part of a larger series titled The Behavior of Nature exhibited at Auburn University’s annual juried show in 2018. The overall series is about the personification of nature and its metaphoric properties. These vessels show a progression of consumption told from the perspective of kudzu and explores the movements of this invasive and aggressive plant. Each vessel is relational to the tale of invasion and communicates the phases of deterioration.

Fine Arts INVASIVE, CONSUMPTIVE, KUDZU Stoneware and glaze 20”x10”, 17”x10”, 20”x11”, 15”x12” 2017

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JULIA BRITT SENIOR, PSYCHOLOGY MAJOR AND STUDIO ART MINOR, COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS

JACKSON This work is part of a larger collection submitted in ARTS 3230. The collection is a direct commentary on the selfconceptualization of gender. This piece is included in Part 1, which visually challenges the notion of femininity. Visually, the candid pose and commanding nature is important to the significance of the piece. Britt took inspiration from Diane Arbus and looked at the concepts of grit, violation, and informal construction.

Jackson An opposition to the traditional view of gender Ilford HP5 Plus 10” x 10” 2017

METALLIC TEARS This work is part of a collection submitted in ARTS 2210. The collection is an exploration into modern recreations of prominent paintings, and this piece is an interpretation of Freya’s Tears by Klimt. This piece also explores double exposure and the absence of color in modernizing Klimt’s work. The composition and elements of this piece allow for some time period interpretation but ultimately conveys a clearly contemporary setting. Britt drew inspiration from the formal elements of film photography, emotion, and tone.

Metallic Tears A modern interpretation of Freya’s Tears Ilford HP5 Plus 19” x15” 2016

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JULIA BRITT SENIOR, PSYCHOLOGY MAJOR AND STUDIO ART MINOR, COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS

UMANITA Umanita is a tableau submitted in ARTS 3220 and is a stand-alone piece. It references humanity’s overall destruction of nature along with the eventual destruction of itself. The color is imperative to the meaning and undertones of the work, and the artificial setting is indicative of the opposition of nature. Britt drew inspiration from rigid composition, static shape, and texture.

Umanita The tainted influence of humanity Canon 60D Digital Photo 9” x14” 2017

THE COLOR OF LIGHT This piece was submitted in ARTS 4240 as a part of a larger body of work. The collection focuses on the formal and contextual associations between photographs and the significance that develops out of those relationships. The collection also explores the forms of visual diptychs, haikus, and constellations. This work explores the quality of light and the color of film, and it focuses on capturing a feeling, whether known or unknown. Britt drew inspiration from Rinko Kawauchi’s work and the idea of simplicity.

The Color of Light Capturing light and the essence of simplicity Fujifilm Superia 10” x 10” 2018

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ANDREA BUCHMANN VAZSONYI JUNIOR , BACHELOR OF ARTS, DEPARTMENT OF ART & ART HISTORY, COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS

LOST POTENTIAL Buchmann is interested in raising awareness of challenging social issues such as racism, xenophobia, and antisemitism. She utilizes historical references in her work to draw parallels from the past to contemporary problems. In her woodcut “Lost Potential”, she depicts a pile of hairbrushes and toothbrushes confiscated from the Jews during World War II. Her intent is to get the viewers of her work to contemplate, self- reflect, and ultimately take the impressions with them once they leave the gallery. She hopes her art will inspire people to discuss these issues with others and to take actions towards becoming a more understanding and tolerant society.

Art LOST POTENTIAL Woodcut 27” X 21” 2018

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ZACK CUNDEY SENIOR, INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE, CADC

FOCAL GLIMPSES New experimental potentials lie in maximizing effects with a minimum of resources. For this reason adaptive reuse has become an innovative practice, embracing our existing building stock as a valuable and innovative practice. By imagining a renewed future for 520 South Court Street in Montgomery, AL, a careful test of surfaces, furniture, and lighting was composed. Through the study of a swarming effect, the glimpses of people and work became the focus of the project, providing observation of the colorful work of the firm while maintaining an appropriate level of privacy.

Interior Architecture Model photographs, renderings, and architectural drawings Ink on paper 21 1/2” x 48” 2017

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8/17/2018 6:18:55 PM

FOSTER DENNEY GRADUATE, ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN, COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE, DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION

Serial imagry GENERATION 3 6” x 24” 2018

Serial imagry GENERATION 9” x 4 ½” 2018

Serial imagry SYSTEM 36” x 36” 2018

REPETITION THROUGH GENERATION AND COLLAGE My work explores the roles of repetition, reduction, and resourcefulness in visual media. Repetition was utilized through generative abstraction created on Adobe Illustrator and by collaging the same size pages together. Reduction was a result of transfer techniques and chemical alteration. Resourcefulness was a personal attribute that was a driver for selecting materials to use. Moving forward, I plan to combine the various styles and techniques used into one cohesive style and to continue to research seriality in visual art.

Serial imagry CAPTURE 11” x17” 2018

The work has two distinct styles. The first style consists of digitally rendered images transferred onto watercolor paper with a light wash of sumi-ink and wax applied on top. This style is low-key and low contrast. The second style consists of chemically altered magazine pages, collaging, and sumi-ink. This style is abstract and colorful with a slight gradient of intensity. Both styles exhibit the role of serialty in simple forms.

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AVERY DOVE GRADUATING SENIOR, GRAPHIC DESIGN, CADC

VISUAL GRAPHICS FOR CHILDREN IN THOMAN, HAITI For this project, our Special Topics class was tasked with designing a series of posters and brochures for the Thoman Hope Village Hospital. The purpose of this project is to make a difference in the lives of the people who visit the Thoman Hope Village Hospital. Our goal is to inform those individuals on basic healthcare tips, to change behavior, and we hope the series of posters can help these people form a lifestyle that generates a healthier and more prosperous community. I chose to help make a difference in the lives of the children. The posters were designed to be fun and inviting, while at the same time educational. The interactive brochure keeps children informed, even on the go. Anel and Rosaline were created to connect to children and be relatable. The sibling duo always seem to find themselves in all-too-familiar situations that most children can relate to.

Graphic Design Posters help kids grasp health habits approx 19 ½” x 14” 2017

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ALEXANDER JEREL DROUILLARD SENIOR, COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE, DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION

Serial imagry BADLANDS Paper, oil, and charcoal on canvas 40”x30” 2018

SERIAL IMAGRY Using all tools available, video, photography, digital, and physical processes the Artist attempts to recreate memories through implied motion imagery that seem like a faded memory that refuses to leave the soul. The artist intends on creating larger works and working with psychologists to share case-studies of other common traumas and recreate these through the same process. Most of the works enclosed are a result of a paper transferring process onto canvas in repetition to create a sense of motion in the figures selected. The larger works are more of a video or memory than a static painting.

Serial imagry DESTINY TOLD ME Chalk and wax on paper 9” x 8” 2018

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OLIVIA FRENCH SENIOR, GRAPHIC DESIGN, CADC

TOUSLED FELLOW

Tousled Fellow developed from the idea of reaching the modern man who desires a full, bountiful, and healthy beard. A man who enjoys the classics and relishes in the simple pleasures of life. Tousled Fellow exemplifies an attitude of rural personality in a modern lifestyle. Our handmade soaps, oils, and balms provide a rich redolence using basic ingredients for a naturally soothing touch. Our Sasquatch marries rugged mountain man and city dweller to form the perfect Tousled Fellow. Join us on Saturdays for Beards and Brews!

Graphic Design Classic Beard Care Products Beard oil boxes + eyedropper bottles, Beard balm boxes + tins, Beard soap bars 2017

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ELIZABETH GLASSL FRESHMAN, PRE INTERIOR DESIGN, COLLEGE OF HUMAN SCIENCES

TRAVELING ON, AUDREY FLACK Entering into the second semester of Freshmen year pursuing Interior Design as my major, we were assigned a project where we would have to select a painting from an artist we were assigned. I was instantly drawn to the abstract pieces of my artist, Audrey Flack. Audrey Flack, an artist who grew her career in the 1950s creating abstract paintings, was later known for her photorealistic paintings as well as different mediums such as sculpture and photography. Traveling On, created in 1950s, was the piece I chose from the earlier part of her career. The painting showcases variation of color, movement, and shapes that impacts the viewer as their eye moves from one section to the next. I chose this intricate piece for the use of different tones and shades of colors as the challenge of the project was to not use white and black acrylic paint. Once I painted the shade closest to my reference photo, I would punch a .5 by .5” quare of the watercolor paper I painted and glue it the section of the enlarged painting (blown up to be at least 4’ on one side) on Styrofoam Insulation board which resulted in 6,000 tiny squares to complete the painting.

Art 5”x 5” watercolor paper cubes painted with acrylics Pasted on Styrofoam Insulation board 30”x48” 2017

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INJI HA JUNIOR, BFA SCENIC DESIGN, DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE, COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS

DAVID BOWIE This work was Inji’s first project in Design Aesthetic class. The purpose of the project was to create a new pattern of photographs using pointillism, a painting technique which uses tiny dots which appear blended to the viewer. The original photograph is from the cover of David Bowie’s famous album Aladdin Sane. Inspired by the water pooling and dripping from the recess of Bowie’s collarbone, Inji extended the theme of dripping water to form the fluid contour of Bowie’s disembodied head and neck. She expressed shadow and highlights with dots for dimensional effect, using four different types of pens to create dots of various sizes and colors: 0.5mm and 0.1mm black pens, a 0.5mm blue pen and a 0.5mm red pen. Art 0.5, 0.1 pen on Canson paper 12” x10” 2017

THE CLOWN This work is based on a mask from Commedia dell’arte. Each mask in Commedia dell’arte is a device which expresses the nature of a character, and this mask represents the character of Zanni, a clown who sings, dances, and performs acrobatics. To create this mask, Inji used clay to create a form for a papier-mâché coating that defines the mask’s surface and features. Inspired by Zanni’s characteristics and spirit, she created an expressive and original pattern by crisscrossing the entire surface of the mask with musical scores.

Art Papermache, acrylic paint 12 ½” x 10” x 3 1/2” 2017

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GRACE HARKIN SENIOR, GRAPHIC DESIGN , CADC

A PALE BLUE DOT

Graphic Design TYPOGRAPHIC BOOK 8” x 8” book in sleeve; full spread is 8” x 16” 2017

The concept of the design was to depict the contrast between the technical, scientific explanations verses the introspective, contemplative voice that Carl Sagan utilizes in the first chapter of his book, “A Pale Blue Dot.” This contrast was illustrated through shifts in typography, syntax, page structure, and negative space. This book discusses Voyager I’s photo taken of Earth in 1990, which depicted Earth from the farthest away Earth had ever been seen. His book discusses the technicalities of such an endeavor, the technology, the human power needed, and the implications of understanding how “small” we are in the universe.

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IMAN HASSANI PH.D. CANDIDATE, DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING, COLLEGE OF SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS

Biology, Science Photography Confocal microscopic image of fat cells 28” x 28” 2018

ELUCIDATION OF THE ADIPOCYTIC MICROENVIRONMENT To study the impact of fatty tissue on the incidence and progression of colorectal cancer, 3T3-L1 mouse fibroblast cells were differentiated to express an adipocytic, or fat cell, phenotype. To visualize cellular morphology, the adipocytes were stained with Hoechst 33342, WGA, and Oil Red O to illuminate cellular nuclei in blue, plasma membrane in green, and lipid droplets in red, respectively. The cells were then imaged utilizing confocal microscopy. When printed at 28” x 28”, this image elucidates the cellular microenvironment at 2,235 times larger than its actual size.

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NAIRIKA HOUGH SOPHOMORE, PRE GRAPHIC DESIGN, CADC

SHADOW BOX This box was a project assigned to me in my foundations graphic design class. The only guideline was that it be made from a white box. I began to think about the light and shadows and how it can effect how an object is perceived. I wanted to create something that was interactive to the viewer because of the various sized triangles and their spacing. I wanted to create an effect that looks like the triangles are growing into the box. Graphic Design 3D Illustration Board 6”x6”x6” 2018

CRYSTALS This painting was a lot of trial and error due to the experimentation with color. Every individual piece of the crystals were created with a variety of color and different amounts of water to see how it would impact the marbled effect I was looking to achieve.

Graphic Design 2D Painting Acrylic on canvas 16” x 20” 2018

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GARRETT JOHNSON SENIOR, BFA STUDIO ART, DEPARTMENT OF ART AND ART HISTORY, COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS

These photo paintings attempt to imply illusionary trickery on the viewer to suggest society’s perception of my subjects and friends, all of whom are members of the LGBTQ community. I consider my approach to analog photography to fit into the genre of intimate photography (an established practice by Ryan McGinley and Nan Goldin). Vulnerability and intimacy are apparent in this series, acting as a celebration of youth and an exploration of sexuality. This series attempts to associate time and memory through physical manipulation of photographs exploring identity and the body. This is done through a combination of drawing, painting, collage, and various other forms of physical and digital manipulation. David Hockney, Pablo Picasso, and Cubism have all contributed to my representation of time through collage. The viewer is meant to question what is reality versus constructed reality.

Art 1 P.M. MARCH 2ND scan of collage, printed on photo rag paper 18” x 26” 2018

The illusion of depth, space, texture, and medium is deceived by scanning small scale manipulated photographs, enlarging each artifact, and printing onto a flat surface. The process includes expressive mark making and brushwork, multiple techniques associated with craft arts and scrapbooking, and weaving multiple photographs together. A collection of non-archival work resulted from this process, and these photo paintings are documentations of their smaller counterparts. The documentation is then printed onto exhibition quality photo rag paper for its similarity of watercolor paper. Printing collage or craft, typically considered low art, onto this high art context ironically criticizes stipulations within the art world.

Art DECENDING NUDE scan of collage, printed on photo rag paper 18” x 18” 2018

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LISA MAGGI SENIOR, ARCHITECTURE, PLANNING, AND LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE, CADC

A MODERN RENDITION ON PURISM A Modern Rendition on Purism is an analytical painting that applies the compositional structure of a Purist painting to a building analysis. Conceived of as a reaction to Cubism, Purism – the art movement founded by twentieth century architect Le Corbusier – focused on creating hierarchy among elementary forms and placed a high emphasis on the intentional use of color. To achieve the final product, Maggi studied Le Corbusier’s process through a series of reproductions of original Purist paintings and then applied that method to an original composition based on one of his later buildings – his Notre Dame du Haut Chapel in Ronchamp, France. While Purism utilized soft blues, yellows, and reds, the submitted piece uses a color palette based on the colors used within the building, as well as other projects completed contemporaneously with the chapel.

Architecture ANALYTICAL COMPOSTION OF CHAPEL AT RONCHAMP Acrylic on MDF 18” x 24” 2016

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MALLORY MICHAEL SENIOR, GRAPHIC DESIGN, CADC

GUSTAV HOLST POSTER For this project, we were assigned an unknown piece of music to interpret into a 2-D form visually using only shape, form, line, and typography. We then used the image to create a poster promoting a concert of the selected performance. Hierarchy was first established in black and white before applying a maximum of two colors. Graphic Design | Typography Poster Acrylic on MDF 17” x 11” 2018

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DAWN MICHAELSON GRADUATE, DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER AND DESIGN SCIENCES, CHS

COLABORATOR Sarah Gascon

Apparel Design Women’s Athletic Compression Apparel 60” x 14” x 9” 2017

WOMEN’S ATHLETIC COMPRESSION APPAREL

KALEIDOSCOPIC Dawn’s creative endeavors revolve around fabric manipulation with advanced patternmaking techniques to push her boundaries with apparel design. Her designs focus on innovative ways to design apparel with these advanced methods while creating wearable yet unique designs that spark conversations about fashion. While her creative side focuses on fabric manipulation, her research is on functional and sustainable apparel design. For over ten years now, Dawn’s creative apparel designs have been featured in regional, national, and international shows.

Apparel Design Freeform Origami Designed Shirt 60” x 14” x 9” 2018

This compression ensemble is a collaborative effort between biomechanics and functional apparel design to reduce inefficiencies in performance among women athletes. Research has shown postural changes occur during sports and causes performance inefficiencies. To mitigate this, the prototype used the human musculoskeletal system as inspiration along with careful analysis of insertions and origins of posterior muscles. Other considerations include performance fit, comfort, and heat dissipation. Three stretch performance fabrics were chosen to provide varying degrees of compression, wicking, and comfort. Initial infrared tests and wear trials presented postural-cueing to the athlete, improved fit, and comfort while wearing the prototype. Additionally, a bust support system was incorporated so women athletes would not have to wear sports bras under the compression top and help alleviate heat and improved bust comfort.

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HUGO MORRIS SENIOR, FINE ARTS, DEPARTMENT OF ART & ART HISTORY, CLA

THE GARDEN

Painting Acrylic and Photo Transfers on Canvas 42” x 72” 2018

My work deals with liminal nature of contemporary life. Mixing painting and photography in a process that could almost be considered collage, I aim to find the quiet tension of the in between state of our self and our memories. I take photos from my personal life and through a fluid process of addition and subtraction with paint and photo transfers, I aim to disconnect, confuse, highlight, and stitch together composite images that communicate the ambiguity and tragedy of contemporary life.

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DEON NDUNA JUNIOR, GRAPHIC DESIGN, CADC

OSMOSIS Osmosis is the process by which molecules tend to pass between solvents through a semipermeable membrane from lesser to greater concentrated solution, thus equalizing the solvents on each side. This animation illustrates this definition in a visually engaging way. This piece was inspired by the gummy bear experiments used to teach children about the osmosis process.

Graphic Design Image suplement to animation animation created using AfterEffects 2018

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KATIE NOVAK SOPHOMORE, BA STUDIO ART, DEPARTMENT OF ART & ART HISTORY, CLA

SELF PORTRAIT WITH CAT Novak’s creative research interests focus on portraits. She makes use of layering as an important part of the painting and drawing process. For this particular self-portrait, she uses mixed media and layering to add components to the portrait that represent the subject’s personality, emotions, and interests. This portrait’s composition is informed by Kehinde Wiley’s 2018 portrait of President Obama through the use of a centralized figure, foliage and flowers that surround the figure.

Art SELF PORTRAIT WITH CAT Mixed media on Stonehenge paper 30” x 22” 2018

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AFSOON PAJOUFAR GUEST ARTIST, SCENIC DESIGN, GRADUATE STUDENT AT BOSTON UNIVERSITY

Theatre Set Design For THE GLASS MENAGERIE Productio photos 11”x 17” each

Set Model 8 ½”” x 11”

2015

Rendering 8 ½” x 11”

THE GLASS MENAGERIE When I started the design process for the “Glass Menagerie”, I came up with very simple ideas which conveyed fragility and illusory; fragile like “Laura” and illusion like Tom’s dream world. I have created an isolated world from the reality, although they have their own individual cells which was an escape path for them. The idea behind the final design is represented by multiple layers. The first layer is a general exterior view of the St. Louis apartment buildings. On the next stage, we are looking into one of these apartments with its walls removed, inviting audience to see what is behind these windows allowing them to discover the story. The interior is consist of a vast red floor, minimal furniture, and a string curtain upstage. In front of the string curtain, there is portrait of the father, the man who has trapped this family in this endless crisis. In the very last layer, behind the string curtain, we have a blurry rows of incandescent warm lights and fluorescent cool lights to represent the desired world that the father left his family for and “Tom” who has been dreaming about it.

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ANNA ROGERS SENIOR, GRAPHIC DESIGN, CADC

RETROFORM

Magazine Design PRESERVING THE PAST & CULTIVATING THE FUTURE Print Media, 8 ½”” x 11” x 0.25” 2018

Retroform Magazine emphasizes the architectural importance of historical buildings and their effect on culture and the environment. Historical reconstruction and preservation of buildings is just as essential as preserving artwork from ages past. Just like artwork, homes and commercial buildings from different eras can give us a look into what life was like during that time period. When older buildings are destroyed, part of history goes with them. Retroform’s focuses include historical preservation, as well as cohabitation of old and new architectural styles. With the advent of modern architecture, more creative ways to save historic buildings have emerged. Retroform showcases examples of successful unification of past and present helping readers to recognize the publication’s goal and show that it is attainable. Using a mixture of design and typographic styles reiterates the overall goal of the magazine.

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PARTHA SAHA GRADUATE, CHEMICAL ENGINEERING, COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

MACROSCALE PROPERTIES OF CELLULOSE NANOCRYSTALS Planning and executing new ideas in a feasible fashion is always satisfying to me. It is always rewarding to put the scientific hypothesis into facile experiments and observe results. It is even more rewarding when scientific progress results in aesthetic image creating a fusion of science and art. The natural liquid crystalline ordering of cellulose nanocrystals in solutions and films creates colors under cross-polarized light which are both beautiful and practical and mimic structural color in nature such as seen in many beetles.

Nanotechnology All the images are taken using Nikon Eclipse Microscope 2018

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MORGAN SEARCY JUNIOR, GRAPHIC DESIGN, COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE, DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION

VOTE ALABAMA Alabama Votes is a project studying how design can engage, include and, educate by connecting with the wide demographic of Alabama voters.

Graphic Design Posters 12” x 18” 2017

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ALAUNDRA SHEALEY GRADUATE, CONSUMER AND DESIGN SCIENCES, COLLEGE OF HUMAN SCIENCES

WARDING OFF THE EVIL EYE This jacket is an exploration of different cultures commingling along a common theme: the evil eye. The evil eye has been prevalent in many rich cultures, both ancient and present. Looking at two diverse cultures that have deep roots, African and Japanese cultures converge in this garment to show how technique and print can marry along one thread.

Garment JACKET MADE OF WAXCLOTH waxcloth, vinyl, hook-and-eye Sewn jacket of waxcloth and vinyl on dressform 2018

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RADHIKA SHENOY GRADUATE, LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE, COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE, DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION

DISCOVERING DYNAMIC FORMS FOR MARSHLANDS THROUGH SEDIMENT MODELING Coasts are dynamic landscapes constantly affected by external forces like wind, tides, waves, and storms. Designed for the Galveston bay, these series of experiments illustrate how forms along the coasts change when subjected to some of these forces.

DISCOVERING FORMS FOR MARSHLANDS Landscape Architecture Video 2018

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JONATHAN STOFFEL SOPHOMORE, BFA SCENOGRAPHY, DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE, COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS

COLLABORATORS AMANDA JERNIGAN (Set & Costume Design) DYLAN RENFROW (Choreography & Dance) DERRIK STOFFEL (DP & Editor)

Theatre Lighting Design A story of love and loss of innocence Video & photograph 2017

EVERY ROSE HAS ITS THORN This piece was a great exploration into the recreation of art in reality, which was based on Caravaggio’s painting. It lead down a path of deep examination of shadows and light as well as exploration of the way light interacts with different types of fabrics and set pieces. The project allowed us to demonstrate our ability to tell a story without words but instead just movement, colors, and music. This deepened our abilities not only as designers, but as storytellers and artists.

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CONNER TOMASELLO, PRESTON SMITH, EILIS FINNEGAN, AUBREY HARROLD

ARCHITECTURE AND INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE, CADC

ENVELOPS GALLERY The pervading motivation behind the ENVELOPS project Gallery was to decontextualize (or recontextualize) the gallery space, while keeping an appropriate hierarchy between the installation and the artifacts on display. The artifacts are best interacted with intimately, with viewers closely inspecting all sides of the object. Behavior like this is stifled in such a vacuous, non-identifiable atmosphere. By adding a substantial change in ceiling, the visitors immediately recognize they are in a space to truly and closely observe. Each strip of paper holds its own fragment of a studio project in progress, beckoning visitors to piece together the strips through words or images. They then move toward the objects, trying to piece together the ideas within them.

COLLABORATOR KEVIN MOORE

Applied Arts and Design photographs 2017

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JOSEPH WHEELER SENIOR, BFA PAINTING, DEPARTMENT OF ART & ART HISTOY, COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS

WARDROBE Reproducing personal feelings of fear and paranoia from dark enclosed spaces, the wardrobe contains, along with average clothing items, a small hidden camera. The camera transmits a live feed to a nearby monitor from within the wardrobe. As viewers who do not share the irrational fear inspect the mundane piece of furniture and move on to the monitor, they see themselves standing in front of the screen from the perspective of someone or something inside the wardrobe, both sharing and justifying the fears that others may experience.

Art Wardrobe with video feed form inside 2017

SPECIMEN

ST. DOLORES The story of Dolores Hart is an interesting juxtaposition of the vanity of Hollywood and the modesty of the religious life. Surrounding the pristinely doctored image of a makeup advertisement from a world of appearances and looks as a commodity is a new persona formed by lowly materials such as chalk, waste paper, and dirt while also questioning whether past lives can be forgotten or only repressed. Art Painting Mixed media on canvas 26”X22” 2016

Meant to resemble a specimen case containing a cross section of earth, personal objects and relics of the past as well as fragmented figurative pieces are meant to represent elements of personal happiness, shame, and self. By discarding or attempting to bury one of these elements, pieces of the others must join it as they all interlink and we are only a culmination of the three. Through introspection I have come to acknowledge the formative shame and happiness as well as true self I have lost in order to redefine one of the three by lack of self-acceptance.

Art Wood, dirt, stoneware, found objcets 45 3/4” x 24 5/8” x 11 1/2”

DEER PLATE

2017

Experimenting with the viscosity and stacking of glazes as well as application of wax resistance, I found through a series of glaze testing on different ceramic forms that when layered certain glazes have the capability of partially swallowing imagery painted on with other glazes resulting in an electricity-like form of markmaking not possible through normal glazing or drawing. Art Stoneware 10”x10” 2015

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SAVANNAH WITT JUNIOR, INDUSTRIAL DESIGN, CADC

NOT A BOOKSHELF This piece consists of a chopped up 8 foot pine board and 5 hard-bound books. The work is meant to guide your eye through the use of different colored books. The varied spacing between boards also adds interest. This piece uses no glue or nails and it is not a bookshelf. For two weeks I experimented with smaller models until I found the optimal board placements and the right books. I then cut my 8 foot board into 4 sections and used a jigsaw and bandsaw to cut all the slits for boards and books.

Design 3D piece made of pine wood and books 36” x 24” x 12” 2017

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BRETT YOUNG SENIOR BFA PAINTING, DEPARTMENT OF ART & ART HISTORY, COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS

ABIGAIL AND SADIE People find art about humanity interesting because they relate to it and discover something about themselves. Sharing moments that make us people and make us alive is important because they are the moments that connect us and bring us together. Young strives to not only capture the representational form of the subject, but also the intimate and intangible feelings that make us human beings. Expressing a moment that people relate to is an important part of the work, the connection bringing an insight and new understanding of what it means to be ourselves.

Art SADIE, 2D PAINTING 48” x 24” 2018

Art ABIGAIL, 2D PAINTING 48”x48” 2018

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SHOWCASE 2018

BIOGRAPHIES

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BIOGRAPHIES FACULTY

ELIZABETH BENSON | P 1

KELLY BRYANT | P 8

ANNIE B. CAMPBELL | P 10

Praised for her “delightful” (The Boston Globe) and “delicately compassionate” (Times Herald Record) singing, Elizabeth Ann Benson is recognized as a dynamic and versatile performer. In her Carnegie Hall début, she created the title role of Lucy by Tom Cipullo, and her performance was acclaimed as “excellent” (The Big City). As a 2015 winner of The American Prize Chicago Musical Theatre Award, she made her solo début at Chicago’s Symphony Center singing music by Rodgers and Hammerstein with the Chicago Bar Association Symphony. Dr. Benson trained at The New England Conservatory (MM) and The City University of New York Graduate Center (DMA). She specializes in crossover vocal technique, spanning from opera to musical theatre to rock. She is the leading scholar on the art songs of Tom Cipullo, and completed extensive research for her dissertation, The Art Songs of Tom Cipullo (2011). She has presented on Cipullo at conferences for the National Association of Teachers of Singing and her article “Reclaiming ‘Romantic’: The Art Songs of Tom Cipullo” is forthcoming in the Journal of Singing. The proposed lecture-recital of the same name combines research findings from the article with live performance. At Auburn University, Dr. Benson is an assistant professor of music theatre singing and serves as music director in the theatre department’s production season.

Bryant is a practicing designer and artist whose work explores the beauty of typography. Her research has focused on integrating the more traditional forms of tactile art making (collage) with ever-evolving computer technology in the form of poster, identity and publication design. This research has been recognized both nationally and internationally through exhibitions; work published in nationally and internationally distributed graphic design books and has received various awards. More recently, her research has moved into the area of painting and collage as a means to work in an analog manner where typography is explored as shape, pattern and/or texture. This work was published this fall in Uppercase 35, an international design magazine, as a 6 page feature entitled “Kelly Bryant: Collages and Paintings inspired by Playful Typographic Details” and recognized this spring in Creative Quarterly 50, The Journal of Art and Design as a Fine Art Winner.

Annie B. Campbell received her BFA from the Department of Crafts and Material Studies from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2004, with a focus in ceramics. She spent time between degrees participating in ceramics programs in Italy, at Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts in Maine, Maho Bay Clay Works in the US Virgin Islands, and Sugar Maples Center for the Arts in New York State. She was awarded her first solo show at the Gumenick Gallery in Glen Allen, Virginia in 2007. She received her MFA in Studio Ceramics from Indiana University, Bloomington in May 2010. In 2011 she was awarded an Emerging International Artist Residency at The Scottish Sculpture Workshop in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. She was also awarded a year-long residency at Studio 550 in Manchester, NH in 2012 and was a Distinguished Fellow at Hambidge Center for the Creative Arts and Sciences in 2015. She taught ceramics and 3-D design at Concord Community College, NH and Endicott College in Beverly, MA prior to joining the faculty at Auburn University as an Assistant Professor of Ceramics in 2016. She maintains an active studio practice and continues to exhibit her sculpture and installations nationally and internationally.

BARB BONDY | P 7 Barb Bondy is a visual artist and professor of art in the Department of Art & Art History. She holds an MFA from Southern Illinois University Carbondale and a BFA from the University of Windsor, Canada. Bondy has taught primarily drawing at Auburn since 2003 and was recently inducted into the College of Liberal Arts Academy of Outstanding Teachers. Since 2005, she has taught drawing classes with the Alabama Prison Arts + Education Project (APAEP) and more recently for the APAEP Degree Program. Bondy, who is a past recipient of an Alabama State Council on the Arts fellowship, is currently involved in a collaborative research project with cognitive neuroscientist Jeffrey Katz. Their pilot project, funded by the AU Intramural Grants Program, combines art training and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) to investigate the behavioral and neural changes (brain plasticity) behind students learning to draw. Bondy has exhibited nationally and internationally and has presented papers on the topic of her work and on drawing practice at professional conferences.

BEN BUSH, ISDA | P 9 Benjamin Bush is an assistant professor of Industrial Design at Auburn University. He joined the School of Industrial and Graphic Design in Fall of 2017 after years of advancing industrial design curriculums at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette and the Savannah College of Art and Design. Benjamin has championed the importance of studio culture and teamwork. His students have designed and built artifacts from kid’s toys to kayaks. He has led collaborative studios with some of the world’s most famous companies such as BMW, Snap On, Michael Kors, and HP to name a few. He has spoken at numerous universities across Ireland, given sketching workshops in San Jose, Costa Rica and San Paolo, Brazil, facilitated design camps in Tuscumbia, Alabama and Foel Ortho, Wales, and led students to redesign the visual brand language of the Apt cultural center in Apt, France. In 2013, Benjamin was awarded the IDSA Young Educator of the Year Award. This annual award is given to an educator who has earned the respect and admiration of colleagues and students for his/her teaching of industrial design and maintained unwavering commitment to the values and principles of the industrial design profession.

TESSA CARR | P 1 Tessa Carr earned her Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin in communication studies with an emphasis in performance studies and a portfolio in women’s and gender studies. She teaches and directs productions for Auburn University Department of Theatre and she also serves as the Artistic Director of Mosaic Theatre Company - a company sponsored by the College of Liberal Arts that is committed to creating original work fostering conversations about issues of diversity. Mosaic Theatre Company performs original work dealing with issues of diversity and social justice numerous times each semester at a variety of campus and community venues. Her research focuses on devised performance in practice and theory, autobiographical performance, feminist performance strategies, and performance as pedagogy. She enjoys creating print scholarship as well as performance as scholarly inquiry. Her latest autoethnographic performance art work, Hauntings: Marking Flesh, Time, Memory is an original work co-written and performed with Dr. Deanna Shoemaker. This work has been featured at California State Northridge, the Patti Pace Performance Festival at Southern Illinois University, The National Communication Association Conference, and Villanova University. The full script is published in Text and Performance Quarterly. Her current print scholarship endeavors examine the work of Mosaic Theatre Company and the possibilities for performance as civic engagement and dialogue.

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BIOGRAPHIES FACULTY

DAVID CARTER | P 11

CHAITRA GURURAJA | P 3

MATTHEW HOCH | P 3

David Carter, Associate Professor of History, received his PhD from Duke University in 2001 and a BA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1992. Dr. Carter’s research interests are in the history of the civil rights movement, the history of the American South, and U.S. history since 1945. He is particularly drawn to the role of race and ideology in shaping American history. Carter is the author of _The Music Has Gone Out of the Movement: Civil Rights and the Johnson Administration, 1965-1968_ (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2009) and co-edited along with Kent B. Germany _Mississippi Burning and the Passage of the Civil Rights Act: The Presidential Recordings, Lyndon B. Johnson, Volume 8, June 23-July 4, 1964_ (New York: Norton, 2011). Carter is the author of “The Williamston Freedom Movement: Civil Rights at the Grass Roots in Eastern North Carolina, 1957-1964,” an article in the _North Carolina Historical Review_ (January, 1999), which won the Robert Diggs Wimberly Connor Award for the best article published in that journal in the preceding year. Prior to coming to Auburn University in 2000, Dr. Carter taught at Bates College in Lewiston, Maine and at Duke University.

Chaitra Gururaj is the director-cum-instructor of the Auburn Indian Music Ensemble. She brings her previous experience as the director of the Indian Music Ensemble at Emory university, Atlanta, GA.

Matthew Hoch is Associate Professor of Voice and Coordinator of Voice Studies at Auburn University, where he teaches applied voice, lyric diction, and Women in Music. He is the author of three books, including A Dictionary for the Modern Singer (2014), Welcome to Church Music & The Hymnal 1982 (2015), and Voice Secrets (2016). He is also the editor of the recently published So You Want to Sing Sacred Music (2017) and So You Want to Sing CCM (2018). His articles have been published in the Journal of Voice, Journal of Singing, Opera Journal, Choral Journal, Voice and Speech Review, Classical Singer, Chorister, Journal of the International Alliance for Women in Music, and the Journal of the Association of Anglican Musicians. Dr. Hoch earned his BM degree, summa cum laude, from Ithaca College with a triple major in vocal performance, music education, and music theory; MM from the Hartt School with a double major in vocal performance and music history; DMA from the New England Conservatory in vocal performance; and the Certificate in Vocology from the National Center for Voice and Speech. He is the winner of the 2016 Van L. Lawrence Fellowship, awarded jointly by the Voice Foundation and NATS, and the 2018 Teaching Excellence Award from the Auburn University College of Liberal Arts.

JERI DICKEY | P 2 Jeri Dickey is in her 8th year in the Auburn theatre department. She has choreographed and /or directed every semester since arriving in 2010. Continually striving to stay current in the performing arts field, Jeri became certified in aerial arts in 2014. She has brought aerial to the AU stages with Dancing on the Edge, Antigone, Chicago, and Take a Walk In Her Shoes. She continues to aerial train and has students that are now certified as well. Dickey has won 3 Kennedy Center theatre festival awards , and a regional Emmy Award , all for outstanding choreography. HOLLY DUNLAP | P 2 Holly Dunlap is a mother, poet, and Instructor of English at Auburn University. She holds a B.A. in English from Auburn University, 1998, an M.A. in English from University of Colorado, Boulder, and is currently an M.F.A. candidate in Writing at Vermont College of Fine Arts. She published her first full book of poems, Feet to Water, in 2015, and has been published in the Denver Syntax, Illuminations, BlazeVox, as well as other literary journals. She has 2 poems forthcoming in an anthology of poetry for women.

Through her cultural entrepreneurial initiative ‘Sunada Acadamy of Music and Yoga’ she is striving to bring the music of the east to the west to further cross cultural understanding. She has been training students in south Indian classical music (also referred to as carnatic music) in the United States since 2007. Prior to 2007, she was a an empaneled artist for south Indian music in All India Radio (AIR Bangalore), In addition to classical music, she is well-versed in other genres of Indian music such as semiclassical, contemporary and folk music.

MATTHEW HALL | P 13 Matthew Hall studied architecture at the University of Tennessee and the Harvard GSD with subsequent practice in Knoxville, Boston and Baltimore and teaching positions at the Maryland College Institute of Art and the University of Tennessee College of Architecture and Design. He is currently an assistant professor at the Auburn University College of Architecture, Design & Construction, where he serves as the director of the Scandinavian study-abroad program with a primary teaching role in the materials and methods curriculum. His teaching interests lie in the fundamentals of design decision making, in particular the articulation of the values and judgments that shape an architect’s philosophy and process. Scholarly work includes international exhibitions, publications and lectures on the work of Swedish architects Bernt Nyberg and Sigurd Lewerentz that critically explore their relationship and collaborative work, and guest editor, author and photographer of A+U feature: Bernt Nyberg #564. Hall is also a founding member of Obstructures, a multi-disciplinary design collective that explores (and often contributes to) the problematic nature of design through spatial, graphic and object design.

LAUREN ALYSSA HOWARD | P 14-15 Lauren Alyssa Howard was born and raised in a small town in Southeastern Alabama. After moving to the Metro-Atlanta area in 1996, she attended the University of Georgia where she received her Bachelors of Fine Arts with an emphasis in Drawing. Quoting her rural upbringing, Howard uses references from a particular lower-middle working class history to address identity, gender, and place. She has received multiple scholarships and awards such as the Las Damas de Arte Scholarship and the Jack and Jeanne Endowment Fellowship in Art, and a fellowship to the Vermont Studio Center. Her work has been exhibited nationally and has been shown at HERE Arts in NYC, Aljira Fine Art Center, and The Contemporary Art Museum of Tampa. She is looking forward to an upcoming show at Los del Patio in the Republic of Panama. Having found her way back to the South after receiving her Masters of Fine Arts degree from the University of South Florida and living and working in Brooklyn, NY she is now teaching at Auburn University.

MICHAEL FRAZER | P 12 Michael Frazer received his PhD from Auburn University in 2017 and has continued in the English Department as Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow. His research focuses on junctures between the Modern and Postmodern eras, especially in how they relate in terms of embodiment. As a knitwear designer, he aims to generate patterns that play with unconventional forms, varied textures, and visual graphics that reference and replicate pop and literary texts.

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BIOGRAPHIES FACULTY

ZDENKO KRTIĆ | P 16-17

AMIT MOREY | P 18

CHRISTINE SCHNITTKA | P 23

Zdenko Krtić is a practicing artist whose work has been featured in numerous group and oneperson exhibitions both in the US and in Europe. His work consists of mixed media encaustic paintings, works on paper and photography. The two most recent solo exhibitions were in Rome, Italy: Vernal Pools – Recent Encaustic Paintings at Temple Art Gallery (2015), and Rome Drawings – Selected Works on Paper at UARC Rome Center (2017). In 2016, his paintings were included in an invitational exhibition titled Melting Wax - a Survey of Works by Alabama Encaustic Artists (Georgina Clarke Alabama Artists Gallery, Montgomery, AL. Krtić’s work has been commissioned by CNN network as part of their two special editorial features: 911- Ten Years After (2011), and Power (2012). He has received many grants and awards, including Alabama State Council on the Arts Fellowship and an Excellence in Research Award from Auburn University. Zdenko Krtic has also completed three visiting artists residencies at the American Academy in Rome, most recent one in May of 2015.

Dr. Amit Morey is an Assistant Professor in the Dep’t of Poultry Science, AU working on innovative methods to detect wooden breast myopathy in meat. Dr. Rachel Moon is an Assistant Professor at the School of Veterinary Medicine, AU and works on cross sectional imaging (ultrasound, CT, MRI). Divya Srinivasan is a highly energetic and forward thinking high school student at Johns Creek High School, GA who worked relentlessly to convert the ultrasound images into frequency profile graphs. Lakshmi Krishnaprasad is a Senior at AU majoring in Computer Science and Music and converted the graphs into music.

I am a creative. I create. I make. I always looks for creative ways to engage my students more deeply. I look for creative ways to convey information, and to develop curricula and lessons. I look for creative ways to express my ideas and feelings, and cannot stop “making.” As an engineer/scientist/teacher/artist, I am transdisciplinary in my approach to all that I do. I am a maker. I take what is in my mind and knit it, sew it, spin it, form it with clay, paint it, teach it, sing it, play it on the piano, or write about it.

JENNIFER SMITH | P 24 CARLTON NELL | P 19-20 Carlton Nell’s work has been exhibited in museums and galleries across the country and is included in many public and private collections. His most recent painting and drawings were included in “Uncommon Territories,” an exhibition at the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts commemorating the Alabama bicentennial; and a solo exhibition of new work is scheduled for the Wiregrass Museum of Art in Dothan in early 2019. He maintains a studio in Opelika and is represented by Nancy Hoffman Gallery in New York, and Thomas Deans Fine Art in Atlanta.

RUSTY LAY, IDSA | P 9 Rusty Lay, an assistant professor of in Industrial Design at Auburn University, began his academic career in 2015 with the AU School of Industrial and Graphic Design. Rusty worked in the Industrial Design industry for over a decade. He has designed a range of products on the market today including power tools, furniture, electronics & electronics accessories, medical equipment and more. He has worked in both the corporate and consulting design worlds and ran a design consultancy, Hybrid Design, with his brother from 2005 – 2012. From his time in Industry he holds over a dozen patents, both utility and design, and an “Innovation Award” from the Consumer Electronics Show in 2015. Since beginning his academic career, Rusty has given talks and guest lectures on the design of sustainable systems on Auburn’s campus as well as an invited lecture to Reutlingen University in Reutlingen, Germany. He currently teaches third year studios and has led industry and cross departmental collaborations with Techtronics Industries, Western Forge and the McWhorter School of Building Science. He has a passion for teaching design, holding all students to a high standard that provides an environment for achievement and accomplishment. Rusty also continues to practice industrial design professionally for clients around the country.

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ALYSSA D. ROSS | P 5 Alyssa D. Ross was born in Guntersville, Alabama, but spent over a decade in Northern Virginia. After abandoning art school in Richmond, she went on to pursue writing. She now holds an MFA from George Mason University and a PhD. from Auburn University where she teaches writing and literature. Select readings are available at www.alyssarosswrites.com

FERESHTEH ROSTAMPOUR | P 21-22 Born in Iran, Fereshteh Rostampour is the professor of scenic, projection, and lighting design at Auburn University. Fereshteh worked as a Free-lance designer for numerous plays, dance, opera, and film internationally. She has received prestigious awards and presented her work at international venues in the Czech Republic, Wales, Korea, Sweden, Austria, Germany, Taiwan, and China. Her work was chosen for the US National Exhibit at Prague Quadrennial 2015, World Stage Design (WSD) 2017 in Taipei, WSD 2013 in Cardiff, Wales, and WSD 2009 in Seoul, Korea. Her national presence includes designs for Kansas City Repertory Theatre, Silver Center for the Arts, Plymouth NH, Miller Performing Arts Center, Alfred, NY, and she is the seven times winner of the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival for Excellence in Design. Fereshteh serves on PQ 2019 curation committee for the USA National Exhibit, and on the advisory board of Broadway Educators.

Jennifer Smith is an adjunct instructor for the Environmental Design program at Auburn University. Before teaching at Auburn she attained a Master of Architecture with a concentration in City Design at North Carolina State University. Her recent academic work focused on disaster-relief housing and resolving systemic issues in the urban environment to increase community resilience. She has sixyears of experience in architecture practice and has worked on international construction projects in rapidly urbanizing and developing economies including: Battambang, Cambodia; Chiang Rai, Thailand; and St. Marc, Haiti. In 2010 she graduated from Auburn University’s School of Architecture and Interior Architecture with Distinction where she won academic awards including the Alpha Rho Chi Award in Leadership & Service. She has experience in design-build and has led a design-build studio in Montana. MARK THORNTON | P 25 Received my PhD in economics from Auburn University in 1989. His dissertation was published as The Economics of Prohibition by the University of Utah Press in 1991, it remains in print, and has been translated into Italian and Portuguese in recent years. He has been on Auburn’s faculty and graduate faculty in various capacities since the mid-1980s. He was Assistant Superintendent of Banking in Alabama (199799). He supervised the retranslation of Cantillon book and have written many academic articles on Cantillon’s economics.

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BIOGRAPHIES FACULTY

SHEA TILLMAN | P 9

ADRIENNE WILSON | P 5

Shea joined the industrial design faculty in autumn of 2005, and currently teaches fourthyear advanced product design and second-year foundations studios. Previously, he has also led third-year studios in packaging, exhibit, and product redesign. Prior professional experience includes work as an industrial designer with Concept Center International (Ryobi, Ridgid, and Craftsman power tools) and Cooper Lighting (commercial lighting systems). In addition, Shea also worked as a user researcher with SonicRim, a research and strategy consultancy based in Columbus, Ohio. Research interests include the integration and communication of user research into the product development process, as well as the role of brand in developing a product family’s form language.

Adrienne Wilson is an associate professor at the Department of Theatre. She teaches dance technique (modern dance and rhythm tap) and movement courses, music theory and piano skills for music theatre majors, and creates choreography for the annual dance concert. She is certified in the Bill Evans Method of Laban/ Bartenieff-Based Modern Dance Technique and as a somatic practitioner. Her work has been performed in New York, California, South Carolina, Tennessee, Mississippi, Arkansas, Florida, and Utah. Professional activities include collaborating with colleagues in choreography and performance, serving as a board member for the American College Dance Association and the Alabama Dance Council, and member of the National Dance Education Organization. Conference presentations are focused on dance pedagogy and performance through modern dance and rhythm tap; with the concept of physical integration being a new area of creative research.

TZENG SHU-WEN | P 9 Shu-Wen Tzeng, an associate professor of Industrial Design at Auburn University and the winners of many IF Design Awards and G-Mark Design Awards. She received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Industrial Design from National Cheng-Kung University, Taiwan and a Master Degree of Industrial Design from Auburn University. Prior to joining the School of Industrial and Graphic Design, Shu-Wen served as an industrial designer and a design manager in industry for nine years. Shu-Wen teaches mainly junior level design studios and graduate level lecture courses which include Human Factors in Design, Design Theories/ Interaction Design, and Materials & Technology. The research she has been conducting since joining Auburn University is inspired by her professional experience and passion for product design. Her research interests are primarily in the area of user-product interaction where user capability and product semantics are of the utmost importance. Her areas of expertise include product design, human factors, ergonomics, user interface and interaction design. After practicing as an industrial designer for more than two decades, Shu-Wen still has a great passion for using, creating, and teaching product design and continues to enjoy practicing her design skills and knowledge through teaching and real world design projects.

COURTNEY WINDHAM | P 26 Courtney Windham is a practicing designer and associate professor of graphic design at Auburn University’s School of Industrial + Graphic Design. Her design work is currently focused on methods of effective communication through the pairing of print and motion solutions. Through a continually evolving process, Courtney uses digital animation tools to bring handmade prints come to life. She has received numerous national and international awards and her work has been published in several magazines and books including: Print Magazine Regional Design Annual, HOW Magazine, Graphis Magazine, Creative Quarterly Journals, LogoLounge Vol. 9, and Graphic Design USA Magazine.

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BIOGRAPHIES STUDENTS

AYOMI AKINLAWON | P 28

JULIA BRITT | P 31-32

FOSTER DENNEY | P 35

Ayomi Akinlawon is a fourth-year international student in Auburn’s Architecture and Interior Architecture program. She came to the United States from her home town in Abuja, Nigeria to pursue a degree in architecture. She has been able to begin her Architecture degree while also aiming for a dual degree with Interior Architecture and a business minor. Along with her, two of her three siblings are currently able to attend Auburn, making the university a significant part of the family’s legacy. In her fourth-year urban design studio she was able to study the city of Mobile, Alabama with her colleges and generate a design scheme for public housing and retail in the downtown area. The design includes various programs including studio, one bedroom, two-bedrooms and threebedroom apartments, gym, parking, offices, lobby, lounges, restaurant and roof top gardens.

Britt is a photographer and studio art minor who’s worked in the field of photography for 5 years. She’s been awarded the Board of Trustees Scholarship and the Dean’s Club Annual Scholarship, and she is a member of Phi Kappa Phi. In 2014 she received two awards by the Columbia Scholastic Press Association for her designs in the 31st Gold Circle Awards. She also was awarded a Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition in 2014 for her work in “An Artistic Discovery.”

Foster Denney is an Auburn Native who studied Environmental Design at Auburn University. He was self-motivated individual and was awarded the Outstanding Undergraduate Student of the Year in Environmental Design for the 2016-2017 academic year. In his last semester at Auburn, he signed-up for a course titled ‘Serial Imagery.’ In that course, he explored the role of seraility in visual art and was inspired to be a creator.

JESSE AULTMAN Jesse Aultman is a senior in Media Studies with a minor in English. He’s written and directed films that have screened at Sidewalk, IndieMemphs, The Indie Horror Film Festival, and the Auburn Student Film Festival. Jesse is also a columnist for Opelika-Auburn News where he writes weekly movie reviews. STEVEN BAILEY Steven Bailey is a Pre-Business major moving into Industrial Design this summer. He is a accomplished blacksmith and loves to play piano. He enrolled in music science to better his understanding of what makes music work and how it affects our daily life. Steven hopes the knowledge he gained in this class can be implemented within product design through understanding the relationship between emotion and music and applying that understanding to products and consumer. PETE BAKER | P 29 Minimal composure with a few indecent exposures hang on a line. This is the closet thing that can be said for Pete Baker. Emotion explodes through a thrashing of line with complete confidence in Baker’s process with no attention to fear of the composition. The line… for Baker, is an act of existence from a purgatory of waiting, so that it can be birthed into the composition where a moment is immortalized in the mark of a humanistic creation. Emotion and life are essential to the process of Baker’s art because life and emotion is all that Baker is. AMY BRIGGS | P30 Amy Briggs is a ceramic artist, sculptor, and BFA candidate at Auburn University in Alabama. Briggs is both a student and practicing artist in Auburn. She has received several awards including the Deans Purchase Award, the DavisFrye Annual Award in Art, multiple merit awards, and has also participated in various group shows both locally and regionally. In addition, Briggs has completed a work-study scholarship at Penland School of Craft in North Carolina for ceramics.

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ANDREA BUCHMANN | P 33 Andrea Buchmann is a Swiss native who immigrated to the U.S in 1999. In 2016, she graduated summa cum laude from Southern Union State Community College with an Associate in Science degree. She is currently pursuing a B.A. in art with a minor in Psychology from Auburn University. As a mother of three and full-time floral designer at Auburn Flowers and Gifts, Buchmann’s diligence and commitment to furthering her education have led her to become a member of the Mu Alpha Theta Honor Society, as well as the Golden Key International Honor Society. In 2018 she was honored with the Joyce and Roger Lethander Merit Award for her woodcut Lost Potential featured in the 2018 Fine Arts Juried Student Exhibition at Auburn University’s Biggin Gallery. Buchmann sees art as a tool to educate, heal, and empower. Upon completion of her BA at Auburn University, she plans to attend graduate school to pursue a degree in Art Therapy/ Counseling. ANNA COOK All students involved with this project are minoring in German. Matt Weist is a Senior majoring in Mechanical Engineering. Anna Cook is a Senior majoring in Exercise Science. Natalie Hester is a Sophomore majoring in German and Media Studies. Jenna Osczenpinkski is a Senior majoring in International Business and Finance [graduated in May 2018]. On behalf of the group: In some way or another, the German language has captured our hearts and provides an exceptional and fun outlet for gaining a different and useful skill set in addition, if not complementary, to the skills we maintain through our various majors. From Exercise Science to Engineering to International Business and Media Studies, German allows us to express ourselves in ways that create confidence and useful experiences in our everyday lives. ZACK CUNNDEY | P 34 Cundey is pursuing a dual degree in Architecture and Interior Architecture at Auburn University. He is currently at Auburn University’s Rural Studio working to design and build a thesis project with a team in an underserved area in Hale County, Alabama. He also studied at Rural Studio his third year, as well as abroad in Rome, Italy. He is a member of the American Institute of Architecture Students and Tau Sigma Delta Honors Society. He will graduate Summa Cum Laude in May of 2018, after which he will start the construction of his project, and then plans to pursue a career in New York and become a licensed architect.

CONNOR DEALY | P 4 Connor Dealy is a Senior at Auburn University, a BFA performance major and dance minor, featured ensemble member in Mosaic Theatre Company. Trained in aerial silks, commedia del’arte, shaolin wish, tai qi, and stage combat. Grew up in Daphne Alabama. Plans to move to NYC after graduation. AVERY DOVE | P 36 Avery Dove is a graduating senior in Graphic Design originally from Fayette, Alabama. Her love for art and animation has been the driving force throughout her life. Her goal is to use art as a conduit to deliver meaningful messages to the world in an easily digestible format. ALEXANDER JEREL DROUILLARD | P 37 Alexander is a contemporary artist born in 1996 from Chattanooga, Tennessee. Alexander became interested in the arts at a early age, and was accepted into the Chattanooga school for the arts and sciences by the second grade, where he would graduate in 2014 inspired by Alexander’s tumultuous childhood, he has been compelled to create works that recreate imagery through implied motion paintings that seem like a faded memory that refuses to leave the soul. EILIS FINNEGAN| P 53 Finneganis a fourth-year architecture student from Chicago, recently participated in the new Scandinavia Study Abroad Program at Aarhus University in Denmark and was accepted into the Interior Architecture Program. This past semester, she was awarded first place for her research paper on ENVELOPS and received the book award for Seminars in History and Theory. Outside of studio, she has interned at Wilson Associates in Dallas, Texas working on luxury Chinese hotels for the past two years. OLIVIA FRENCH | P 38 Olivia is from an industrious and resourceful home in Roswell, Georgia. She was born into an environment that nourished her love for all things creative. A problem solver at heart and views no detail as too small. She’s partial to the eclectic, especially those prized thrift store finds, such as unique textiles, and old books. Olivia is eager to learn and always experimenting with something new like cooking an exotic recipe, building a new piece of furniture for her patio, or out in her garden picking fresh herbs or flowers. She thrives quite well in this age of repurposing and is drawn to unique materials and handcrafted art, that seemingly tell their own story. Olivia naturally weaves her personal qualities into design work. Her designs are thoughtful, complex yet simple, artful and genuine.

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ELIZABETH GLASSL | P 39 Elizabeth Glassl is Pre-Interior Design student in the College of Human Sciences, previously exhibited a senior portfolio in Atlanta Girls School’s Art Showcase at Westside Cultural Arts Center in 2017. INJI HA | P 40 Inji is BFA student in the Auburn University Theatre Design program. What started off as her interest in musical grew into a passion for scenic art and design. Despite the language barrier, she transferred from Southern Union Community College to Auburn University in 1 year in order to achieve her dream of being a stage designer. In her first year at the Auburn University, she worked as a scenic artist of Auburn University Theatre productions, Chicago and Civil War Christmas, even though she’d never experienced about theatre before. GRACE HARKIN | P 41 Grace is a Graphic Design student at Auburn University who has design work featured in publications such as Graphic Design USA and Creative Quarterly. Her work was recently recognized with a Book Award at the 2018 Spring Juried Student Show in the category Typographics I. She has had other work featured in the Juried Student Show in the categories of Intro to Design, Graphic Processes, and Kinetic Typography. Grace’s process includes strong development of concept and experimentation with illustrative elements. AUBREY HARROLD | P 58 Aubrey is a fourth-year architecture student currently acting as Vice President of External Affairs for the Auburn chapter of the American Institute of Architecture Students. In her third year, she began pursuing a secondary degree in Interior Architecture and chaired the 29th Annual Pumpkin Carve. She spent the past semester studying abroad in Scandinavia, and interned this summer at Stacy Norman Architects in Auburn, Alabama. IMAN HASSANI | P 42 Iman is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Auburn University. He has dedicated his doctoral research to investigating the link between obesity and colorectal cancer. Since beginning his graduate studies, Hassani has published three articles in high-impact, peer-reviewed journals and has twice been awarded the Auburn University Research Initiative in Cancer Graduate Fellowship. Furthermore, he has been accepted to present his research at numerous national conferences and most recently won the 1st place award at a university-wide poster competition. PATTY HOLLEY Patty Holley is a senior at Auburn University pursuing the BM in vocal performance as well as the BME in music education. She has performed many roles with the opera workshop, including

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Rosalinda in Die Fledermaus and Countess Almaviva in Le nozze di Figaro. Significant awards include 1st place at the Vann Vocal Institute and 1st place at Alabama NATS auditions in both the classical and music theater categories. She is the 2017-2018 winner of the Auburn University Concerto Competition. After graduation, Miss Holley intends to attend graduate school to pursue a master’s degree in vocal performance. NAIRIKA HOUGH | P 43 Born in Columbus Ohio, Nairika Hough is a Pre- Graphic Design major studying at Auburn University. Design has always been a huge part of her life ever since she was a child. Studying in various design courses through the entirety of her educational career, and under the guidance of her mother, she has formed a major appreciation and understanding of the importance of design and its ability to change ones thinking and feelings. Nairika is honored to be part of the SHOWCASE team and designing this catalogue. GARRETT JOHNSON | P 44 Garrett is a senior at Auburn University where he is pursuing a BFA in Studio Art, concentrating in photography and painting. After being introduced to film photography, Johnson quickly became fascinated with the technical aspects and the immediacy of the medium. He began noticing the similarities of drawing/ painting and photography like value, contrast, marks, and color saturation. Work exploring these connections led to a Mentor & Protégé exhibition with his drawing professor. Being the recipient of the Joanna Campbell Blake Memorial Scholarship and the Study Abroad Award, Johnson was able to study abroad in Rome, Italy for six weeks. This experience fully immersed him in a culture highly influenced by art, and this trip will continue to impact his artistic practice. Upon returning to Auburn, Johnson began working at Fieldwork Projects Gallery. At Fieldworks, he was responsible for installing multiple exhibitions, including one that featured his own work from Rome. While working at the gallery, Johnson was introduced to the director of Concourse South, a music and arts festival, and was commissioned to paint a mural for the event.

MALLORY MICHAEL | P 46 Mallory is a senior graphic design student with minors in marketing and international human study. Following graduation, Mallory plans to step into the professional design world. She is specifically interested in editorial design as well as branding. DAWN MICHAELSON | P 47 Dawn Michaelson is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Consumer & Design Sciences and is also a freelance functional apparel designer. Her functional apparel design research is focused mainly in sportswear and movement but also includes wearable technology, medical apparel, aesthetics and sustainable designs. Her designs have been featured in regional, national, and international shows. Sarah Gascon is a graduate student in the School of Kinesiology and an accomplished USA Women’s National Team athlete in the sports of team handball and baseball. Her main research focus includes enhancing performance through biomechanical analysis among athletes of all ages. As a worldclass athlete and an academic in the field she is in unique position to identify the physiological and biomechanical issues challenging todays female athletes. HUGO MORRIS | P 48 Hugo Morris is a senior at Auburn University in the BFA program with a concentration in Painting. Hugo is originally from Canberra, Australia and has lived and travelled extensively around the world. Hugo found his way to Auburn on athletic scholarship for the university swim team, balancing long studio hours with the time and energy consuming commitment of his sport. Hugo has since finished his commitment with the athletic department and spend his new found time and energy pursuing contemporary art practices. DEON NDUNA | P 49 Deon Nduna is a student studying Graphic Design at Auburn University. He has gallery representation in the Auburn Graphic Design Juried Student Show. There he was awarded multiple exhibits, with the Book award being presented to him for the “Osmosis” animation.

LISA MAGGI | P 45

ANNE NELSON | P 4

Lisa is a current fourth-year student pursuing a dual Architecture and Interior Architecture degree in the College of Architecture, Design, and Construction. She has received numerous accolades over her tenure at Auburn University, including the Roger W. Rindt Memorial Scholarship, as well as the Spirit of Auburn Presidential Scholarship. Most recently, she placed first in the Oral Presentation category of the 2018 Auburn University Student Research Symposium. Professionally, she has worked in design firms in both Alabama and Colorado and has participated in the University of Arkansas’s Rome Center – a study abroad program in Rome, Italy. As part of her upcoming thesis studies, she has been selected to partake in the School of Architecture, Planning, and Landscape Architecture’s Urban Studio in Birmingham next year.

Anne is a junior at Auburn University majoring in nursing and minoring in dance. After being suffering from a spinal cord injury and paralysis in the summer of 2016, she continued her passion for dance and was Auburn’s first wheelchair dancer. She has now transformed Auburn University’s dance program, and become a beacon of inspiration for the others. KATIE NOVAK | P 50 Novak, a native of Auburn, Alabama is studying at Auburn University where she is earning a Bachelor’s degree in Studio Art and a minor in Human Development and Family Studies. Upon the completion of her studies at Auburn, Novak intends to further her education by pursuing a master’s degree in Art Education with the aim of teaching art at the secondary school level.

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AFSOON PAJOUFAR (student guest artist) | P 51

MORGAN SEARCY | P 54

CONNER TOMASELLO | P 58

Afsoon is a set designer for theatre, film and dance. She received her Bachelor in Painting, from Azad Art and Architecture University in Tehran, Iran. In 2015, she was invited by Auburn University Department of Theatre to design the production of The Glass Menagerie. Afsoon, currently resides in Boston, Massachusetts working on her MFA in Scene Design at Boston University. Boston area credits include Cabaret,

Morgan is a Graphic Design student minoring in Information Technology, on track to graduate from Auburn University in May 2019. Morgan began to explore designing for social causes through becoming Student Coordinator with Professor Courtney Windham’s Women of Auburn Industrial Design + Graphic Design in Spring 2017. Morgan has interned with the National Education Association in Washington, D.C. and free-lanced with Let America Vote and Pettypiece & Co. In 2018, Morgan has been awarded Finalist of Space Multimedia Challenge with NASA MITS team, Graphis New Talent Merit Award, GDUSA American Package Design Award, and Best-in-Show in Auburn’s Spring Graphic Design Show, juried by Gail Anderson.

Conner is a fourth-year architecture student and is heavily involved within the school as a member of the student ambassador program for CADC. He is coming off of a busy third year with the beginning of his interior architecture studies as well as a semester abroad at Auburn’s Rural Studio. Over the summer he was involved with his first internship at Foster Dale Architects in Chicago, IL.

‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, Ripe Frenzy, Pool(no water). Film credits include Ruined, Zoya, Remembering the Pentagons and Nar. GRACE PARSONS Grace is a first year Pre-Science Education major, who hopes to obtain a degree in Science Education. She currently works as a learning assistant for Dr. Bowling for Principles of Biology. Grace enrolled in Music and Science because of her love of music from her prior experience in marching band and show choir in high school. She hopes to use music to connect science students in her future career.

EMORY SHAW Emory Shaw is a senior majoring in English. Ariel Medley is a Nursing and Science major. Jake Martin is a Graphic Design major. Logan Randall and Mark Ohlman are both Engineering majors. We all came together as a team to work on this project.

LAKESHIA POWE LaKeshia is a sophomore majoring in History and Law and Justice. Lakeshia hopes to enroll in law school upon graduation and have a career path in litigation. LaKeshia chose to enroll in a Music and Science course because she wanted to enhance her knowledge about the scientific study behind music and because of her background as a musician and vocalist. ANNA ROGERS | P 52 Anna is a senior studying graphic design from Hunstville, Alabama. Her design interests include, but (definitely) aren’t limited to: print, publication, packaging, typography, and branding. She has recently been featured as one of Graphic Design USA’s Students-to-Watch 2018. When she is not in the studio, she enjoys thrift shopping, scouting out new restaurants, and listening to audiobooks. PARTHA SAHA | P 53 PhD, chemical engineering. Under the guidance of Drs. Virginia Davis & W. Robert Ashurst. His doctoral research was focused on assembling water dispersions of cellulose nanocrystals into films for engineering applications. Cellulose nanocrystals are tiny high strength materials found in biomass such as plants and trees. Dr. Saha’s research resulted in significant advances in using these renewable materials for microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) and photonic films. One of his research images was selected for the Materials Research Society’s 2015 Science as Art Competition and another was featured on the May 2018 cover of the American Chemical Society Journal ACS Applied Nano Materials. Dr. Saha was also the recipient of two Auburn University Research Initiative for Cancer (AURIC) fellowship grants (2016-2018), and honorable mention in the 2017 Graduate Engineering Showcase, and selection an outstanding doctoral student award in 2018.

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ALAUNDRA SHEALEY | P 55 As an undergraduate in the apparel design program at Auburn University, Alaundra won Robin Ruth’s 2015 inaugural t-shirt design competition, landing her an internship with the company and, subsequently, proceeds from the sale of apparel printed with the winning design. In 2016, she was a finalist in Huntsville Museum of Art’s Fashion Face-off where her gown design was on exhibition for several months. Alaundra graduated summa cum laude in 2016 and has returned to pursue a Master’s degree in Consumer & Design Sciences.

JOSEPH WHEELER | P 59 Joseph is a 2018 Auburn graduate with a BFA degree and a concentration in painting. Through experimentation and pushing materials his primary interest has become the collaboration and potential of all mediums in order to create a more involved experience between art and the viewer. SAVANNAH WITT | P 60 Savannah is from Charlotte, NC and is now entering her third year of industrial design. Her grandma was an artist and my grandpa was an architect so she really enjoys the mix between art and structure and loves odd forms art. (She once painted globes on fresh grapefruits simply because she was told not to do so.) As a product designer, she is interested in working in the outdoor industry or helping developing countries as a service designer. Right now she is just excited to see where design takes her. Huge fan of sunny days, gorgeous hikes, and colorful flowers. Her life goals include running a marathon and climbing Mount Everest. So here’s to a lifetime of adventure and good design. BRETT YOUNG | P 61

RADHIKA SHENOY | P 56 Radhika is a nature enthusiast and aspiring landscape architect who is interested in designing and resilient urban landscapes. She aspires to design resilient urban spaces that dissolve the dichotomy of man and nature while revealing and celebrating ecological and cultural processes. PRESTON SMITH | P 58 Preston is a fourth-year architecture student pursuing a degree in both architecture and interior architecture. He is a recipient of Auburn’s Presidential scholarship as well as a member of the Honors College. He has had internships with Hoefer Wysocki Architects and KEM Studio; both in Kansas City, Missouri.

Brett is a BFA candidate on the Dean’s list at Auburn University. A photographer and once practicing artist herself, her mother influenced Brett’s interest in art at a young age, leading to her own career success gathering awards including the Joyce and Roger Lethander Purchase Award, Student winner of the Montgomery Art Guild, ACES First Place Award, as well as others. Although Painting is her concentration, Brett also enjoys using other mediums, as she believes that it is important to be well rounded as an artist. Brett has also participated in various camps and organizations for children from varying backgrounds, as well as serving people with special needs. One of these camps includes Camp McDowell, which she attended as a camper growing up, and also where she came to eventually.

JONATHAN STOFFEL | P 57 Jonathan is currently a sophomore studying Light, Scenic, and Costume design at Auburn University. He has worked on many shows at Auburn including design work on A Walk in Her Shoes.

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INDEX

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INDEX

Akinlawon Ayomi 28, 67 Aultman Jesse 67

Ha Inji 40, 68 Hall Matthew 13, 64 Harkin Grace 41, 68 Harrold Aubrey 58, 68 Hassani Iman 42, 68 Hoch Matthew 3, 64 Holley Patty 68 Hough Nairika 43, 68 Howard Lauren 14, 15, 64

Rogers Anna 52, 69 Ross Alyssa 5, 65 Rostampour Fereshteh 21, 22, 65

B Baker Pete 29, 67 Bailey Steven 67 Benson Elizabeth Ann 1, 63 Bondy Barb 7, 63 Briggs Amy 30, 67 Britt Julia 31, 32, 67 Bryant Kelly 8, 63 Buchmann Andrea 33, 67 Bush Ben 9, 63

C Campbell Annie 10, 63 Carter David 11, 64 Carr Tessa 1, 63 Cook, Anna 67 Cundey Zack 34, 67

J Johnson Garrett 44, 68

K Kritic Zdenko 16, 17, 65

L Lay Rusty 9, 65

S Saha Partha 53, 69 Shaw Emory 69 Schnittka Christine 23, 65 Searcy Morgan 54, 69 Shealey Alaundra 55, 69 Shenoy Radhika 56, 69 Smith Jennifer 24, 65 Smith Preston 58, 69 Stoffel Jonathan 57, 69

T Thornton Mark 25, 65 Tillman Shea 9, 66 Tomasello Connere 58, 69 Tzeng Shu-wen 9, 66

Denney Foster 35, 67 Dickey Jeri 2, 64 Dealy Connor 4, 67 Dunlap Holly 2, 64 Dove Avery 36, 67 Droullard Alexander 37, 67

Maggi Lisa 45, 68 Michael Mallory 46, 68 Michaelson Dawn 47, 68 Morey Amit 18, 65 Morris Hugo 48, 68

Wheeler Joseph 59, 69 Wilson Adrienne 5, 66 Windham Courtney 26, 66 Witt Savannah 60, 69

Nduna, Deon 49, 68 Anne Nelson 4, 68 Nell Carlton 19, 20, 65 Novak Katie 50, 68

Young Brett 61, 69

E Eilis Finnegan 53, 67

F Frazer Michael 12, 64 French Olivia 38, 67

P Pajoufar Afsoon 51, 69 Parsons Grace 69 Powe LaKeshia 69

Glassl Elizabeth 39, 68 Gururaja Chaitra 3, 64

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