Tag: art
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Jessica Pabon, SUNY New Paltz – Graffiti Grrlz
How do girls stand out in a male dominated art form? Jessica Pabon, Assistant Professor of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at SUNY New Paltz, examines the underground culture of graffiti from a feminist perspective. Dr. Jessica N. Pabón is Assistant Professor of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at SUNY New Paltz. As an interdisciplinary…
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Vanessa Brown, Nottingham Trent University – Why Fashion Models Don’t Smile
Why don’t fashion models smile? Vanessa Brown, senior lecturer in the school of art & design at Nottingham Trent University, explores this question. Vanessa’s research is focused around visual culture and the relationships between identity and the potential meanings of everyday designed objects within modernity. For example, femininity, feminism and the image of the ideal…
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Kerry Dean Carso, SUNY New Paltz – Gothic Revival
Gothic novels and architecture have always had an appeal in the United States. Kerry Dean Carso, associate professor of art history at the State University of New York at New Paltz, examines this artform and what makes the mysterious exciting. Kerry Dean Carso is chair and associate professor of art history at the State University…
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Ann Collier, Northern Arizona State University – Art as Therapy
Making textiles provides a therapeutic benefit. Today on the Academic Minute, Dr. Ann Collier, assistant professor of Clinical Psychology at Northern Arizona University, describes the merits of creating something to escape stress. Dr. Ann Collier is a clinical psychologist with specialties in both health psychology and cross-cultural psychology. For her cross-cultural work, Dr. Collier uses…
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Martin Krieger, USC – Detroit as the City of Industry
Using art to paint the history of Detroit. Martin H. Krieger, professor of planning at the University of Southern California, discusses art in the Motor City. Martin H. Krieger is professor of planning at the Sol Price School of Public Policy at the University of Southern California. He is trained as a physicist, and has taught…
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Richard Veit, Monmouth University – The Culture of Cemeteries
Graveyards are spooky. As such, they often serve as the backdrop for scary scenes in literature and film. But, Richard Veit, professor of anthropology at Monmouth University, will show us that cemeteries are much more than a scary setting. In fact, graveyards embody a rich cultural, historical and artistic presence. Richard Veit is Professor of…