Jeanne Roderick MFA LRVS Thesis 2014

At the Intersection of Words and Images

How does a word look in the moment we read it, as the shape and order of a word is mediated by our subjective experiences and expectations? What happens in our “mind’s eye” when we see the shape of a letter, read a word or think of a word? What transformation happens to meaning in the moment when a familiar word creates a thought? Does transforming a word into an idea increase chaos, detachment, or misunderstanding? Does language itself become a space between; a liminal space where, in unbounded freedom signs and the signified are embryos in a constant stage of metamorphosis? Visual artists that work with text as image are able to inhabit a space where the arbitrary, the experimental, the displaced, the disordered and the ambiguous rule. In my own work, words, numbers, phrases, dialogue, prose and poetry all become a visual language of forms and thoughts that let meaning both cling to and slide off the shapes. To investigate how language works both visually and semantically, my thesis explores the strategies of a selection of three artists — Cy Twombly, Barbara Kruger and Guy de Cointet.

Low Residency MFA in Visual Studies (LRVS)

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Natalie Zinovyev BFA Communication Design Thesis Spring 2014

Maryam Shari'ati BFA Illustration Thesis Spring 2014

Rhonda Vanover MFA LRVS Thesis 2014

Brian Hutsebout MFA Applied Craft + Design Practicum 2014

Caitlin Sweet MFA Applied Craft + Design Practicum 2014

Edward Key MFA Applied Craft + Design Practicum 2014

Joey Edwards ACD MFA Practicum 2014

Leah Brottman MFA Applied Craft + Design Practicum 2014

Willow Harmer ACD MFA Practicum 2014

Morgan Carver BFA Printmaking Thesis Spring 2014

2014 CT+CR Thesis Works

Skylar Jessen BFA Communication Design Thesis Spring 2014

Noell Olsen BFA Animated Arts Thesis Spring 2014

Mary Dahlke MFA Visual Studies Thesis 2014

Tabitha Nikolai MFA Visual Studies Thesis 2014

Amanda Zito BFA Illustration Thesis Spring 2014

Tara Morte BFA General Fine Arts Thesis Spring 2014

Mei-loong Ratz BFA Communication Design Thesis Spring 2014

Veronica Cordonnier BFA Communication Design Thesis Spring 2014

Ronnie Ritchie BFA Illustration Thesis Spring 2014

William Talbot BFA Sculpture Thesis Spring 2014

Justine Batten BFA Photography Thesis Spring 2014

Corey Koberna BFA Communication Design Thesis Spring 2014

Hailey Skye Dehler BFA Communication Design Thesis Spring 2014

Courtney Stephenson-Richman BFA General Fine Arts Thesis Spring 2014

Aimee Flom BFA Illustration Thesis Spring 2014

James Snowbarger BFA Communication Design Thesis Spring 2014

Jason Dallam BFA Communication Design Thesis Spring 2014

Sadie Soliman BFA General Fine Arts Thesis Spring 2014

Alexandra Dougherty BFA Painting Thesis Spring 2014

Barbara Kenmille BFA Thesis Spring 2014

Kendal Hockin BFA General Fine Arts Thesis Spring 2014

Emilie Skytta MFA Collaborative Design Practicum 2014

Peter Tichnell MFA Collaborative Design Practicum 2014

Jacob Richardson MFA Collaborative Design Practicum 2014

Lange Wei MFA Applied Craft + Design Practicum 2014

Meghan Chalmers-McDonald MFA Applied Craft + Design Practicum 2014

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Rachel Wolf MFA Visual Studies Thesis 2014

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Sarah Abbott MFA Visual Studies Thesis 2014

Jonathan Gann MFA Visual Studies Thesis 2014

Jessica Spiess MFA Visual Studies Thesis 2014

Thomas John Gamble MFA Visual Studies Thesis 2014

Mark Palmen MFA Visual Studies Thesis 2014

Lauren Seiffert MFA Visual Studies Thesis 2014

Michael Horwitz MFA Visual Studies Thesis 2014

Leif J. Lee MFA Visual Studies Thesis 2014

Jill Sattler MFA LRVS Thesis 2014

Jeanne Roderick MFA LRVS Thesis 2014

Carter Pierce BFA Illustration Thesis Spring 2014

Isabelle Harada BFA Animated Arts Thesis Spring 2014

Rachel Hagara BFA Illustration Thesis Spring 2014

Micah Weber BFA Animated Arts Thesis Spring 2014

Shiela Laufer BFA Printmaking Thesis Spring 2014

Brianna Miller BFA Communication Design Thesis Spring 2014

Hailey Rose Jones BFA Photography Thesis Spring 2014

Elizabeth Leon BFA Photography Thesis Spring 2014

Marissa Boone BFA Photography Thesis Spring 2014

Zoe Bullock BFA Video + Sound Thesis Spring 2014

Ximena Bedoya ACD MFA Practicum 2014

Stephanie Yu MFA Visual Studies Thesis 2014

John Dougherty MFA Visual Studies Thesis 2014

Anya Roberts-Toney MFA Visual Studies Thesis 2014

Mario Gallucci MFA Visual Studies Thesis 2014

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Daniel Thompson BFA Communication Design Thesis Spring 2014

Bryan Walker BFA Illustration Thesis Spring 2014

Stephanie McCollough BFA Communication Design Thesis Spring 2014

Laura Steves BFA Illustration Thesis Spring 2014

Cecilia Hamlin BFA Printmaking Thesis Spring 2014

Stephanie Benhaim BFA Printmaking Thesis Spring 2014

Dawn Nielson BFA General Fine Arts Thesis Spring 2014

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Kelsey Iredale BFA Painting Thesis Spring 2014

Alexandria Carmon BFA Illustration Thesis Spring 2014

Emily Wyant MFA Applied Craft + Design Practicum 2014

Alisha Sullivan MFA Applied Craft + Design Practicum 2014

Sarah Davis MFA Applied Craft + Design Practicum 2014