Brandi Kruse MFA Print Media Capstone 2016

Present Continuous

Present Continuous addresses common framing devices as a metaphor for moments in life that seem to compress time and space: things that have slowed the pace, allowed for vulnerability, and served as reminders for the beauty of disruption. In geometry and design, the window suggests permanence whereas the reflections within the glass present a less predictable, less temporal world. These immaterial and material intersections are much like life experiences that cause reflections and mental shifts. These moments are nowhere in particular with a great expanse of space around them as much as they are meditations on potential and possibility. If a pane of glass can visually transform itself into a portal into another world, then perhaps the place of intersecting lines and shapes, reflections and interiors, is a place for mindfulness about the type of everyday intersections that could change the course of our lives. The windows in this body of work call into question a world that has been framed for us and the act of renaming these prints texts points to a world that relies heavily on language as a means to understand, construct and deconstruct our world. I am rebuilding and revising. Without a narrative present, there is less room for analytical approaches and ample space for emotional response. There is a connection here between the tangible and the imagination, presence and erasure, past and potential, the written and the reader.

Hazel Miller BFA General Fine Arts Thesis Spring 2016

Molly Steadman BFA Printmaking Thesis Spring 2016

Kathryn Mcanalley BFA Animated Arts Thesis Spring 2016

Kai Jaye BFA General Fine Arts Thesis Spring 2016

Dillon Silva BFA Sculpture Thesis Spring 2016

Katherine Kawano BFA Painting + Drawing Thesis Spring 2016

Joseph Mcgehee BFA Painting + Drawing Thesis Spring 2016

Hannah Ames BFA Sculpture Thesis Spring 2016

Hannah Hertrich BFA General Fine Arts Thesis Spring 2016

Evan Humphreys BFA General Fine Arts Thesis Spring 2016

Arianna Gazca BFA Animated Arts Thesis Spring 2016

Xela Goldstein BFA Communication Design Thesis Spring 2016

Sammie Cetta BFA Printmaking Thesis Spring 2016

Jemmi Cole BFA Painting + Drawing Thesis Spring 2016

Mckenzie Green BFA Printmaking Thesis Spring 2016

Forrest Grenfell BFA Communication Design Thesis Spring 2016

Colin Laurel BFA Illustration Thesis Spring 2016

Kanani Miyamoto MFA Print Media Capstone 2016

Lynsey Nelson MFA Print Media Capstone 2016

Brandi Kruse MFA Print Media Capstone 2016

Eva Landis BFA Illustration Thesis Spring 2016

Karylynn Keppol BFA Illustration Thesis Spring 2016

Anna Colasanti BFA Illustration Thesis Spring 2016

Mareika Glenn BFA Illustration Thesis Spring 2016

Malcolm Bridwell BFA Illustration Thesis Spring 2016

Morgan Viger BFA Illustration Thesis Spring 2016

Marlowe Dobbe BFA Illustration Thesis Spring 2016

Robert Dunsmuir BFA Illustration Thesis Spring 2016

Kelsey Holland-Rayle BFA Illustration Thesis Spring 2016

Amy Meyer BFA Communication Design Thesis Spring 2016

Ryan Miller BFA Communication Design Thesis Spring 2016

Nancy Guzman BFA Animated ArtsThesis Spring 2016

Hannah Lewis-Lopes BFA Photography Thesis Spring 2016

Ryan Krueger BFA Photography Thesis Spring 2016

Maddie Maschger BFA Photography Thesis Spring 2016

Alexandra Hulsey Photography BFA Thesis Spring 2016

Matthew Gaston BFA Photography Thesis Spring 2016

Eric Brookens BFA Painting + Drawing Thesis Spring 2016