Amanda Holsclaw
2006

Thesis Proposal
Women in art have always been a topic of interest, specifically the struggle for women to adapt and succeed in a male dominated world, a world where, as Griselda Pollock states, "Over each movement a named artist presides. All those canaonized as the initiators of modern art are men."

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Jill Jacobs
2006

Thesis Proposal
I wish to explore the transitory characteristics of artworks specifically created to be permanently altered and destroyed by the forces of nature, a quality unique to the land art movement. I will answer the question: How do land artists use ephemerality in their works to interpret not only the earth's own geological processes but also humankind's interactino with nature?

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Kayla Lanham
2006

Thesis Proposal
For my project I will investigate the roles and influence of female artists within the Soviet Constructivist movement. I will focus specifically on the "art into life" forms of Constructivism, including set and costume design for theatrical productions, clothing and textile design, propaganda and movie posters, and book illustration.

Blake Royer
2006

Thesis Proposal
I propose to investigate an interesting phenomenon in the emergence of Minnimalism and eventually Conceptual Art, which is the adherence of some artists to spirituality in a movement which was characterized as explicitly anti-metaphysical.

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Dan Sheehan
2006

Thesis Proposal
I propose a research paper that details the sociocultural critique offered by the Situationist International movement as it manifested itself in visual art beginning in 1959, and the connection between the extensive body of theory authored by the movement's integral figures, such as Asger Jorn and Guy DeBord (and few others), and the visual materialization of this theory in art books, fine ("gallery")art, and public art.


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