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11,009km (open access)

11,009km

Brief Artist Statement by Jihye Han as part of a 2021 MFA Exhibition, entitled "11,009km” at the Goldmark Cultural Center in Dallas, TX on April 9-May 7, 2021.
Date: May 2021
Creator: Han, Jihye
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Always Girls and Forever Boys (open access)

The Always Girls and Forever Boys

Brief Artist Statement by Sean Lopez as part of a 2021 MFA Exhibition, entitled "The Always Girls and Forever Boys” at Sweet Pass Sculpture Park in Dallas, TX on April 17-18, 2021.
Date: May 2021
Creator: Lopez, Sean
System: The UNT Digital Library
…And Still I Wander South (open access)

…And Still I Wander South

In my work, I explore the ancient occult concept of the egregore or collective thought-form and its continued relevance in contemporary life. One might not think of the systems that we operate in today as ritual in nature, especially those that utilize new technology. We may imagine cyberspace as the ultimate rational and objective realm where all things can be categorized, quantified, and monetized. However, it is a place saturated with ceremonial situations upon close inspection. I seek out these ceremonies of niche digital communities and reconstruct them in new forms operating adjacent to their original stream.
Date: May 2022
Creator: Harper, Nathan
System: The UNT Digital Library
…and the Light was Blue (open access)

…and the Light was Blue

My background in fashion relied on the use of sewing machines as tools to create garments made of new materials. My current artmaking has evolved away from the body and functionality to become relief sculptures in cloth. This work is the embodiment of moments in time and space that have stopped me mid-stride, compelling me to closely examine the details. As a fine artist, I translate these observations of nature into my art by using a needle and thread to hand stitch on reclaimed cloth. I invite the viewers to pause, wonder, and think about their place in the world.
Date: May 2020
Creator: Marks, Christina
System: The UNT Digital Library
Angelfish Prayers (open access)

Angelfish Prayers

Artist Statement from the MFA Exhibition: "Through my art I strive to raise awareness towards the protection of the ocean. Plastic pollution, over-fishing, species extinction, and nuclear waste are some of the problems I symbolize in order to create conversations around the issues and do my part in starting a wave of change. The ocean is one interconnected circulatory system for our plane,t so anywhere that humans are abusing the oceans, it affects us all. I hope to remind people of the sacredness of the sea in order to help renew our reverence and respect for it."
Date: May 2019
Creator: Wachal, Amy
System: The UNT Digital Library
Anne Adams Institution Pattern #4973 (open access)

Anne Adams Institution Pattern #4973

Anne Adams Institution pattern 4973 to make an apron with self tie at waistline; no envelope.
Date: 1940/1955
Creator: Anne Adams Institution
System: The UNT Digital Library
Beauty Remains, Object Portraiture (open access)

Beauty Remains, Object Portraiture

Artist Statement from the MFA Exhibition: "This body of work contains digital photographs, sculptures and wallpapers to highlight a personal journey through motherhood. Traditionally, the roles of a new mother have been handed down from generation to generation. A mother teaches her daughter how to soothe her fussy infant, her domestic responsibilities, to maintain her feminine mystique. Though many of these traditions of mouth to ear to mouth familial heritage continue, today’s society inundated women with visual language to remind them that although they can challenge the traditions and their choice to participate, those same discarded ideals of how to act or perform will continue to tug at the shoulder. "
Date: May 2019
Creator: DeSoto, Megan A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Bellows of the Beast (open access)

Bellows of the Beast

My artwork uses the traditions of printmaking, photography, and fiber arts to dissect the myths, history, and current moment of American culture. My methodology includes photographing sites where governmental and capital power is most present. Photography is my tool for documenting the present, while quilting and printmaking are my way of reflecting on and digesting ideological concepts that are present in our culture. The quilt is a symbol of comfort in our personal ideologies. My work aims to destigmatize direct action and encourages the viewer to reevaluate how meaningful change can be made today.
Date: May 2022
Creator: Pozos, Aaron
System: The UNT Digital Library
Bewildering Genealogy (open access)

Bewildering Genealogy

Artist Statement from the MFA Exhibition: "When I left my parents to venture out into the world alone, my white privilege was stripped. While my racial background is not white, I was raised by white parents who had two biological children. Being raised this way afforded me the comfort and ability to pass through life with little to no danger of being hurt, being granted permission to be anywhere I wanted, never shut out because of my color. I still have access to many of those things because I am still my parents' daughter. I am however increasingly aware of the color of skin and how I am perceived in the context of being on my own, a single, bi/asexual artist. I also learned of my membership in a club of other people of color that I didn’t know I belonged, small and yet furiously protective of its members. A language of nods, shrugs, and eye to eye glances are a part of the language of the club, our nonverbal communication that validates our presence in a white world. much of the work this group does involves teaching and explaining why we exist as a unit separate from the world …
Date: May 2019
Creator: Janke, Sarah
System: The UNT Digital Library
Confluence (open access)

Confluence

My artwork dialogues with three topics: climate change’s economic and societal impact, plant genetic engineering advances, and art’s influence on scientific creativity and innovation. These intersect in my focus on the mystery and promise of plant genetic research and the creative innovation needed to advance this research. I manipulate, massage, and mix contemporary mediums and traditional sculpture, fiber and painting mediums. My sculptures often have translucent elements that interact vividly with visible and UV light spectrums. Undulation and emergence figure prominently in my artwork as metaphors of the active living organism coming forth from the genetically altered primordial soup.
Date: May 2022
Creator: Samson, Philip F.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Constructed Self (open access)

Constructed Self

Constructed Self is an exhibition of life-size forms that blur the line between photography and sculpture while being both stable and on the verge of collapse. These damaged concrete columns, slabs, and hand-formed bricks used to create walls are inspired by architecture's support structures to convey my internal psychic framework. Photographs are transferred on the surface of these forms that depict environments where I have processed and experienced my struggles with mental health. This work explores how to communicate and convey the interior and exterior of my emotional self in visible terms while bringing me healing emotionally through the process of making these sculptures.
Date: May 2022
Creator: West, Kaitlin
System: The UNT Digital Library
Counting Seconds (open access)

Counting Seconds

Each of my oil or pastel paintings is an observation of seemingly mundane familiar places that I encounter day-to-day. I think of my art as a kind of visual journalism, where I examine common human emotions evoked by a careful consideration of the substance of light interacting with spaces or objects. The naturalistically rendered compositions are cropped and depicted in small fragments, allowing the viewer a brief glimpse into a quiet portrayal of the world. Essentially, my art allows me to share my sensibilities and to connect with others through portraits of ordinary, yet intimate, moments in time.
Date: December 2020
Creator: Shurbet, Kelsey
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Description of Mannequins in Page Boy Maternity Collection] (open access)

[Description of Mannequins in Page Boy Maternity Collection]

Document describing the individual mannequins in Page Boy maternity collection of maternity dresses through the ages.
Date: unknown
Creator: Page Boy Maternity Company (Dallas, Tex)
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Dog Named Robot (open access)

A Dog Named Robot

I make work that engages the porous and sensate body. The larger question for me is the interdependency of how we exist within our environment and how our environment exists in us. Caves, deep time, and the feminine landscape factor into my work, as well as thinking beyond a humancentered narrative to address concerns about the earth. My process involves using raw pigment, wax, rain, dirt, and the language of abstraction to point to a raw, interior space. My source material is equal parts imagination and field research, most recently into cave systems.
Date: May 2022
Creator: Jaeggli, Erika
System: The UNT Digital Library
Double Dare (open access)

Double Dare

Artist Statement from the MFA exhibition: In my recent work, I explore my identity as a first-generation American, using my painting practice to think about early memories of living in-between two cultures. These remembered moments allow a space for me to consider how both cultures merge. Portraying vivid memories through colorful recognizable objects and body parts, memories take on a new context, showing the passage of time, and reflecting on how memories take on new meaning. My desire to save these moments relates to my wish to name what makes me belong, and what marks me as unique, within the two cultures in which I exist.
Date: November 2019
Creator: Giron, Cynthia
System: The UNT Digital Library
Draw Me Near: Artist Statement (open access)

Draw Me Near: Artist Statement

Photographs from the MFA Exhibition "Draw Me Near" as shown at the Cora Stafford Gallery.
Date: March 27, 2019
Creator: Casillas, Horacio
System: The UNT Digital Library
“Drawback” (open access)

“Drawback”

Artist Statement from the MFA Exhibition: "My work represents my personal experience with having learning differences such as Dyslexia, ADD, Auditory Processing Disorder, and others. I create pieces that reflect my thoughts, experiences, and the obstacles that I face daily. I utilize materials obtained from school desks as memories that reflect on the long periods of time we spend siting at desks in classrooms, during which we discover how to process information. To articulate these experiences, I create marks and drawings on recycled pieces of school desks. These marks indicate equations, words spelling, and information that mimics symbols from my own learning experience. Through the inclusion of hidden stones and drawings, I integrate positive associations and humor."
Date: May 2019
Creator: Thomson, Jason
System: The UNT Digital Library
Entanglement (open access)

Entanglement

Brief Artist Statement by Kyung Hee “Kate” Im as part of a 2021 MFA Exhibition, entitled "Entanglement” in the Union Art Gallery on the campus of the University of North Texas on April 5-22, 2021.
Date: May 2021
Creator: Im, Kyung Hee
System: The UNT Digital Library
Envelope for Advance Pattern #1262 (open access)

Envelope for Advance Pattern #1262

Advance pattern 1262 to make a blouse with tailored style, shallow yoke, front button closure, and varying sleeve lengths with cuffs, including illustrations of the finished pieces and information about sizing and construction on the back.
Date: 1933/1935
Creator: Advance Pattern Company
System: The UNT Digital Library
Envelope for Advance Pattern #4077 (open access)

Envelope for Advance Pattern #4077

Advance pattern 4077 to make a dress with darted skirt, extended shoulders, long or short set-in sleeves, and various necklines, including illustrations of the finished pieces and information about sizing and construction on the back.
Date: 1945/1948
Creator: Advance Pattern Company
System: The UNT Digital Library
Envelope for Advance Pattern #5371 (open access)

Envelope for Advance Pattern #5371

Advance pattern 5371 to make a house rope with wrap construction, pockets, and varied lengths, including illustrations of the finished pieces and information about sizing and construction on the back.
Date: 1950
Creator: Advance Pattern Company
System: The UNT Digital Library
Envelope for Advance Pattern #5504 (open access)

Envelope for Advance Pattern #5504

Advance pattern 5504 to make a blouse with pointed collar and front button closure, weskit with front button closure and fitted silhouette, and skirt with waistband and draped hips, including illustrations of the finished pieces and information about sizing and construction on the back.
Date: 1950/1952
Creator: Advance Pattern Company
System: The UNT Digital Library
Envelope for Advance Pattern #5913 (open access)

Envelope for Advance Pattern #5913

Envelope for a Advance pattern to make a girl's pinafore dress with suspenders, jacket, skirt and blouse; includes illustrations of the finished pieces and information about sizing and construction on the back.
Date: 1951
Creator: Advance Pattern Co., Inc.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Envelope for Advance Pattern #8395 (open access)

Envelope for Advance Pattern #8395

Advance pattern to make a misses' and womens' shirtwaist dress, street length with short sleeves, center front button closure and contour belt including illustrations of the finished pieces and information about sizing and construction on the back.
Date: 1955/1959
Creator: Advance Pattern Co., Inc.
System: The UNT Digital Library