My artwork reflects my search for my own artistic voice. Life demands examination from me at inconvenient times, but with the intention of growing as a person I proceed willingly, and as an artist, equipped with a paintbrush. My search has led me to discover new materials and techniques and my structured self-reflection has uncovered a new source of inspiration. I now combine the physical layering of art materials with layers of personal meaning as well. My work has an autobiographical theme which I have interpreted through the filter of my sense of humor. Working so intimately with my own personal history and visually expressing myself by combining multiple techniques has transformed my understanding of myself as an artist and a person.

Thesis (M.A.) - Carleton University, 2002. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 129-135). Also available in electronic format on the Internet.

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Victoria, 1999. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 164-181).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Georgia, 1988. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 143-149).

The experiences of grief and mourning in response to loss are fundamentally transformative to the self-identity of the mourner, necessitating an array of ritualized behaviors at the communal and individual levels. These rituals of mourning both create a space in which this transformation may take place and provide the structure that can direct that transformation. My focus is on historical and emerging forms of vernacular commemoration, by which I refer to material forms that are created by, acted upon, or in other ways utilized by a person experiencing grief in the service of regaining a sense of stability in the aftermath of loss. The re-integration of the bereaved, through mourning, back into society in new relation with the departed is often assisted by these vernacular memorial forms. My analysis focuses on three specific forms of commemoration: spirit photographs, ghost bikes, and memorial tattoos. These are vernacular forms of expression in the sense that they have emerged from and cater to individual needs and desires that are not satisfied by the more official and uniform materials and processes of mourning, such as the funeral service and subsequent visits to a gravesite or contemplation of an ash-filled urn. The power of these memorial forms rests in the adaptive and restorative abilities of memory to retain the lost relationship and to pull it forward and reconstitute it in a changed state as enduring and continuing into the future. When faced with the sudden death of a loved one, the traditional rituals that surround modern death may seem too rigid and homogenized to satisfy the wide array of emotions demanding attention in the bereaved. This is where the vernacular rituals and new forms of commemoration discussed in this dissertation spring up and make themselves known. Highly individual, yet often publicly and politically motivated, these new American ways of interpreting death and performing mourning represent the changing needs of contemporary mourners. As death has become increasingly hidden away and discussion of it rendered taboo, the need for personal and direct interaction with the processes of grief and mourning have become more and more important. / 2016-09-29

As escalating bandwidths and technologies expand the World Wide Web, media-rich web design offers new opportunities for scholarly discussion and presentation. A collaborative effort between a videographer, a web programmer, faculty members, and graduate and undergraduate students, F olkvine produced websites representative of four Florida artists while rethinking online scholarship. Appointed lead web designer, the culmination of my research rests in my designs profiling the lives and work of four Florida artists: the painter and farmer, Ruby C. Williams, the Hawaiian quilter, Ginger LaVoie, the clown shoemakers, Wayne and Marty Scott, and the late circus historian, clown, and miniature circus creator, Diamond Jim Parker. Exploring the various perspectives from which we could virtually exhibit the artists, we chose to create the sites as a reflection and extension of the artists' lives and work. In order to fulfill this goal, I attempted to act as a neutral conduit through which the artists' aesthetics could pass into the digital realm. As an artist myself, I consider how I approached this channeling and how it in turn affected my aesthetic notions according to three major themes in digital art: virtual identity, space, and home.

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Thesis (M.Arch.)--University of Hong Kong, 2002. / Includes 1 technical study and 1 special report. Content page of thesis report missing. Includes bibliographical references. Also available in print.

Univerzita Karlova Filozofická fakulta Ústav pro dějiny umění Diplomová práce Bc. Barbora Žižková Syntéza autorské a lidové textilní tvorby v ÚLUV Synthesis of artistic and folk textile production in ÚLUV 2019 vedoucí práce: prof. doc. PhDr. Marie Klimešová, Ph.D. Děkuji prof. doc. PhDr. Marii Klimešové, Ph.D. za odborné vedení mé diplomové práce, Mgr. Kláře Binderové, PhDr. Heleně Šenfeldové z Etnografického oddělení a PhDr. Haně Pařízkové z Archivu Národního muzea za vstřícný přístup, cenné tipy a konzultace. Děkuji své rodině a především mému muži za podporu a trpělivost. Prohlašuji, že jsem diplomovou práci vypracovala samostatně a výhradně s použitím citovaných pramenů a že práce nebyla využita v rámci jiného vysokoškolského studia či k získání jiného nebo stejného titulu. V Praze dne 10. 4. 2019 ……………………………. Barbora Žižková Abstract The main objective of my diploma work was to map the history and describe the forms of textile art in the Centre of Folk and Artistic Production (hereinafter referred to as CFAP). This artistic-craft discipline took two forms within the CFAP. The staff tried to find folk creators who maintained traditional techniques and motifs in their works of art, and those original folk creations were then used by textile artists to provide select craftspeople with new, tradition-...

Thesis --Diss. -- Helsinki. / Includes bibliographical references (p. [228]-236).