Student Work
This collection contains works by undergraduate and graduate students in the Department of Art and Graphic Design at the University of Northern Iowa.
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Submissions from 2026
Animator Becomes Animated: A Short Film Uniting Animation and Traditional Film as One, Peter Francis Stahr Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Sculpting Resilience: Trauma, Transformation, and Empowerment, Madelyn Otdoerfer Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Submissions from 2025
Exploring Creative Processes in Elementary Art Education: Memory, Observation, and Imagination, Angela Steuer Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Florentine Impressions: Artists Abroad, Jaylin Vander Wiel Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Intergenerational Arts in the Classroom: A Win-Win, Audrey Klunenberg Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Pools of Reflection: Grappling with Change and the Idea of Self, Haeley Wolter Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Strengthening Community Ties: A Collaborative Weaving Experience, Lacy Irwin Graduate Research Paper (UNI Access Only)
Events from 2024
Heat Islands In Our Backyards, Jaylin VanderWiel
RIYO Art, Tatiana Schaapherder, Jorgan Rustad, and Yesenia Chavez
Events from 2022
Psychological Internship: Art Instruction, Jenna Jansen
Weird critters: A visual narrative inspired by paleontology and teratology, Kate Murray Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Submissions from 2021
Art by intention and art by appropriation: "Authenticity," Western encounters, and ethics of collection and display of African art, Katelyn Nicole Brockmeyer Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Artistic expression, permanence and change in a f*cked up world: Coping with the "sounds of silence", Brianna L. Pruitt Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Events from 2020
Ancient Roman Timepieces, Mariah Piippo
Loch Ness Monster and Her Impact on Culture, Mariah Piippo
Submissions from 2019
Crafting culture: The impact of women artists in Mexican folk art, Jordan Edberg Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Submissions from 2018
Adapting curriculum for autism in art education, Melanie Jo Lambert Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The Names of Esther, Charity J. Britton
Submissions from 2017
Homo humanus: An installation investigating the omnipresence of self-documentation, Ashley Elizabeth Jones Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Submissions from 2016
Branding the UNI/Wellness Recreation Center: creating a cohesive cross-media collegiate recreation identity, Rachael Bair Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Submissions from 2013
Process of a painting, Dusty Ann Kriegel Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Submissions from 2012
Cursed: An Experiment in Gender Roles in Video Game Concept Art, Gillian Renk Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Submissions from 2010
Integrating art and literacy in the elementary classroom, Megan Kristine Sorensen Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Submissions from 2008
Depictions of Male-Male Sexual Activities in Ancient Greece As Expressed Through Visual Imagery: Aspects of Roles, Abigail Bristow Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Submissions from 2007
Mon Voyage: Paris Through My Eyes, Kristyn Ann Beckman Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 2006
An Exploration in Exhibit Design, Maria A. Buteler Tillard Open Access Thesis
Submissions from 2005
Music and visual form: An investigative study, Kendra Bousfield Open Access Presidential Scholars Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 2004
A Guide for Standards-Based, Interdisciplinary, Elementary Art Activities for Cultural Institutions, Carolyn L. W. Carpenter Open Access Thesis
Dig Deep: From Down Under, So Shall I Emerge, Lori Ann Dale Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 2002
Prints and Installations: Clinical Essence, Karla Kaye Burkhardt Oler Open Access Thesis
Strategies Against Architecture, B. Justin Sanhueza Campoy Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 2001
Dust, Alexandra Catherine Dooley Open Access Thesis
Sojourn, John A. Heidersbach Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 2000
Inner Presence, Amy L. Bailey Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 1999
Idols Are for Suckers: An Exhibition of Prints, Brett Anthony Fisher Open Access Thesis
The Ob-Literation of Art, Walter Sun Chien Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 1998
The Intimate Landscape, Margery J. Hibbard Open Access Thesis
Typographic Communication, Soo-Kyung Chun Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 1996
Metaphors of Memory, Mary Alice Applegate Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 1995
A Measure between the Beginnings, Amy Elizabeth Fichter Open Access Thesis
Maria Lactans and some visual predecessors in Egypt, the ancient Near East and Greece, M. C. Ewald Open Access Presidential Scholars Thesis
Pattern Design: Painting Inner Rhythms, Audrey Ellen Farrell Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 1994
Camera Images: Preserving, Editing, and Mitigating the Past, Larry Beck Open Access Thesis
Mindful Generations, Susan Wade Elster Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 1993
An Investigation of Metaphorical Statements of Preadolescents and Artists Who Journal, Ellen Barth Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 1992
Graphic Design: Eastern and Western Design Elements in Visual Communication, Li-Ying Bao Open Access Thesis
Publication Design, Lanette Kay Harmsen Open Access Thesis
Under the Canopy of Heaven, Ellen Ann Albanese Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 1991
Breakdowns, Blair L. Benz Open Access Thesis
Still Life Drawings and Paintings: A Development in Spatial Ambiguities, Daniel Tomas Hall Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 1987
The Passage, Sophie S. Guo Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 1986
Inner geometry, Susan Jane Wadle Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 1983
Abstract Paintings: A Presentation of Visual Essence, Kimble A. Bromley Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 1980
Ascetic Progression, Nancy Bartusch Open Access Thesis
The Illusion of Mirrored and Reflective Surfaces, Doug Castenson Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 1979
A Thesis Concerned with the Construction of Impromptu Sculptures Solving Problems of Equilibrium, Weight, and Movement, Jim Blocker Open Access Thesis
Personifying Subliminal Patterns, Brian C. Gran Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 1978
Combination of Stained Field and Hard-Edge in Painting, Manjula Haksar Open Access Thesis
Perceptual Aspects of Color, Douglas Brown Gillespie Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 1973
An Exploration in the Use of Plastics and Ceramics for the Creation of Combined Media Sculptures: An Abstract of a Thesis, Peter J. Deneen Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 1972
Exploration of Ceramic Sculpture, Ronald Lewis Hahlen Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 1971
Desolation Row: Paintings and Collages, Robert Keith Courtney Open Access Thesis
Organic Sculptures - Evolution and Impact (January, ‘71 - July, ‘71), William Calvert Elling Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 1970
Experiences in Scale of Sculpture for Architectural Sites, Maurice Lee Anderson Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 1969
A Personal Solution to the Problem of Color in Painting: Minimal or Absent, Charles A. Frelund Open Access Thesis
Eight Cone Six Glazes for the Electric Kiln, John D. Coiner Open Access Thesis
Seven Paintings: A Personal Search for an Ethical Consciousness, Dennis Myron Dake Open Access Thesis
The Creation of Three Original Junk Sculptures, Norman Bennett Open Access Thesis
The Wood and Metal Lamination Process in Jewelry Making, Joseph Dean Bolender Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 1968
An Analysis of the Application of Dynamics to Jewelry Design, Eugene Kent Bahling Open Access Thesis
Experiment in Achieving a Tactile Surface Treatment in Serigraphy, Linda Ione Enockson Open Access Thesis
The Use of Combined Printmaking Techniques in Color Collagraphs, Daleanne Anderson Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 1966
An Investigation of Filigree as Design in Selected Pieces of Jewelry, Anne K. Graham Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 1965
A Report on a Creative Thesis Project Concerning the Making of a Film as a Personal Analogy of Pottery and Natural Environment, Edwin H. Harris Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 1964
Three Hypotheses Concerning Art Nouveau, Ralph H. Gaede Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 1962
A Report on a Creative Thesis Project Involving the Use of Bisque Clay as an Original Print Form, Raymond E. George Open Access Thesis
Nine Original Water Color Paintings, Richard H. Dutton Open Access Thesis
