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Graduate Student Capstones, Projects, and Theses
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(2018-06-08)The purpose of this graphic memoir is to show how artists can create a sustainable and viable art business. This guide book offers artist entrepreneurs and designers tools that support the career of an artist. I chose ...
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(2018-06-07)As one of the major lifelong learning possibilities outside the education system, museums have always been an important venue to the public. Throughout their long history, there has been a major shift in museology from ...
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(2018-06-06)Otago Museum in Dunedin, New Zealand, is an institution in the beginning stages of a museum-wide shift towards biculturalism. Presently, the Museum largely operates under a western museology, and the shift to biculturalism ...
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(2018-06-06)Architecture, and architectural history, is not typically a focus of art education in the K-5 classroom. In this study I aim to demonstrate how picturebooks can be used as a tool in the K-5 classroom to teach architectural ...
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(2018-06-06)In Oregon, the vast majority of community museums are history museums focusing on local history. According to the Oregon Museums Association, of the 58 museums registered with them, 52 of those museums are focused on ...
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(2018)This research project involves sociocultural validation of the founding members and early participants of Burnside Skatepark. The group developed socioculturally through the creation and use of an internationally renowned ...
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(2018-06-06)Virtually every large symphony orchestra holds a fundraising gala. Formal events like these are costly in terms of both time and monetary resources, yet they yield a relatively small profit when compared to direct solicitations ...
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(2018-06)As museums seek ways to attract wider audiences and increase their relevance to more people, collaboration with community groups has become common practice. Museums are using multiple models for these collaborations, ...
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(2018)Museums are not perfect institutions-- they have a long history of marginalization of ethnicity, gender, and sexuality through “western” museological practices. With recent political upheaval, more people have been ...
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(2018-06)This study examines the City of Eugene’s adoption of creative placemaking practices in an effort to positively alter the identity of its Downtown- focusing on the resultant shifts in programming methods, and on the complex ...
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Engaging Under-Represented Communities: A Comparative Analysis of Professional Symphony Orchestras (2018-06)This Master’s Research Project looked into the various ways that professional symphony orchestras are engaging with their community, specifically with under-represented populations. The paper begins with an overview of ...
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(2018)There is a growing body of research in the field of arts in health and the therapeutic benefits of using art to treat illnesses. Much of this research is evidence-based and focuses on the effects of arts-based activities ...
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(Center for Community Arts and Cultural Policy, University of Oregon, 2018-06-12)Parallel to a similar study commissioned by the Oregon Cultural Trust in 2017-2018, the University of Oregon (UO) Arts and Administration program partnered with senior staff of the Oregon Cultural Trust and the National ...
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(2017-06-06)This graduate research project serves as a guide for emerging leaders and arts professionals in understanding the relationship between artistic programming choices of North American opera companies, and community participation ...
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(2017-06-02)The purpose of this research capstone is to provide an overview and examination on the landscape of queer-themed art held within U.S.-based museums, and to identify methods of incorporating substantial queer-themed exhibitions ...
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(2017-06-03)Theatre has always been a refuge for the educated woman. The women’s movement, in all its iterations, has made use of the stage. During the campaign for suffrage, this meant propaganda plays that defied the censor. In the ...
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(2017-06-01)Museums of the late 20th and into the 21st century are moving from a focus on collections to museum audiences. The result of this shift culminates in more diverse programming, as well as more inclusive exhibition design ...
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(2017-06-06)Starting a music lessons business in an increasingly digitized society provides unique challenges that merit detailed investigation. This project aims to understand these challenges and use the knowledge gained to develop ...
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(2017-06-01)Performing arts centers (PACs) located on college and university campuses have an opportunity to play an important role in serving and connecting the academic and surrounding community. While these venues play a valuable ...