Edgard Varese began composing "Deserts" in 1949 and completed it late in 1954. Scored for fifteen instruments, five percussionists and two tapes of organized sounds, "Deserts" comprises acoustic instrumental music and sections...
History in art; Pastel drawing, American--21st century--Kentucky--Exhibitions; Civilization in art
The new work I have developed while pursuing my Masters in Art at the University of Louisville is strongly based on the narrative. I have always used the imagery in my work as social commentary. The stories and images I develop are to be viewed as...
Art museums--Collection management; Rowling, Charles, 1935-2008; Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft
This Curatorial project examines issues that museums face in the documentation of permanent collections, using the Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft (KMAC) and its piece Angel, by Charles Rolwing, as specific examples. The project focuses on museum...
This thesis chronicles my journey within the framework of a hero's journey, as a theatre artist in the Master of Fine Arts program at the University of Louisville's Theatre Arts Department. This thesis is divided into six chapters that explore the...
This thesis is a personal examination of the process of creating, developing and portraying the character of Dionysus in University of Louisville's 1996 production of Euripides' The Bacchae. It begins with an examination of my acting process prior...
Floods; Hotels; Government officials; Disaster relief; People; Floods--Kentucky--Louisville
Address: 612 W. Main Street, Louisville, Kentucky. A young man in uniform gives a man a piece of paper. He may be giving the man a pass to return to the flooded area. Another man in uniform reads a piece of paper. A woman folds flyers at a table...
Corner of breakfast room in the home of R. S. Reynolds on the north side of Woodbourne Ave. east of Valletta Lane, Louisville, Kentucky. Marble nude of kneeling or bathing woman with head turned aside, on pedestal behind five potted plants on tile...
Performance art; Film stills; Video recording; Motion pictures; Motion study photographs; Men; Artists; Performances; Locomotion; Human locomotion; Stools; Seating furniture; Furniture
Activity/performance, Acconci Studios, New York: "STEP PIECE (STEPS: STEPPING-OFF PLACE) / Apartment 6B, 102 Christopher Street, New York City / 1970 / Activity/Performance / 4 months (February, April, July, November); varying times each day /...
Address: 2140 Bonnycastle Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky. The garage for the Commodore Apartments is shown. A cement pathway leads up to double doors. The faade of the building has a three-tiered appearance. Three windows are centered above the...
A delivery truck is parked in front of Dahlem's which seems to be a luncheonette. The truck has a picture of a pie with a slice missing and a plate with a piece of pie. It reads, "Eat Moore Pies. Moore Pie Co. Phones So.692-693." Further...
City & town life; Streets; Banks; Automobiles; Buildings; Historic buildings; Stores & shops
Address: 208 S. Fifth Street, Louisville, Kentucky. At the intersection of Fifth and Market Streets in downtown stands the Louisville Trust Building. Oversized arches mark the entries and are repeated several stories above with smaller arched...
Several African American girls learn how to weave in a classroom, presumably run by the Presbyterian Colored Mission. Each has a wooden frame with a piece of rough cloth stretched across it. The girls use a pointed tool on the cloth. One of the...
Address: 112 S. Fifth Street, Louisville, Kentucky. A horse and carriage and three cars are parked in front of the Kenyon building which is announced by a sign painted on the side of the building. The stone and brick building has large plate glass...
Railroad tracks cut across an area of trees and bushes parallel to a river. Utility poles stand along the tracks. Across the river a piece of machinery appears to be harvesting some farmland.
A black Harley-Davidson motorcycle stands on its kickstand next to a wet field. A tag is attached to the front-wheel bumper which reads "Police." It has a central headlight with two side lamps. On the side of the engine is lettering...
Laboratories; People; Physics; University of Louisville
A man wearing a suit holds a piece of an apparatus that includes metal conductors and what might be a generator. Next to him is woman in a plaid blouse who has her hands on a panel which appears to be connected to the apparatus. There is an...
A man with a long white beard, short hair and glasses stands in a covered work area. The walls and ceiling appear to be split logs. He stands in front of a wood bench that has brackets holding a piece of wood upright. His right foot is raised above...
Address: 982 Eastern Parkway, Louisville, Kentucky. A child lies in a piece of medical equipment with only his head exposed. A nurse stands near his head. She is dressed all in white. The long metal tube the boy lies in has a tag on it reading,...
Show windows; Stores & shops; Grocery stores; Buildings
Address: 404 W. Market Street, Louisville, Kentucky. The three-story building of Steiden Stores is shown. Plate glass windows line the front of the first floor facing the sidewalk. On display are Snowdrift, Ballard's Flour, seedless grapes, pork...
