"In de Kooning's black canvases the elimination of color was conditioned as much by financial constraints as by the need to simplify pictorial problems in the spirit of Analytic Cubism. The deliberately artless use of shiny enamel housepaints...
Acting; Cleage, Pearl--Characters--Leland Cunningham; Cleage, Pearl. Blues for an Alabama Sky
This thesis examines my preparation for performing Leland Cunningham in Blues for an Alabama Sky by Pearl Cleage. Using the motif of personal expectations, I explore how my ideas of performance have become unbalanced. I evaluate the origin of these...
Adjustment (Psychology) in old age; Aging; Elderly poor; Nursing home patients
BACKGROUND: Current successful aging theory excludes individuals with disease or
disability, limits the potential for successful aging in minority and lower socioeconomic
populations, focuses on behavioral determinants of health rather than social...
African American women artists; Poetry--Social aspects; Music--Social aspects; Art--Social aspects;Shange, Ntozake. For colored girls who have considered suicide when the Rainbow is enuf.; Walker, Kara Elizabeth. Gone.; India.Arie. Video.;...
The creative expressions of three black women artists--Ntozake Shange, Kara Walker, and India. Arie--are explored using optimal consciousness-an Afrocentric framework by Linda James Myers. This concept advocates that the role of the artist is to...
This paper explores issues of identity and difference in art and its institutions through a historiographic study of two landmark exhibitions, "The Other Story: Afro-Asian Artists in Post-War Britain" (1989) and the 1993 Whitney Biennial....
Address: 2595 S. 4th Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Abandoned building, possibly formerly National Steel Service Center, Inc. Ghost sign has been painted over in red. Building also includes contemporary graffiti and closed up windows/portals.
Address: 1018 W. Main Street, Louisville, Kentucky. The word Louisville appears in cursive lettering at the top of this faded sign for Louisville Air Conditioning, Inc. Someone has tagged the bottom of the sign with a piece of graffiti that says...
Address: 1100 Logan Street, Louisville, Kentucky. View of a building on the corner of St. Catherine and Logan Streets. A sign painted near the top of the brick building reads "Bread." The rest of the brick wall sign is illegible. There...
Address: 946 Goss Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky. Side view of building with illegible brick wall sign, along with two pieces of graffiti. A ramp leads to the back of the antique store.
Buildings; Canopies; Utility poles; Atherton Building (Louisville, Ky.)
Original address: 610 S. Fourth Street (Later known as the Francis Building.) The Atherton Building is shown with Southern Optical Co. sign on the corner, but most other storefronts empty. There's graffiti on the window next to Southern Optical and...
This study examined intake and post-investigative disposition decision making among professionals engaged in child protective services to understand disproportionality and disparities in the child welfare system. Using child welfare, decision...
Photographs; Posters; Billboard posters; Billboards; Signs (Notices); Collages; Language; Slogans; Graphic design; Inscriptions; Lettering (Layout features); Advertisements; Advertising; Publicity; Social aspects; Power (Social sciences);...
Top left: We Get Excited [Exploded] Because They Have Money and God in Their Pockets, 1985, poster, New York City; Top center: Surveillance is Your Busywork, bus placard for Nexus project, Atlanta, 1985, photograph courtesy Gerald F. Jones,...
Acrylic and oil paintstick on canvas; “Basquiat emerged as an artist in the 1980s, when the cultural mix included drugs, on which he eventually overdosed, hip hop, rap, and graffiti. His works, compact with codes that expose the nature of power...
Fear of crime--Kentucky--Louisville; University of Louisville; College students--Crimes against--Kentucky--Louisville
Feelings of fear on a college campus are driven by physical characteristics of a specific location as well as the demographics and past experiences of those visiting these locations. Factors such as gender, residency, race, age, class status, and...
