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Monster Collage (Detail)
No full textMaterial: paper on hardboard panel
Dimensions: 24 x 36 inches
Project Advisor: Benjamin D. Rinehart
Year of Graduation: 2023https://lux.lawrence.edu/artgallery_se2022/1027/thumbnail.jp
Theodor Eicke and His Contributions to the Nazi Party: An Essay on the Development of the Nazi Concentration Camp System and SS-Totenkopfdivision
Get PDFThis project will focus on Theodor Eicke, and how he shaped the Nazi Party. Eicke is responsible for many key identifiers of the Nazi Party: the concentration camp system, the punishment system within concentration camps, the usage of prisoner labor, Shutzstaffel [SS] formations and indoctrinations, and other organizational schemes of the Nazi Party. This essay will examine Eicke’s background and his contributions to the Nazi Party as Dachau Camp Comandante, Camp Inspectorate, and Commander of the Waffen-SS Death Head Division, and how each of these components contributed to greater Nazi violence and the Final Solution
Melancholy
No full textMaterials: Printmaking (Inkjet)
Dimensions: 17 X 22 inches
Project Advisor: Rob Neilson
Year of Graduation: 2023https://lux.lawrence.edu/artgallery_se2023/1016/thumbnail.jp
I picture you, Puerto Rico: a Trigueñita’s love letter to PE-ERRE
No full textIn summer 2021, I completed two research projects; the first focused on Puerto Rican art in museum and exhibition spaces and the second on the Puerto Rican feminine body as a space of discourse. Environmental disasters and the COVID-19 pandemic made it difficult for me to visit museums that showcase renown artworks in Puerto Rico, but I was thankful for the opportunity to redirect my focus on nonconventional exhibition spaces. The exterior walls of homes, businesses, and abandoned buildings are transformed into revolutionary art spaces that display murals and mosaics made by local artists. These artworks capture expressions of nationality, history, identity; political and social justice movements; and the effects of U.S. imperialism it continues to transform 21st-century Puerto Rico.
The island of Puerto Rico has been a colony since the 16th century and it remains an unincorporated territory of the United States today. During Spanish settlement, people with Indigenous, African, and Spanish ancestries were placed in racial categories defined by skin tone, most famously portrayed in casta paintings. As a result of this complex history, there are many terms used to refer to someone’s racial identity. On the island of Puerto Rico, I would be considered trigueña (light-skinned), whereas my grandmother and great-grandmother would be considered morena (brown-skinned) or negrita (dark-skinned).
Like many Caribbean island-nations, Puerto Rico relies on its tourism industry for revenue; a vacation there comes with Instagram-worthy beach moments, TikTok snapshots of local culture, and a growing interest in “Puerto Rican Street Art” and “Local History” tours. My research focused on the ways Puerto Ricans today use street art to visually display their identity and history, and to begin conversations within their neighborhoods about a myriad of topics. These photographs capture artworks that could have deteriorated, been replaced, or taken down since I last visited them, and each of them is a love letter to Puerto Rico and Boricuas everywhere. These public artworks rewrite our collective history, national identity, and consciousness and the photographs document an enduring and unwavering image of Puertoricanness as displayed by the island’s people
Rumination and the Gut Microbiome:Effects of a Brief Mindfulness Intervention
Get PDFRecent work has found relationships between the gut microbiota—the community of organisms that inhabit an animal’s digestive tract—and psychological health. In particular, the gut microbiota of individuals with depression shows a different genetic composition to those without depression. Thus, this study explored how rumination, a predictor of depression, and gut microbiota composition are correlated to detect possible gut microbiota alterations present before depression develops. This study also examined whether a brief mindfulness mobile application intervention, which has been shown to reduce rumination, can increase beneficial bacteria abundance and decrease pathogenic bacteria abundance. Participants were 16 first-year students. They engaged in a 4-week brief mindfulness mobile app intervention. Rumination was assessed by a self-report questionnaire,and participants\u27 gut microbiota compositions were analyzed from fecal samples collected at pre- and post-intervention. There were significant correlations between rumination and three gut microbiota groups. However, the results were inconclusive due to the small sample size and inconsistency in past studies to determine whether the gut microbiota is beneficial or pathogenic.Additionally, there were significant differences in abundance from pre- to post-intervention in three taxa.The genus Bifidobacterium—abeneficialtaxon—increased, and the genus Marvinbryantia—a pathogenictaxon—decreased in individuals after the intervention. However, another pathogenic genus of bacteria,Alistipes,increased in individuals after the intervention. Future studies should investigate the relationship between rumination and the gut microbiome with a bigger sample size. Additionally,a randomized controlled trial is needed to see the intervention efficacy alone on gut health
A Second Chance At Happiness Detail 2
No full textMaterials: 5x7 inch Laser jet photographs
Dimensions: 8 x12 ft
Project Advisor: John Shimon
Year of Graduation: 2022https://lux.lawrence.edu/artgallery_se2022/1014/thumbnail.jp
Figure (vessel) in front of Focus
No full textMaterials: Dark brown stoneware, acrylic, canvas
Dimensions: 30 x 40 inches (painting), 23 x 7 x 5 inches (sculpture)
Project Advisors: Tony Conrad, Meghan Sullivan
Year of Graduation: 2022https://lux.lawrence.edu/artgallery_se2022/1025/thumbnail.jp
Body As A Battleground
No full textMaterials: Inkjet Print
Dimensions: 30 x 38 inches
Project Advisor: John Shimon
Year of Graduation: 2022https://lux.lawrence.edu/artgallery_se2022/1048/thumbnail.jp
A Second Chance At Happiness Detail 1
No full textMaterials: 5x7 inch Laser jet photographs
Dimensions: 8 x12 ft
Project Advisor: John Shimon
Year of Graduation: 2022https://lux.lawrence.edu/artgallery_se2022/1013/thumbnail.jp