Content Warning Abuse & Assault (physical and sexual) Throughout the history of our society, women have not been treated well. They have been treated as property, have had to worry about assault and abuse, and have been treated as unequal to men. Likewise, those with disabilities have been denied access to buildings…

Media is a central part of American life today. It provides information and entertainment and comes in many different forms such as television, newspapers, books, radio, etc. It plays a vital role in the politics of this country and because of that, wars. The Cold War was one war when…

The Burning Stable, Adolf Schreyer, n.d. — Adolf Schreyer’s The Burning Stable, done in oil on canvas, illustrates a stable being burned and horses who are desperate to escape. Schreyer uses wide, impressionistic brushstrokes that seem to just be thrown onto the canvas with no thought. Examples of this can be found in the plants in the…

Die Orden der Nacht, Anselm Kiefer, 1996 and Self-Portrait, Morris Graves, 1933 — In Anselm Kiefer’s Die Orden der Nacht (The Orders of the Night) and Morris Graves’s Self-Portrait, both artist’s try to communicate how they view themselves through their different uses of medium, color, and form.

The Entombment of Christ, Caravaggio, 1603–1604 — Caravaggio’s Entombment is an altarpiece painted in 1603–04 with oil paint on canvas. Perspective is used on ground slab so it seems to butt out into the viewer’s space. The viewer then seems to be standing in the grave receiving the lowered body of christ. This can be traced to…

Roads are commonplace within developed countries. They help users get themselves, or goods, from point A to point B. However, developing countries lack this privilege of easy access to roads. …

A book with no pages, C. Davida Ingram C. Davida Ingram’s exhibit, A book with no pages, offers up a conversation about black people within different contexts. By placing black people in the forefront of various scenes and in various outfits, Ingram challenges what is perceived as normal. There are…

Focusing on Facebook’s Filtering Algorithm — Facebook is an online social media service that allows users to post and share information between their network. In September of 2006, Facebook launched its first ever News Feed. Before this, users were only allowed to manually search other user’s profiles in order to get the latest news about them…

What to Design for when Designing for Those with Disabilities Everyone wants to be independent. We, as humans, are always testing boundaries and wanting to do more by ourselves; We want autonomy. Autonomy can be defined as gaining independence from the constraints of the environment around oneself (Adlam & Orpwood…