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Discussion of Designing for 3-Dimensional Space

Ken Lambla Philip Cherry Aoibhin Maguire

Student Allison Petrauskas Discusses Her Artistic Process

Student Philip Cherry Provides an Overview of Class Instructions

Introduction for Aoibhin Maguire

Introduction for Philip Cherry

Introduction for Allison Petrauskas

Reflecting on the Layout after Installation

Speaker include Lee Grey, Associate Dean of the College of Arts & Architecture and students Philip Cherry and Aoibhin Maguire responding to his question. Partial transcription below: Lee Grey: Worked closely (physically) to the pieces but designing for “up there.” Now that it is installed, how would you do differently? Aoibhin Maguire : Realized how certain textures don’t show as clearly but others do. Also see how some colors work better in combination with others. Philip Cherry: Continue to see new details now that it is installed. Perspective changes once it’s on the wall from seeing it on the floor.

Student Philip Cherry Discusses Artistic Influences

Students Discussing Collaboration

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Students Discussing the Definition of a Library

Partial transcript below: Allison Petrauskas Learned about different skills from each other. Photoshop, printmaking, painting. Able to think about what library means to us through reading articles? Article about how a library is a system and thinking about what other systems are there like anatomy. Finding new avenues for obtaining knowledge. Started with the “cliché of let’s do books” of drawing books. Kianna Balla: “Realized that if you’re stressed out while studying, you don’t want to look at the thing (books) you trying to study.”

Screen Capture from Panel Recording

This screen capture is from the recording of the student artist panel and reception held in the Hight Architecture Library in Storrs.

Panel and Reception Audience

Photograph shows attendees from both Atkins Library and College of Arts + Architecture during the student artist panel and reception. Attendees shown include Dean Anne Moore from the library and Dean Ken Lambla from the college.

Panel and Reception Audience

Photograph shows attendees from both Atkins Library and College of Arts + Architecture during the student artist panel and reception.

Student Panel Addressing COA+A Faculty

Photograph shows the five students who participated in the artist talk addressing members of the College of Arts + Architecture and Atkins Library.

Preparing for the Final Critique

The students bring mural pieces to the architecture library for the final critique and exam.

Student Discussion during Final Critique

Many of the students in both classes can be seen here discussing the possible arrangements of the mural pieces.

Mural Pieces during Final Critique

The mural pieces are laid out in various combinations in order to decide the final design for the installation.

Professor Godlewska and Student Allison Petrauskas Discuss the Mural

This photograph show Professor Godlewska and student Allison Petrauskas discussing possible arrangements of the mural pieces during the final critique and exam for the classes.

Student and Faculty Discussion of Mural Arrangement

Video of Final Critique and Exam for the Library Mural

This video documents the final critique and exam for the students. They brought the completed mural pieces to the architecture library to propose and discuss possible design layouts and combinations of pieces.

Video of Final Critique and Exam for the Library Mural

This video documents the final critique and exam for the students. They brought the completed mural pieces to the architecture library to propose and discuss possible design layouts and combinations of pieces.

Class Meeting in the Library

Photograph showing a class meeting in the library near the mural.