Thesis: Life Events

Tonight, opening in DAAP Galleries is our DAAPworks. We have survived. We have finished. This culmination of our undergraduate careers opens for five days, then closes to make itself history. Can all of our hard work and late nights be summed up in one show? I for one, know that the work I have hanging in the gallery right now, in no way reflects the rest of the work I have done in my four years at DAAP. I have learned so much, but mostly, I learned to survive. Survive the terrible teachers. Survive the long critiques where no one likes your work. Survive the endless list of deadlines and due dates. We have come this far, and no one can stop us now. Here's to the University of Cincinnati's Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning, Fine Arts Class of 2014.

The Stories We Used to Know

This was one of my favorite things to see from the trip. The Sinagua people who lived in the area believed that the cracks in the rock were the entrances and exits to the place of the dead. Spirits could come and go as they please. This glyph shows a funeral procession with the dead soul being thrown into the crack in the rock- to the place of the dead.

The Chapel of the Holy Cross. The window looks over the rocks surrounding Sedona.

A condemned building in Jerome, Arizona, an old mining town.

Returning to Black and White

Native American Heritage

Native American Dancing Presentation at Grand Canyon National Park

Montezuma's Well

Montezuma's Castle

Tuzigoot National Monument

Monuments

Mighty Landscapes- Part 2

Mighty Landscapes- Part 1

Desert Sunsets

The Heart of the Desert

I can't believe it took me so long to get everything edited! Anyway, the last two weeks of July I was in Arizona. It was the most amazing place I've ever been and I want to relocate there ASAP. The next ten posts will all be photos from Arizona.

Something Old, Something New

Finishing Up

It has been way too long. Also, apparently I never posted the rest of my work from last semester. Here's to catching up!