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Campus community members observe art at the opening of the 2016 art and design senior capstone exhibition in Hermann. Photo by Matt Peters.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Matt Peters<\/strong>
\nmap006@marietta.edu<\/p>\n

On Friday, April 8, senior graphic arts and studio art majors unveiled their hard work and talent to the public, in the 2016 art and design senior capstone presentations. Eight students presented their projects; their eye-catching colorful displays representing the culmination of months of research, preparation, and careful craft.<\/p>\n

The Marcolian spoke to several of these students about their academic undertakings.<\/p>\n

Senior graphic design major Brittany Martin created \u201cB Rad Ice Cream\u201d; a simulated small business aimed at employing people with traumatic brain injuries. She says a family member inspired her to pursue the topic.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy brother actually has a traumatic brain injury from a car accident in 2009. So, I\u2019ve kind of seen his struggles with finding a job and getting back to the life he had before,\u201d Martin said.<\/p>\n

In addition to her graphic design major, Martin is completing minors both in advertising\/public relations and psychology. She says her background in psychology became a vital part of the project.<\/p>\n

\u201cI did a lot of research on the traumatic brain injury field\u2026 Research was the biggest thing,\u201d Martin explained.<\/p>\n

Her multimedia display includes both digital and print materials, everything from a tablet-based study app, to a website, menu and business cards.<\/p>\n

Kendra Embrescia is a senior, graphic arts major and studio art minor. Her capstone, entitled \u201cOcean Flavored Dreams,\u201d utilizes info-graphics, digital illustrations, and hand-painted glass window-displays to spread awareness about oceanic environmental concerns.<\/p>\n

\u201cI got a lot of inspiration when I went to Florida. I went to the beach everyday and I saw how trashed they are. And then, I started doing a lot of research and there were three main problems that came up: overfishing, pollution and climate change,\u201d Embrescia explained.<\/p>\n

Embrescia says she hopes her presentation will inspire people to make environmentally conscious decisions \u2013 regardless of their distance from the ocean.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know we\u2019re in Ohio, so obviously we don\u2019t think a lot about the oceans and the problems associated with them,\u201d she said. \u201cEven though it\u2019s so far away, if we recycled or did small things like that, we\u2019d be able to make a difference in the long run. What we do has an impact, regardless of how far away we are.\u201d<\/p>\n

Graphic arts major Lexi Callaway presented her project, \u201cJava Kitten.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMy objective was to create something that really didn\u2019t exist before,\u201d Callaway said.<\/p>\n

Callaway was drawn to cats as a subject to research, fascinated by their \u201cquirky nature\u201d and \u201cnatural tendency to go viral on the internet.\u201d This is where her minor came into play.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy inspiration came from my advertising background, wanting to know why cats were so popular,\u201d she said. \u201cThere was a lot of crazy statistics about how dominant they are, and it just took me down this weird rabbit hole \u2013 so to speak.\u201d<\/p>\n

Callaway decided to create a coffee company that repurposes their packaging \u2013 boxes and other materials that can be used as cat toys.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s supposed to be fun and silly \u2013 not so serious,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Silly as it may be, the work behind Callaway\u2019s project was no joke. She designed the logo and boxes, an instructional booklet with 30 illustrations, as well as coffee mugs, T-shirts, coffee bags, and a poster.<\/p>\n

Senior studio art major Cong Liu\u2019s capstone, entitled \u201cThat World,\u201d features charcoal and pencil drawings of Eastern Asian mythological figures.<\/p>\n

Liu says it is important to know that food and martial arts are not the only interesting parts of traditional Asian culture. His exhibit combines both Chinese and Japanese figures, incorporating drawing techniques used by traditional Asian artists.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey are some very classical magical creatures or figures in the stories that have been told for hundreds of years,\u201d Liu said.<\/p>\n

Liu used traditional mythical books such as \u201cShang Hai Jing (Legends of Mountains and Seas)\u201d, and the \u201cHyakkiyakou Series\u201d by Toriyama Sekein for reference throughout the project.<\/p>\n

\u201cPersonally, I am kind of a superstitious guy, so I really care about supernatural things. Secondly, my grandma believes in the mythologies and stories. She told me all the time, since I was very small. So, I think that\u2019s made me very interested in them,\u201d Liu said.<\/p>\n

Liu says most Americans are not very familiar with Eastern Asian mythologies. He hopes that his pieces will help students understand more about Chinese and Japanese culture.<\/p>\n

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Campus community members observe art at the opening of the 2016 senior art and design capstone exhibition in Hermann. Photo by Matt Peters.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cThis capstone is a free topic. No one tells you, \u2018you need to do this or that.\u2019 So, I wanted to show something from my own culture,\u201d he said. \u201cIn the eastern world, we believe in some different things and I think they are very interesting.\u201d<\/p>\n

Elizabeth White is a graphic design major and astronomy minor. Her project, \u201cCinema vs. Science,\u201d addresses the \u201cvast array of misinformation\u201d in the field of astronomy \u2013 specifically in regard to extraterrestrial life.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019s about how Hollywood and the media \u2013 various movies, video games and things like that \u2013 have really distorted the true concept, series and findings of the search for extraterrestrial life. So, it\u2019s addressing that Hollywood has a huge influence on those things, and then going through and giving the accurate information,\u201d White said.<\/p>\n

She says her info-graphic display was an effort to combine her major and minor. White was inspired by her experience with one particular class.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe content from this project comes largely from an astronomy class that I took here called \u2018Life in the Universe,\u2019 and it\u2019s my favorite class that I\u2019ve taken at Marietta College. I\u2019m just really interested in all of the different aspects of the search for extraterrestrial life and the different things that we\u2019ve come to accept as scientific fact, and how it got there, and how long this process has been going on,\u201d she explained.<\/p>\n

White says the most enjoyable part of her project was finally getting to see the printed version.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve stared at a computer screen for eight months, to see the final printed product was really exciting,\u201d White said.<\/p>\n

The capstone projects will be on display in the Hermann third floor gallery weekdays from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., now through May 1. Anyone interested is welcome to view them.<\/p>\n

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