Graduate Student Capstones, Projects, and Theses

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2017-2018 Graduate Student Research Journal
(2018-07) Center for Community Arts & Cultural Policy
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Activating Space: New Program Models for Participatory and Temporal Art in the Public Realm
(2012-12) Laubscher, Marissa Anne
Grounded in public and social practice art history and theory, this document examines emerging program & curatorial models for the presentation of participatory and temporal art in the public realm. The document provides an overview of the context from which participatory and temporal art has emerged, as well as the curatorial and organizational models that support these projects. Included is a literature review of theoretical texts on participatory art and culture, social practice art, and contemporary public art theory. Also discussed are important considerations that influence the successful administration of participatory and temporal art works in the public realm. An overview of current temporary public art programs is provided along with analysis regarding the strengths and limitations of various models. This research is meant to provide perspective on the past and present context for participatory and temporal art in the public realm and to serve as a guide for future program planning.
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After the Licensure: Promoting
(2012-06) Roberts, Erin
While there is not a formal, legal definition of community radio, according to Reed and Hanson (2007) its key defining features are localism and access. This master’s project intends to address the gap in research regarding the process emergent community radio stations use to develop initial programming that promotes localism and access. This project examines the importance of community identification in the development of programming and focuses on the influence that a community radio station’s commitment to hyper‐local programming can have in attracting a participating community.
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Art in the Outdoors: Developing a Framework to Describe Community-based Residential Youth Arts Camps
(2008-06) Schumm, Katie M.
Community-based programs for youth are currently gaining a significant amount of attention from researchers and practitioners across a variety of fields and disciplines. One type of community-based arts program for youth that has not been explored within the literature is the residential youth arts camp. The purpose of this master’s project will be to describe residential youth arts camps in the United States. Using an extensive literature review, document analysis, a cross-sectional questionnaire, and in-depth interviews, the project will attempt to create a framework for understanding youth arts camps as a body of practice, including goals, programming, participant populations, and instructor qualifications.
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The Art of Artistic Direction
(2007) Colburn, Kimberly
My research explores the factors involved in selecting plays for a professional theatrical season for the purpose of creating a decision-making model. The factors examined include the mission statement of the organization, marketing and financial considerations, challenges to new play development, concerns about diversity, and the community context of the organization. The decision-making processes of six regional theatres are examined through personal interviews with artistic staff. Although there were some similarities between each theatre, each theatre's decision-making process was unique. My research shows that the season planning process is determined by the needs of the theatre, the community, and the artists, as seen from the perspective of the artistic directors.
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The Art of Exchange: Implementing Cross-Cultural and Community-Based Arts Voluntourism Programs
(2013-06) Agocs, Karen
This Master’s research project explored how international community-based artdevelopment projects are implemented through volunteer tourism programs. It addresses the impacts of volunteer-tourism on receiving communities, which are often negative because the focus of the serving organization is ironically on the volunteer motive. On the contrary, when service projects are focused on the receiving community, student motivation and engagement is increased and they receive greater insights to carry home. If service projects are designed to strive for reciprocity, greater benefits are reaped for everybody. This study explored the core components of volunteer-tourism programs to identify a model that will deliver positive outcomes and benefits that outweigh the negatives to receiving communities. These core components include participant-selection (including organizational staff and students, partnering NGO staff, and host-community participants), partnerships with NGO’s, and project identification. This study also examined the best practices that inform these core components, specifically focusing on the policies and models applied. Overall this research examined the impacts of youth engagement in community-based arts, and methods for achieving reciprocity among all constituents. Youth engagement in community arts, application of policies and models, and methods for achieving reciprocity ground the foundation of each core component in this research.
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The Art of Social Giving: The Role of Online Fundraising & Community Engagement in Local Arts Organizations
(2011-06) Sherman, Arielle R., (Arielle Rose)
In my final Master’s project, I studied both the practical and theoretical implications concerning the integration of social media and fundraising within arts organizations and how these implications encourage or detract from a sense of community. Of particular importance was the exploration into if and how online communities translate into offline communities and how the boundaries between the physical and virtual realms become blurred via online giving. The ultimate goal, then, was to examine the risks and the potential benefits that online media can provide arts NPOs in their pursuit for private funding. Does social media remain an exclusive bandwagon for arts organizations jump on in order to garner support from the select segments of the population that are “connected”? Or has it become an emergent platform for all arts organizations to consider incorporating into their fundraising repertoires? KEYWORDS
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The Art of the Suburb: programming and community engagement in suburban performing arts centers
(2013-06) Hurst, Cortney
This project explores and describes the process of performing arts programming, in coordination with community engagement strategies, in an effort for a performing arts center to offer a better and more accurate representation of its community. Though an in-depth case study analysis of a performing arts center located in a suburban community, this study serves as a practical exploration of performing arts center programming for arts administrators as an acknowledgement of the responsibility local performing arts centers have in creating a space for cultivating community engagement and support, ultimately resulting in authentic representation of the community in which the performing arts center resides.
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Art Repatriation and the Use of MBRAs in Conflict Resolution
(2012-06) Nosiglia, Richard Robert
This study explores the use of MBRAs (Mutually Beneficial Repatriation Agreements) in the repatriation process of stolen art works to their original owners/ source countries of origin. The topic of cultural patrimony and stolen works of art is no longer just the subject of discussions in the museum field, but is now being played out in high profile legal battles involving museums such as the Getty Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, and Bostonʼs Museum of Fine Art. This study explores what obligations museums, directors, and curators have in conduct that is in keeping with the current laws and sentiments societies are demanding from cultural institutions.
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Arts Education in Puerto Rico and the Artistic Development of High School Age Youth
(2009) Rodriguez Rodriguez, Kyryhan M.
The purpose of this master’s research project is to explore how the public school system and arts organizations in Puerto Rico are addressing the arts education and artistic talent development needs of Puerto Rican high school age youth. This research will identify what arts education opportunities are currently available for Puerto Rican high school students. The research will focus on the availability and accessibility of arts programs to youth from low-income families, and the role of arts organizations in the community in supporting arts education, in and out of school settings.
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Arts Exchanges in Contemporary U.S-China Cultural Diplomacy
(2013-06) Liu, Yue
U.S-China cultural diplomacy, Open-Door Policy, Cultural policy, Arts exchanges
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Arts for All: Building Low-Income Audiences
(2007-06) DeGiusti, Launa
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Arts Governance: Issues and practices in arts governance with an emphasis on nonprofit orchestral organizations
(2011-03) Willson, Nicoleen
Because successful boards of directors are an essential component of successful nonprofit organizations, this paper seeks to explore best practices and pertinent issues relating to boards of directors in the arts, and specifically that of orchestral nonprofit organizations. While arts boards can access and employ general governance practices, this paper highlights issues which impact the way board members, executive leadership, and staff approach and navigate governance in the arts. This paper provides extensive literature review of both general and arts nonprofit governance sources, with a special emphasis on orchestral arts governance. Analysis of literature explores governance models, participants in governance, and the responsibilities and activities of governance participants. Ultimately, successful arts boards should place the organization’s artistic mission at the center of their activities, while creating a collaborative environment in which all constituents and stakeholders can appropriately contribute and participate.
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Artwork by Artists with Developmental Disabilities & Mental Illness
(2013-06) Walsh, Jamie
The purpose of this research is to identify inclusive opportunities that artists with developmental disabilities (DD) and/or mental illness currently have to participate in the contemporary art world. This study has been developed as a Project, wherein I researched the history of segregation of this population in the United States, the historical context and implications of terms such as “Outsider Art”, and current inclusive art opportunities for artists at three different art programs in the San Francisco Bay Area. This provides an informed historical lens to assess public perception of artwork by artists with DD and/or mental illness and to identify the current opportunities such artists have for community engagement and participation in inclusive art exhibitions.
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At the Crossroads? Facing a Future in the Performing Arts Without Subscription
(2007) Bean, Robert D.
As government funding and subscription bases continue to dwindle for American non-profit professional performing arts organizations, one must begin to take a serious look at the cultural market place. What has changed? The current business models used by the majority of regional performing arts non profit organizations in this country are no longer able to sustain the burden of high artistic, production and administrative costs that have continued to rise over the last quarter century. These organizations are quickly coming to a crossroads, and must decide how best to move forward so that our communities continue to have the option of experiencing and participating in live theatre, classical music, opera, and dance. It is time to take a deeper look at American regional theatres (ART) and the business models and funding systems that sustain them. This research project will examine current ART business strategies, including subscription, as well as future expectations and options. This is executed by looking at patron trends, senior management consultation, and relevant case study.
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Audience Development: Texas Symphony Orchestras
(2012-06) Bedell, Renelle
Symphony orchestras are experiencing a significant decline in audience attendance. The development of technology, the decline of music education, and the current state of our economy, are just a few challenges that symphonies are coping with. Some organizations have already found approaches to overcome these obstacles, but many are still struggling. Throughout this research the following question is explored: “What audience development strategies are being used by Texas symphony orchestras?” This work focuses largely on the Austin Symphony Orchestra and the San Antonio Symphony through a comparative case study analysis. This project also involves document analysis, observation and interviews.
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Building and Developing Healthy Communities through Arts and Culture in South Africa
(2009-06) Gamiet, Germaine Censole
This Master’s Project was completed in partial fulfillment of a Master of Arts degree in Arts Management from the University of Oregon. This research project explores how planning for arts and culture at the local level can build and develop healthy communities in South Africa. The primary case study sites informing the project were the City of Johannesburg and Buffalo City Municipality in South Africa. Through the exploration of literature and sites in South Africa and the United States of America - an understanding of the models, theories, and approaches which define cultural planning are documented to assist future policy and infrastructure creation, program design, and meeting developmental mandates and objectives of local government. The intent of this project is to evoke discussion, provide a base to engage stakeholders, and contribute to the body of cultural planning literature and practice currently emerging in South Africa.
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Building the Creative Economy: Managing Creative Capital in Museum's Development Departments
(2011-06) Sokolowski, Stephanie L.
The goal of this master’s research capstone is to investigate the role of the museum within the creative economy. Specifically, a correlation is made between how museums manage their creative capital and how this process contributes to the creative economy. A synthesis between human resource management and resource development, this paper specifically focuses on creative capital in a museum’s development department. Ultimately, the paper connects these concepts of creative capital management to the greater idea of the creative economy and how museum’s do/can contribute.
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Cancer Survivor Camps: Programming for Young Adult Cancer Survivors
(2012-06) Saunders, Emily
This research project is a study of cancer survivor camps and their programs for young adult cancer survivors. The study analyzes the benefits of these camps and the programs’ effectiveness in improving the quality of life for camp participants. The literature review emphasizes that social support for young adult cancer survivors is very important, specifically for psychosocial rehabilitation. The social support young adult cancer survivors find at camp through the use of camp programs can be extremely beneficial. The research addresses the gap in the literature as to what programs are effective and engaging for young adult cancer survivors. This research consists of document analysis of peer-reviewed articles which survey young adult cancer survivors to determine their resource needs, reflective journals about camp participants engagement in programs collected in my role as a program facilitator, interviews of camp administrators as key experts in the field and an online survey of young adult cancer survivors about camp programming and its effectiveness.
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Capturing community value: The role of local arts organizations in revitalization, civic engagement, and community-building
(2010-06) Mallonee, Leigh Detra
Over the past 20 years, many have pointed to “the arts” as a way in which to revitalize America’s urban centers (Kay, 2000; Phillips, 2004; Stern & Seifert, 2007; Strom, 2002). All too often, however, a community undergoing a development process is relegated to the role of audience to outsiders’ expertise (Aprill & Townsell, 2007). Local arts organizations are in a unique place to combat the disappearance of community identity. Through programs that celebrate the history and character of the community through art, theatre, and murals they have the potential to empower and maintain the neighborhood's voice on a city and regional level (Lowe, 2000). Researchers assert that small cultural groups are typically more important to communities and to revitalization of neighborhoods than major institutions (Stern, 2002). Tuned in to the pulse of a community, local arts organizations can use art and culture to ignite civic engagement, thereby engaging the community in its own revitalization and voice. The purpose of this master’s capstone will be to understand the role of community arts organizations, specifically civic engagement and education initiatives, in community identity and grassroots community revitalization.