Graduate Student Capstones, Projects, and Theses

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After-school arts programs: Effective programs for at-risk adolescent Hispanic women to enhance academic achievement
(2005-12) Pena, Noemi R.
The purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of after-school arts programs and their potential to build a better sense of self and foster creative expression for at-risk adolescent Hispanic women. This study examined the positive characteristics associated with participation in after-school arts programs that may contribute to enhancing the academic performance of Hispanic women. An after-school arts program in Santa Ana, California was selected for a case study in order to reveal the effectiveness of after-school arts programs. This Master’s project was completed in partial fulfillment for a Master of Arts degree in Arts Management from the University of Oregon.
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ANDRAGOGY AND ARTS PROGRAMMING: FACILITATING GENERATION XERS IN POSTMODERN JUDEO-CHRISTIAN CHURCHES
(2002-12) Burkhalter, Heather Leann
The purpose of this study was to determine whether andragogical practices were a useful means for the delivery of arts and cultural programs to Generation Xers in postmodern Judeo-Chirstian church settings. The data gathered in this study provided a much-needed base of information to assist leaders in facilitating and connecting with Generation Xers. It was determined that it was desirable for individual leaders in postmodern Judeo-Christian churches to know more about their own attitudes and approaches to learning.
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ARGUING THEIR WAY AROUND THE WORLD: An exhibition proposal for the 1927 University of Oregon World Debate Tour
(2003-06) Harper, Kimberly Renee
Utilizing visitor-centered, interpretive exhibition theories to enhance library displays. This historical and interpretive study explores the archival collection of the University of Oregon 1927 World Debate Tour. The development of an interpretive exhibition proposal on the subject for Special Collections at Knight Library on the UO campus provide a focus for the study. Key museum literature sources on exhibition development, audience learning, and interpretation guide the study. The key literature sources were synthesized with descriptive data from historical research of the archival collection to produce the exhibition proposal. This study provides Special Collections with some fundamental background information in exhibition theories and methods, a model of how interpretive exhibition methods could be applied to their collections, and a proposal framework to apply to other collections and subjects in the future.
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Arts Advocacy Arguments: Navigating the Network
(2006-06) Mathie, Kimberly
In pursuit of increased public financial support, arts advocates strategically align arts and culture with larger policy issues like economic and community development, academic achievement and social development for youth. Further, these arguments navigate a complicated network of organizations, connected in support of arts and culture, to reach their audiences. Utilizing instrumental collective case study, this study explores how an arts advocacy network of professional non‐profit theatre in Oregon contributes to the dissemination of information and arts advocacy efforts; what influences how arts advocacy arguments are framed and articulated and how those arguments move within an arts advocacy nework.
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Audience Attendance Trends: Factors for Consideration in a Marketing and Communications Plan at the University Theatre, University of Oregon, 2002
(2002-06) Voelker-Morris, Julie L.
The purpose of this study was to describe factors that affect patron attendance at University of Oregon Theatre (UT) productions. The study included a partial literature review of effective marketing and communications trends in theatre in the United States during the past ten years (1992-2002). The study implemented a focus group of non-alumni UT patrons from the Eugene/Springfield, Oregon zip code area who seldom (two to three times) or rarely (once) attended UT productions in the past two to three theatre seasons.
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Blurring the Boundaries: Applying Gender Studies and Material Culture Studies to "Fine Art," Decorative Art, and Craft
(2005) Schaup, Lisa A.
The decorative arts and crafts have long been relegated to second-class status in art museums and art history education due to the perception within the ‘high’ or fine art community of museum administrators, art academics, connoisseurs, and audiences of these forms as “feminine.” Recently, however, progressive shifts have occurred in attitudes. Women are playing an increasingly larger role in the arts and culture sector; thus they may have a major impact on the philosophical shift which is blurring the boundaries between art and craft. However, there are still considerable biases within the artistic sector against decorative art and craft. Material culture studies and gender studies offer lines of inquiry that redirect the ways objects are interpreted and valued. By reviewing and analyzing literature on material culture and gender in the arts from the 1970s to the present, this qualitative historical inquiry illuminates issues regarding the way women and some men in the decorative art and craft sectors are breaking cultural barriers. This research project suggests the ways arts professionals can continue to cross cultural barriers and change perceptions about art and craft through the use of gender and material cultural studies.
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Building a Prison Arts Program: Through the Eyes of the Facilitator
(University of Oregon, 2004-06) Warbis, Nicole C.
The purpose of this study is to examine how current prison arts programmers organize, fund, develop, execute and maintain an arts program in prison. After answering these questions, the researcher will summarize the data retrieved from prison arts facilitators in order to develop a prison arts programming model to be utilized by arts programmers in both prison and non-prison settings.
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Changing Times: A study of change management and institutional innovation within theatre organizations
(2011-12) Drew, Gretchen E.
This research examines how theatre organizations implement innovative changes within their organizations by analyzing three theatre companies and highlighting new initiatives and models that they have created. This study perceives theatre organizations as complex adaptive systems, wherein departments serve as parts of the greater organization. The conceptual framework illustrates how three major influences (the economy, changes in artist and audience needs, and changes in labor forces) exact pressures upon theatre organizations. This study examines three theatre institutions, defining whether their organizations have implemented institutional innovation, and highlighting methods of change management within their structure.
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Collaborative Meaning-Making: Programming Collections with Source Communities
(2013-05-10) Bradley, Savanna
Museums are seen to be shifting towards an increasingly participatory structure, and museum staff are always looking for new ways to engage community-based audiences. This capstone research examines ways that museums support community engagement through polysemic meaning-making opportunities, specifically in relation to Alaskan source communities, suggesting that polysemic meaning-making can take place through collections-based programming, resulting in ongoing relations through these spaces of contact. These concepts are examined through the lens of capstone course work, bolstered by an extensive literature review.
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A Collection of Dreams: The Legacy of Virginia Haseltine
(2002-06) Couch-Goodling, Becky
This historical narrative focuses on art patron, Virginia Haseltine, and her contributions as an art collector in Portland, Oregon, during the 1960s. An examination of her influence on the art world of the west coast and her involvement in the development of the concept and phenomenon known as Pacific Northwest Art provide a focus of the study. Subtopics of this narrative include the concept and evolution of Pacific Northwest art and artists and Portland, Oregon, as an art center during the 1960s. The impact of the donation of her collection to the University of Oregon’s Museum of Art is also examined. Through the use of historical research and interviews with Haseltine’s friends and contemporaries this study provides a look at an influential person’s contribution to the regional art world of the Pacific Northwest.
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Content Standards, Arts Education, and Elephant Feet: Identifying overlapping needs and resources in the case of the Thunderbird Lodge
(University of Oregon, 2005-06) Bolander, Diana Jean
The purpose of this case study is to identify strategies for the development of museum education materials and programs for K-12 students at the Thunderbird Lodge Preservation Society, a historic house museum in Nevada. I examined current literature regarding the state of public education, museum education, and museum-school partnerships and collaborations. I conducted an in-depth case study of the Thunderbird Lodge Preservation Society in order to identify the strengths of the museum, and the needs of local educators. Based on the findings of the study, I make recommendations for the content and structure of a K-12 educational program in the form of an executive summary to be presented to board members and staff.
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Copyright concerns and digital technology in museums: rights, reproductions, intellectual property protection and fair use
(2003-06) Voelker-Morris, Robert J., 1969-
Copyright and museum collection access issues related to digital technologies were the focus of this literature review and document analysis. The review focused on policies regarding reproductions of paintings put into digital form on the World Wide Web. An examination of policies in selected museum rights and reproduction departments was made.
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Creating Historical Consciousness: A Case Study Exploring Museum Theater
(2005-06) Craig, Ann Sorensen
This master’s project asserts that there is a gap between academic and public interpretations of history and that historical museums have the opportunity and the responsibility to help narrow this gap by presenting more complete and complex historical narratives. This case study describes how museum theater was developed and implemented to enhance the historical exhibit, Spirit of the West, at High Desert Museum in Bend, Oregon. Through the innovative use of volunteers, High Desert Museum was able to create a trained and dedicated corps of performers to portray historical characters. This study explores the process and results of the museum’s strategies.
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Cultural Representation in Museums: Where Are We Now?
(2003-06) Harris, Stephanie
The purpose of this paper is to explore the selected theories that guide museum professionals in interpreting and displaying everyday cultural objects. The content from several classes taken at the University of Oregon during the 2002-2003 academic year and from current literature on the topic, I have developed a clear idea of what museum professionals are being taught today. It is not surprising that museum professionals find cultural objects interesting. The objects of far away and seemingly mysterious places have intrigued western visitors since the days of early European explorers. Oliver Impey and Arthur MacGregor note, “the opening of the New World and the opening up of contacts with Africa, South-East Asia and the Far East revolutionized the way which people saw the world and their own place in it” (1985, p.2). This awakening gave birth to the very beginnings of museums as we know them. The above passage was taken from Origins of Museums, which argues that the curiosity cabinets of the Renaissance were, in essence, early museums.
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The Effectiveness of the College or University Art Museum In Serving the Student Body
(University of Oregon, 2005-06) Hershey, Sabrina
The purpose of this research project is to determine the effectiveness of the college or university art museum in serving the student body. In conducting this study, it is hoped that an understanding will be achieved of the role and function of the academic art museum on college and university campuses as both an educational resource and a leisure opportunity. Utilizing a case study, it is hoped that the effectiveness of one museum will be determined and that positive practices will be reinforced and that recommendations can be made for the future.
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Electrical Phantoms: Creating a Directory of Selected Online Historical Photograph Collections
(2002-05) Vizer, Honey Miriam
This is a descriptive study of current online historical photograph collections, which culminates in an annotated directory. Our common past is reflected in historical photographs, and increased public access to these images may encourage an understanding that we share a common future. These Web sites make these photograph collections accessible to the public beyond the archivists’ file cabinets, and this directory makes the Web sites themselves more accessible by collecting their addresses and descriptions in one volume. This directory will be a useful reference for research in disciplines of art administration, museology, digital preservation, history, photography, art history, genealogy, costume, and indeed any area related to such content as can be found in historical photographs.
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Ethics in Practice: Nonprofit Management in the Arts
(2006-06) Henderson, Angela J.
This project seeks to understand and describe the relationship between explicit and implicit ethical standards and management practice. The research question asks how that relationship might contribute to community engagement in nonprofit arts organizations. Through field research the study investigates ethical leadership in practice by interviewing stake-holders to gather qualitative data. The project results in recommendations that will assist organizations to discuss ethical issues and develop a code of ethics.
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Evaluating Organizational Democracy
(2011-12) Tavares, Kelly Oliveira
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An Examination of Mid-Sized Events and Festivals from the Perspective of Revenue Generation Based Upon Current Practice
(University of Oregon, 2005-06) Kwak, Woohee
This research begins with the assumption that event organizers and marketers in small cities have some difficulties in putting emerging strategies of event marketing into practice. Many trends and forces in the event management and tourism field have suggested that the growth of event marketing has evolved quite rapidly. Contrary to previous major marketing practices for events and festivals, the scope of contemporary event marketing has expanded to incorporate new marketing paradigms such as ‘Relationship Marketing’ due to the increased involvement of corporate businesses in festivals. The marketplace is becoming more competitive and there is greater interest in issues such as the life cycle of festivals, and the possibility of saturation within a given area (Getz, 1997). Many local festival managers are not taking full advantage of their assets due to a lack of a market research or professional skills.
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Expanding Multicultural Discourse: Art Museums and Cultural Diversity
(University of Oregon, 2005-06) Willson, Jennifer Lynne Goodwin
In an American society that is becoming increasingly more diverse, multicultural education provides an array of models for educational institutions such as museums to meet the diverse needs of their constituencies. Multiculturalism is an undeniable reality for today’s art museums with collections and audiences from diverse cultures. To ensure long-term sustainability and relevance, art museums must actively engage with diverse communities, respond to visitor needs, and rethink accepted education and interpretation practices. Acknowledging the important role multiculturalism plays in the United States, this investigation explores how multicultural education theory can inform the cultural diversity policies and practices of general art museums.