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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Book of Fears Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Parker, Summer Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2023 Relation A related resource Part of the VADS 2023 Digital Exhibit https://library.missouri.edu/exhibits/files/original/9fe4caa2072bf026e5b9804e12bd5327.png 557f52eaad0ea2774fd03ffa58bfd504 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Daniel Ruggie: 'The Only Way is Through' Alternative Title An alternative name for the resource. The distinction between titles and alternative titles is application-specific. Color photograph of a blue-skinned boy with a boxing glove on one hand exiting the jungle from left to the right where he is met with an open field, mountain in the distance, and clouds in a yellow sky. https://library.missouri.edu/exhibits/files/original/1d630f6e5c84961b397ef9d4104ed437.png 05389301b15146809a642d1e5352533e Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Daniel Ruggie: 'The Only Way is Through' Alternative Title An alternative name for the resource. The distinction between titles and alternative titles is application-specific. 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Close-up color photograph of middle back to beginning of waist of blue-skinned boy, depicting more of the leaves and details of boxing glove. https://library.missouri.edu/exhibits/files/original/32791a346d8d566fd19f66977793f760.png 1138a641496ee45e55923ece3e7d3ff4 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Daniel Ruggie: 'The Only Way is Through' Alternative Title An alternative name for the resource. The distinction between titles and alternative titles is application-specific. Close-up color photograph of nature scenery on the right side of canvas; a field with a red mountain in the distance. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 'The Only Way is Through' Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ruggie, Daniel Abstract A summary of the resource. The mind is a jungle, a thought-biome which has consumed my soul and binds my existence to its green memories. For years, my fists have led my fight forward, pushing through nostalgia and scars alike. My back, grown tired, yet sculpted for flight beyond all I am and all that I can be. I can’t help but wonder what journey will lead me out of the jungle. What comes next in my internal world? Abstraction becomes reality through blended tones and bold lines. Colors, saturated proof of existence, demand for your attention, if only for a moment. Words fall flat so paint markers and canvas become the only tools possible for describing a place, a time, a memory–everything you can’t find on a map. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2026 https://library.missouri.edu/exhibits/files/original/356da3ead12643fb7793967a67398c51.jpg eade584758da84d4fc531f878d1a207d Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource MacKenzie Monari: "2-Step Closer" Alternative Title An alternative name for the resource. The distinction between titles and alternative titles is application-specific. Detail image https://library.missouri.edu/exhibits/files/original/55376db1ccf8c876f8d030eff9a249ed.jpg 31f3cb097466efeb851904402fb46e97 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource MacKenzie Monari: "2-Step Closer" Alternative Title An alternative name for the resource. The distinction between titles and alternative titles is application-specific. Painting https://library.missouri.edu/exhibits/files/original/164c5f820436eb6499dad14da769af50.jpg bdda28c5f19856ca660271eeb0065814 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource MacKenzie Monari: "2-Step Closer" Alternative Title An alternative name for the resource. The distinction between titles and alternative titles is application-specific. Painting Display Mockup https://library.missouri.edu/exhibits/files/original/c711ad2366f4c3003d0ae690f06adaf2.JPEG 2c91cc048f4b79abef2e5e08775a9dd7 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource MacKenzie Monari: "2-Step Closer" Alternative Title An alternative name for the resource. The distinction between titles and alternative titles is application-specific. Painting Display Mockup Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "2-Step Closer" Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Monari, Mackenzie Abstract A summary of the resource. This piece – a mixed media assemblage painting – is one of my most playful ones. In it, I represent a memory of me carrying my half-brother, Layne, who is 16 years younger than me. Going through my photos I found a picture of him wearing a onesie – my favorite one he had – featuring the words “heavy metal” and a cute little robot. The combination of that innocence and the implied danger of the scene is key to this image. As graduation approaches, I am beginning to fear for my safety again because I don’t want to return to an abusive environment. Education has always been a safe home for me. Although I am afraid for myself, I am even more worried for my little brother’s safety because he is in my father’s care. In the work I combine these deep concerns with my carefree nightlife – music, make-up, friends. When I am dancing all my fears disappear and I just focus on listening and feeling. Allowing these realms to merge in my work is cathartic and a way to let others in to witness the complexities of my experience. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2026 https://library.missouri.edu/exhibits/files/original/bbd97ef4b0d10644155ff5d24b5c54e3.jpeg 6268c64fa3bc63c649875a5e5c25c8de Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Callie Brinkman: "Set for Two" Alternative Title An alternative name for the resource. The distinction between titles and alternative titles is application-specific. Color photograph of two small plates, mugs, a creamer, a vase and napkin rings. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "Set for Two" Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Brinkman, Callie Abstract A summary of the resource. Domestic objects accumulate meaning over time and through use. They carry memory, cultural tradition, and personal history within their surfaces and gestures. This body of work draws from Midwestern features and function, positioning the familiar within contemporary space through recognizable ceramic forms. Grounded in my upbringing in Missouri, these pieces are made with local river clay, wood ash from a backyard bonfire pit, and regionally sourced materials. Granite and iron-rich clay determine surface and color, while atmospheric reduction firing process allows the environment to mark each form. The materials are specific to place; they locate the work within its geography rather than abstracting it. Influenced by the women who taught me to make, I work through traditional techniques and surface detail. Functional forms, additive gestures, and craft-based processes remain central. My background in ceramics sustains an ongoing negotiation between utility and expression, vessel and sculpture. By reclaiming these materials and methods, I examine how identity is shaped through culture and place. Most importantly it addresses where the distinction between function and fine art lies for the viewer. These works engage contemporary discourse while insisting on the conceptual weight of domestic craft. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2026 https://library.missouri.edu/exhibits/files/original/9103f17514dc0a404b61bc554d370b7d.jpg d75d446411df416771e67c41b95c6085 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Kijah Woods: "You don't see me" Alternative Title An alternative name for the resource. The distinction between titles and alternative titles is application-specific. Painting of a self portrait of the artist with her hands covering her face. one eye is revealed. has a blue background with white eyes drawn in the background. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "You don't see me" Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Woods, Kijah Abstract A summary of the resource. This piece responds to the idea of the oppositional gaze, the act of looking back at systems that have historically objectified, erased, or distorted Black people. Rather than presenting this self-portrait as fully available to the viewer, I interrupt the gaze. The covered face denies easy access, resisting the expectation that my body must be legible, expressive, or emotionally transparent. My single visible eye becomes both witness and warning: I am aware of being watched, and I am watching back. There are stereotypes, expectations, and biases that are placed on black people, for this piece I am, in a way, protecting myself from this to be able to be who I am. Surrounding me are white eyes, floating and disembodied. They symbolize surveillance and the persistent pressure to perform under observation. 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Title A name given to the resource “Hey Siri, Remind Me to Clear My Browser History.” Abstract A summary of the resource. Artist Statement: My works seek to define and document surface through the lens of the screen. The work lives between a number of varied states: screen vs. surface, real vs. unreal, the constructed event vs. the happened upon, as well as the distinction between the two alongside the value structures it creates. It is also contextualizing itself generationally, to the way different age groups of people view our phones, laptops, etc. My work aims to be these moments on the internet and the representation of these fragmented ideas or imagery in a familiar way. I incorporate the use of the crop and textural elements as a way to reference the format of the screen and connect the ratios of images with the ratios of screens. The meta aspect of the work frames its position as a critique of the internet, by the internet; without taking itself too seriously. The frame variation, perspectival crop and the documentary nature are aspects of the pieces that result in a work that is informational without being overly complex. The work aims to be placed somewhere between high illusion and impressionism of postinternet ideals. The way that we reference the ratios and a text placement is second nature and can be represented in shorthand in a way that the brain is still able to make the connection. The surface references the printed text, while the painterly marks document the textures and surfaces from a varied perspective, rather than just documenting an image. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2021 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Rights held by author. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource “Honeymoon” Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Richey, Jacob Abstract A summary of the resource. I translate stories from my music to a physical form with this artist’s book, which uses traditional bookbinding techniques and structure to draw a narrative from materials that may otherwise not seem storied. I explore the permanence of impermanence with the use of natural materials moderately preserved through papermaking and paired with a poetry-guided narrative. This book’s concept arose from my album “Honeymoon,” which is about the death of a former partner after a short but strong relationship — planting the concept of death within the idea of impermanence. I use found plant materials, including flower petals and roots, to analogize the quick bloom and death of springtime flowers with the loss of the relationship. I include lyrics from the album on the pages of the book — both handwritten and transferred — to blend these stories. The flowers that fill the pages are plucked from the ground, swept from the dirt, ridded of impurities, soaked in soda ash, swirled in pulp, and pressed into permanence — all in the effort to preserve a fraction of their life amid their death. Everything in this book is made of things that have died, from the plants in the pages to the content on top of them, drawing attention to life through the lens of impermanence. There will always be things that disappear, that die, that move on from us, that we are supposed to move on from. But this work finds power in preservation in an admission of what must be laid to rest. You can listen to the album "Honeymoon" at this link: https://ffm.to/honeymoon-jacobrichey Date Submitted Date of submission of the resource. 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Title A name given to the resource “Who's Consuming the Media Here, You or Me?” Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Steinman, Seth Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2022 Relation A related resource Part of the VADS 2022 Digital Exhibition https://library.missouri.edu/exhibits/files/original/2c54845bc2b7fafd1eb13724ec48a972.png 2a35a32182881ba1c4033c5608047ba6 https://library.missouri.edu/exhibits/files/original/a61f1e3a52fa13417789ed3d92040bfb.png c1ac09a747f0edc60b1d775265f7692a https://library.missouri.edu/exhibits/files/original/161a3531d81d88102bd789a72ce3d58c.png 2f89d1cebaeb3260af7cb2e8726290b4 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource VADS2025 Hyperlink A link, or reference, to another resource on the Internet. URL <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/WebvH2h2UB8?si=NP22xPy7j6orSB7e" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 1917 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Laine, Max Abstract A summary of the resource. In this video I aim to break down how the use of one shot cinematography affects the viewing experience and discover what it can achieve for the filmmaker. 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Title A name given to the resource VADS2021 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Case for Bocce Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Elder, Baylie Abstract A summary of the resource. Artist Statement: I come from a background of traditional artmaking. However, I have fallen for a medium far from what I thought I would be doing when I first came to Mizzou: landscape design. My work completes empty spaces, brightens corners, and brings people together. I seek to show my dissected thought process in these pieces—the same property, but with each amendment the landscape grows more realistic, so much so that you can “walk” through it by its final draft. I make changes, I add embellishments, and by the end an empty yard can become another art form. My tools are a pencil and computer mouse, and my media is plants. The challenge that comes with using a living media is the best part. I must consider a color palette that changes with each season, how certain plant textures will look layered over one another, and especially the care and longevity of the design for a client. There is a lot to know, and I have learned so much already since starting this journey, but I have most importantly found that what I do is not so different from my beginning with traditional artmaking, except by the end of the hard work I get to exist within my own piece —a living, breathing community of leaves, branches, and flowers. There is no greater payoff for creating than to express myself while also manifesting a vision for someone else to experience and enjoy for years to come. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2021 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Rights held by author. 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Title A name given to the resource A Film About the Spaces We Leave Behind Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Wester, Alex Abstract A summary of the resource. This short film came from an interest in what we choose not to confront. Rather than telling a conventional story, A Film About the Spaces We Leave Behind focuses on environments, pauses, and the feeling that something's recently been there. Centered on quiet traces of life like an empty classroom, a silent hallway, footprints pressed into fresh snow, and a bike left at a rack. The spaces in the film are treated as a record of lived experiences, places that continue to hold meaning even after they’ve been left. Visually, every frame is composed with subjects placed on the right side of the rule of thirds, leaving negative space to dominate the left side of the image. This imbalance reinforces absence and creates a lingering tension within still environments. The color palette remains consistently blue throughout the film, cooling the spaces emotionally and visually. All shots are static and held longer than expected, allowing viewers time to sit with the image and feel its emptiness. I was interested in how meaning can exist without any dialogue or explanation, and how absence itself can become a form of storytelling. 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Title A name given to the resource Lila Gralnick: A Reflection of the Self Alternative Title An alternative name for the resource. The distinction between titles and alternative titles is application-specific. Intaglio print of figure with back turned surrounded by hidden faces. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Reflection of the Self Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Gralnick, Lila Abstract A summary of the resource. “A Reflection of the Self” is an introspective project exploring the intricacies of human emotion and its manifestation in the body. Through repetition and line, I strive to express the movements of thought that are invisible to the naked eye. As we cannot help our internals turning external, our bodies morph into all that we have seen and felt. The shaping and twisting of the human experience — love, loss, trauma, resilience, peace — make us who we are. We are reflections of our deepest wounds and greatest triumphs. Searching for solace in the unknown, for something greater than ourselves, only to return to the truth within our bodies. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2026 https://library.missouri.edu/exhibits/files/original/b9d3a0a3ba59fcf6541404bcaf4b1c62.jpg 30d4e141e97738a9702abafe80e9b8bb Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Grace Neighbors: A Sacred Space Alternative Title An alternative name for the resource. The distinction between titles and alternative titles is application-specific. 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Color photograph of the project title "A Sacred Space" made of paper cutouts with colored marker. https://library.missouri.edu/exhibits/files/original/93b5a061d3a35bdfa6429ff8f59cac8a.mp4 0c78e2dc45671fdb6132afb0dfe23f81 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Sacred Space Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Neighbors, Grace Abstract A summary of the resource. A Sacred Space is a stop-motion created for my Animation Production I class last spring. The project centered around replicating a memory through stop-motion. At the time, I was missing home, particularly my room, which prompted me to consider how the space had evolved up until I left for college. I wanted the film to reflect the childhood association I have with my room, so I aimed at using materials that reflect childhood nostalgia for me: dollhouse furniture, paper dolls, stickers, colorful and patterned craft supplies. I wanted to portray my room as more than just the space that sheltered me growing up and more like a being on its own that reflected different chapters of my childhood and a place for creative expression. For a lot of us our bedrooms were the only places that were truly ours. In a lot of ways, it mimics the ebbs and flows of life. The colors change, furniture shifts around, some things leave, and some things stay the whole time, leading up to the point we eventually leave that vessel behind. Though this was originally just created for a class, it quickly meant much more to me. My hope for the audience is that they can reflect on their own sacred spaces as children, think about how it changed with them, and how it helped shape them into the people they are today. 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Title A name given to the resource Audrey Pinson: Advice to Self at 20 Alternative Title An alternative name for the resource. The distinction between titles and alternative titles is application-specific. Woman looking through a magnifying glass Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Advice to Self at 20 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Pinson, Audrey Abstract A summary of the resource. “Advice to Self at 20” is a portrait and interview series shaped by conversations with women in their 50s through 80s. Each woman was asked what she has learned over their lifetime, what beauty means to her now, and what advice she would offer her younger self. The photographs emphasize presence over polish. Wrinkles, posture, poses, and expressions carry the evidence of time; of work, love, loss, endurance, and joy. The images visually explore what each participant discussed in her interview, whether through people, props, framing, or light. In this project, age is not softened or disguised; it is allowed to exist fully within the frame. The images are paired with words that reveal how aging reshapes one’s relationship to the self. One woman described the moment she first felt old: “The first time I knew I was old was after I fell by simply just walking up my driveway and nearly broke my foot. I thought, ‘Oh God, the time has come. I’m old!’ That moment stuck with me; knowing my body wouldn’t bounce back like it used to. The journey to acceptance isn’t easy, it’s almost like a prolonged denial that I’m getting older. But adapting and taking my time and paying closer attention to my body has made me feel closer to it in a way. I double knot my shoes now, wear a brace by choice, and take life a little bit slower. But slow is not bad. Slow is intentional, slow is careful, and can be beautiful if you let it.” In a culture that often stigmatizes older women as invisible, incapable, or burdensome, these portraits tell a different story. The women photographed here are thoughtful, humorous, reflective, and generous with their insight. Beauty emerges not from youth, but from wisdom. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2026