Theses and Dissertations from UMD
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Item STAGING SACRED SPACE: A Ritual Performance History of the UMD Memorial Chapel(2017) Cyr, Renee; Frederik, Laurie; Theatre; Digital Repository at the University of Maryland; University of Maryland (College Park, Md.)This study addresses the interconnections between belief, ritual, and space. Through an examination of the Memorial Chapel archive, I trace the history of Memorial Chapel from its founding in 1952 through today, focusing on the tension between sacred space and secularism. In this project I examine how religious groups have created and utilized sacred space in a non-denominational chapel as well as in a nontraditional worship spaces on and around campus. This investigates how the chapel itself performs and how participants of religious life perform their faith at a public university. I examine the role of theatricality in shaping religious rituals and giving them potency. In the second part I document my ethnographic research with Lutheran Campus Ministry.Item The Arts Center at the University of Maryland(2016) Holstine, Russell Wayne; Eisenbach, Ronit Z; Architecture; Digital Repository at the University of Maryland; University of Maryland (College Park, Md.)I believe people can have a relationship with another human being across space and time through art. The research question examines how architecture can facilitate a personal relationship across space and time by exhibiting art, beauty, knowledge, artifacts of human creativity, and ideas and objects of artistic expression through an art museum on a college campus. This thesis provides an opportunity to work with potential stakeholders on a project that is in the beginning stages of thinking called the Phillips Collection and David C. Driskell Contemporary and Modern Art Center at the University of Maryland (title in process). The applied design research will investigate the implications of an art museum and a university research/teaching center. The Phillips Collection (Washington D.C.) is a collection of over 4,000 works set in the home of Duncan Phillips (1886‒1966). The David C. Driskell Center (University of Maryland, College Park), established in 2001, honors the legacy of David C. Driskell - Distinguished University Professor Emeritus of Art, Artist, Art Historian, Collector, Curator, and Philanthropist – by celebrating African American visual art. Both collections have outgrown their space and are seeking a partnership in which to expand their ideas and collections. This thesis addresses questions about the organization of museum typology in a university setting, the value of collecting art, aesthetic experience, affirming cultural identity, increasing status of place, and the relationship of architecture and art. Through designing the program and building, I will explore the potential for partnership between the University of Maryland, David C. Driskell Center, and the Phillips Collection by supporting aesthetic and spatial experiences.Item Lighting of "The Ashgirl" : Ina and Jack Kay Theatre, Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, University of Maryland(2008-08-12) Wolf, Rebecca Melissa; Burgesss II, Harold F; Theatre; Digital Repository at the University of Maryland; University of Maryland (College Park, Md.)The purpose of this thesis defense is to provide all materials needed for the realization of the lighting design of the University of Maryland Department of Theatre's 2008 production of The Ashgirl. This thesis consists of the following; research images to aid in the conceptual process of the lighting design, a rough wishlist which is preliminary paperwork when developing ideas for the lighting design, draftings of all three plates of the lighting design, as well as a channel hookup and an instrument schedule needed for the process of mounting the production. A magic sheet has been included which is necessary for the lighting designer during the cueing process in order to locate channels promptly, as well as a cue track which organizes all the cues written by the lighting designer throughout the course of tech and dress rehearsals. Archival photographs of the production have been included as well.