Lauren Arabia
Lauren Arabia (StratComm鈥�24) created a social justice poster for her Visual Design class with Diane Elliston, a teaching assistant professor. Focusing on the fair trade movement within the cocoa industry, she chose to highlight the issue of child labor鈥攁n estimated 1.56 million children work in cocoa farms in Ghana and the Ivory Coast, which collectively accounts for nearly 60% of global production. Arabia will continue her education at the Art Center, in Pasadena, California.
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Zion Atwater (CritMedia鈥�24) recruited two other students to participate in her documentary exploring the creative process. All three student creatives balanced work and social lives while navigating their academic journeys toward graduation.Ruby Begay
Bones of Being
Singer-songwriter Ruby Begay (CritMedia鈥�24) recorded an EP, Bones of Being, which was featured in the spring showcase for the Department of Critical Media Practices. This album was largely inspired by forest ecosystems and her love of wandering through the woods. There are three distinct songs, but much like the wilderness, they are a part of a bigger whole, leading listeners deeper into the sonic terrains of Begay鈥檚 compositional explorations.
Lauryn Iverson
Inspired by her involvement with CU鈥檚 Sandbox Series, Lauryn Iverson (CritMedia鈥�24) created an installation of three adapted Shakespeare scenes from The Winter鈥檚 Tale, Hamlet, and Romeo and Juliet. Each scene features an iconic ing茅nue, and the colors and flowers in the installation reflect the characters鈥� personalities.
Kristine Petilo, a media production major,听made an animated short as a tribute to her Filipino childhood, and dedicated the capstone project to all her Filipino viewers.Lore Whittemore
For her thesis project, Lore Whittemore (MPE鈥�24) centered her research on 鈥渟pidersonas,鈥� a type of fan art where the artist envisions some aspect of themselves or personal interest as a spider-person. This research draws upon interviews with spidersona artists, as well as an interview with a former Marvel Comics associate editor, to explore how spidersonas can advocate for social change through furthering diversified representation and providing a meaningful form of self-exploration through art.
There were two primary components produced by Whittemore for this 鈥淓xpanding the Spider-Verse鈥� project鈥攁 55-minute documentary and a written chapter contribution for the upcoming Entering the Multiverse collection, edited by Dr. Paul Booth. The full documentary, biographies for all featured artists and updates about the release of Entering the Multiverse can be found听.
Sharing student perspectives
Students across CMCI find ways to bring together their personal interests and academic pursuits. Since the college鈥檚 founding, we have regularly showcased this diverse collection of student work.
Jill Vallance (Jour'24)
Alyssa Hill (MJour'24)
Jill Vallance (Jour'24)
Alexis Block, Master of Arts in Strategic Communication Design听
Jack Enright, Owen Passmore, Jack Evans, Logan Paddock, Kristen Young (StratComm'24)