Abstract
dc:description.abstract<p>A Raft Through Storms (A.R.T.S.) is an ongoing, open-ended, interactive hybrid-creative project exploring the sustaining and healing power of creative work in difficult times. Comprised of film, music, poetry, visual art, and community engagement, each genre and collaborative action offers a unique opportunity for meditation and discovery—with the sum being greater than the parts. Subject matter includes the traumatic effects of poverty, coping with the loss of a parent, and managing mental illness, as well as the importance of collaboration, providing creative outlets for children and people with disabilities, and affirming the voices of the marginalized, among other related subjects. The four main sections of A Raft Through Storms (A.R.T.S.)—SELF, FRIENDS, GLOBAL COMMUNITY, and OUR FUTURE—follow the same format: <em>watch</em> a film, <em>listen</em> to an album, <em>read</em> poetry (accompanied by visual art), and <em>connect</em> through creative engagement.</p>
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Master of Fine Arts
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Thesis
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- English
- Year dc:date.available
- 2022
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Ferguson, Ronald L.
- Contributors dc:contributor
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- Dr. Lynn Domina
Subjects
dc:subject × 5Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Repository record dc:identifier
- https://commons.nmu.edu/theses/695
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:commons.nmu.edu:theses-1754