PRACTICE WHAT YOU PREACH - illuminated truths (Independent Study Proj ARS487 - Fall 2020)
Practice What You Preach - Truths Illuminated Work Statement: Personification of current social issues in the guise of stained glass windows, including factual negative information on current conditions due to inaction. Project description: Series of three illuminated stained glass windows depicting some of today's social issues. Outcomes: To educate and make public, social and economical issues affecting citizens in our society. Stained glass windows have historically told stories of the past. These stories were told primarily with imagery, though some stained glass stories also include a limited amount of text. Here I tell stories of the present to raise awareness of the injustices. Methods and Materials: Project will consist of three stained glass 'windows' displayed as a triptych. Biblically, the number three represents divine wholeness, completeness and perfection. This idea and aesthetic contrast the subject matter represented. Windows will be surroun...