All-day Happy Hour

Author:

Bosley, Abigail Renee

Area of Honors:

Integrative Arts

Degree:

Bachelor of Arts

Document Type:

Thesis

Thesis Supervisors:

Shannon D Goff, Thesis Supervisor
Janet Louise Hartranft, Thesis Honors Advisor

Keywords:

art
integrative art
fabric
clay
sculpture
emotion
animals
pets
service project
cute
creepy
happy

Abstract:

I have always been obsessed with creating art that has the power to make viewers feel a certain emotion. For my thesis, I had an exhibition of my art works that, overall, made viewers feel a great sense of happiness. The show was made up of primarily sculptural work, some large-scale pieces, and many small-scale pieces. Though most of the pieces reflected this mood, some used this happy and cute aesthetic to tell a much darker story. I also included a service portion to the show to help raise money and awareness to the importance of adopting shelter pets. My work deals primarily with animal subjects and I have a strong belief in this cause. I wanted to further my art show by using it as a tool to raise money that I was able to donate to a local animal shelter. For the paper component, I introduce some inspirations that I have had, discuss some of the more powerful pieces I have created, and recount how the exhibition turned out and how the service portion went. All-Day Happy Hour is about celebrating everyone’s story and just enjoying life! Why would you want to be happy for just one hour when you can celebrate all day?