This collection includes theses and professional papers from the University of Montana Creative Pulse Program. Theses, dissertations, and professional papers from all University of Montana departments and programs may be searched here.
Theses/Dissertations from 2004
A director's artistic journey: A personal history on the healing power of art through Dickens' classic Oliver Twist, Jill Stanley Wright
Theses/Dissertations from 2003
Writing from the heart: A year's journey through poetry, Kathy Carl Dungan
Wolf Point diary| Writings, photographs, ceramics, and paintings, Toni E. Gies
On the day you were born: Family legacies created by tradition, Diane Marie Holden
Quilting| A thread to connect the curriculum, Mary Jane McAllister
Is this good?| Writings of the Lakota youth at Red Cloud Middle School, Timothy Patrick McLaughlin
Old violin a 1950 Plymouth and a party : developing the personal intelligences, Linda Louise Merritt
Bustles, bows, and further frippery| Victorian costumes for the Nutcracker ballet, Michele Manis Nokleby
Growing up in eastern Montana | The McKinley women and selected poetry, John W. Roberts
Holding fast to the path of peace: Storytelling and painting inspired by Hopi prophecy, Vicky Feather Sherman
Theses/Dissertations from 2002
Don't ever, ever, ever, ever, give up| Timothy Aston in recital with family, friends, colleagues, and students, Timothy P. Aston
Liquid landscapes| A creative project and exhibit, Sally Larkin Friou
Asssessment of interpersonal and intrapersonal relationships through film making, Kari Henderson
Journey of personal transformation| Poetry and prose and reflections and assessment of the project, Ruby Rochetto
Theses/Dissertations from 2001
Coyote and the mice: A play for first graders : celebrating a culture collaboration and the arts, Bonnie Halvorson Barger
Creative process and the beginner's mind: A study and reflection on teaching practices for the creative arts, Carol L. Bruderer
Study of costume design| Costume designs for Ordinary People by Judith Guest, Catherine A. Crawford
Meet the artist| Art from illumination and reverie, Janet R. Potts
These tough kids : echoes from the State Orphans' Home, Susan Fogarty Schwab
Love knows the way home| Research and production of a video memorial to my grandmother, Debbie L. Solander
Theses/Dissertations from 2000
Adventures in paradox, Tana Cushman
Poetry, masks, and movement| Exploration in maskmaking and creative movement, Maureen Kane
Watercolor painting and exhibition, Fontella Carleen Popham
Theses/Dissertations from 1999
Mind, memory, and motion| An exploration into the art of personal dance, Lu Anne Nelson