An Acceptable Time

Author

Crystal McCallie, University of Montana, MissoulaFollow

Year of Award

2025

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Type

Master of Fine Arts (MFA)

Degree Name

Art

Department or School/College

College of Arts and Media

Committee Chair

Professor James Bailey

Commitee Members

Professor Emerita Cathryn Mallory, Kristin Dahl Horejsi

Keywords

childhood, memory, pattern, artwork, printmaking, drypoint

Subject Categories

Fine Arts

Abstract

This scholarly work is my interpretation of the art in the exhibition, An Acceptable Time, which ecompasses a diversity of media that varies as much in material and process as the span of my life as mother, a steward of the domestic home, and a spiritual child-at-heart myself. At the center of the work is a contemplative beauty inviting the viewer to linger with the art and reflect upon the echoes of the past as they might affect the present. The formal delivery of illustrative realism, a mirage of pattern, and abstract layering draws out major themes of memory, nostalgia, sentimentality, childhood, pattern, and time. Through a descriptive analysis of the exhibition and its artworks, I examine media processes and visual content and how they determine thematic ideas while referencing historical and contemporary influences that have impacted the development of the exhibition An Acceptable Time.

Recommended Citation

McCallie, Crystal, "An Acceptable Time" (2025). Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers. 12462.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/etd/12462