Check out what students have done for their final projects!
Celia Vander Ploeg Fallon '25
Celia designed a website for her project about the Austrian composers Alma Mahler-Werfel (1879-1964). In her project, Celia examines the composer's portrayal in primary and secondary literature as well as Mahler-Werfel's self-image through accounts about her private and professional life. Due to the sheer number of famous men Mahler-Werfel interacted with, her life is often overshadowed and characterized by these men and not by her own achievements. The project seeks to re-center Mahler-Werfel in the narrative of her life. Go to the website here.
Celia designed a website for her project about the Austrian composers Alma Mahler-Werfel (1879-1964). In her project, Celia examines the composer's portrayal in primary and secondary literature as well as Mahler-Werfel's self-image through accounts about her private and professional life. Due to the sheer number of famous men Mahler-Werfel interacted with, her life is often overshadowed and characterized by these men and not by her own achievements. The project seeks to re-center Mahler-Werfel in the narrative of her life. Go to the website here.
Olivia Ho '25
Olivia designed a StoryMaps project about the artist Elena Luksch-Makowsky (1878-1967), regarded as the only female member of the Viennese Secession. Olivia examines how, as an artist, Luksch-Makowsky neither depicted women in her art in the typically misogynistic manner of the time nor did she avoid the question of gender entirely. On the contrary, many of her works depict women and their relationships to children, motherhood, and themselves and inquire into gendered questions of creation, sacrifice, and the limitations placed upon women. Go to the website here.
Olivia designed a StoryMaps project about the artist Elena Luksch-Makowsky (1878-1967), regarded as the only female member of the Viennese Secession. Olivia examines how, as an artist, Luksch-Makowsky neither depicted women in her art in the typically misogynistic manner of the time nor did she avoid the question of gender entirely. On the contrary, many of her works depict women and their relationships to children, motherhood, and themselves and inquire into gendered questions of creation, sacrifice, and the limitations placed upon women. Go to the website here.
Sophie Hill '25
Sophie produced a podcast about the German artist Käthe Kollwitz (1867-1945). Sophie connects Kollwitz's personal background with her art works to argue that due to her upbringing, education, and later family life, Kollwitz incorporated gender topics in her œuvre. With this, Sophie demonstrates the development of thought from Kollwitz's childhood through adolescence, motherhood and artistry.
Click here to listen to the podcast.
Click here to look at the discussed artworks.
Sophie produced a podcast about the German artist Käthe Kollwitz (1867-1945). Sophie connects Kollwitz's personal background with her art works to argue that due to her upbringing, education, and later family life, Kollwitz incorporated gender topics in her œuvre. With this, Sophie demonstrates the development of thought from Kollwitz's childhood through adolescence, motherhood and artistry.
Click here to listen to the podcast.
Click here to look at the discussed artworks.