Sigma Phi Research Paper

Fran admired and collected other artist’s work for her home, but also as part of her trove of infinite objects that often made their way into her art. From the mad jumble of countless boxes and bags in her studio came often playful “bricolage” works of beauty, humor and imagination. She taught for many years at the New Jersey Center for the Visual Arts, the Newark Museum and was actively teaching until just weeks before her death last year. An award-winning artist, she exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art, the Smithsonian, Victoria and Albert Museum, and in galleries throughout New Jersey. She began her eight-decade career as a fashion designer before moving into painting, printmaking, found art sculpture, book and paper making, and other multi-media arts. Fran studied art at the American School of Fine Arts, Newark School of Fine Arts, and Fairleigh Dickinson University. The works in this exhibition were generously donated by Fran’s family to The 1978 Maplewood Arts Center. Proceeds from all sales will benefit the center as well as public art in the

After considering an invitation to join the then two-year-old Alpha Phi Fraternity, Frances instead asked three friends to assist her in organizing their own society. They sought the advice and help of Dr. Haven, their brothers, the faculty and members of two existing

Alpha Kappa Alpha, Sorority, Incorporated purpose is to be of service to all mankind dealing with critical issues in communities domestically and internationally. What I have grown to understand an envision a woman of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated to be, I accredit largely to the ladies of the Gamma Theta chapter. This has the result of attending many of the chapter’s events during my time at Hampton thus far. One of my favorite events was a screening of a documentary Girls Rising. I learned to appreciate every opportunity to learn and gain knowledge because in some parts of the world girls are restricted from receiving an education. A

On December 5, 1776 the first collegiate fraternal greek letter organization in the United States, Phi Beta Kappa was founded at Yale, the College of William and Mary.Building from the example of literary organizations, which were based on literary debates, and election, Phi Beta Kappa set many standards for collegiate greek letter organizations in the realm of rituals/traditions, selective admittance, faculty and community support. It was not until one hundred and thirty years that the first black greek letter organization, Alpha Phi Alpha was founded. The need of this organization emerged from a lack of admittance and representation in social clubs and greek organizations established on college

My interest in Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, started a long time ago, in fact when my first interest was peaked I wasn’t even able to pursue my interest as I was still in high school. I was able to participate in several of the “groups” within Alpha Kappa Sorority Inc., such as the “Roses” and the “Pearls”.

Sigma Gamma Rho was first established by seven black women, on November 12, 1922 at Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana. The founders of this sorority consists of Mary Lou Allison Gardner Little, Dorothy Hanley Whiteside, Vivian Irene White Marbury, Nannie Mae Gahn Johnson, Hattie Mae Annette Dulin Redford, Bessie Mae Downey Rhoades Martin, and Cubena McClure. This organization became a sorority on December 30, 1929. They have over 85,000 plus members, and over 500 chapters in the US, Bahamas, Bermuda, Us Virgin Islands, Canada, Germany, and Korea. There are five regions that Sigma Gamma Rho covers which include, the Central, Northeastern, Southeastern, Southwestern, and also Western. The sorority’s colors are royal blue and gold, with a poodle as their mascot. Their sorority flower is called the Yellow Tea

The celebration continues for Black History Month as William Chalmers held the much anticipated Black Greek Expo for students who are interested in learning about the National Pan Hellenic Council, founded in 1930. The council serves as an umbrella for the 9 historically African American sororities and fraternities also known as the Divine Nine. They are Alpha Kappa Sorority, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Iota Phi Theta Fraternity, Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity and Omega Psi Phi Fraternity. The general mission for the Divine Nine is to promotes unity, education, leadership and philanthropy for all members. These Fraternities and Sororities are mostly seen at Historically Black Colleges but they have certainly made their mark at other universities around the country.

The preservation of traditions and skills is an important part of our community and family history. As Rose stated in “Let the Good Times Roll”, “It is the harmonic convenience of our food, our music, our creativity, our eccentricity, our neighborhoods, and our joy of living. All at once” (361). During the fall of every year, towns across Georgia host a festival of some sort. Whether it be the Yellow Daisy Festival at Stone Mountain Park or the Friendship Festival in Social Circle, local artist and craftsmen come together to display and sell their handmade items. Ranging from patch worked quilts to bird feeders to hand smocked children’s

1. Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. was created to address the low retention rate at Cornell University during the times of Jim Crow Laws.

On the observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated celebrated its Founders’ Day by completing hundreds of community service projects to include a Day of Service at the Perot Museum for the MLK holiday and February’s Discovery Days: Gadgets & Gizmos. The historically black sorority that is part of the “Divine 9” declared 2017 the Global Year of Service. The new year also began their official count toward completing 20 million service hours between now and Founders’ Day 2020.

This decision held some controversy, as many patrons wanted to experience the knitted glory throughout the whole year, but the Institute made the decision to make itself a tradition within the community, so that Portland locals may visit the museum once or twice a year and experience it all over again. This idea comes from Carol Duncan’s 1995 book, Creating Rituals, where she compares the action of visiting a museum to that of a religious ritual , giving two examples of “the achievement of a marked-off, ‘liminal’ zone of time and space… [and] …the organization of the museum setting as a kind of script or scenario… ” Using this model, the Institute devised a way that would help bring back returning customers each year: the cycling of our collection. By doing this action, the museum sets itself up for a “liminal zone” as we allow patrons to escape their daily lives, and give them reason to do so, such as the new collection. With this method we also built the scenario of tradition, as the Institute becomes the “must-see” every holiday

Beta Alpha Psi is a fraternity that I want to be in because it is such a great benefit

“Now I know what you’re all thinking, why is a southern girl like me displaying my work at an event that is considered the ‘World Series’ of the art world? Well, it all goes back to when I began my career in the Arts. I majored in painting and attended a small art school nestled along the Louisiana bayou with only 15 other students who

The Arts and Craft movement was a social and artistic movement, which began in Britain in the second half of the nineteenth century and continued into the twentieth spreading to continental Europe and the USA. Its adherents-artists, architects, designers and Craftsmen sought to reassert the importance of and craftsmanship in all arts in the face of increasing industrialization, which they felt was sacrificing quality in the pursuit of quantity. Its supporters and practioners were united not so much by a style rather than the common goal- a desire to break down the hierarchy of the arts and to revive traditional handicrafts and make art that could be affordable to all.

Wesleyan’s first Artist-in-Residence, Jeni Hansen Gard, has committed to completely immersing herself into the Wesleyan community this year. She is living on campus, eating in the dining hall, interacting with students, all in an effort to understand the intricacies of life at Wesleyan. As a socially-engaged craft artist, Gard uses functional, everyday ceramic vessels to explore our ecological relationship with plants as food through growing, cooking, eating, and sharing meals. Her work draws on a critical understanding of human relationships and the merger between art and life.