Jazz in the 1920's: Duke Ellington

Presenter: Raymundo Quiroz

Presenter Status: Undergraduate student

Academic Year: 21-22

Semester: Fall

Faculty Mentor: Sandra Moore

Department: American Multicultural Studies

Funding Source/Sponsor: Class Project, SYRCE Symposium

President's Strategic Plan Goal: Diversity and Social Justice

Screenshot URL: https://drive.google.com/uc?id=1LVAQHPV_NV8Lcy3zL7WgV5XwITNatobb

Abstract:
For my project, I chose to make a shadowbox of a shoebox, some colored paper, lighting and clay. The topic for our class this semester was about the 1920’s and I chose to pick something about the music and artist that played during this time period and Jazz was my choice. I then chose to pick one of the most well known musicians from the Jazz period in the 1920’s and went with Duke Ellington as my artist. The scenery that I chose was Duke Ellignton performing under the lights in front of an audience. I chose to add black color paper surrounding the area to give more attention to Duke Ellington who I made in clay. The lighting was also a key part to the visual piece to not only see the artist, but the audience as well.