Faculty Sponsor: Francoise Hamlin

Kalie explored and contradicted the practice of stereotyping that divides and distorts everyday interactions between humans. She drew fifty individuals and interviewed them on the subject of self-definition, values, purpose, and experiences to create a constructive fusion of academic research, oral history, and art. Through portraiture and narrative, she made visible what is so often overlooked in the rush to define others and investigated how qualitative research methods are applied to create socially engaged art. Her goal was to change the perceptions and behavior that limits opportunity and connection.