"Folklore of Student Life" holds the accumulated wisdom and wit of several IU undergraduate classes and of a good many IU undergraduates, all focused upon the folklore -- those shared avenues of creativity and expression -- that is part of the college experience at Indiana University. This website is a joint production of Prof John McDowell and his students in a number of undergraduate classes
Picture 5: Date Collected: April 9th 2008 Location: Read Center Building The work on this door was done by the residents of the room, Ben and Lindsey. The idea is the shapes representing different seasons. The colors relate to the Continue Reading …
Bridget’s art file Item 1: Peoples Park Mural Artists Unknown—other than students at Rhino’s Context: This is a mural made up of six different paintings that were done by students involved in the Rhino’s All age club, and can be Continue Reading …
Item 5: Greek Art, advertising little 500 Artist: Unknown member of fraternity and sorority Location: Pi Kappa Sigma and Gamma Phi Beta Context: These works of art can been seen in front of every Greek house on campus. These paintings Continue Reading …
John’s artworks Item 1: World made out of cigarette butts Date: Fall of 1996 The cigarette Earth was created by three students living at Collins Living Learning Center in the Fall of 1996. This entire work is made from cigarette Continue Reading …
Item 2: Sharpie mural created on student’s living room wall Date: 2007-2008 Location: Student Apartment The art mural was created by an unknown number of students. Dry erase board was tacked onto the wall in the living room of a Continue Reading …
Game 2: Flip Cup Date Collected: April 10, 2008 Flip Cup is another non-official game/sport played among college students. This particular game I only observed, but was informed that there is pretty much one standard set of rules. From watching Continue Reading …
Jaymi’s online threads: greekjaymithread
Item 1: “Draft Beer Not Students” Collector’s name: John Conner Collector’s location: Marion County Library, Bloomington Indiana Date collected: 1975 Genre/ subgenre : Political Graffiti
Item 2: Party invitation This picture was created by Dane Hoover using the Facebook.com application Graffiti. The application works a lot like a computer paint program using a computer mouse to draw. Creative expression is used here, and with the Continue Reading …
Picture 2: Title: Radio Station Art Collector’s Name: Unknown Collection Location: IU Folklore Archives in the IU Archives in Wells Library. Date Collected: 1990’s (?) Genre: Music party Art, Context: There is a “Rock N Roll” junkyard party at some Continue Reading …