The Bob Ross interactive art gallery : an honors thesis (HONRS 499)

Abstract

For the Cripe Competition design problem, the design is a multi-use, predominantly gallery-dominated, facility, focusing on an artist. The artist had to be a practitioner—living or deceased—of one of the visual arts. For the purpose of this project, the visual arts were defined as the art forms of painting, photography, printmaking and filmmaking. The design would simply provide a functionally and spatially competent design solution for the specified program as a neutral background for the artist's work.In this thesis project, Ball State University will be the new site for the Bob Ross interactive studio and cafe. Located about 10 miles east of 1-69 in north-east Indiana, this facility is on the southern part of campus hugging the north east corner of McKinley avenue and university, near the village. Thebob ross interactive a rt museum is the place to come experience everyone's artistic side. Inspired from the encouragement of the "happy trees" painter this museum lets you create masterpieces of your very own. This facility is thought out to be a very community based area.The activities range from the "Bob Ross experience: paint along with Bob," a cafe, the roof topgarden, and banquets held for resident artists living in the studio units above the facility. All activities are free to students and public. The building will also house the archives and records of bob ross' television program from the public broadcast system that were filmed at miniaturist in Muncie, Indiana.