Items

• A Krabby Self-Portrait
  This is a digital photograph of myself sitting on top of a Krabby Patty Mobile with SpongeBob in the passenger's seat. I am more sitting on top of the car rather than seated next to SpongeBob, leaning to the side to put my arm around him and smile for the camera. It is just myself in the image, and I am wearing my RIT COLA Honors jacket, with a pair of jeans and sneakers, my typical outfit while I was abroad in Spain.
• Map of Important Locations I Have Been To
  This is an image of a generic Google Map of the world, altered to add pinpoints to locations that I have specified as important to my life. The pinpoints span from the north eastern US to the west coast, Central America, and Europe. The map is centralized around the Atlantic Ocean in order to be able to show all of North America and Europe, and country/state borders remain as they would on any standardized map.
• Correspondence: River Starliper
  Physical description: A standard-sized teal post-it note with the words "4 RIVR YUM. Love Spencer." written in pen, with two hearts.
• RIT Student: River Starliper
  Physical description: A worn RIT ID card circa 2020, issued to River Starliper. There is a red smiley face sticker on the front, in a blank space to the right of the name and photo.
• Article of Clothing: River Starliper
  Physical Description: A pair of silver, metal, aviator style glasses with curved arms and plastic earpieces. There are scratches in each of the lenses, and one of the arms is bent in addition to being loose.
• Gold Crown from Gyo-dong Tomb - Heritage
  A golden crown with three spikes towards the front and gold or clear jewel-like embellishments covering the band and the spikes.
• Hanbok - Clothing
  A traditional Korean dress, or a hanbok. The top/jeogori is a cream color with mahogany accents. The accents have embroidered floral details. The jeogori's sleeves are striped with yellow, red, purple, green, and pink accent colors. The tie of the jeogori is the same mahogany color as the accents. The skirt/chima is a bright red color. Both parts of the hanbok are made with a woven textile.
• Selfie
  This is a selfie I took while I was at work on Sunday the 13th of november. It was taken on my phone with the front facing camera. It wasnt meant to be anything special I took it to show my mom my hair when she was asking for suggestions on how to style her hair in preparation for chemo therapy. I am wearing a long black sleved Wegmans uniofrom shirt along with my gold name tag that reads “ Jill, 1 year and Everyday you get our best” along with the logo in the corner. Attached to the name tag you se part of a red ribbon that states “Happy Holidays”
• Current Profile Picture - Self Portrait
  A cropped section of a larger image. This section includes a person sitting cross legged wearing a bright orange t-shirt that reads "RIT Theme Park Enthusiasts" with ride and roller coaster graphics around the lettering. Underneath the orange t-shirt is a grey long sleeve shirt. The person is also wearing a pair of olive green pants, a pair of pink socks, and a pair of black sneakers. The person is wearing a pair of round-framed glasses and has a short haircut. They are also wearing a grey waist pack and have a phone with a green case on their lap.
• Map of North American Theme Parks - Map
  A screenshot of a Google Maps layer with eleven blue map markers signifying a theme park or an amusement park in North America. The location of the markers are: Six Flags Discovery Kingdom (Vallejo, CA), Kings Island (Mason, OH), Busch Gardens Williamsburg (Williamsburg, VA), Hersheypark (Hershey, PA), Knoebels Amusement Park (Elysburg, PA), Waldameer (Erie, PA), Canada's Wonderland (Vaughan, ON), Six Flags Darien Lake (Corfu, NY), Seabreeze Amusement Park (Irondequoit, NY), Six Flags New England (Agawam, MA), and Canobie Lake Park (Salem, NH). The map itself is the default Google Maps theme with bodies of water represented as blue and land being represented by varying shades of green or beige.
• OTHR Exhibit Poster
  A poster for the University Gallery exhibit "OTHR: Design for Another Time". The poster is white with a 3 by 3 grid that takes up half of the poster. 4 of the squares are black with 3D models of some of the exhibit material, and the remaining 5 squares are red. 4 of the red squares contain more 3D models and 1 has a QR code. The name of the exhibit and details for the reception are written below in black lettering. Putting up exhibits has been an essential part of Emma's RIT experience, and this was the first one they ever physically installed.
• Pastosa Ravioli Box
  A box of raviolis from the local deli Pastosa on Long Island. The box is white with thick blue stripes and Pastosa written in red cursive lettering. Local Italian delis like Pastosa are an essential place for people from Long Island like Emma and their family to get food.
• Emma's Vaccination Card
  A miniature laminated copy of Emma's COVID-19 vaccination card, with name, birth date, and dates and locations of the Pfizer vaccinations. Getting vaccinated for COVID-19 took away a lot of the fear that had been circulating since the start of the pandemic, and a vaccination card is now essential to daily life in many places.
• Emerald Engagement Ring
  This object is currently in the possession of the objects' photographer's mother. Originally, this object belonged to a great-grandmother and was passed down to daughters through the matrilineal line. It represents past marriages in a family and communicates an appreciation for familiar heirlooms. It is an emerald, green square cut gemstone set in a silver band.
• Personal Giraffe Memento
  This specific figurine is from the Museum of Natural History in New York City. It was purchased on the owners first trip to the city with her roommate from college. It represents the relationships formed after the subsequent purchase of this stone carving. Overall, the object is made out of readily available jasper or agate and is carved into the shape of a giraffe - albeit a very disproportioned one at that. It stands just under 1 1/2 inches tall and sites atop a square base.
• Arcuri Self-Portrait
  A frontal self-photograph taken on an iPhone. Subject is looking directly into camera, person is wearing 'got museum studies?' shirt and both hands are in the peace sign position. The purpose of using a photograph reflects that this is a real time image that represents the moment the picture was taken. The act of looking into the camera displays that the subject is paying attention to the photograph being taken. The shirt conveys the subject major at Rochester Institiute of Technology. This specific photo was taken in the subjects first apartment during their first semester at college.
• ArtGIS Generated personal map
  This specific map showcases key locations that are relevant to a person educational journey. The center of this map is the median of the two furthest points within the map. There are no cardinal points to indicate direction, since the map is a world view the orientation is fairly clear. The only boarders are those supplied by nations and territories of countries.
• Izzy's COVID experience - high school graduation
  This is a photo of me during my high school graduation. This was in 2020 so I wasn't able to have much of a graduation, but my school did the best they could.
• Izzy's RIT Experience - Crew
  Photo of Women's RIT Rowing Team after race at Head of the Fish.
• Izzy's heritage - Recipe for Perogies
  This is a recipe on found online to represent my Ukrainian heritage.
• Izzy's Personal Correspondence - Eurographics acceptance
  This part of an email message that was initially sent to Dr. Messinger and later sent to the whole MISHA research team. We were all very excited to learn that our paper had been accepted!
• Izzy's Hippie Pants
  This image shows me in one of my many pairs of hippie pants. Growing up, these pants were known as my signature look.
• Maine Rock
  A black rock with white scratches all over. Emma found this rock on a vacation in Maine two Julys ago, and brings back a lot of memories of the trip.
• Dad's Sweatshirt
  Emma's father's FDNY sweatshirt, given to them when they went to school. It is dark blue with their last name (Nastro) embroidered on the front. There is a black and gold embroidered 9/11 patch with the American flag on one sleeve and an FDNY logo patch on the other sleeve. Emma's father worked in the FDNY for many years and this sweatshirt provides them with a lot of comfort when they miss home.
• Letter From Grandma
  It is a letter from Emma's Grandma shortly after they arrived at their freshman year of college, written on a green card with white inside and black ink. This letter is very meaningful to Emma since it provided a lot of support to them when they first came to school.