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    The application and decoration of Spacio car dashboard with hand woven fabric
    (Makerere University, 2014-05-19) Isabirye, Benard
    This focuses on the application and decoration of car dash board with hand woven products. The study was carried out around Ndeeba and Najjanankumbi were I carried out an informal interview from two correspondents with the help of an interview guide. However the interview helped me get what I wanted in form of people’s view and attitude towards the hand woven fabrics in relation to power woven fabrics. Therefore opportunity was created for hand woven products for car interior decoration on parts like the dash board. I hope that the study will create environment awareness to weaving students; help crafts men to expand their market and production, future reference for the future researchers, provide a room for the clients to enjoy their tastes and preferences through the direct contact with the artist/designer and also shall provide the researcher with a basic stand towards the formulation of new advancements of incorporating natural fabrics in relation to power woven products in car interior designing.
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    The rapid rise of abstract painting around Kampala.
    ( 2014-05-19) Kwizera, Adrian Baggio
    Abstract art is a form of visual language of form, color and line to create a composition which may exist with a degree of independence from visual references in the world. Paintings mainly done nowadays are more of abstract. The reason is that people nowadays express their feeling in abstraction. The researcher’s area of study was mainly town based in places like Central Kampala, Ntinda and Kamwokya. The researcher goes ahead to tell all painters that they should also do a little of reality as the legends in painting put it. With this, it will bring back the beauty of painting hence making the paintings master pieces and also National treasures.
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    Communication through graphic design in Kalisizo, Rakai District
    (Makerere University, 2014-05-19) Kiyingi, Lewis
    The topic of my research was all about how communication is perceived through graphics by the people of Kalisizo in Rakai District. The first chapter of this report shows the introduction bit of my research. It explains different terms like communication, graphics, graphic design, computer graphics, and it also shows how graphics came into existence in Uganda. The second chapter of the report shows the literatures as it was reviewed for this research. It contains different quotations extracted from various books and various websites, but all relevant to my research. The third chapter shows the methods that were used to collect data from the field and how they were used to get data. The fourth chapter of the report presents the findings that were got in the field after carrying out research. A lot of information was collected through questionnaires, recorded interview, and observation, among others. And the last chapter which is the fifth chapter shows the analysis of the findings located in chapter four, the recommendations, and the conclusion.
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    An analytical study of Etching Printmaking at Margaret Trowell school of Industrial Fine Arts.
    ( 2016-05) Musika, Darwinford Vincent
    The study was set to make a descriptive review in etching printmaking as a method of printmaking at Margate Trowell School of Industrial Fine Art. In this case, as the researcher, I defined etching printmaking as a process through which an artist first draws the desired image on a piece of plastic plate/cooper using of sharp object like nail or compass in area that are not to be printed out so that the image can stand out in relief. Mayer Hilder (1942) etching being one of the relief prints process invaded with an aim to produce many copies out of the original copy. The study was set on purposively three major objectives; first being to establish the prospects of etching print making, secondly was to find out why the level of students performance shows a lot to be desired in the section of etching printmaking and third but not least was to find ways on how students can overcome the will be underlying challenges so as to make their prints reach the market demand standards. For this study; the researcher basically looked at etching printmaking as a method of print making at Margate trowel school of industrial and fine art. the study was conducted through a descriptive design by using a cross sectional study whereby it was a kind of research that involved random selection of students who did printmaking as a course at Margate trowel school of industrial and fine art. The researcher employed probability and non probability sampling techniques and methods during the process of selecting the study respondents during the data collection process. This researcher in this study employed purpose sampling to select the students. The study rotated in a population of students 10 to 15 respondents that targeted mainly students of printmaking at Margatetrowel school of industrial fine art. Clear justification and description of the study findings were presented based on the set study objectives through field research upon which the researcher provided as distinguished conclusion based on the descriptive research design set to analyze etching printmaking at Margate trowel school of industrial and fine art. The researcher made study conclusions based on the results that came up as result from the field research study and more the future study anticipation were documented about by the researcher based on the conclusion as results from the study attainment. Finished print of a leopard portrait Finished print of a lion and leopard composition Using etching printmaking Art work based on contrast. Art work by MUSIKA DARWINFORD VICENT
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    Usage of local materials in the Ugandan fashion industry.
    ( 2017-05-19) Namazzi, Brenda
    The purpose of this study was to identify the extent to which the fashion industry in Uganda utilized the local materials. It specifically investigated the reasons why the fashion industry in Uganda resorted to using imported materials to create their designs other than utilizing the local materials. I focused on the fashion designers in Uganda for example Stella Atal, SolomeKatongole, Samson Ssenkaaba, Maciellah, Brenda Nambi, and included some of the craft makers at art craft Uganda along Buganda road since these also contribute to the fashion industry in Uganda. There were a lot of interactions between the researcher and the Ugandan fashion designers and the researcher recorded the different views on the research topic from them during the interactions
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    The use of Photography as a tool for effective communication in Kampala.
    ( 2017-06-03) Tibaweswa, Stuart Mathew
    The Purpose and Objective The purpose of this research was to find selective, efficient and creative measures about the use of photography as an effective tool of communication in Kampala and its surrounding and as well as investigate the degree of success in communication through Photography. Summary of Methodology In the methodology, the Researcher used The researcher applied questionnaires and interviews for accuracy and getting complete available information however he as well used observation to inspect the different aspects of photography in relation to communication design. Summary of Findings The findings review the objectives and research questions of the research study and how the researcher gathered the relevant information for each of the objectives of the study.
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    Road sign and their uses in Wandegeya.
    (Makerere University, 2017-06-05) Kabanda, Faizol Lwanyaga
    This paper presents an automatic road sign detection and recognition system that is based on a computational model of human visual recognition processing . Road signs are typically placed either by the roadside or above roads. Road signs are used by road users along Wandegeya to ease the navigation of passengers and the other road users like drivers and motorists. They provide important information for guiding, warning, or regulating the behaviors of drivers in order to make driving safer and easier. The proposed recognition system is motivated by human recognition processing. The system consists of three major components; sensory, perpetual, and conceptual analyzers. The sensory analyzers extract the spatial and temporal information of interest from the video sequences. The extracted information then serves as the input stimuli to a spatial temporal attentional neural network in the perceptual analyzer. If stimulation continues, the focus of attention will be established in the neural network. Potential features of road signs are then extracted from the image areas corresponding to the focus of attention. The extracted features are net fed into the conceptual analyzer. The conceptual analyzer is composed of two modules.
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    Basketry in Buganda.
    ( 2017-06-05) Nabukenya, Angella
    Traditional Ganda history begins with Kintu the legendary founder of the royal dynasty. The “Baganda falls into the “Bantu” group in the classification of the races of Africa” “They belong to mixed type which is characterized by a greater variability in skin colour, lighter brown shades often encountered….. the variation is explained by the way Buganda expanded to her present size” Complements Muzzanganda A. Lugira-(1970:15). The Uganda’s history has been determined by the ethnic differences for its people. Biauer Laurereports that; “…40 district cultural groups each with its own language can be hard on radio…. Luganda is the language spoken by the Baganda who at 16% of the population make up the largest ethnic group in the country.” In slave owing societies, craftsmen must have been slaves doing the heavy tasks. With a vanishing rural life, due to urbanization, some craft movements have been formed to conserve and to preserve the existing I crafts (basketry).
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    Refocusing appreciation towards visual arts in Kampala
    ( 2017-11-24) Masika, Hildah
    Kampala is center of visual arts in Uganda, and yet the appreciation from the public (biggest percentage) towards the arts is still staggering. This has forced most artists to turn to neighboring Kenya and the western- European countries since they offer more exposure, opportunities and the welcome their country (Uganda) can’t offer. In finding reasons for the low public appreciation, the survey seeks to answer questions on; challenges and setbacks artists are facing in response to the low appreciation and how to change this perception. Structured questions were administered to visual artists mostly lecturers at Margaret Trowell school of industrial design and fine Arts because of their longer, professional experience in the art industry in Kampala. Descriptive analysis was used for data presentation. The study subsequently identified if the low appreciation by the public can be refocused and ways how it can be refocused. In chapter one, which is mostly the introduction to the research, a more detailed interpretation is given to the existence of the low public appreciation towards visual arts in Kampala in both the introduction and background. The chapter further entails the purpose, objective, and the research questions that guided the study. In chapter two, information is compiled from different published sources. Guided by the three study objectives, more knowledge on the low appreciation to visual arts in Kampala is summed up from different views as given by the different individuals. This chapter gives detailed information on the challenges facing visual artists in Kampala in relation to the low public appreciation towards visual arts, what visual artists have done to change the low appreciation towards visual arts? Have these ways been influential? And what ways visual artists think can refocus public appreciation towards the arts in Kampala. Chapter three gives a clear stand for the methods used in the collection of the research findings in chapter four. This chapter will present the methodology which is used to carry out the study. It also further describes the type and source of data, the target population and sampling methods and techniques that are used to select the sample size. It also describes how data is collected and analyzed and also introduces the research findings and analysis of the research report, compiling responses and data collected from ten respondents who included lecturers at MTSIFA who filled in questionnaires handed out to them and some of the respondents were interviewed. This helped to get more detailed and personal information about the low appreciation from majority of the public in Kampala. The respondents were mainly male.
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    Effect of high-cost painting materials to selected practicing artists at the Margaret Trowel School of Industrial and Fine Arts (MTSIFA)
    (Makerere University, 2018) Akeu, Mable
    Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (support base). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and airbrushes, can be used. Due to the increasing costs in painting materials, in Uganda painting materials have been control in any art practices around the world. In Africa we seem to have few reliable and quality art materials. Therefore Margaret Trowel School of Industrial and Fine Arts needs to understand whether painting materials like Oil, Watercolor, Hot wax or encaustic, Spray paint, Digital painting etc has led to high cost of painting materials however it is against this background that has prompted the researcher to investigate on the status of the Effects of high cost of painting materials to selected practicing artists at the Margaret Trowel School of Industrial and Fine Arts (MTSIFA)
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    Fashion design practices in Kikubampanga Trading Centre
    (Makerere University, 2018-04) Nakawuma, Rosemary
    This report is a presentation of fashion design practices in Kikubampanga trading centre. A report is sub divided into five chapters as discussed below; Chapter one consists of the introduction, background of the field attachment, the objectives of the field attachment, background of Kikubampanga trading center, how other activities have promoted socio-economic development within Kikubampanga trading centre and challenges faced fashion designer s within Kikubampanga trading centre. Following that chapter three shows the methods of data collection and limitations of the study Following chapter four consisting the presentation, interpretation and discussion of the findings of the research on objectives. Finally chapter five portrays the summary of findings, conclusion and recommendations of the study
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    Illustration as a form of preserving the cultural Heritage of Buganda: A case study of Uganda comic books and Animated films.
    ( 2018-04-20) Egessa, Dervin
    The study was meant to assess the use of comic books and animated films in preserving the cultural heritage of Buganda. More so, the thesis was based on the following objectives in relation to the study topic i. To find out if Ugandan comic books and animated films have been used to preserve the cultural heritage of Buganda. ii. To establish the items of cultural heritage of Buganda. iii. To illustrate the cultural heritage of Buganda. In chapter one, the researcher presented the introductory part of the entire study, the background of the study, the research problem, purpose of the study, objectives, research questions, significance of the study, and the scope of the study. In chapter two, the researcher presented some of the related literature in relation to the study objectives, quotations were made basing on the study of the research. Chapter three involved the methodology, the researcher presented the research design, area of the study, target population, sampling, data collection methods, research instruments, data processing and analysis. In chapter four, the researcher presented, analyzed, interpreted, and discussed the findings or the information got from the field basing on the objectives of the study. Finally, in chapter five of the study, the conclusions, and recommendations were made basing on the results got from the field.+
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    Marketing Strategies of visual artists in Margaret Trowell School of Industrial and Fine Art.
    ( 2018-05) Namakula, Rachael
    The study was meant to examine the Marketing Strategies of Visual Artists in Margaret Trowell School of Industrial and Fine Arts. Furthermore, the study was based on the following objectives in relation to the study was based on the following objectives in relation to the study topic 1. To study the marketing strategies used by the visual artists. 2. To examine the effect of marketing strategies on the sales of artworks. 3. To examine the effect of marketing strategies on your target market. 4. To examine the benefits of marketing strategies towards the visual artists. The main objective of study was to examine the marketing strategies of visual artists in Margaret Trowell School of Industrial and fine arts. In chapter one, the researcher presented an introductory part of the entire study, the background of the study, the research problem, purpose of the study, objectives of the study, research questions, significance and the scope of the study. In chapter two of this research, all literature that was referenced to the objectives of the study was analyzed by the researcher in real depth as some major research conclusions were reviewed in accordance to the literature review. In chapter three, the researcher went ahead to present the research design with the data collection method used to acquire information for accomplishment of this research. The method included questionnaires. Chapter four of this research study presented the data findings and discussions of the study with reference to the order by which the main objectives were stated. This was mainly done through questionnaire method to the random participants. Chapter five of this research study, the researcher summarized the findings acquired from the field, concluded and recommended for further research.
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    Findings on the major contribution of portriat painting to the MSTIFA community
    ( 2018-05) Nakyanzi, Rehemah
    what other objects are in the painting, besides the sitter? if there sitting down/ what kind of chair is it-fancy ornate chair, soft velvet sofar or plain wooden chair? are they holding anything or are the objects in the painting that grab your attention? their various portraits including the individual portraits, group portrait or a self portrait.portraitiats may create their work by appearance, for public and private persons or they may be inspired by admiration or affection for the subject portraits are often important state and family record,as well as resemblance.
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    Mapping Agoa fashions to the development of Nytil Textile industry in Jinja district, Uganda.
    ( 2018-05) Lubwama, Bashir
    AGOA Fashion is starting to grow in developing countries, Young designers just of colleges are venturing into the virgin market to explore and develop new concepts and ideas that the textile industries are incorporating into the applied textile designs. It considered an important part of Cultural Revolution through art. However, there limitations in research to examine the inspiration for AGOA fashion industry in fostering development of the textile industry in Uganda particularly the Nytil industry. This study therefore sought to map AGOA fashion towards the development of applied textile design in Jinja, the objectives that were; Assess the different forms of fashion designs that Nytil textile industry make for Ugandan Market, Determine the forms of applied textile designs that are commonly used for Ugandan Market and To find out the relationship between AGOA fashion design and the current growth of the Nytil textile industry in Jinja, Uganda. A cross sectional research approach was applied in collecting this information, both observations an interview methods will aid in collection of data. Data was captured and analyzed in graphics, pictures and tables to illustrate the objectives of this study. Nytil Textile industry had a well-established state of the art textile and imprint machinery and they were able to make any clothes with any design. Specifically they made; Nytil Mix and Match-Leopard, design Peacock design-Nytil , London wax Peacock –Nytil, Green Black Grey Polyester design-Nytil and Stripped water lily design-Nytil. On the other hand AGOA Fashion industry was well established with design work and most importantly, they had several unique designs that could be observed in Nytil Textile industry, they made; Sky style, Peacock and Stars design & Real Tye and Dye, Batik-wax design- and Imprint Pentagon Circles design. The contribution of AGOA fashion industry towards Nytil Textile industry was notably through the creation of more designs from where forth Nytil made garments, leesus, Kitenge, bed sheets, mattress covers and many others.; followed by creation of African style which was most preferred in the market because they depicted the social-cultural fusion of Africans and therefore a sense of identity. There was also exchange of goods, marketing and awareness of fashion. Conclusively, AGOA made greater contribution towards the growth of Nytil by creativity and design as well as marketing of Nytil products. However, limited power supply and technologies were still a challenges. Government should seek out for alternative power source such as solar.
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    The influence of Digital Technology on painting activities within selected areas of Kampala capital.
    ( 2018-05) Odongo, Oscar
    The study focused on investigating for the extend at which digital technology was of influence in painting activities within selected areas of kamala capital and it was guided by four major objectives namely; To find out the different types of digital media forms and tools that are being used by the 21st century painters in Kampala capital, To find out the different styles and techniques used by painters while using the digital format, To discover more on what is used as a subject matter during the digital painting process, To also find out the different challenges faced by the different classes of painters while using the digital format for painting. The study was carried out for a time duration of one week within the geographical scope of Kawempe division in Kampala capital on an operation between 2016 and 2017. Using a descriptive cross-sectional research design with a sample population size of about ten respondents, data was collected using observation, sampling, questionnaire, and, interview method, the final report showed that 85% of the painting students at MTSIFA still prefer to paint using the traditional method while the remaining 15% prefer to paint using the virtual. Simply because the modern day tools and materials that can be used for digital painting is a bit more expensive compared to the physical brushes, paints and canvas used for traditional painting. Therefor in conclusion, it was recommended that before embracing the virtual, painters should be well verse with the traditional painting techniques in order to get the best results.  
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    Kitchen settings in Makerere University
    ( 2018-05) Atuhaire, Cynthia
    A kitchen is a room used for cooking and food preparation with other related tasks. The evolution of the kitchen is linked to the invention of the cooking range or stove and the development of water infrastructure. Food was cooked on open fire, a technic of heating food in the early centuries. The fire place was typically on the floor, placed at a wall, sometimes raised a little bit, such that one had to kneel in order to cook. Among the Europeans, the kitchen was placed between the entrance and fireplace while sometimes; they were put in a separate sunken floor building to keep the main building. The romans did there cooking in large public kitchens. The ancient Greece, the kitchen rooms were arranged around a central courtyard for women; however, the open patio served as the kitchen. In the middle ages, the kitchens were divided based on the types of food preparation. These early buildings had a hole in the roof through which smoke could escape, which acted as a chimney. The first known stoves in Japan found in the Kofun period, called Komado, typically made out of clay, mortar and fired with wood or charcoal through the hole in front and the hole in the top. The kitchen remained largely unaffected by architectural advances throughout the middle age; open fire remained the only method of heating food (smoke kitchen). However, the smoke kitchen remained common especially in the rural farm houses, as they didn’t have a separate kitchen from the living room thus begun to serve as an area for social functions, and increasingly became a showcase for the owners’ wealth. Technology advances brought major changes in the kitchen. Iron stoves, which enclosed the fire completely and were more efficiently developed than the earlier stoves designed around 1800.
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    The Media , effects on promotion, growth , and development of the fashion industry in Uganda today
    ( 2018-05) Busingye, Patricia
    This study is sought to study the media , contribution to the growth , promotion and development of the fashion industry in Uganda today . the study is sought to; asses the contributions of the media and how to sensitize the people or create awareness about the media contribution. Chapter one is majorly about the introduction, background , the different objectives of study and the scope. Chapter two mainly focuses on the literature review and has information that already exists , texts , newspapers , magazines , internet which were visited to make the research richer. Chapter three is about the methodology , a set of questionnaires and interviews was set for data collection ,which was done with in Ugandan from willing individuals , observation, data collection was used . data collected was analyzed descriptively. Chapter four addresses the research findings and the researcher in this chapter discusses the findings using questions and questionnaires.the results revealed that the media has promoted the growth , development and promotion of the fashion industry despite the unawareness of the community. therefore the researcher concluded that the media actually has grown developed and promoted the fashion industry in Uganda. basing on the literature review and data analysis which was done in accordance to the stated objectives , literature review is well indicated and stressed in chapter two chapter three describes the methods used in collecting data ,the research design area of study and scope of study.
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    A visual analysis on African hall culture as an inspiration to painting at Margaret Trowell School of industrial Fine Art.
    ( 2018-05) Nasaka, Teddy
    Africa hall culture as an inspiration to paint is an interesting case through which is aimed at inspiring artists/ painters, in particular, to look at hall cultures an inspiration to oil painting other than floral, abstruct, landscape among others. this study will be conducted at MSTIFA and Africa hall and a qualitatitive research desergn will be used where by questionnares will be issued to custodians, wardeens at athe halls as well as students at MSTIFA to explore their learning and culture. findings will be analyzed after the study and the results presented with possible recommendations.