Steve Roden: Summer Internship to Senior Thesis
The last time you heard from me, I was a 2025 Escalette Summer Intern who recently finished working on Sensation, a solo exhibition of work by Steve Roden on the 3rd floor of Beckman Hall. However, my time with the Escalette Collection was not finished. As a senior art history major, a graduation requirement is
Fieldtrip to see MONUMENTS at MOCA
The Escalette Collection of Art hosts field trips each semester to galleries and museums across Southern California for its student workers, interns, and volunteers. These outings are designed to build on the training and experience students gain with the Collection, broadening their knowledge of the museum field. This semester, the Escalette Collection collaborated with Wilkinson
Artist Talk: Phung Huynh
The first thing artist Phung Huynh told the audience at her lecture was to eat the donuts. “I’m an Asian mom, and I love watching you eat, so you can eat during the talk, you don’t have to be polite,” Hunynh said. These donuts came from the local and Cambodian immigrant-owned Friendly Donuts and were just
Introducing Bloomberg Connects
The Escalette Collection of Art is excited to join a global community of more than 1,300 institutions partnering with Bloomberg Connects to enhance visitor experiences in cultural spaces worldwide. Bloomberg Connects is a free app and website that offers digital guides to museums, gardens, public art, historic sites, and more. Featuring multimedia content such as
KIN: Portraits from the Escalette Collection
The Escalette Permanent Art Collection and the Guggenheim Gallery are thrilled to present KIN: Portraits from the Escalette Permanent Art Collection, a group exhibition highlighting recent acquisitions from the Escalette Collection that explore portraiture as a site of relationship, belonging, and interdependence. The exhibition will be open from February 2 – March 19, 2026. There
Rooted in Heart
In response to Wilkinson College’s 2025 Engaging the World Initiative, Leading the Conversation on the Environment and Building Resilient Futures, students worked collaboratively to curate a new exhibition of Escalette Collection artwork titled Rooted in Heart. The exhibition is located in the first floor hallway in Roosevelt Hall and will be on display until June 5, 2026.
The Escalette Collection on Loan
At the core of the Escalette Collection’s mission is a commitment to making art as accessible as possible. External loans support this goal by allowing the Collection to be shared with institutions and communities beyond Chapman’s campus. This fall semester, the Escalette Collection loaned artwork to two Southern California institutions for exhibitions that introduced new
Behind-the-Scenes at the Escalette's Art Preservation Center
When you think of the Escalette Collection of Art – or any museum – the first thing that probably comes to mind is all the artwork on display. As the Collections Manager of the Escalette Collection, a large portion of my day is devoted to coordinating, and maintaining the nearly 500 artworks on view –
Summer Intern Reflection - Rylie Shimabukuro
As an art ambassador for the past two years, the Escalette Summer Internship was always on my radar, but I never jumped to apply. This past spring, wanting an internship lined up for the summer before senior year, I saw the Escalette post its application – and that began a wonderful summer to remember. Before
Sensation
The third floor hallway of Beckman Hall is home to a new exhibition featuring paintings, prints, collages, and embroidery by Steve Roden. This exhibition was curated by Nicole Nguyen (’27) and Rylie Shimabukuro (’26) during their Summer 2025 Internship with the Escalette Collection. As part of this project, they also created an activity booklet designed