This Saturday, April 11, 2015, is Slow Art Day! It is one day every year in which people visit local museums and galleries all over the world to really take their time to look at art slowly. The idea is that each person should look at five works of art for 10 minutes each, and
Contemporary artists Albert Contreras and Patrick Wilson seem to create distinctly different works of art, yet share surprising common ground in at least one aspect of their creative processes. When creating his iconic “X” paintings, Contreras begins with custom wood panels. He paints on a layer of gesso, then one of glittery
Michael Hafftka is an internationally acclaimed American painter from New York City. He has exhibited in some of the most famous and important museums in the United States, and we at Chapman have a beautiful group of his paintings in our Escalette Collection. In 2011 we received an incredibly generous donation from Mr. Hafftka, which
The night of Saturday, February 28th, Disneyland made headlines due to an unexpected fire that set trees ablaze near the attraction “It’s a Small World.” Thankfully, no one was injured during the mishap, and the fire was quickly extinguished. Officials are still investigating the cause of the fire, although they suspect it was related to the
Now through August 2015 you will have the opportunity to see art at John Wayne Airport from the collections of five Orange County colleges and universities, including works from our very own collection here at Chapman! The exhibition was curated by Chris Hoff, and is titled “HIDDEN TREASURES: Art from the Permanent Collections of
As many of you may already know, today is the 7th annual Museums Advocacy Day, so we here at Chapman Collections are spreading the word about the importance of museums, galleries, and collections on view to the public. Not only are museums and galleries totally awesome, super fun places to visit, but they are crucial
Nathan Oliveira was a native California artist (born in Oakland) and since the 1950s has been the subject of thousands of solo and group exhibitions worldwide. He is most commonly associated with the Bay Area Figurative movement, which emerged as a reaction to the Abstract Expressionism of the 1950s and 60s. To this day the
“Anything having to do with the brain is interesting to me; I have lots of curiosity and questions concerning existence, both philosophically and scientifically, and because of my background a good place to start my interrogation of life is through the brain.” – Kelsey Brookes, 2013 A former biochemist turned artist, San Diego-based artist
‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all across campus, Not a work of art was stirring, not even a canvas. The paintings were hung in Beckman with care, In hopes that more visitors soon would be there. The Adkins was settled, hung safe on his wall, With Rauschenberg’s Cardbird just across the hall. Two Wayne Whites
Thanks to the hard work and collaboration among the amazing teachers and staff of the CU/OHS Literacies Partnership, we here at the Escalette Collection were able to host student visitors from Orange High School for an afternoon of great art and creativity. Upon their arrival, this group of 15 young artists were given a