New Looks: Recent Acquisitions from the Escalette Collection
This exhibit will be displayed on the second floor of Argyros Forum and will take place from February 28, 2019 through September 20, 2019. At Chapman University creativity and innovation are part of every learning opportunity. Whether students and faculty are collaborating on an art installation, writing a screenplay, composing a film score,
Nature, Science, Art, and the Keck
The Keck Center for Science and Engineering was designed to be a space ripe for collaboration. Walking the three floors of laboratories and classrooms, students and faculty are never far from minds opening and discoveries being made, able to look through windows to see science happening in real time. Many of the long hallways have
Interplay: Music and the Escalette Collection
Last Tuesday, February 20th, the Art Collections hosted a unique opening reception for our current student-curated exhibit, Interplay: Music and the Escalette Collection. This exciting exhibition is a collaboration between the Escalette Collection and the Honors Program, and is part of Chapman University’s Interplay partnership with the Pacific Symphony. Students in Professor Susan Key’s Honors class “Sound
Happy New Year!
The Art Collections Department is Skiing into the New Year! We look forward to another art-filled year of exciting exhibitions, collaborations, and events! Happy New Year from… Lindsay… Kayla… Manon… Jessica B… & Jessica J!
Art Collections Welcomes Getty PST: LA/LA Exhibition
Our Getty Pacific Standard Time Exhibition, “My Barrio: Emigdio Vasquez and Chicana/o Identity in Orange County” is off to an exciting start! If you weren’t able to attend the opening or want to revisit the moment, here’s a recap of the event complete with all the flyers and catalog information. On Wednesday, September 13th we
2017 Association of Academic Museums and Galleries Conference
What’s the Art Collections Department’s idea of summer fun? The 2017 Association of Academic Museums and Galleries Annual Conference at the University of Oregon in Eugene! The Association of Academic Museums and Galleries (AAMG) is the leading organization for academic galleries, museums, and collections. It was founded as an educational and academic community that addresses
Tyler Park Interview
Tyler Park is the current gallery director at the Pit, a gallery and exhibition space in Los Angeles, CA. Tyler Park received his B.A. in Art from Chapman University in 2012. Two current Art History students sat down with him to discuss his experiences at Chapman and his early career that put him on the
Food Pantry Awareness Event
The Chapman Art Collections in combination with the Art Department Ideation Lab and students in Philosophy Professor Daniel Pilchman’s Food Ethics class have collaborated to create canvas tote bags for Chapman’s growing Food Pantry. The tote giveaway will take place on Wednesday, May 10th from noon-1pm in the Attallah Plaza. In addition, four lucky people will
"Levateur" vs. "Levitation"
Nestled between the Leatherby Libraries and Oliphant Hall stand two unusual steel sculptures. Both demand attention from all who walk this space; one is perched atop two uneven grassy knolls, creating an overhead canopy, while the other stands among the passersby, leaning precariously into their space. These pieces, titled The Levitation of the Enchanted Princess and Le Levateur, are by
Roy Lichtenstein
Roy Lichtenstein’s work Mirror #5 is a part of the Escalette Permanent Collection here at Chapman University. This piece can be found on the 3rd floor of Beckman Hall, located on main campus. Upon first glance, this work does not appear to be a typical Lichtenstein print, as it lacks his typical pop art characters and