Gordon McClelland on Curating "Narrative Visions" at the Hilbert Museum of California Art at Chapman University
Chapman students from Dodge College of Film and Media Arts teamed up with our Student Art Ambassadors to put together a filmed interview of Gordon McClelland, the Curator of “Narrative Visions,” which is currently on display now at the Hilbert Museum of California Art. The full interview will be available soon!
OC + LA Art Guide: May
ORANGE COUNTY Museum Exhibitions The Hilbert Museum of California Art: Narrative Visions: 20th Century California Art from the Hilbert Collection Bowers Museum: April 16, 2016 – August 28, 2016 Once Upon a Time March 19, 2016 – September 5, 2016 Mummies of the World December 12, 2015 – May 29, 2016 Popol Vuh: Watercolors of Diego Rivera
Influences of Animation in the Hilbert Museum
The piece Bunker Hill, which is currently on display in the Hilbert Museum of California Art, was made by Preston Blair in 1938. As the title implies, the watercolor shows a scene of Bunker Hill, a residential area in Los Angeles that was characterized by unique Victorian Houses and eccentric characters that began to inhabit
Sticking Together: How Collage Revolutionized Art
Many of us remember collage as an activity from elementary school classrooms. We often associate it with the cutting up of old magazines for a social studies or science project. Glue stick in hand, collage became a common way for us to deliver a theme when we were children. However, not everyone is aware of
Interview With Curator Gordon McClelland
Recently, our Art Ambassadors teamed up with students from the Dodge College of Film and Media Arts to film an interview with Gordon McClelland, curator of the inaugural exhibition “Narrative Visions” at the Hilbert Museum of California Art at Chapman University. We will be posting the full interview soon, but in the meantime, enjoy this preview.
Contemporary Women Sculptors
In an industry traditionally dominated by male artists, it is refreshing and, in some instances, rare to discover art made by women. Today we are taking a look at sculptural work by contemporary female artists, as sculpture is a medium that is often associated with masculinity. In the past few years, various exhibitions have surfaced that
April Art Guide for LA and OC
Important Events Slow Art Day! April 9 2016, a day dedicated to the appreciation and detailed viewing of art. Orange County Museum Exhibitions Openings: 4/2 OCMA Upcoming Exhibitions Ongoing: Bowers Museum Current Exhibitions Laguna Art Museum Current Exhibition Closing: No closing exhibitions in April. Gallery Highlights 4/2 – 4/23 Chicali 13 at OCCCA 4/2 –
Slow Art Day Instagram Contest!
It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see. – Henry David Thoreau Museum visitors spend an average of 15 to 30 seconds looking at a work of art. Slow Art Day is a global event dedicated to lengthening this amount of time. Spending more time with a work of art results in
Expressionism
Expressionism is an artistic style that emerged simultaneously throughout Germany in the late 19th century and continued into the early 20th century, partially in response to a phenomenon called “fin de siecle,” which means “end of the century” in French. Not unlike when people in the 1990s were afraid that computers were going to stop
Carole Caroompas' Study for a Briar Rose
Women’s History Month is here, which gives us the wonderful opportunity to talk about one of our many talented female artists, Carole Caroompas and her intriguing drawing, “Study for Briar Rose.” Carole Caroompas was born in Oregon City, Oregon and currently lives and works in Los Angeles, California where she is a professor at Otis