COVER
Micol Hebron, Associate Professor of Art, is a video and performance artist who has been making work in Los Angeles for over 15 years.…
Escalette Permanent Collection of Art at Chapman University
Catherine Opie on Bearing Witness
On October 2nd, photographer and educator Catherine Opie took the audience on a journey through her body of work, beginning with the first photograph…
"The Artist is Present"
Cover designed by Arianna Patterson (’24) The Escalette Collection of Art is thrilled to share the second season of “The Artist is Present,” a…
Escalette Collection Ekphrasis Poetry Competition
During the Spring 2024 semester, the Escalette Collection of Art and the Department of English’s Creative Writing Program collaborated to host an Ekphrasis Poetry…
Summer Intern Reflection
Bella Marinos (Psychology major, Studio Art minor ’24) was a Summer 2024 Intern at the Escalette Collection of Art. Below are her thoughts about…
Summer Intern Reflection
Cassie Chan (Art History ’25) was a Summer 2024 Intern at the Escalette Collection of Art. Below are her thoughts about spending the summer…
Body of the World: Inna Jay Ray
In preparation for our recently installed exhibition in Roosevelt Hall, Body of the World, we at The Escalette Collection have immersed ourselves in the…
In the Absence of a Name: Highlights from the Escalette’s Untitled Works
A name, in essence, is both a connector and a separator. It is how we recognize and remember each other and other things, connecting…
ART 195 x The Escalette Collection: Art Hunt!
This past Spring semester, Art and Text (ART 195), the introductory class for all studio art and art history majors and minors, piloted an…
Rediscovering Wonder: The Abstract World of Jay Sagen
No season reminds me of my childhood more than summer. Away from the stress of grades and seemingly endless assignments, I feel a weight…
2023
For several years, it has been standard practice for the Escalette Collection of Art, an academic unit of Wilkinson College, to include students in…
Escalette Collection on Loan
This past Spring semester, The Honarkar Foundation in Laguna Beach featured three Tony DeLap artworks from the Escalette Collection of Art in its inaugural…