WE WERE THEN, WE ARE NOW
Students in Dr. Fiona Shen’s First Year Focus (FFC) class, “Exploring the Escalette Collection of Art: An Experiential Journey” recently installed a new exhibition in Roosevelt…
Escalette Permanent Collection of Art at Chapman University
The Escalette Collection Celebrates its 10+2 Year Anniversary
The Escalette Collection recently celebrated its 10+2 year anniversary, a commemoration delayed two years due to the pandemic. Established in 2010 through a generous…
An Escalette Summer
This story begins in a little coffee shop in Urbana, Illinois, where I paired my first day as an intern at the Escalette Collection…
Gerald Clarke and Creative Sovereignty
Last week, Gerald Clarke, multimedia artist, enrolled member of the Cahuilla Band of Indians, and Professor of Ethnic Studies at UC Riverside, came to…
River Garza
River Garza, The Angelino, Acrylic, marker, spray paint, color pencil, and chalk pastel, 2021. Earlier this summer, the Escalette Collection introduced Mercedes Dorame, an…
Tribute to Maggi Owens
Image: Maggi Owens (center) with Ross and Phyllis Escalette It is with great sadness that the Escalette Collection announces the death of its former…
Celebrating 10 Years of TAB
The Escalette Collection is excited to announce a new exhibition featuring 10 years of Tab: The Journal of Poetry & Poetics in the Henley…
Escalette Collection Featured in International Exhibition
Almost a year ago, we announced that one of the most well-known paintings in the Escalette Collection – Untitled by Mary Corse – was going to…
Laurie Steelink
Laurie Steelink is an artist, curator, musician, and member of the Akimel O’otham tribe (Gila River Indian Community). Born in 1960, in Phoenix, Arizona,…
"The Artist is Present"
Designed by Henry Littleworth ’23 The Escalette Collection is excited to share our new mini podcast series hosted by Catalyst: A Creative Industries Podcast,…
Mercedes Dorame
As an artist born in Los Angeles, and as a member of the Gabrielino Tongva Indians of California (whose land extended from the Los…
New Student Curated Exhibition in Beckman Hall
The 3rd floor of Beckman Hall recently got an art makeover by students in Micol Hebron’s Contemporary Gallery Practices course. Throughout the Spring semester,…