Happy Holidays and Season’s Greetings from the Escalette Permanent Collection of Art! 2019 has been an exciting year for the Escalette Collection! Here are some of the highlights: A generous gift from the Ellingson Family allowed us to develop our ceramics collection by purchasing seminal works by prestigious ceramicists based in southern California. Our Spring 2019 exhibition, New
You know Dali and Monet and Warhol and Matisse, you know Pollock, Picasso and Rembrandt and O’Keeffe, But do you recall, The most subtle painting of all? Untitled by Mary Corse Was a very abstract piece And if you ever saw it You would even say, “oh geez!” All of the other paintings Used to laugh and call it names They never let Untitled
Hanukkah begins tonight, and we are recognizing these next eight days and nights with works from a series by Michael Hafftka. As the son of two Jewish Holocaust survivors, Hafftka’s art reflects his resulting experiences and feelings. His work is centered on explorations of his faith and relationship with God, while also dealing with human
‘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