As part of its 150th Anniversary Celebration, Chapman University announced the “150 Faces of Chapman,” a campaign to recognize 150 individuals whose talents, accomplishments, leadership and support have made a remarkable difference to the university and in the world. Of the 150 individuals chosen, Wilkinson College made up 47 of the total selected. The following
The Wilkinson College of Humanities and Social Sciences 2011-2012 Series presents, “A Night with…Caesar” on Thursday, April 12th at 7:00 PM in the Wallace All Faiths Chapel. Julius Caesar was perhaps the most fascinating and controversial personality of western antiquity. Pacifier of Gaul, military genius, and political revolutionary, Caesar, with undeniable aspirations of dictatorship, presided
The end of the semester is just around the corner and shortly after is the beginning of the holiday break. Therefore, the blog will be taking a brief pause until students and faculty return to campus. But don’t panic! You won’t miss out on a thing because The Department of Art will be posting on
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Chairman Rocco Landesman has announced that the agency will award 863 grants to organizations and individual writers across the country. Project X, co-founded by Art Professor Stephen Berens, is one of the grantees and will receive funding to publish four issues of the art journal X-TRA in 2012. The 863 grant
Faculty members, Stephen Berens and Micol Hebron, are participating in “Immaterial and Proposals” which is a reading of artworks that exist in description only and is Inspired by the Artist’s Project in the new winter issue, the editors of X-TRA. The evening’s readings will be a mix of historical and contemporary works: outlined ideas and proposals for imagined
Graphic Design Club’s annual Sweet Exchange is an event where members of the club and art faculty bring and share baked goods that have a special meaning to them. Last night was the Sweet Exchange for Winter 2011 and not only did people enjoy delicious treats brought by their peers, but there was a white
The Wilkinson College of Humanities and Social Sciences 2011-2012 Series presents, “A Night with…Dante” on Wednesday, February 29th at 7:00 PM in the Wallace All Faiths Chapel. Italian poet, literary theorist, moral philosopher, and political thinker, Dante Alighieri is probably best known for his most famous work, the Divine Comedy, but he was also a
Shown above is a detail of one of his tomb rubbings Mr. William Geismar generously donated 73 tomb rubbings that he has personally made and collected over the last 40 years. Also included in his donation were books and files containing rubbing information as well as five boxes of rubbing charcoal. His donation will join the
Adjunct art faculty member, Helen Kim, has some of her work featured in the book IT IS ALMOST THAT. The book is a collective piece of various women artists and writers and is published by Siglio Press, which is a new, independent press in Los Angeles dedicated to publishing uncommon books that live at the intersections
You are invited to the Department of Art’s AnnualCeramics Sale Come support our students and do some Holiday shopping. Give someone a unique and handmade gift for the holiday. When: December 5-9, 2011 Where: Attallah Piazza Time: 11:00AM- 3:00PM We hope to see you there!