Met with the library people to discuss the College’s Schweitzer collection. This is a large collection of documents, objects, and possessions owned and related to Albert Schweitzer. This is a resource with great potential, but largely uncatalogued. It will be a slow, but rewarding, task to turn the collection into a usable resource for faculty,
No real routine yet – too early of course. The days are filled with meetings – many interesting and full of promise. As I transition from being a Chair to a Dean it is interesting to work with my colleagues and appreciate what they are doing in the early days of semester. There is comfort
Today I was reminded of the importance of support staff – all that they do is so often ‘behind the scenes’ and yet vital to every College, Department, and individual faculty. As Wilkinson moves in new directions the significance of the staff becomes more emphasized. Today we continued our interviews for the Dean’s assistant (left
The art journal X-TRA , co-founded by Professor Stephen Berens, is celebrating its 15th year with 15 day s of events at ForYourArt in Los Angeles. On Monday, October 1, Stephen Berens presents The Los Angeles Times and Me . A live performance based on the 1998 video of the same name. The video script
The art journal X-TRA, co-founded by Professor Stephen Berens, is celebrating its 15th year with 15 days of events at ForYourArt in Los Angeles http://x-traonline.org/x-tras-15-years-in-15-days/. On Monday, October 1, Stephen Berens presents The Los Angeles Times and Me. A live performance based on the 1998 video of the same name. The video script is comprised
Cassandra Kottman, BFA Studio Art ’12, and Robbie Kociela, BFA Studio Art ’13, spent their summer at Camp Kamaji for girls in Minnesota. Some of the great projects they got to work on with the girls were Ceramic gnomes, ceramic cupcakes, tin foil lanterns, action paintings, tape paintings, and animal plaster sculptures/monster sculptures
Professor, David Lee, is featuring his work in the exhibit, Painting on Edge II, at the Den Contemporary. The exhibit will be open up until October 19, 2012. If you’re interested in going to the opening reception it is tonight from 5-8pm. Painting on Edge II is an expanded survey of new trends in Hard
Professor Stephen Berens’ installation, along with Sol LeWitt’s and Elizabeth Bryant’s exhibitions at the Carl Solway Gallery were featured in the Cincinnati Enquirer and the international Art Daily. See the article here: http://www.artdaily.com/index.asp?int_sec=2∫_new=57672#.UFdta0T5AuF
For the first time this year, senior Graphic Design majors and minors have the amazing and unique opportunity to get professional feedback and mentoring from award winning designer, Ty Mattson. BFA Graphic Design Alumnae, Jenn Peters ’10, works with Mattson Creative and because of this, Mattson has since been very impressed with Chapman Graphic Design
On Saturday, Sept. 15, Art Professor Micol Hebron will be showing a piece of her art in a show called “Fix-It-Up Too“, a reprise of The Fix-It-Up Show, a project first developed by Jeffrey Vallance and Michael Uhlenkott for an exhibition at LACE in 1981. Several artists were asked to bring in works that they