Student & Campus Life and UPB are proud to debut a brand new program series: VOICES! with an opening performance sponsored by Safe Space and Chapman’s Queer Straight Alliance. VOICES! combines performance art and social justice in order to entertain and inspire. The opening performance will feature spoken word artists Traci Kato-Kiriyama, Aakash
Art Professor Claudine Jaeniche n and senior graphic design major, Tavish Ryan, presented their case study on the design of evacuation information at the California Emergency Services Conference in Sacramento. They were the first designers invited to participate at this forum, which included Secretary Mark Ghilarducci and representatives from FEMA and CalEMA. Professor
Guggenheim Gallery at Chapman University is pleased to announce Dark Matters – Takes on Conceptual and Minimal Aesthetics, October 1, 2012 – October 29, 2012 (opening reception on Wednesday, October 3, 2012, 6-9 p.m.) Artist for this exhibit include: Krysten Cunningham, Adam Feldmeth, Tobias Hantmann, Christian Jendreiko, Analia Saban, Monika Stricker, There is no dark
The Suburban gallery of Chicago invited Professor Stephen Berens and fellow Los Angeles artist Elizabeth Bryant to represent the gallery at Co/Lab, which was part of the international art fair Art Platform-Los Angeles. The installation they produced, OVERLAP, was based on the work they made while in residence at Sol LeWitt’s studio in Spoletto, Italy.
In August, ceramics professor, David Kiddie, had one of his teapots “Red Rocket” published in The Best of 500 Ceramics: Celebrating a Decade in Clay, Sterling publishing Co, New York, NY, as part of an international juried book competition. The book is comprised of the best 500 works from 5000 eligible pieces that were previously
Our first Chair’s meeting since semester began. The Chairs perhaps looked a little awe-struck (a euphemism?) when Eric and Ann (the Associate Deans) and I laid out some of the plans for the coming weeks. We are setting off to build a series of strategic plans – for each department and then for the college
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