Editor’s Note: The following letter was released Friday, August 17, from the Office of the Chancellor announcing the passing of Marv Meyer, Ph.D., Griset Chair in Bible and Christian Studies professor, and director of the Albert Schweitzer Center. A video on his work has also been posted at Panther Productions. I have the incredibly sad
Professor Micol Hebron and Professor Stephen Berens, of the Art Department , were both awarded the prestigious California Community Foundation Getty Fellowship for mid-career artists for 2012. Ten mid-career and ten emerging artist fellowships were awarded (out of 388 applicants!) and Chapman University is the only university represented by two of its faculty.
Chapman University Assistant Professor of Art History, Justin St. P. Walsh, will be giving a special talk on Thursday, Aug ust 9 titled, “’Giant Leaps for Mankind’ and the Future of the Past,” , at 8 p.m. at the Machine Project in Los Angeles (1200-D North Alvarado Street, 90026). Professor Walsh’s talk will explore
The old photograph projected onto the overhead screen showed what seemed to be a merry bunch of solid Americans looking on and cheering at a happy occasion. But that was just part of the story and literally half of the photo. In the next slide the entire photograph was revealed, and the classroom of history
Led by Jennifer Keene, Ph.D., professor of history and chair of Chapman University’s Department of History, the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History will hold a week-long seminar at Chapman, “Teaching American History with Images,” from July 29 to Aug. 4. Read more in Happenings …
The faded mosquito bites dotted around Priya Shah’s ankles will disappear, making that particular reminder of her January interterm studies in the Amazonian rain forest a mere memory. “They were huge,” Shah said with a laugh, brushing at her ankles near the end of the spring semester, months since her trip to the Amazon. “But
Chapman Professor of Art, Micol Hebron, is a video and performance artist who has worked out of Los Angeles for the past 15 years. She currently has a piece in a group show at Jancar Gallery called, “The Very Eye of the Night,” which can be viewed now through July 28. To check out the
Assistant Professor of Art, Stephen Berens, has been invited to be a resident at the Nida Art Colony in Nida, Lithuania for the month of July. While there Professor Berens is producing a site-specific photographic installation, which will open to the public in late July. The Nida Art Colony is part of the Vilnius
Maggi Owens always smiles when she sees Ross Escalette coming. That’s because the Chapman University curator knows if it weren’t for a substantial gift from the Lido Island businessman and philanthropist, she’d be out begging collectors and artists for anything they could spare. Owens had managed to amass a respectable library of works for the
In the photographs above Stephen Berens is discussing the project with a representative from the Norwegian Embassy. Professor Stephen Berens has been invited to be a resident at the Nida Art Colony in Nida, Lithuania for the month of July. While there, Professor Berens is producing