The Department of Art will welcome freshmen, transfers, and their family’s to a reception an d pizza party on Tuesday, August 21 in Guggenheim Gallery at 4 p.m. The pizza will be cooked in kiln’s by Professor Kiddie. All the ingredients are fresh and prepared on sight! For more information, please contact the
A whole cast of Chapman University alumni were among the television industry notables honored with Primetime Emmy nominations this month. Nominated were: Kent Bassett (MFA/FP ’08), Outstanding Picture Editing For Reality Programming category for his work as part of the editing team on “Top Chef.” Darren Bunkley ’98, Outstanding Reality – Competition Program category for
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
Dr. Jennifer Bevan, associate professor of Communication Studies and Health MS Program co-edit the peer-reviewed journal Contemporary Argumentation and Debate with her husband Gordon Stables from USC. The first issue (Volume 31, 2010) was just published. It is an open source journal published annually and is available in multiple formats (PDF, Kindle, and ebook). Check
Presidential Scholar Sabrina Davis ’12, a graphic design student who created a colorful nutrition labeling program to help students make smart food choices, has been awarded a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship. Davis, who graduates this spring with a major in graphic design and a minor in food science, will use the scholarship to study and