Professor Berens at the Nida Art Colony
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
A Museum Without Walls
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
Professor Berens at the Nida Art Colony
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
Curator and Art Collection Featured in Magazine Article
Chapman University Curator, Maggi Owens, and the Escalette Permanent Collection of Art, are featured in a recent article in a popular style and culture magazine, Orange County’s Riviera. To read the article click here: http://www.modernluxury.com/riviera-orange-county/articles/museum-without-walls
Upcoming Leatherby Library Special Collections Display
Artist, Mary Heebner, is scheduled for an exhibit in either the fall or spring semester in Special Collections cases of the Leatherby Libraries. It will consist of the books that she produced under the imprint simplemente maria press. This installation will emphasize the process, how idea becomes sketches, then prototypes, then hopefully a finished piece.
Professor Hebron's Summer Full of Art
Assistant Professor, Micol Hebron, has a new piece in a group show at Jancar Gallery that will be available to see up until July 28. The show and her video were recently reviewed by Holly Myers in the LA times and can be read here: http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/culture/la-et-cm-art-review-the-very-eye-of-the-night-at-jancar-gallery-20120703,0,3988702.story For more information about Hebron’s exhibit you may visit
Faculty Staying Busy Over Summer
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
Chapman University senior awarded Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship
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
Ashley Liberio is heading to Eastern Europe
Wilkinson staff member and graduate student Ashley Liberio will be heading to Eastern Europe this week to participate in an MBA travel course put on by Dr. Jim Coyle of the MAIS program. The course will last three weeks and will take her to Tbilisi, Georgia and Baku, Azerbaijan where she will study the geopolitics
Wilkinson College at the Staff Summit 2012 – Resource Fair
Wilkinson College of Humanities and Social Sciences was excited at the opportunity to showcase all Wilkinson departments and programs, and the faculty within those departments and programs, at the Staff Summit Resource Fair on Thursday, June 14 in Beckman Hall. Wilkinson displayed faculty published books, student and faculty research projects, ancient artifacts, Wilkinson Review (past