Chapman University alumni honored with Emmy nominations for news, primetime work
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
Professor Keene to conduct seminar here for award-winning Gilder Lehrman Institute
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 …
Writing a dictionary to preserve a language is an Amazonian, but rewarding, project
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
Art Professor Micol Hebron stays busy over the summer
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
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