Department of Art Welcome Reception
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
Art Student Exhibition: Warped Spaces
Warped Spaces, August 13, 2012, is a solo exhibition of Julie Russo in the second level studio room of the Guggenheim Gallery that discusses how light, space, and time define our perception of reality. Warped Spaces will be open to the public for one night at a reception from 5:30pm-7:00pm. Artist and student, Julie Russo works
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