After Grad Party in the Gallery
On Saturday, May 19, from 11:15am-noon, all 2012 graduating department majors are welcome to come to the Guggenheim gallery for an After Grad Party. Everyone please come directly to the gallery after the graduation ceremony and come and enjoy a more intimate farewell with other faculty, students, and their families. We will miss you all very much!!!!!
Studio Art Students Selected for Prestigious Exhibition
BFA in Studio Art Seniors, Kellan Shanahan and Andy Macasil, have been selected to have an exhibition at the Advocate & Gochis Galleries from June into July. The gallery is part of the LA Gay & Lesbian Center in West Hollywood, which is the largest LGBT organization in the world! The show will also be curated by
Motion Design Class
The department’s motion design class allows students to obtain the introductory skill set needed to explore issues of rhythm, space and time animation, and sound and video in motion design. Students also learn different types of movement, keyframe editing and interpolation, masking, effects, basic sound editing, and storyboarding for motion. The class also has a blog showing
2012 Wilkinson Student Awards and Honors
Congratulations are in order for a number of Wilkinson College students who were given awards at the Ludie and David C. Henley Social Sciences Awards (April 27) and the Humanities Awards Ceremony (May 4). Below is a list of the winners. Congrats to you all! Social Sciences Communication Studies: Departmental Honors – Stephen Comp, Maria
Panther wins California Newspaper Publishers Association General Excellence Award
Under the leadership of Editor Michelle Thomas (’12), The Panther beat The Daily Bruin (UCLA), The Daily Titan (CSU Fullerton), the Los Angeles Loyolan, (Loyola Marymount), The Golden Gate Xpress (San Francisco State University), the University Times (CSU Los Angeles) and six others to claim top honors for General Excellence among 4-year universities in the
French Class 360 to Perform Two Plays in One Night
The students in Dr. Veronique A. Olivier-Wallis’s French 360 course will be performing two plays in one night, “La Cage Ouverte” (The Open Cage) and “Presque Morte” (Almost Dead) on May 7 at 7 p.m. in Beckman Hall 404. Everyone is invited to come watch the class spread their wings and perform to a
Faculty Honored at Faculty Appreciation Reception
The following Department of Art faculty were honored at the 12th annual Faculty Appreciation Reception on April 26th: Joseph Banuelos (Graphic Design), David Burns (Studio Art), Eric Chimenti (Graphic Design), Edward Fosmire (Art History), Gail Griswold (Graphic Design), Claudine Jaenichen (Graphic Design), and David Kiddie (Studio Art).These were nominated by students and honored for creating
Alumnus Attending Indiana University with Scholarship
Leanne Mobley, BFA in Film Production and minor in Art 2010, is attending Indiana University in Bloomington and has received a scholarship that will pay for her whole first year of school. The photo above was taken in Iowa and accurately expresses her state of mind!
"We wish we had this at UC Berkeley!"
On Friday, April 27, Chapman hosted the second annual Chapman Art History Symposium. Students from UC Berkeley, CSU Long Beach and Chapman University had an opportunity to present their most innovative and original work. Presentations spanned the chronological era from antiquity to modern, drawing from both eastern and western traditions; questions and comments made for
Annual Ceramic Sale
The Department of Art is gearing up for their Annual Ceramic Sale, May 7-11 from 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. in the Attallah Piazza. Students from the Art Program will sell their ceramic projects made over the past year. These one-of-a-kind hand-crafted items go fast so be sure to stop by and support!