Faculty in Department of Languages In-Action
Dr. Valenzuela leads linguistics workshop for native teachers in the Amazon Pilar Valenzuela,Ph.D., associate professor, Department of Languages, Wilkinson College,recently led a four-day workshop to analyze the grammar of Shawi, an indigenouslanguage spoken in the Province of Alto Amazonas, in northeastern Peru. The workshop took place in Yurimaguas, a small town on the banks of
Speaker Việt Lê
Việt Lê, an artist, academic, creative writer, and curator, will be speaking Thursday, February 16 at 9:00 – 10:15 in MC 213. Come enjoy and listen to his talk or even check out his website vietle.net before to see some of his work.
Dawn Huxley's Trip to New York
Adjunct faculty member, Dawn Huxley, traveled to New York last winter to conduct research on several topics that she includes in her Life Drawing courses. Included in this research was the study of master drawings by Michelangelo, Del Sarto, Rembrandt and Prud’hon in the private drawing study room at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. In
Quotient Space
Adjunct faculty member, David Lee, has an exhibition with Michael Knight called Quotient Space. The show opened February 11 at Autonomie in Los Angeles. For more information about the show and Professor Lee’s work go to: http://autonomiefoundation.blogspot.com/
Intersection of Art and Science Spring 2012
The Intersection of Art and Science class this spring visited NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and got to see the “sandbox,” which is where NASA engineers test escape strategies for the immobilized Spirit rover. They landed the robot on Mars and have been exploring the planet for five years until it got stuck in a
Great Turnout at Fanatical Mechanical
Monday, February 6, House Industries opened their exhibit, Fanatical Mechanical in the Guggenheim Gallery. The show was expected to have over one hundred people show but ended up having even a greater turnout. After the opening, crowds of people went
Fanatical Mechanical, Feb. 6 - March 9
The Guggenheim Gallery presents, Fanatical Mechanical February 6-March 9 FanaticalMechanical showcases the Photo-Lettering archives and typefaces from one of theleading type foundries and design studios in America, House Industries.Photo-Lettering or PLINC was one of the earliest and most successful typehouses to utilize photo technology in the production of commercial typographyand lettering. Numerous artifacts chronicling PLINC’s
EVENT NEWS: Between Hitler and Stalin, Feb. 16
The Rodgers Center for Holocaust Education, Wilkinson College, and the History Department present, “Between Hitler and Stalin: Jewish Youth in the Polish-Soviet Borderlands” with Mr. Jeffrey Koerber on Thursday, February 16, 2012 at 7:00 p.m. in Beckman Hall, Room 404 (Bush Conference Center). ADMISSION: Free TIME: 7 p.m. LOCATION: Beckman Hall, Room 404 (Bush Conference Center) Jeffrey
Director's Screening and Public Forum, "Israel vs Israel" Feb. 9 @ 7PM
Wilkinson College of Humanities and Social Sciences invites you to the director’s screening of: Israel vs. Israel A film about Israelli Peace Activities “Israel vs.Israel” is an award-winning documentary that profiles 4 progressiveIsraeli organizations including Rabbis for Human Rights and Checkpoint Watch.This special event screening features the director and a strong panel inconversation, at the
Class Action at the Museum of Teaching and Learning
Adjunct faculty member, Gail Griswold, designed a 32-panel exhibit called “Class Action” in Summer 2011 for the Museum of Teaching and Learning, about school desegregation in California. The show runs through May at the Old Courthouse in Santa Ana, which is open weekdays from 9-5pm