At the 17th annual faculty honors convocation, Dr. Justin Walsh, Dr. Wendy Salmond, Professor Lia Halloran, and Professor Micol Hebron, were awarded creative scholarly grants for the upcoming 2012-2013 academic year. The Department of Art did very well in earning so many grants!
On 28 April, members of Professor Walsh’s Cultural Heritage symposium and other students and faculty traveled to the Getty Villa for a tour with Jason Felch. Felch is an investigative journalist at the Los Angeles Times and co-author of the 2011 book Chasing Aphrodite: The Hunt for Looted Antiquities at the World’s Richest Museum. The
The graduating art history majors will be presenting their senior thesis projects this Friday, May 1, from 10:00 to 3:30 in MC 212. This is a wonderful opportunity to see the kinds of research projects the majors in our program have chosen to work on. Even if you can only come to one or two
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!!!!!
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
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
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
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!
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
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!