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!
Junior BFA Graphic Design Student, Ariel Roth, designed and executed this year’s Graphic Design Club T-shirts. Senior BFA Graphic Design Students, Breanna Rawding and Devin Valdivia, also contributed to the design. The shirts come in male and female and are selling for $12.
Adjunct faculty member, Andrew Shalat, has recently been appointed to Head of Graphic Design for the Associate of Occupational Studies (AOS) program at Session’s College. To view the article and Professor Shalat’s program welcome message, go here: http://www.sessions.edu/campus-news/instructor-news/new-head-of-graphic-design/
On Saturday, April 28, the 9th Annual AIGA Portfolio Review was held with over 30 reviewers from professional agencies and firms and 60 students participating from a variety of local schools. The students had the opportunity to sit down with up to 7 reviewers and get valuable feedback on their work and presentation. Adobe also
Assistant Professor of Art, Lia Halloran, has a solo exhibition, “Sublimation Transmutation”, that is opening on Saturday, May 5 from 6-8pm at Martha Otero Gallery in Los Angeles. Anyone and Everyone is welcome to go! For more information regarding the show please go to: http://www.marthaotero.com/exhibitions/2012-05-05_lia-halloran/
Senior BFA Graphic Design student, Devin Valdivia, designed the T-shirt for Chapman’s Henry Kemp-Blair Shakespeare Festival. The festival is hosted by Chapman’s Department of Theatre and the tournament consists of Scene, Monologue, Design Presentations, and Workshops devoted to Shakespeare’s texts.
Designer Career Paths is Wednesday, April 25, at 7pm in Argyros Forum, room 201. The event consists of four professional designers speaking about how they got where they are in their career and their design process and projects. The four designers will be Dani Bartov (Creative Director, Princess Cruises), Adrienne Grace (Freelance Designer), Amy Jo
Chapman University Alumni, Christopher Richmond, Minor in Art 2010, was recently accepted into the University of Southern California’s MFA program at the Roski School of Fine Arts and the California Institute of the Arts’ School of Art MFA program. He will be attending USC where he was awarded a full scholarship and a Teaching
Next Friday, April 27 from 12-4:30pm, The Art Department will host its second Art History Symposium in Kennedy Hall 142. This is a unique opportunity to hear what students in other Universities are working on! The Symposium is free and open to the Public.