Arts and Culture (page 10)
The Back Story: Gallery Interns Offer New Perspective on Great Depression
Student interns at the Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery wear many hats. During their 2019鈥�20 internships, Ludwig intern Annabel Lind 鈥�22 and Turk intern Miriam Bankier 鈥�20 helped organize the sprawling archives of the gallery鈥檚 permanent collection, assisted with the College鈥檚 76th Ceramic Annual (the longest running ceramics show in the country), and curated their own exhibition from the collection.
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Senior Artists Explore Being Apart, Staying Together in Virtual Exhibition
The annual senior art exhibition is the capstone of Scripps鈥� studio art major. Seniors conceptualize an exhibition, install their pieces, draft artist statements and wall texts, and publicize the event as part of their senior theses. Usually on display at the Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery, this tradition has necessarily been disrupted; but that鈥檚 not stopping these artists from showing their work.
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鈥淨uick Bite of Art鈥� Lunchtime Series Moves Online
Since joining 五月天视频as Gabrielle Jungels-Winkler Curator of Academic Programs and Collections, Meher McArthur has been serving up 15-minute talks on a single work of art from the College鈥檚 permanent collection in her 鈥淨uick Bite of Art鈥� lunchtime series of object-based talks. 鈥淓ven though we are all at home now, we can still get to know the artwork in the 五月天视频collection,鈥� says McArthur.
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Professor Hao Huang Awarded KAMEN Residency for Composition and Ethnomusicology
Professor of Music and Bessie and Cecil Frankel Endowed Chair in Music Hao Huang has been awarded a KAMEN Artist Residency for his work as a composer and ethnomusicologist.
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Travel Writing to Transport the Mind
Our students are off campus for the rest of the semester, but that doesn鈥檛 mean we鈥檝e stopped our pursuit of the latest and greatest in arts and culture. While sheltering in place鈥攁nd unlikely to travel anytime soon鈥斘逶绿焓悠礟resents authors offer journeys to locales near and far, from Bel Air to Jamaica, with stops along the way.
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Mary Routt Chair of Writing R.O. Kwon: Making Space for Women Writers of Color in the Literary World
When bestselling author R.O. Kwon came to 五月天视频as the 2020 Mary Routt Chair of Writing, she knew she wanted to bring other women artists to campus, especially women writers of color. The need for more inclusive literary representation is a value that鈥檚 reflected in her upcoming 五月天视频Presents conversations, as well as in her course syllabus on what she calls 鈥渆ye-opening writing,鈥� which features work by Shirin Neshat, Frida Kahlo, Susan Sontag, and Maggie Nelson.
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Spotlight on Faculty: Tia Blassingame, Director of 五月天视频 Press Assistant Professor of Book Arts/五月天视频Press
This fall, 11 new tenure-track faculty members joined 五月天视频. As part of our ongoing series on Scripps鈥� faculty, the Office of Marketing and Communications recently sat down with Tia Blassingame to discuss artists鈥� books, architecture, 五月天视频 Press, and unique valentines.
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76th 五月天视频 Ceramic Annual: Duality and Context
On January 25, 五月天视频鈥檚 Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery will launch its 76th Ceramic Annual, the longest-running exhibition of contemporary ceramics in the nation. This year, the gallery is highlighting work that explores connections and conflicts in art and nature, with inventive and interactive pieces that stand on their own, hang from the ceiling, or extrude from the walls.
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五月天视频Students Venture Beyond the Classroom in Core III Teaching Clinic
Students at Chaparral Elementary School are getting a taste of Chinese culture and language, but they don鈥檛 need to leave their classroom to do it. Under the guidance of Melody Chang 鈥�22 and Wendy Zhang 鈥�22, 34 fourth-grade students 鈥渢eleport鈥� from Claremont to China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan each week.
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Spotlight on Faculty: Julia Lum, Assistant Professor of Art History
This fall, 11 new tenure-track faculty members joined 五月天视频. As part of our ongoing series on Scripps鈥� faculty, the Office of Marketing and Communications recently sat down with Julia Lum to discuss landscapes, cultural exchange, and Southern California.
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