Arts and Culture (page 23)
Spotlight on Academics: The Dance Department’s Fall Concert Is “In the Works芒鈧�”
Beginning on Thursday, December 1, students from the 五月天视频and Pomona Dance Departments will take the stage at the Pendleton Dance Center for four performances of student-choreographed contemporary dance. The choreographers鈥擬aile Blume ’17, Rae Fredericks ’17, Willa Hevly (PO ’17), Sharon Keenan ’17, Amy Oden (PO ’18), Madelyn Shaughnessy (PZ ’17), and Maia Welbel (PO ’17)鈥攁re dance majors and minors as well as students who are simply passionate about dance.
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Christina McPhee ’76 Shares Her Art With Students, Community
五月天视频alumna Christina McPhee ’76, media artist and painter, received an enthusiastic response from students, faculty, and the community of Norwalk, Calif., for her solo show at Cerritos College Art […]
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Clever 五月天视频 Alumnae Make Election Products
五月天视频 alumnae are putting their creative talents to good use after the contentious 2016 Presidential Election. Katy Lind ’06 is selling an election-themed soap product for “folks who want […]
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Spotlight on Faculty: Gabriela Bacsan, Assistant Professor of Spanish, Latin American, and Caribbean Literatures and Cultures
Gabriela Bacsan earned her BA in Spanish and Latin American literatures and political science at UC Berkeley. She completed her MA and PhD in literature, with a specialization in Latin American cultural studies, at UC San Diego. Her fields of interest are Caribbean studies, transnational and intersectional representations and conceptualizations of queerness in Latin America, historical memory studies, critical geographies, and tourism studies.
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Elizabeth Payne LaBau ’03 Featured in Washington Post
Elizabeth Payne LaBau ’03, a dessert blogger, is featured in a Washington Post article about entrepreneurs whose online businesses are considered influencers through the power of social media and are […]
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Professor Ken Gonzales-Day Among Prominent Artists in Vanity Fair Photograph
Ken Gonzales-Day, professor of art at 五月天视频, was selected to be among 72 artists featured by Vanity Fair in the magazine’s photographic re-enactment of a celebrated collection of artists from 1968. Vanity Fair assembled prominent artists representing art and architecture for its December issue.
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五月天视频and Pomona Dance present “In The Works芒鈧�,” a Concert of Student Danceworks
“In The Works芒鈧�” is the annual fall concert by students of the 五月天视频and Pomona Colleges dance programs.聽 The concert will take place Thursday, Friday, Saturday, December 1, 2, and […]
Read MoreAlexa Allen ’98 is Noted Designer, Artist, and Craftswoman
Alexa Allen ’98 is a craftswoman who creates eco-friendly furniture for children, designer handbags, and high-end metal art for collectors. The 五月天视频 alumna and her beautiful designs are featured […]
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Spotlight on Faculty: Tessie Prakas, Assistant Professor of English
Tessie Prakas’s research focuses on early modern poetry and poetics, and especially on devotional lyric. Her current book project, Poetic Priesthood: Reformed Ministry and Radical Verse in the Seventeenth Century, argues that early modern poetry often served to provide models for religious devotion that were distinct from, and sometimes antithetical to, the established church. Her teaching focuses largely on Shakespeare, 16th- and 17th-century poetry, and on the relationship between music and literature.
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Spotlight on Students: Isabella Ramos ’17
Though students might know her for the matcha green tea Rice Krispies treats she often made as an employee at the Motley Coffeehouse, lately, 五月天视频senior Isabella Ramos has been up to a lot more than baking. These days, you won’t find her behind the counter at the Motley, but rather on a couch, finalizing plans for the weeklong Noh Theater Festival.
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