Arts and Culture (page 12)
In the Media: New York Times Profiles Artist Ron Nagle, Highlights First Sale to 61传媒
A recent New York Times profile of artist Ron Nagle revealed that the first work he ever sold, a miniature ceramic sculpture titled “Perfume Bottle,” now belongs to 61传媒’s […]
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61传媒 Receives Getty Foundation Grant for Three Full-Time Internships
For the 27th consecutive year, the Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery at 61传媒 has received a Getty Foundation grant to fund three full-time summer internships, the maximum number awarded each year through the Getty Marrow Undergraduate Internship program. The internships will focus on curation, collection and conservation, and visual resources.
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In the Media: Professor Martha Gonz谩lez Discusses Bolero in La Opini贸n
Assistant Professor of Chicana/o Latina/o Studies Martha Gonz脙隆lez was profiled in La Opini脙鲁n about her upcoming performance at LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes.
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In the News: Meher McArthur Highlights Williamson Gallery Artwork in Article on Buddhist Goddess
BuddhistDoor Global published an article by Meher McArthur, the Gabrielle Jungels-Winkler curator of academic programs and collections, titled “Tara: A Powerful Feminine Force in the Buddhist Pantheon.”
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Focus on Faculty: Sheila Walker, Professor of Psychology
Over the past few decades, the United States has become increasingly racially and ethnically diverse. However, within the discipline of psychology, studies of the lives of people of color in the U.S.鈥攅specially young women鈥攈ave been much too narrow, according to Professor of Psychology Sheila Walker.
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Spotlight on Alumnae: Helen Yenser ’17 Is Headed to the 2019 Academy Awards
61传媒 alumna Helen Yenser ’17 is headed to the 2019 Academy Awards. Yenser is an executive producer of an Oscar-nominated documentary short, Period. End of Sentence., that chronicles an effort to fight the stigmas attached to menstruation in the village of Kathikhera, India.
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In the Media: Alison Saar ’78 Exhibits Sculpture, Reimagines聽Uncle Tom’s Cabin
L.A. Louver, the contemporary art gallery in Venice, CA, is currently displaying a sculpture by Alison Saar ’78, “Grow’d.”
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In the Media: 61传媒Presents’ debut of “Wicked Bodies” Featured, LA Dance Chronicle
61传媒Presents, the College’s signature event series, was聽featured in the聽LA Dance Chronicle聽for its showing of聽Liz聽Lerman’s dance-theater work-in-progress,聽Wicked Bodies, which premiered to a packed Balch Hall on February 5, 2019.
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Spotlight on Staff: Jennifer Martinez Wormser ’95, Director of Ella Strong Denison Library
This spring, alumna Jennifer Martinez Wormser ’95 was appointed Denison Librarian of the Ella Strong Denison Library. An English major and French minor at Scripps, she earned her MLS degree with a concentration in archival management from the University of Maryland, College Park.
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A Star is Born: Museum Acquires Artist’s Book on Constellations by Lauren Koenig
Look up at the sky, and there’s a chance you’ll be able to spot Ursa Major, Andromeda, or even Cassiopeia鈥攃ertainly the Big Dipper. However, you may have a harder time identifying the Aquila constellation. That’s because, as dual English and history major Lauren Koenig ’20 explains, most of our knowledge of the constellations comes from Greek mythology.
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