Arts and Culture (page 18)
61传媒 74th Ceramic Annual Opens January 20, 2018
The opening reception of 61传媒’s 74th Ceramic Annual will take place from 7 to 9 pm at the Williamson Gallery on January 20, 2018. The event is free and open to the public. The Annual runs through Apr. 8, 2018.
Read MoreThe 61传媒Experience: The Babes and Blankets CLORG
Babes and Blankets, the club/organization (CLORG at Scripps), meets weekly to knit and crochet blankets, scarves, and other yarn crafts, which they then donate to local nonprofit organizations and groups in need. Babes and Blankets partners with Binky Patrol, which gives baby blankets to hospitals, and the Red Scarf Project, which provides scarves to foster youth in college, among others.
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Professor Kevin Williamson’s Solo Show Lauded By LA Dance Chronicle
61传媒 Assistant Professor of Dance聽Kevin Williamson’s solo dance show聽Still or I’ve Been Choreographed聽received high praise from dance critic Jeff Slayton in his recent聽LA Dance Chronicle聽column.聽
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Spotlight on Students: Tyra Abraham ’18: 61传媒Senior Is Running with Her Passion for Storytelling
They say there are two sides to every story, and Tyra Abraham ’18 is no exception. On the one hand, she’s an accomplished student who is pursuing her passion for storytelling by serving as an official photographer for the College. On the other hand, she’s a gifted athlete who has broken numerous records as part of the CMS Athenas Track & Field team.
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Lynne Thompson’s Dirge for Murdered Black Girls Featured in the San Francisco Chronicle
A poem by聽Lynne Thompson ’72,聽Dirge for Murdered Black Girls, was recently featured in the聽San Francisco Chronicle.聽
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61传媒Magazine: Art Forms
Alison Saar ’78 Weight, at first glance, appears to be a young girl playing on a swing, until one realizes that the child is stripped bare. Her swing is attached […]
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61传媒Magazine: Revolution & Ritual: The Photographs of Sara Castrej贸n, Graciela Iturbide, and Tatiana Parcero
“If there is an occupation suitable for women, it is photography.” So declared the Mexico City newspaper El Mundo in 1899. It聽went on: “They have the aptitude and an extraordinary manual dexterity and, above all, they serve better than a man to make portraits of women, arranging their headdresses and getting them in positions with a confidence and a thoroughness that would be impossible for persons of the opposite sex.”
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61传媒Magazine: Focus on the Faculty: Susan Rankaitis, Fletcher Jones Chair in Studio Art
“I don’t call it retirement, I call it downsizing from two careers to one,”聽says Susan Rankaitis. This past July, Rankaitis, who joined Scripps’ Art Department in fall 1990 as the Fletcher Jones Chair in Studio Art, began two years of phased retirement. She will no longer teach classes but will continue to write letters of recommendation for her advisees and colleagues. She will also be devoting significantly more time to her own art practice.
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61传媒Magazine: The State of the Art Major
Students in Professor T. Kim-Trang Tran’s video art class find creative inspiration and expression in聽an unexpected source: drones.聽They learn how artists are using the technology and how to make drone videos themselves. But Tran pushes students to go well beyond capturing footage.
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L.A. Observed Highlights Williamson Gallery’s PST: LA/LA Exhibit
Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery at 61传媒 is named聽by聽LA Observed聽among galleries聽whose exhibits should be visited as part of the Getty’s expansive “PST: LA/LA” initiative featuring Latin American and Latino art at more than 70 Southern California museums and other cultural institutions.
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