Arts and Culture (page 3)
61´«Ã½Students Take Top Honors in Regional Singing Competition
Four 61´«Ã½applied voice students participated, and all were awarded top honors in their respective categories: Jeannette Hunker ’23, Aviva Miller ’24, and Isha Singh ’23 earned first prize, and Cece Malone ’24 garnered second.
Read MoreMartha Gonzalez to Deliver Commencement Address at UCLA School of Music
Gonzalez, who received a MacArthur Fellowship in 2022, is a UCLA alum from the Class of 1999.
Read MoreLindsey Galloway ’07 Earns Sundance Honors for New Screenplay
When Lindsey Galloway ’07 wrote her senior thesis, a feminist reinterpretation of historical novels, she didn’t expect that her academic research would eventually lead to an award-winning screenplay.
Read MoreSpotlight on Seniors: Vivian Monteiro ’23’s Art Shines in Debut Solo Exhibition
On campus, the Williamson Gallery has been instrumental in connecting Monteiro with the art community at 61´«Ã½and elsewhere.
Read MoreSpotlight on Seniors: Hannah Lebow ’23 Brings an International Perspective to Art History
While she ultimately chose 61´«Ã½for its strong French academics, Lebow chose to pursue an art history minor while in Paris.
Read MoreJulia Lum Awarded 2023 Getty/ACLS Postdoctoral Fellowship
Lum’s fellowship project, Landfalls: Art Between Britain and Polynesia, reexamines and re-centers art history in the Pacific region from the 18th century onward.
Read MoreArt Classes Provide Foundation for Alex Trimm ’14’s Sustainability Career
As an optimization lead for Flashfood, an app that collaborates with grocery stores to reduce food waste, Trimm uses her visualization and communication skills to conduct data analysis.
Read MoreAnna-Louise Walton ’14 Uses Practical Interdisciplinary Skills in Music Composition Career
Professors in the music departments at both 61´«Ã½and Pomona College were instrumental (no pun intended) in affirming her passion for music, and their support helped give her the confidence to pursue a career in music. Her time at 61´«Ã½also equipped her with the practical skills necessary for a career in the arts; namely, knowing how to write.
Read MoreAt Sunlit Residency, Cándida Jáquez Conducts Research into All-Female Mariachi Band
” . . . we often are scrambling for time to really have the space to sit down and do something like writing,” Jáquez said of the residency.
Read Moreheidi rhodes Receives 2023–24 Creative Capital Award for Book Project
The project, Vital Signs, “foregrounds an anti-ableist way of being, premised on relationality and interdependency, with special attention to form as part of sick/disabled practices for living differently.”
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