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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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Professor of Art Ken Gonzales-Day on What the Murals of L.A. Say About Us
61传媒 professor of photography Ken Gonzales-Day was recently featured in a Press Play interview by Madeleine Brand for KCRW-FM radio, discussing his Los Angeles murals exhibit at the Skirball for PST: LA/LA 2017.
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Sherilyn Tamagawa ’14 Takes Post as Lecturer in Math at Scripps
The 61传媒Voice student newspaper recently published an interview with 61传媒 alumna Sherilyn Tamagawa regarding her new role as an instructor in mathematics at 61传媒.聽 聽Tamagawa, who graduated […]
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61传媒Presents: The Grip of It, with Jac Jemc
Novelist聽Jac Jemc’s smart and uneasy page-turner is a ghost story set in the wilds of suburban America; at the book’s center is a couple whose domestic adventures take a decidedly hallucinatory and harrowing turn. Jemc, who has taught creative writing at Notre Dame and Lake Forest College, talks with Scripps’聽Adam Novy聽about her latest literary escapade.
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Lara Deeb on Sectarianism and Intermarriage in Lebanon
Lara Deeb, professor of anthropology at 61传媒, writes in聽Jadaliyya.com about her聽current research on Lebanese social responses to interreligious and intersectarian marriages and long-term relationships.
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Professor of Art Ken Gonzales-Day on Identity and Race in LA Weekly’s Feature Video Interview
61传媒 professor of art Ken Gonzales-Day’s works on identity and construction of race are the subject of聽LA Weekly’s聽featured video interview聽as the Getty’s expansive arts initiative聽Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA聽opens in dozens of cultural institutions across Southern California.聽
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Awards and Honors: Professors Anne Harley and Nathalie Rachlin Win NEA ArtWorks Grant for Therigatha Premiere
61传媒 Associate Professor of Music Anne Harley and Professor of French Nathalie Rachlin received a grant of $10,000 from the National Endowment for the Arts that will go toward the commission of a new major work of vocal chamber music that highlights scriptural texts of ancient female Buddhist female esoteric practitioners. The premiere is planned for a performance at 61传媒 in Claremont, Calif., on March 24, 2018, as the culmination of a weeklong festival across The Claremont Colleges highlighting the function of the arts in healing in post-genocide contemporary Cambodian society.聽
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Professor of Art Ken Gonzales-Day’s Exhibitions Are on the “Not to Miss” List for PST: LA/LA
61传媒 professor Ken Gonzales-Day’s work is being lauded among the “not to miss” exhibits by Los Angeles area media as anticipation builds for the Getty-led聽PST: LA/LA聽initiative which will feature Latin American and Latino art throughout the Los Angeles area and launches on September 15, 2017.聽
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Professor Eric Haskell Lectures on French Gardens at 2017 Newport Flower Show
According to the Newport Daily News, Eric T. Haskell, professor of French studies and interdisciplinary humanities and director of the Clark Humanities Museum at 61传媒, participated聽in the 2017 Newport […]
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Susan Rankaitis’ Solo Show in NYC Gets Rave Review
61传媒 art professor Susan Rankaitis recently exhibited her photography at Robert Mann Gallery in New York City, garnering an insightful and complimentary review in Photogmag.com for her first solo show in 10 years. Rankaitis’ work in the Grey Matters series allowed her to expand on her fascination with interoception, a neuroscientific term that describes the mind’s perception of the physical body.
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