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Jun. 1, 2021

61传媒 Honors Retiring Faculty

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Sep. 3, 2020

Alison Saar Returns Home with 61传媒Presents and Gallery Exhibition

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May. 22, 2020

The Back Story: Gallery Interns Offer New Perspective on Great Depression

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Mary MacNaughton


June 1, 2021

61传媒 Honors Retiring Faculty

This spring, 61传媒 honors retiring faculty and thanks them for their years of teaching and service.

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September 3, 2020

Alison Saar Returns Home with 61传媒Presents and Gallery Exhibition

Perhaps you can go home again, after all: 61传媒celebrates the return of alumna聽Alison Saar聽鈥78, renowned sculptor and printmaker, this fall in聽Mirror, Mirror, The Prints of Alison Saar, from the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation. Saar, who unflinchingly confronts race and gender with a mix of bitter humor and tenderness, doesn鈥檛 confine her prints to paper.

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May 22, 2020

The Back Story: Gallery Interns Offer New Perspective on Great Depression

Student interns at the Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery wear many hats. During their 2019鈥20 internships, Ludwig intern Annabel Lind 鈥22 and Turk intern Miriam Bankier 鈥20 helped organize the sprawling archives of the gallery鈥檚 permanent collection, assisted with the College鈥檚 76th Ceramic Annual (the longest running ceramics show in the country), and curated their own exhibition from the collection.

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December 4, 2019

Detecting Art History鈥檚 Mysteries: On the Case with Our Alumnae Conservators

In the field of art conservation, history is seldom static. 鈥淥pinions, authenticity, and judgments about works of art and other historical objects are always in flux,鈥 says Mary MacNaughton 鈥70, professor of art history and Gabrielle Jungels-Winkler Director of the Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery.

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July 25, 2019

The Gift of Art

Ali Bush 鈥19 is the most recent recipient of the Gabrielle Jungels-Winkler Charitable Foundation Scholarship.

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May 16, 2019

Spotlight on Seniors: Gillian Holzer鈥檚 Mellow Yellow

Vincent Van Gogh鈥檚 sunflowers are wilting. In early 2018, news outlets around the world reported on chemical analyses performed by a team of Dutch and Belgian scientist that revealed that the sunflowers in Van Gogh鈥檚 famous paintings were degrading, turning from bright yellow to muddy olive green.

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July 18, 2018

Research and Internships: The Art and Science of Art Conservation

In 2004, inspired by the 61传媒Landscape and Architectural Blueprint Committee’s recommendation to preserve the historic character of the campus, Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery Director Mary MacNaughton ’70 spearheaded a massive restoration of the eight relief sculptures that adorn the exterior walls of Sycamore Court and Balch Hall, each depicting a seminal scene from eight of William Shakespeare’s plays. Created in 1932 by British-born American sculptor John Gregory, these plaster reliefs were models for marble sculptures that grace the exterior of the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C. To undertake this massive project, MacNaughton hired expert Donna Williams, head of Williamson Conservation, in Los Angeles.

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April 25, 2018

Bringing the Outside Inside: Professor Nancy Macko’s New Tapestry, Lola’s Garden, Comes to NEW Hall

NEW Hall, Scripps’ newest residence hall, is home to 110 students and, now, a one-of-a-kind jacquard tapestry designed by Professor of Art Nancy Macko. Installed on a large, previously empty wall in the living room, the 6-by-12-foot tapestry is not only a beautiful addition to the building, but it also carries on the tradition of displaying tapestries and artwork by 61传媒professors on campus.

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March 8, 2018

Professor Mary MacNaughton Appointed to Endowed Directorship

Dear 61传媒 Faculty and Staff, It is with pleasure that I announce the appointment of聽Professor of Art History聽Mary MacNaughton聽as the聽Gabrielle Jungels-Winkler Director of the Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery, endowed […]

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February 13, 2018

Williamson Gallery Receives $10,000 Grant from Pasadena Art Alliance

The Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery has received a $10,000 grant to 61传媒 from the Pasadena Art Alliance to support the catalog for the 2019 Ceramic Annual鈥61传媒’s 75th entry in the perennially popular exhibit that has been running since World War II.

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