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In the Media: Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, Ebony Mourn Passing of Professor Emerita Samella Lewis
Samella Lewis, “godmother” of Black art and professor emerita of art, has died at 99.
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In the Media: Lucy Bloomtran ’23 to Curate Exhibition of Works by Jean Goodwin Ames, Claremont Courier Reports
Lucy Bloomtran ’23 will curate an exhibition of works by Jean Goodwin Ames, a former Scripps College professor.
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Paul Soldner’s Colorado Home Accepted into Historic Artists’ Homes and Studios Program
Professor Emeritus Paul Soldner’s home in Aspen, Colorado, was one of seven new sites accepted into the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s Historic Artists’ Homes and Studios program (HAHS).
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Tia Blassingame to Serve as Distinguished Speaker at Pennsylvania State University
Tia Blassingame, director of the Scripps College Press and assistant professor of art, will serve as one of three distinguished speakers at Pennsylvania State University Libraries’ 2022 Charles W. Mann Jr. Lecture in the Book Arts.
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Nancy Macko Exhibition on Display at Phillips Museum of Art
Nancy Macko, professor of art and Mary Wig Johnson Professor in Teaching, will exhibit The Fragile Bee at the Phillips Museum of Art at Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
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In the Media: Ken Gonzales-Day to Present Solo Exhibition at East Gallery, ArtFix Daily Reports
Ken Gonzales-Day, Fletcher Jones Chair in Art and professor of art, will present a new solo exhibition at East Gallery, ArtFix Daily reports.
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Tia Blassingame Highlights Student Work in Parenthesis Magazine
In celebration of the 80th anniversary of the Scripps College Press this year, Tia Blassingame, assistant professor of art and director of the Scripps College Press, highlighted student-created artists’ books in a series of videos for Parenthesis magazine.
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LA Edge Exhibition Features Work from Art and Media Studies Faculty
On October 30, the Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery opened the second half of LA Edge, a two-part exhibition showcasing the work of Scripps faculty from the departments of art and media studies.
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In the Media: J. Paul Getty Museum Acquires Six Photographs by Ken Gonzales-Day, Beverly Press Reports
The J. Paul Getty Museum has acquired six photographs by Ken Gonzales-Day, Fletcher Jones Chair in Art and professor of art, from his Searching for California Hang Trees and Memento Mori series.
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Juliet Koss Awarded Senior Fellowship at the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts at the National Gallery of Art
Juliet Koss, Gabrielle Jungels-Winkler Chair in the History of Architecture and Art and professor of art history at Scripps College, has received an Ailsa Mellon Bruce Senior Fellowship from the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts at the National Gallery of Art for the 2021–22 academic year.
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