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Archetypal Form: The Art of Performance At Scripps College
The second annual student-curated exhibition featuring black-and-white photographs of notable 20th century artists, “Archetypal Form: The Art of Performance,” opens at Gallery 112 on March 26 and runs through April 13. The exhibition is free and open to the public.
Read MoreWe Fight with Sticks
The Scripps College Armed RevolutioKnits raise awareness and reclaim public space with yarn graffiti – guerilla art confronting important women’s issues.
Read MoreHopes and Dreams: A Visual Memoir
When Scripps College art professor Nancy Macko’s mother began to show signs of memory loss and dementia, she turned to art as a means of expressing her own sense of loss.
Read MoreScripps College Receives $2 Million Gift
President Lori Bettison-Varga today announced a $2 million gift to Scripps College. Prior to his death in January, trustee emeritus Frank R. Miller Jr. dedicated $2 million to the College to honor his late wife, Katharine Howard Miller ’55.
Read MoreScripps College Presents an Evening With “30 Rock” Actor Maulik Pancholy
Scripps College welcomes Indian-American actor Maulik Pancholy Thursday, March 22, as he discusses how Hollywood’s portrayal of minorities has undergone drastic and recently, mostly positive changes.
Read MoreAn Introduction to “Clay’s Tectonic Shift: John Mason, Ken Price, and Peter Voulkos, 1956-1968”
Mary MacNaughton, director of the Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery and associate professor of art history at Scripps College, talks about Pacific Standard Time and “Clay’s Tectonic Shift,” focusing on the ways in which Mason, Price and Voulkos created a new kind of clay sculpture which left the domain of craft to align with the avant-garde.
Read MoreBringing Down the House
Hundreds of visitors recently descended on Scripps College to listen to the extraordinary performances of some of the Joint Music Program’s finest. It’s a weekend few will forget.
Read MoreDavid Shorter Lectures on Auto-Ethnography of Indigenous Sexuality and Healing
David Shorter, a native studies scholar who teaches tribal worldviews at UCLA , lectures on “An Auto-Ethnography of Indigenous Sexuality and Healing” at 7:30 p.m. on March 6. This event is free and open to the public.
Read MoreArchaeological Preservation in the Face of Urban Development in Athens, Greece
Alice Paterakis, Director of Conservation at the Kaman-Kalehoyuk Excavation for the Japanese Institute of Anatolian Archeology in Turkey, discusses the pros and cons of development around historically significant sites throughout Athens, Greece.
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