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Hopes 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.
Read MoreThe Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco Acquire Artwork Created by Scripps College Professor Nancy Macko
The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco recently acquired one of Scripps College professor Nancy Macko’s large format archival pigment prints, “Nirvana for Now,” which she created in 2003 during her sabbatical in France. Since the early 1990s, Macko has drawn upon images of the honeybee society to explore relationships among art, science, technology, and ancient matriarchal cultures.
Read MoreScripps College Clark Humanities Museum Offers Rare Glimpse into the Life of Celebrated Writer Stefan Zweig
Prominent 20th century Austrian playwright, journalist, and biographer Stefan Zweig is the subject of a new exhibition hosted by Scripps College’s Clark Humanities Museum. “Stefan Zweig – An Austrian from Europe” runs March 1 – April 6 and is free and open to the public.
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