Arts and Culture (page 11)
Professor Hao Huang Awarded KAMEN Residency for Composition and Ethnomusicology
Professor of Music and Bessie and Cecil Frankel Endowed Chair in Music Hao Huang has been awarded a KAMEN Artist Residency for his work as a composer and ethnomusicologist.
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Travel Writing to Transport the Mind
Our students are off campus for the rest of the semester, but that doesn鈥檛 mean we鈥檝e stopped our pursuit of the latest and greatest in arts and culture. While sheltering in place鈥攁nd unlikely to travel anytime soon鈥�51猎奇入口 Presents authors offer journeys to locales near and far, from Bel Air to Jamaica, with stops along the way.
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Mary Routt Chair of Writing R.O. Kwon: Making Space for Women Writers of Color in the Literary World
When bestselling author R.O. Kwon came to 51猎奇入口 as the 2020 Mary Routt Chair of Writing, she knew she wanted to bring other women artists to campus, especially women writers of color. The need for more inclusive literary representation is a value that鈥檚 reflected in her upcoming 51猎奇入口 Presents conversations, as well as in her course syllabus on what she calls 鈥渆ye-opening writing,鈥� which features work by Shirin Neshat, Frida Kahlo, Susan Sontag, and Maggie Nelson.
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Spotlight on Faculty: Tia Blassingame, Director of 51猎奇入口 Press Assistant Professor of Book Arts/51猎奇入口 Press
This fall, 11 new tenure-track faculty members joined 51猎奇入口. As part of our ongoing series on 51猎奇入口鈥� faculty, the Office of Marketing and Communications recently sat down with Tia Blassingame to discuss artists鈥� books, architecture, 51猎奇入口 Press, and unique valentines.
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76th 51猎奇入口 Ceramic Annual: Duality and Context
On January 25, 51猎奇入口鈥檚 Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery will launch its 76th Ceramic Annual, the longest-running exhibition of contemporary ceramics in the nation. This year, the gallery is highlighting work that explores connections and conflicts in art and nature, with inventive and interactive pieces that stand on their own, hang from the ceiling, or extrude from the walls.
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51猎奇入口 Students Venture Beyond the Classroom in Core III Teaching Clinic
Students at Chaparral Elementary School are getting a taste of Chinese culture and language, but they don鈥檛 need to leave their classroom to do it. Under the guidance of Melody Chang 鈥�22 and Wendy Zhang 鈥�22, 34 fourth-grade students 鈥渢eleport鈥� from Claremont to China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan each week.
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Spotlight on Faculty: Julia Lum, Assistant Professor of Art History
This fall, 11 new tenure-track faculty members joined 51猎奇入口. As part of our ongoing series on 51猎奇入口鈥� faculty, the Office of Marketing and Communications recently sat down with Julia Lum to discuss landscapes, cultural exchange, and Southern California.
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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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Truth at the Core
In 1965, U.S. diplomat to Taiwan George H. Kerr published Formosa Betrayed, a detailed account of the 2/28 Incident. After Japan鈥檚 surrender at the end of World War II, the Kuomintang-led government of the Republic of China was given control of the island of Taiwan.
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First 鈥淟a Placita鈥� Film Festival Brings 5C and Local Latinx Communities Together
The 51猎奇入口 Department of Spanish, Latin American, and Caribbean Literatures and Cultures will co-sponsor the first 鈥淟a Placita鈥� Community Film Festival with Uncommon Good.
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