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Posted 10/21/02
WOMEN’S COLLEGE HERALDS RETURN OF CASANOVA
CLAREMONT, CA (October 18, 2002)– The Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery at
Scripps College will host “Aldo Casanova: A Retrospective”—an exhibition of 71
works by renown artist and former Scripps professor of art Aldo Casanova—from
November 2 through December 15, 2002. An illustrated color catalogue featuring
an essay by Los Angeles Times art writer Susan Muchnic will accompany the
exhibit. The opening reception takes place on November 2, at 7:00 p.m.; both
exhibition and reception are free and open to the public. For more information
or exhibition hours, please call 909.607.3397.
This retrospective will feature Casanova’s works from Southern California
dating from 1954 to the present, many of which are in bronze, a medium he
favored due to its highly expressive potential. Several pieces on display were
created during his 34 years on the Scripps faculty, where he challenged
students to blend innovation with traditional craftsmanship. As Muchnic
explains, Casanova is known as “an artist who used his technical prowess and
skill as a designer to explore powerful themes of lasting resonance.”
Casanova’s distinguished career as an artist includes numerous awards and
honors: the highly coveted Rome Prize in Sculpture from the American Academy;
election to the National Academy of Design by a panel of his peers; and being
named a Fellow of the National Sculpture Society. Casanova’s works can be found
in a number of permanent collections such as the Whitney Museum of American
Art, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, The Air and Space Museum in
Washington, D.C., and the UCLA Franklin D. Murphy Sculpture Garden.
Casanova is a native San Franciscan. He earned his bachelor’s and master’s
degrees in painting at San Francisco State University, and his Ph.D. in
sculpture at Ohio State University.
“Aldo Casanova: A Retrospective,” both exhibit and catalogue, are supported
in part by the Jean and Arthur Ames Fund, the Fine Arts Foundation, and the
Harper Fund.
Scripps College, founded in 1926 by newspaper publisher, entrepreneur, and
philanthropist Ellen Browning Scripps is the women’s college of the Claremont
College Consortium. The four-year liberal arts curriculum emphasizes
interdisciplinary studies in the humanities, fine arts, sciences, and social
sciences. The Scripps mission is to “develop in its students the ability to
think clearly and independently, and the ability to live confidently,
courageously, and hopefully.”
Posted 10/12/02
ICE BOUND DOC
JERRI NIELSEN TO SPEAK ABOUT ANTARCTIC EXPERIENCES
AND SURVIVING
BREAST CANCER
CLAREMONT, CA
(October 1, 2002)--Dr. Jerri Nielsen, veteran emergency room physician and
author of Ice Bound, A Doctor's Struggle for Survival at the South Pole, will
give a lecture based on her personal experiences as part of the Amundsen-Scott
South Pole team on Wednesday, October 16, at 8:00 p.m in Janet Jacks Balch
Auditorium on the Scripps College campus. This event is free and open to the
public; seating is limited and will be available on a first-come, first-serve
basis.
In 1999 Nielsen
quickly rose to international notoriety when her harrowing adventure in the
South Pole became public. Serving a year's term as the sole medical officer in a
team of 41 research scientists and support staffers at the Amundsen-Scott South
Pole Station, Nielsen discovered a tumor in her breast but could not be
evacuated for eight months due to weather conditions. By combining an
extraordinary array of email instructions, jury-rigged equipment, air dropped
supplies, and the help and courage of her Amundsen-Scott colleagues, Nielsen
performed a biopsy on herself, diagnosed her aggressive-form of cancer, and
began chemotherapy to ensure her survival while waiting out the Antarctic
winter.
As Dr. Nielsen is
one of the premiere spokeswomen for Breast Cancer Awareness, Scripps is
particularly honored to host her visit during National Breast Cancer Awareness
Month. Nielsen appears at Scripps as part of the Alexa Fullerton Hampton
Distinguished Speaker Program and in celebration of Founder's Day, commemorating
Scripps College founder Ellen Browning Scripps and honoring outstanding women of
excellence, leadership, and service.
Founded in 1926 by
newspaper publisher, educator, and philanthropist Ellen Browning Scripps,
Scripps College is the women's college of The Claremont Colleges. Its four-year
liberal arts curriculum emphasizes interdisciplinary studies in the humanities,
fine arts, social sciences, and sciences. Scripps' mission is to educate women
to develop their intellect and talents through active participation in a
community of scholars, so that as graduates they may contribute to society
through public and private lives of leadership, service, integrity, and
creativity.
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Received 4/15/02
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"The Moral Hazard of Humanitarian Intervention"
CLAREMONT,
CA (April 12, 2002)-Alan Kuperman, visiting scholar, Center
for International
Studies at USC, will speak on "The Moral Hazard of
Humanitarian
Intervention" on Wednesday, May 1, at noon in the Hampton
Room of the
Malott Commons on the Scripps College campus. This talk,
part of the
European Union Center of California Spring 2002 Lecture
Series, is
free and open to the public, and lunch will be available for
purchase
at the Malott Dining Hall prior to the lecture.
Using comparative
case studies, Kuperman's work examines why some
vulnerable
communal groups take up arms against government
authorities-in
the face of explicit threats of massive retaliation-and
thereby trigger
their own demise via genocide or ethnic cleansing. His
lecture at
Scripps will address several aspects of this topic, with
special emphasis
placed on recent illustrative cases such as Bosnia and
Kosovo.
Author of
The Limits of Humanitarian Intervention: Genocide in Ruwanda
as well as
numerous published articles, Kuperman has participated in
several conferences
worldwide. He is a former fellow with Harvard's
Belfer Center
for Science and International Affairs; the U.S. Agency for
International
Development; the U.S. Institute of Peace; the Institute
for the Study
of World Politics; and the European Union Visitors
Programme,
among others. In addition, he has served on the staff of
three U.S.
Congressmen: as legislative director for Charles E. Schumer
of New York,
as legislative assistant for Speaker of the House Thomas
Foley of
Washington, and as chief of staff for James H. Scheuer, also of
New York.
Currently
completing his doctoral degree in political science at MIT,
Kuperman
received his undergraduate degree from Harvard University and a
master's
in international relations with an emphasis in conflict
management
and strategic studies from Johns Hopkins University. In the
fall, he
will join the faculty at Johns Hopkins University's School of
Advanced
International Studies, teaching courses in international
relations,
American foreign policy, and conflict management.
The European
Union Center of California, housed on the Scripps College
campus, sponsors
Dr. Kuperman's appearance. Part of a network of EU
Centers nationwide,
the EU Center of California seeks to promote
education,
scholarly research, and public understanding of European
integration
and its consequences.
Founded in
1926 by newspaper publisher, educator and philanthropist
Ellen Browning
Scripps, Scripps College is the women's college of the
Claremont
Colleges. Its four-year liberal arts curriculum emphasizes
interdisciplinary
studies in the humanities, fine arts, social sciences,
and sciences.
Scripps' mission is "develop in its students the ability
to think
clearly and independently and the ability to live confidently,
courageously,
and hopefully."
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4/15/02
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CONTACT:
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"The Moral Hazard of Humanitarian Intervention"
CLAREMONT,
CA (April 12, 2002)-Alan Kuperman, visiting scholar, Center
for International
Studies at USC, will speak on "The Moral Hazard of
Humanitarian
Intervention" on Wednesday, May 1, at noon in the Hampton
Room of the
Malott Commons on the Scripps College campus. This talk,
part of the
European Union Center of California Spring 2002 Lecture
Series, is
free and open to the public, and lunch will be available for
purchase
at the Malott Dining Hall prior to the lecture.
Using comparative
case studies, Kuperman's work examines why some
vulnerable
communal groups take up arms against government
authorities-in
the face of explicit threats of massive retaliation-and
thereby trigger
their own demise via genocide or ethnic cleansing. His
lecture at
Scripps will address several aspects of this topic, with
special emphasis
placed on recent illustrative cases such as Bosnia and
Kosovo.
Author of
The Limits of Humanitarian Intervention: Genocide in Ruwanda
as well as
numerous published articles, Kuperman has participated in
several conferences
worldwide. He is a former fellow with Harvard's
Belfer Center
for Science and International Affairs; the U.S. Agency for
International
Development; the U.S. Institute of Peace; the Institute
for the Study
of World Politics; and the European Union Visitors
Programme,
among others. In addition, he has served on the staff of
three U.S.
Congressmen: as legislative director for Charles E. Schumer
of New York,
as legislative assistant for Speaker of the House Thomas
Foley of
Washington, and as chief of staff for James H. Scheuer, also of
New York.
Currently
completing his doctoral degree in political science at MIT,
Kuperman
received his undergraduate degree from Harvard University and a
master's
in international relations with an emphasis in conflict
management
and strategic studies from Johns Hopkins University. In the
fall, he
will join the faculty at Johns Hopkins University's School of
Advanced
International Studies, teaching courses in international
relations,
American foreign policy, and conflict management.
The European
Union Center of California, housed on the Scripps College
campus, sponsors
Dr. Kuperman's appearance. Part of a network of EU
Centers nationwide,
the EU Center of California seeks to promote
education,
scholarly research, and public understanding of European
integration
and its consequences.
Founded in
1926 by newspaper publisher, educator and philanthropist
Ellen Browning
Scripps, Scripps College is the women's college of the
Claremont
Colleges. Its four-year liberal arts curriculum emphasizes
interdisciplinary
studies in the humanities, fine arts, social sciences,
and sciences.
Scripps' mission is "develop in its students the ability
to think
clearly and independently and the ability to live confidently,
courageously,
and hopefully."
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Received 4/12/02
Scripps College is pleased
to announce the following events: "Dance 911:
A Response,"
a performance by the Claremont Chamber Choir, and a concert
by the Claremont
Concert Choir and Concert Orchestra. Press releases
with all
pertinent information about these three events follow within
the body
of this email.
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RELEASE
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mediarelations@scrippscol.edu
"Dance
911: A Response"
CLAREMONT,
CA (April 11, 2002)- "Dance 911: A Response," a dance
program sponsored
by the Scripps College Dance Department, will take
place on
Thursday, April 25, Friday, April 26, and Saturday, April 27,
each evening
at 8:00 p.m. in the Broad Performance Space on the Pitzer
College campus.
Following each performance will be a discussion session
between audience,
choreographers, and dancers. This event is free and
open to the
public. For more information, please call (909) 607-2934.
"Dance 911:
A Response" examines through movement the individual
emotional
aftermath of the events of September 11, 2001. Through
personal
stories and narrative, the dance offers a journey through the
past seven
months and asks the audience to reflect on the future.
Sadness,
anger, and confusion underlie the emotional tone of the
program,
while questions are raised regarding civil liberties,
anti-immigrant
violence, and the course our future is taking.
Leading the
choreography for "Dance 911" is the internationally
renowned
choreographer, performer, dance educator, and activist Suchi
Branfman.
Known for her daring and challenging choreography that tackles
emotional
and social issues from a personal perspective, Branfman
teaches dancers
to create movement that reflects their ideas, feelings
and concerns.
Branfman's work is supported by the National Endowment for
the Arts,
California Arts Council, New York State Council for the Arts,
and Los Angeles
Cultural Affairs Department. She currently teaches at
Scripps College
and Art Center College of Design and serves on the Arts
Commission
for the City of Santa Monica.
In addition
to Branfman's program, the works of three student
choreographers
will be featured: Scripps College sophomores Saph Hall
and Nicole
Clarke, and Pitzer College first year student Alaine Handa.
Hall's piece,
called "Over Me," is based on natural body movements;
Clarke's
"Stoopin' It" is a lighter-toned solo piece, using elements of
modern dance
styles; Handa's piece, "V.I.C.T.I.M.," will explore the
issue of
rape.
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CLAREMONT
CONCERT ORCHESTRA AND CONCERT CHOIR TO GIVE MAY CONCERT
CLAREMONT,
CA. (April 11, 2002) -The Claremont Concert Orchestra and
Concert Choir
will perform an evening of Strauss, Brahms, and Haydn on
Saturday,
May 4, at 8:00 p.m., and Sunday, May 5, at 3:00 p.m., at the
Bridges Hall
of Music on the Pomona College campus.
Michael Deane
Lamkin, professor of music and dean of faculty at Scripps
College,
will conduct along with choral conductor Anna DeMichele, also a
Scripps music
professor. The program will include Richard Strauss' Horn
Concerto
No.1, in E flat major, op. 11 with James Riehl on horn; Brahms'
Variations
on a Theme by Haydn, in B flat, op.56a; and Missa in
Angustiis,
in D minor (Lord Nelson Mass) by Franz Joseph Haydn. Soloists
performing
in Missa in Angustiis will be MaryBeth Haag, soprano; Jane
O'Donnell,
mezzo-soprano; Graydon Beeks, tenor; and Lewis Landau, bass.
This concert
is free, open to the public, and wheelchair accessible.
Donations
of canned goods will be accepted for the West End Hunger
Program:
SOVA. For more information please contact the Scripps Music
Department
at (909) 607-3266.
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CLAREMONT
CHAMBER CHOIR TO GIVE CONCERT
CLAREMONT,
CA. (April 11, 2002) -The Claremont Chamber Choir will
perform an
evening of song on Saturday, May 10, at 8:00 p.m. at Balch
Auditorium
on the Scripps College campus. Claremont Graduate School
students
Daniel Grimminger and M. Laura Kimura will conduct the program,
which includes
selections from Brahms, Buxtehude, Lauridsen, Morley,
Palestrina,
Vaughan Williams, and Victoria, among others.
The Claremont
Chamber Choir of Scripps, Claremont McKenna, Harvey Mudd
and Pitzer
Colleges functions as an integral part of the music
curriculum
of The Claremont Colleges. Well-known within the Claremont
community
for its lively presentations at the annual December Madrigal
Dinner at
Claremont McKenna College, the Claremont Chamber Choir
performs
goodwill concerts for alumni, trustees, faculty, and students,
in addition
to public programs and events. The Choir also
enthusiastically
participates as a laboratory ensemble for young Scripps
College and
Claremont Graduate University conductors, who appear with
the choir
in public concerts.
This concert
is free, open to the public, and wheelchair accessible.
For more
information please contact the Scripps Music Department at
(909) 607-3266.
Founded in
1926 by newspaper publisher and philanthropist Ellen
Browning
Scripps, Scripps College is the women's college of The
Claremont
Colleges. Its four-year liberal arts curriculum emphasizes
interdisciplinary
studies in the humanities, fine arts, social sciences,
and sciences.
The mission of Scripps College is to educate women to
develop their
intellect and talents through active participation in a
community
of scholars, so that as graduates they may contribute to a
society though
public and private lives of leadership, service,
integrity,
and creativity.
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Received 4/11/02
Scripps College is pleased
to announce the following events: a lecture
by Political
Economist Geoff Garrett and a lecture by Visual Artist
Mildred
Howard. Press releases with all pertinent information about
these two
events follow within the body of this email.
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Political
Economist Challenges Problem of Globalized Poor
CLAREMONT,
CA (April 10, 2002)-Dr. Geoff Garrett, vice provost of
international
studies and overseas programs and professor of political
science
at UCLA, will speak on "Globalization and the Poor: How Bad Is
It and What
Can Governments Do About It?" on Tuesday, April 23, at noon
in the McConnell
Living Room on the Pitzer College campus. This talk,
part of
the European Union Center of California Spring 2002 Lecture
Series,
is free and open to the public, and lunch will be available for
purchase
at the McConnell Dining Hall prior to the lecture.
Garrett's
current research focuses on the domestic effect of
globalization
around the world and on the political dynamics of European
integration.
He is the author of Partisan Politics in the Global Economy
and has
published over forty articles on numerous aspects of politics,
economics,
and law in market economies.
Dr. Garrett
is a former fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the
Behavioral
Sciences and a National Fellow of the Hoover Institution.
Prior to
his position with UCLA, Garrett served as Director of the
Leitner
Program in International Political Economy at Yale University,
and he previously
taught at Wharton School of Business, Stanford
University,
and Oxford University, among others. Dr. Garrett received
his bachelor's
from Australian National University, and his master's and
doctorate
from Duke University.
The European
Union Center of California, housed on the Scripps College
campus,
sponsors Dr. Garrett's appearance. Part of a network of EU
Centers
nationwide, the EU Center of California seeks to promote
education,
scholarly research, and public understanding of European
integration
and its consequences.
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Celebrated
Visual Artist Speaks on "Architecture for the Remainder" at
Scripps
College
CLAREMONT,
CA (April 10, 2002) -Mildred Howard, prominent San Francisco
visual artist,
will give a slideshow and lecture on "Architecture for
the Remainder"
on Tuesday, April 23, at 7:00 p.m. in the Hampton Room of
the Malott
Commons on the Scripps campus. Immediately following will be
a reception.
This event is free and open to the public.
The recipient
of numerous awards and fellowships for her unique and
culturally
significant work, Howard earned the prestigious Anonymous Was
A Woman
Fellowship in 2000 and is a 2002 recipient of the mid?career
grant from
the Flintridge Foundation in Pasadena. Howard is a prolific
mixed media
and installation artist who explores a wide range of
historical
and contemporary experiences and themes, with a particular
emphasis
on her Black American heritage. Her installations, composed of
iconic objects
from the past, are symbols for the way in which we
construct
memory and form racial, familial and cultural history.
Though her
professional art career began in the 1970s, Howard has
increasingly
gained notoriety and critical praise in the last decade for
her striking
life-sized compositions, such as "In the Line of Fire," a
piece which
portrays multiple cut-out images of an African-American
soldier
arrayed in bowling-pin fashion to suggest unity of cause,
unheralded
valor, and prevalent and ironic segregation, even in battle.
Howard's
work has exhibited in numerous national galleries and venues
including
The New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York, Berkeley Art
Center,
San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco International
Airport,
and Nielsen Gallery in Boston, and internationally at The City
Gallery
in Leicester, England, Galerie Resche in Paris, France, and
Galeria
de Arte in Oaxaca, Mexico.
A former
arts administrator with the California Arts Council and San
Francisco's
Exploratorium, Howard received a master's degree in fine art
from John
F. Kennedy University, and continues to live and work in the
San Francisco
Bay Area.
Founded
in 1926 by newspaper publisher, educator, and philanthropist
Ellen Browning
Scripps, Scripps is the women's college of The Claremont
Colleges.
During the 2001-2002 academic year, the College is celebrating
its 75th
anniversary with a series of lectures and presentations by
outstanding
faculty, and women of exceptional voice and vision from all
walks of
life, culminating with a grand finale on campus on May 4, 2002.
Further
information on 75th anniversary activities may be found on the
Web at www.scrippscol.edu.
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Received 4/9/02
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CONTACT:
(909) 621-8220
mediarelations@scrippscol.edu
Cambodian
Filmmaker Rithy Panh To Speak at First-Ever U.S.
Panh Retrospective
Film Festival
CLAREMONT,
CA. (April 8, 2002) -In an unprecedented event, a film
retrospective
featuring the works of Rithy Panh, internationally renown
and award-winning
Cambodian filmmaker, will take place the weekend of
April 19-21
on the Scripps and Pomona College campuses in Claremont.
This retrospective
will mark the first time Panh's work will be shown in
a public
forum in the United States, and Director Panh will attend and
take questions
from the audience after two of the scheduled screenings.
This festival
is part of the Scripps College Humanities Institute Film
Series,
"We Say No" and is co-sponsored with the Pacific Basin Institute
at Pomona
College and the Pomona Media Studies program. All screenings
and discussions
with Panh are free and open to the public. For more
information
on this retrospective or Rithy Panh, please call Claire
Bridge at
the Scripps College Humanities Institute, (909) 621-8326.
To open
the festival, Panh's "The Land of Wandering Souls" will be
shown on
Friday, April 19, at 7:00 p.m., in the Humanities Auditorium of
the Scripps
campus; immediately following will be a question and answer
 period with
Panh. On Saturday, April 20, "One Evening After The War"
will show
at 1:00 p.m., followed by a discussion hosted by Panh, and the
festival
will continue at 4:30 p.m. with a screening of "Bophana: A
Cambodian
Tragedy." On Sunday, April 21, "Site 2" will show at 1:00 p.m.
and "The
Rice People" at 6:00 p.m. All events scheduled for Saturday and
Sunday will
take place at the Rose Hills Theater in the Smith Campus
Center on
the Pomona campus.
Rithy Panh
gained international notoriety and critical success for his
cinema verité
documentary and feature films exposing the plight of the
Cambodian
people during and after Cambodian communist party Khmer Rouge
seized power
and controlled the country from 1975-1979. These films
tell the
stories of Cambodians coming to terms with a future that has
been determined
by the horrors of the past.
Himself
a refugee, Panh believes in the power of cinematic image to
document
and historically imprint personal memory.
As Panh
notes: "After a war, either you keep silent yourselves, or you
try to reconstitute
what is broken [within you]. Khmer Rouge is genocide
without
image, except photographs. Any remainder is printed in the
conscience.
What you saw and lived does not stop. It is this memory that
brought
me to the medium of cinema."
"It is the
right time to introduce Panh's films to an American
audience,"
said Rick Berg the retrospective's curator, noting the April
17 anniversary
date of the Khmer Rouge's coup twenty-seven years ago.
"These films
don't simply re-visit the past atrocities. They act as
testaments.
They record the Cambodian people's fight to survive despite
tremendous
odds and numerous political, social, and economic barriers."
The Rithy
Panh Film Retrospective is hosted by the Scripps Humanities
Institute
as part of its spring symposium, "Modernity from Below," which
offers a
frank look at modernity from the perspective of subordinate
classes.
Founded in 1986, the Scripps College Humanities Institute
promotes
interdisciplinary research and discussion in forums both inside
and outside
the Scripps College curriculum.
Co-sponsors
for this event are the Pomona College media studies program
and the
Pacific Basin Institute at Pomona College. The Pacific Basin
Institute
at Pomona College exists to promote cross-cultural
relationships
between the United States and East Asia. In its own right
a documentary
film maker-its award-winning "Pacific Century" series
still airs
on PBS channels-the Institute provides access to a wealth of
film, video
and documentary material and publishes English translations
of Asian
authors. It also sponsors conferences, workshops and lectures
featuring
prominent scholars and public figures from throughout the
region.
Founded
in 1926 by newspaper publisher, educator, and philanthropist
Ellen Browning
Scripps, Scripps is the women's college of The Claremont
Colleges.
During the 2001-2002 academic year, the College is celebrating
its 75th
anniversary with a series of lectures and presentations by
outstanding
faculty, and women of exceptional voice and vision from all
walks of
life, culminating with a grand finale on campus on May 4, 2002.
Further
information on 75th anniversary activities may be found on the
Web at www.ScrippsCollege.edu.
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Received 4/4/02
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CONTACT:
(909) 621-8220
mediarelations@scrippscol.edu
Soloists
to Offer Two Afternoons of Music
CLAREMONT,
CA. (April 5, 2002) - Soprano soloists and graduating
Scripps
seniors Elsbeth H. Escher and Mary Theiss will each perform an
afternoon
of musical selections accompanied by pianist Paul Bishop,
Escher on
Saturday, April 13, at 3:00 p.m., Theiss on Saturday, April
27, at 3:00
pm. Both performances will take place in Balch Auditorium on
the Scripps
campus and are free and open to the public.
Escher's
program will include arias from Mozart operas, selections from
Italian
romantic songwriter Tosti and French composer Gabriel Faurè,
cabaret
songs by Arnold Schoenberg, and "cowboy songs" by American
composer
Libby Larson. Escher will conclude with Emmaus Plea, a hymn
written
by her father, Gustav E. Escher III, who will provide the
musical
accompaniment for this piece. Escher is a member of The Pomona
College
Choir and Glee Club and is a frequent soloist at First Church of
Christ Scientist
in Claremont.
Theiss'
program will include a solo cantata from composer Joseph Haydn;
songs by
Johannes Brahms; selections from Banalités by Francis Poulenc;
and four
of Samuel Barber's Hermit Songs. Currently Theiss performs
with both
the distinguished Claremont Chamber Choir and Claremont
Concert
Choir, where she is also acting president.
The Scripps
senior recitals are given by graduating music performance
majors in
lieu of a senior thesis and in partial fulfillment for the
requirements
for graduation.
Founded
in 1926 by newspaper publisher, educator, and philanthropist
Ellen Browning
Scripps, Scripps is the women's college of The Claremont
Colleges.
During the 2001-2002 academic year, the College is celebrating
its 75th
anniversary with a series of events featuring women of
exceptional
voice and vision, culminating with a grand finale on campus
on May 4,
2002. Further information on 75th anniversary activities may
be found
on the Web at www.scrippscol.edu.
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Received 4/4/02
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CONTACT:
Jane Shetterly (909) 607-5302
mediarelations@scrippscollege.edu
Sen yer
ärt sho
AN EXHIBIT
AT RUTH CHANDLER WILLIAMSON GALLERY
CLAREMONT,
CA (April 5, 2002) - The Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery at
Scripps
College is pleased to announce the exhibition Sen yer ärt sho on
display
from April 26 through May 19, with an opening reception on April
26 from
7-9 p.m. in the Bixby Courtyard of the Williamson Gallery. This
mixed-media
exhibition features the work of fourteen graduating Scripps
students
and explores themes such as female sexuality, stereotypes,
community,
and pop culture television. Located on the Scripps College
campus in
Claremont, the Williamson Gallery is open from 1-5 p.m.,
Tuesday
through Sunday. This event is free and open to the public.
The Scripps
senior art exhibition is an annual juried show displaying
the culminating
project for each selected student toward a degree in
studio art.
This year's featured artwork has been designed and created
in several
media, ranging from lipstick to large-scale digital printing,
and includes
live performance art, video, drawing, painting, and
photography,
among others. Exhibiting seniors are: Briana Miller, Lisa
Avery, Xan
Latta, Dena Beard, Hillary Moore, Sarah Muhlrad, Jane
Shetterly,
Courtney Rush, Trilby Nelson, Kimberly Yap, Lauren Rossi,
Sita Bhaumik,
Miriam Terlinchamp, and Nisreen Azar.
Fragmented
body parts are the focus of Miller's drawings. Avery's
mural-sized
photographs, composed of several images, address community
and home
space. Latta's work re-contextualizes the worlds of late 1970s
and early
1980s television, while Beard uses video to expose issues in
surveillance
photography. Moore and Muhlrad both tackle the theme of
female sexuality:
Moore through nets created with lingerie and Muhlrad
in a live
performance piece on April 26th. Using material ranging from
natural
objects and liquid clay to dismembered toys, Shetterly, Rush,
and Nelson
present installations of several component parts. Yap employs
poster art
to highlight stereotypes of Asian and Asian Americans, and
Rossi's
textile designs demonstrate detail in labor and process.
Bhaumik's
slides display female paper dolls interacting with unexpected
environments;
Terlinchamp's paintings explore a personal relationship
with death.
Azar's piece, which includes dozens of clay feet filling a
carved wooden
vessel, takes a frank look at the notion of community. For
more information
on this exhibit, please call (909) 607-5302.
Founded
in 1926 by newspaper publisher, educator, and philanthropist
Ellen Browning
Scripps, Scripps is the women's college of The Claremont
Colleges.
During the 2001-2002 academic year, the College is celebrating
its 75th
anniversary with a series of events featuring women of
exceptional
voice and vision, culminating with a grand finale on campus
on May 4,
2002. Further information on 75th anniversary activities may
be found
on the Web at www.scrippscol.edu.
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(909) 621-8220
mediarelations@scrippscol.edu
Academy
Award Nominated Documentary Film Director
To Speak
at Scripps College
CLAREMONT,
CA. (April 2, 2002) -Edet Belzberg, Academy Award nominee
and winner
of the 2001 Sundance Special Jury Prize for Documentary, will
speak
at Scripps College following a screening of her film "Children
Underground"
on Friday, April 5, at 7:30 p.m. in the Humanities
Auditorium
on the Scripps campus. Both the screening and lecture are
free and
open to the public.
In Romanian
with English subtitles, "Children Underground" is a modern
tale that
ventures below the streets of Bucharest, Romania, to introduce
five members of a "family" of orphaned, abandoned, or runaway children.
The intimate,
cinema vérité style allows the children to speak for
themselves
with striking naturalness, revealing both the horrific
conditions
of their existence and their uninhibited, distinctive
personalities.
Sponsored
by the Scripps Humanities Institute, this event is part of
"Modernity
from Below," the Institute's spring film series and
symposium,
which offers a frank look modernity from the perspective of
the subordinate
classes. For more information on Humanities Institute
events,
please call (909) 621-8326.
Founded
in 1926 by newspaper publisher, educator, and philanthropist
Ellen
Browning Scripps, Scripps is the women's college of The Claremont
Colleges.
During the 2001-2002 academic year, the College is celebrating
its 75th
anniversary with a series of lectures and presentations by
outstanding
faculty, and women of exceptional voice and vision from all
walks
of life, culminating with a grand finale on campus on May 4, 2002.
Further
information on 75th anniversary activities may be found on the
Web at
www.scrippscol.edu.
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CONTACT:
Dana A. S. Rakoczy (909) 621-8280
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Campus
Daily Life Exhibition at Scripps College
Clark Humanities
Museum Examines 75 Years of the Scripps Student
Experience
CLAREMONT,
CA (March 25, 2002)-The Clark Humanities Museum at Scripps
College
is pleased to announce the exhibition "La Semeuse" and Campus
Life: Capturing
75 Years of Scripps History on display from April 15
through
May 19. Featured archival items will include issues of Scripps'
yearbook
La Semeuse, personal scrapbooks, clothing, and other ephemera.
Clark Humanities
Museum is located on the Scripps College campus in
Claremont,
and is open Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to noon and 1 to 5
p.m.
This event is free and open to the public.
The Campus
Life exhibit is part of the conclusion to the yearlong
celebration
of the College's 75th anniversary and provides a textured
and panoramic
view of Scripps student life from the earliest days to the
present.
Blending issues of the college yearbook La Semeuse and pieces
from the
Scripps College Archives, this exhibition will explore 75 years
of the
varied and colorful ways students have spent their time at
Scripps,
including residence hall traditions, classroom endeavors,
social
activities, extra-curricular interests, and intercollegiate
adventures.
Campus Life is curated by Scripps alumna and Sally Preston
Swan Librarian
at Denison Library Judy Harvey Sahak along with Denison
Reference
Librarian Carrie Marsh. For more information on this exhibit,
please
call (909) 607-3606.
Founded
in 1926 by newspaper publisher, educator, and philanthropist
Ellen Browning
Scripps, Scripps is the women's college of The Claremont
Colleges.
During the 2001-2002 academic year, the College is celebrating
its 75th
anniversary with a series of events featuring women of
exceptional
voice and vision, culminating with a grand finale on campus
on May
4, 2002. Further information on 75th anniversary activities may
be found
on the Web at www.scrippscol.edu.
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CONTACT:
Mary Jane Prothro, Scripps Psychology Department
(909) 607-3249 or mediarelations@scrippscollege.edu
Leading
IQ Test Expert to Discuss Problems With Standardized Testing
CLAREMONT,
CA (March 22, 2002) -Dr. Robert J. Sternberg, one of the
foremost
experts on IQ tests, will speak on "Successful Intelligence:
Why IQ,
SAT Scores, and the Whole Alphabet Soup are not Enough" on
Thursday,
April 11, at 4:15 p.m. in Balch Auditorium on the Scripps
College
campus. Sponsored through the Marion Jane Girard Memorial
Lectureship
and the Scripps College Psychology Department, this event is
free and
open to the public. For more information, please contact Mary
Jane Prothro
at (909) 607-3249.
Author
of numerous books including Successful Intelligence: How
Practical
and Creative Intelligence Determine Success in Life, Dr.
Sternberg
gained notoriety for his innovative study of human
intelligence
and contributions to the field of intelligence theory. His
investigations
into mental exercises required in standardized testing
led him
to write the groundbreaking Beyond IQ: A Triarchic Theory of
Human Intelligence,
in which he proposed a three-part model for
describing
and measuring mental ability: componential, experiential, and
contextual.
Currently
Sternberg is the IBM Professor of Psychology and Education at
Yale University
and leads a research team at Yale's Center for the
Psychology
of Abilities, Competencies, and Expertise (PACE).
Collaborating
with teams in Israel, Tanzania, France, Norway, and Spain
on various
projects, Sternberg's work focuses on the problems of human
intelligence
and intellectual functions, bridging cognitive,
developmental,
and social psychology. Ongoing areas of study include:
matching
of instruction and assessment with patterns of abilities;
effectiveness
of various kinds of thinking-based instruction; tacit
knowledge
for leadership effectiveness; the nature of wisdom;
information-processing
bases of second-language aptitude; and teachers'
mental
models of student abilities.
Dr. Sternberg
earned his bachelor's from Yale University and his
doctorate
from Stanford University.
Named in
honor of Marion Jane Girard, the Girard Memorial Lectureship
was established
in 1960 by Joseph and Margaret Ann Girard, to enable
Scripps
College Psychology Department to sponsor distinguished speakers
in the
field of psychology, psychiatry, and mental health.
Founded
in 1926 by newspaper publisher, educator, and philanthropist
Ellen Browning
Scripps, Scripps is the women's college of The Claremont
Colleges.
During the 2001-2002 academic year, the College is celebrating
its 75th
anniversary with a series of lectures and presentations by
outstanding
faculty, and women of exceptional voice and vision from all
walks of
life, culminating with a grand finale on campus on May 4, 2002.
Further
information on 75th anniversary activities may be found on the
Web at
www.scrippscol.edu.
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FOLLOWING RELEASE: The date on this event has been changed to Wednesday,
April 24. The time remains 7:00 p.m.
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CONTACT:
Dana Rakoczy (909) 621-8280
mediarelations@scrippscol.edu
Natural
Sciences Professor to Discuss Women in Science
and 37-Year
Career at Scripps College
CLAREMONT,
CA (March 22, 2002) -Dr. Margaret Mathies, Sidney J. Weinberg, Jr.,
Chair in the Natural Sciences at Scripps College, will speak on "75/2
years = M2: Intersections and Reflections," on Tuesday, April 9, at 7:00p.m.
in the Hampton Room of the Malott Commons on the Scripps campus. This event
is free and open to the public.
Dr. Mathies
has been a professor with the Joint Science Program at Scripps, Claremont
McKenna, and Pitzer Colleges since 1965, teaching courses in biology,
genetics, immunology, and bioethics. She has been a recipient of a Mellon
Grant to develop a bioethics course; a Sloan Grant to introduce biotechnology
into the science curricula; and numerous Keck Grants for summer research
projects in the field of natural sciences. In 1992 Mathies earned distinction
within The Claremont Colleges community for her outstanding professional
contributions--in teaching and curricular leadership and within her field
of research--and was awarded the prestigious Sidney J. Weinberg, Jr.,
Chair in the Natural Sciences, the first and only endowed chair in the
Joint Science Program.
In addition
to her career in education, Mathies has been published in numerous scientific
journals and has worked on a variety of projects with research teams
at the Imperial Cancer Research Fund Laboratories in London, UK, City
of Hope Hospital and National Medical Center in Duarte, California, and
at such prestigious academic institutions as Caltech, UCLA, and University
College in London.
Dr. Mathies
earned a bachelor's in zoology from Colorado College and a doctorate
in microbiology from Case Western Reserve University. She will retire
from the Scripps College faculty at the end of the 2001-2002 academic year.
Founded
in 1926 by newspaper publisher, educator, and philanthropist Ellen Browning
Scripps, Scripps is the women's college of The Claremont Colleges. During
the 2001-2002 academic year, the College is celebrating its 75th anniversary
with a series of lectures and presentations by outstanding faculty,
and women of exceptional voice and vision from all walks of life, culminating
with a grand finale on campus on May 4, 2002. Further information on 75th
anniversary activities may be found on the Web at www.scrippscol.edu
.
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CONTACT:
(909) 621-8280
mediarelations@scrippscol.edu
Book
Artist Discusses Becoming "Deep Rooted at Scripps College"
CLAREMONT,
CA (March 22, 2002)- Kitty Maryatt, director of the Scripps
College
Press and assistant professor of art, will give the lecture
"Deep
Rooted at Scripps" on Wednesday, April 10, at 1:30 p.m. in the
Humanities
Auditorium on the Scripps College campus. A tea immediately
follows.
Sponsored by the Scripps College Fine Arts Foundation, this
event
is free and open to the public.
Inspired
by the variety of trees on the Scripps campus, Deep Rooted is
the most
recent artist book conceived, created, and produced by the
Scripps
College Press. Maryatt's lecture will detail the process of
producing
a limited edition collaborative book by letterpress and will
include
a brief overview of 16 years of book production.
Professor
Maryatt is the founder and proprietor of Two Hands Press, a
book arts
design studio in Woodland Hills that specializes in the design
of books
and book jackets for trade and scholarly publications, custom
book binding,
calligraphy and lettering, and publication of limited
edition
laser and letterpress books. Maryatt has participated in over 30
exhibitions
of printmaking and typography since 1994 and has garnered
several
awards, including first place at the 2001 Book Explorations
exhibit
in Kingston, Massachusetts. Maryatt, a Scripps alumnae and
director
of the Scripps College Press since 1986, earned a master's
degree
in mathematics at Claremont Graduate School and a master's of
fine arts
in graphic design from UCLA.
Scripps
College's Fine Arts Foundation, founded in 1935, hosts this
program
as part of its mission to stimulate public interest in art and
to raise
funds to foster art education and programming at Scripps
College.
Founded
in 1926 by newspaper publisher, educator, and philanthropist
Ellen
Browning Scripps, Scripps College is the women's college of The
Claremont
Colleges. Its four-year liberal arts curriculum emphasizes
interdisciplinary
studies in the humanities, fine arts, social sciences,
and sciences.
Scripps' mission is to "develop in its students the
ability
to think clearly and independently and the ability to live
confidently,
courageously, and hopefully."
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CONTACT:
(909) 621-8280
mediarelations@scrippscol.edu
Professor
Investigates Labor Unions and Immigration Policy
At European
Union Center of California Event
CLAREMONT,
CA (March 22, 2002)- Dr. Julie Watts, adjunct professor of
politics
at Pomona College, will speak on ""Immigration Policy and the
Challenge
of Globalization for Labor Unions in Europe and the United
States,"
on Tuesday, April 9, at noon in the McConnell Living Room on
the Pitzer
College campus. This talk, part of the European Union Center
of California
Spring 2002 Lecture Series, is free and open to the
public,
and lunch will be available for purchase at the McConnell Dining
Hall prior
to the lecture.
Dr. Watts'
research has focused on immigration policy and labor
relations,
with a concentration on Southern European labor union and
policy
models. She contends that the expanding global market challenges
states'
capacity to control immigration and threatens the
competitiveness
of high-wage labor markets and traditional union
organization,
thereby forcing unconventional alliances between unions
and employers
to produce moderately open immigration policies.
Currently,
Watts is expanding her research to include the United States,
investigating
both the impact of labor union decentralization and the
reasons
behind the increase in cross-national labor agreements and
institutions
such as the European Trade Union Confederation and labor
pacts
among U.S., Canadian, and Mexican unions.
Watts
received her doctorate in political science from New York
University,
with a concentration on comparative politics, international
relations,
and international political economy.
The European
Union Center of California, housed on the Scripps College
campus,
sponsors Dr. Watts' appearance. Part of a network of EU Centers
nationwide,
the EU Center of California seeks to promote education,
scholarly
research, and public understanding of European integration and
its consequences.
Founded
in 1926 by newspaper publisher, educator and philanthropist
Ellen
Browning Scripps, Scripps College is the women's college of the
Claremont
Colleges. Its four-year liberal arts curriculum emphasizes
interdisciplinary
studies in the humanities, fine arts, social sciences,
and sciences.
Scripps' mission is "develop in its students the ability
to think
clearly and independently and the ability to live confidently,
courageously,
and hopefully."
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CONTACT: Linda Sullender, Scripps Dance Department
(909) 607-2934 or
Linda_Sullender@ScrippsCollege.edu
ECLECTIC
STYLES ENERGIZE "SCRIPPS DANCES"
CLAREMONT,
CA (March 22, 2002) -"Scripps Dances," the annual spring
concert
of the Scripps College Dance Department, will take place on
April
12 and 13 at 8:00 p.m. in the Mudd Theatre at the Claremont School
of Theology.
The program features danceworks by students and faculty,
including
an original piece choreographed by returning guest artist
Stephanie
Gilliland, director of the dance company TONGUE. Tickets will
be sold
at the door: $7.00 for general admission, $5.00 for seniors and
Claremont
Colleges students, faculty, and staff. Claremont School of
Theology
students and faculty will be admitted free with identification.
Doors
will open at 7:30 p.m. For general concert information, or
information
about handicap access to the theatre, call (909) 607-2934.
Combining
an eclectic mix of dance forms, including modern, ethnic, and
jazz dance,
with rhythms and music ranging from blues to funk to rock,
"Scripps
Dances" is one of the highlights of the dance department's
spring
calendar, providing an opportunity for students, faculty, and
guest
artists to debut original choreography and performance work.
In addition
to Stephanie Gilliland's much-anticipated piece, this
year's
program features a piece by Scripps' newest dance faculty member,
Dave Massey,
who will present a modern-based four-part suite, performed
to jazz
and blues music that ranges from fast and fun to quiet and
introspective.
Central
to this production is the presentation of senior thesis
projects.
Among the graduating seniors who have choreographed and will
perform
in the concert are Taryn Chase and Roshelle Howard, Scripps
College;
Jessy Kronenberg, Pitzer College; and Jackie Lee Ward,
Claremont
McKenna College.
Chase
will present a unique piece that utilizes clear acrylic boxes to
create
the illusion of floating dancers, a work that earned praise at
the March
2002 American College Dance Festival for its "striking visual
design."
Howard will present a reconstructed and extended group version
of a solo
piece she performed in the Scripps/Pomona Fall Dance Concert.
Kronenberg
will present a work inspired by her study abroad experience
in Venezuela,
comprised of group sections danced to jazz music and a
solo danced
to live music, composed and performed by Pomona alumnus Matt
Smart.
Ward will present a vibrant and dynamic modern piece
incorporating
several cultural styles.
Other
student choreographers who will have original works performed
include
undergraduate dance majors Andrea Cordova and Meg Foley of
Scripps
and Dena Bodzin of Harvey Mudd College.
Founded
in 1926 by newspaper publisher, educator, and philanthropist
Ellen
Browning Scripps, Scripps College is the women's college of The
Claremont
Colleges. Its four-year liberal arts curriculum emphasizes
interdisciplinary
studies in the humanities, fine arts, social sciences,
and sciences.
The Scripps mission is to develop in its students the
ability
to think clearly and independently and the ability to live
confidently
courageously, and hopefully.
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Entrepreneur Matt Kelley Brings "Mavin" Sensibility to
Lecture at Scripps College
CLAREMONT, CA (March 11, 2002) -Matt Kelley, the 23-year-old
founder and CEO of The Mavin Foundation and editor-in-chief of Mavin
magazine, will speak on Thursday, March 28, at 7:00 p.m. in the Hampton
Room of the Malott Commons on the Scripps
campus. Kelley's appearance at Scripps is co-sponsored by
The Claremont Colleges' student group Hapas United and is part of
the college's yearlong 75th anniversary celebration. A reception immediately
follows. This event is free and open to the public.
The Mavin Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated
to redefining diversity by promoting a cohesive, multicultural society,
is Kelley's brainchild. In 1998, as a freshman at Wesleyan University,
Kelley founded Mavin, the only internationally acclaimed journal
celebrating multiracial and transracially adopted people.
The word "mavin" has roots in Hebrew and means "one who
understands." Kelley, who is half-Korean, half-Caucasian, started
Mavin to acknowledge multiple ethnic and cultural identities in a
country in which, he says, "racial dialogue is framed primarily in terms
of black and white."
Kelley has been featured in the national media for his
innovative approach to race and diversity issues. In November 2001,
President George W. Bush awarded Kelley a "Points of Light" distinction
for "helping to solve serious social problems through volunteer service."
Kelley has donated thousands of volunteer hours to organizations
serving underprivileged children who come from backgrounds of abuse
and neglect. He also serves as vice president of the Association of
MultiEthnic Americans (AMEA), on the Seattle Art Museum's development
initiative for communities of color, and on the Board of Directors for
the Central District Forum of Arts and Ideas, a Seattle-based not-for-profit
celebrating African-American culture.
Founded in 1926 by newspaper publisher, educator, and philanthropist
Ellen Browning Scripps, Scripps is the women's college of The Claremont
Colleges. During the 2001-2002 academic year, the College is celebrating
its 75th anniversary with a series of lectures and presentations
by outstanding faculty, and women of exceptional voice and vision
from all walks of life, culminating with a grand finale on campus on
May 4, 2002. Further information on 75th anniversary activities may
be found on the Web at www.scrippscol.edu.
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CONTACT:
(909) 621-8280
mediarelations@scrippscol.edu
Exploring
Artist Book Ideas with the Scripps College Press
CLAREMONT,
CA (March 11, 2002)-As part of the Brad and Mary Anne Blaine
Faculty
Lecture Series, Scripps College presents Kitty Maryatt,
assistant
professor of art and director of the Scripps College Press,
who will
discuss "Fabrications: Genesis of Ideas for Scripps College
Press
Books" on Monday, April 1, at 7 p.m., in the Hampton Room of the
Malott
Commons on the Scripps College campus.
Professor
Maryatt is the founder and proprietor of Two Hands Press, a
book arts
design studio in Woodland Hills that specializes in the design
of books
and book jackets for trade and scholarly publications, custom
book binding,
calligraphy and lettering, and publication of limited
edition
laser and letterpress books. Maryatt has participated in over 30
exhibitions
of printmaking and typography since 1994 and has garnered
several
awards, including first place at the 2001 Book Explorations
exhibit
in Kingston, Massachusetts. Maryatt, a Scripps alumnae and
director
of the Scripps College Press since 1986, earned a master's
degree
in mathematics at Claremont Graduate School and a master's of
fine arts
in graphic design from UCLA.
Former
Scripps professor of history and current trustee Brad Blaine,
along
with his wife, Mary Anne, have generously underwritten this
lecture
series featuring outstanding Scripps faculty to commemorate the
75th anniversary
of Scripps College. This lecture and all others in the
series
are free and open to the public.
Founded
in 1926 by newspaper publisher, educator, and philanthropist
Ellen
Browning Scripps, Scripps College is the women's college of The
Claremont
Colleges. Its four-year liberal arts curriculum emphasizes
interdisciplinary
studies in the humanities, fine arts, social sciences,
and sciences.
Scripps' mission is to "develop in its students the
ability
to think clearly and independently and the ability to live
confidently,
courageously, and hopefully."
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Celebrated
Book Artist Susan E. King To Give "Lessons à la Mode" at
Scripps College
CLAREMONT,
CA (March 5, 2002) - As part of its 75th anniversary celebration
of Women of Voice and Vision, Scripps College presents renowned book
artist Susan E. King who will speak on "Redressing the Sixties: What
Artists Wore, Lessons à la Mode" on Tuesday, March 26, at noon
in the Hampton Room of the Malott Commons on the Scripps campus. Immediately
following will be a reception. This event is free and open to the
public.
 The 2001
recipient of the National Museum of Women in the Arts Book Fellowship
and a former instructor at the Scripps College Press, King is an
artist and writer whose work has been called by critics "a feat of
craftsmanship and perception". She has made artist's books since 1975,
drawing on her own life for content, and her subject matter ranges from
the influence of clothing and fashion, explored in her award-winning
Redressing the Sixties, (art) lessons à la mode; to the history
of photography and the use of photo albums, seen in her recent works
I Dream
Atget and Family Album; to her personal experience of surviving cancer,
Treading the Maze, an artist's journey through breast cancer.
King
was born into a family of Southern storytellers whose indelible
influence of oral tradition and history is often evident in her work.
After earning a master's degree in art at New Mexico State University,
she moved to Los Angeles in the 1970s to join the experimental Feminist
Studio Workshop, where she spent two years studying writing, language,
criticism, photography, and design before turning to printing arts.
In addition to being represented in the Denison Library Rare Book Collection
at Scripps, King's books reside in several permanent collections, including
the J. Paul Getty Research Library in Los Angeles, the Museum of Modern
Art Library in New York, and the Victoria and Albert Museum Library in
London.
Founded
in 1926 by newspaper publisher, educator, and philanthropist Ellen Browning
Scripps, Scripps is the women's college of The Claremont Colleges.
During the 2001-2002 academic year, the College is celebrating its
75th anniversary with a series of lectures and presentations by outstanding
faculty, and women of exceptional voice and vision from all walks
of life, culminating with a grand finale on campus on May 4, 2002.
Further information on 75th anniversary activities may be found on
the Web at www.scrippscol.edu.
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