The goal of the Clark Humanities Museum, which opened in 1970, is to give students the crucial opportunity to engage directly with original works of art and other artifacts of material culture related to their courses—an irreproducible experience that sharpens critical inquiry, fosters interdisciplinary thinking, and offers the keen poignancy of authenticity in our increasingly virtual digital age.
Portraying the Self in the Anthropocene
Selections from the Scripps College Permanent Collection
March 22- April 12
Portraying the Self in the Anthropocene explores human experiences both locally and globally in the context of a rapidly changing physical world. In order to display the volatile, harsh, and simultaneously playful characteristics of interaction between humans and the natural world, we selected art books, prints, and photographs by a wide array of artists. We hope to bring to light the ways in which people have found appreciation for what the natural world can offer us and how we can take action to protect it.
This exhibition was organized by the Scripps College “Scaped Subjects” Core II class of Spring 2024. The students are: Priyanka Anantakrishna, Maria Cardiel, Sara Cawley, Emma De Filippes, Abigail Green, Anna Grez, Hope Hansen, Karina Hernandez Macedo, Megan Ikeda, Aniya Jenkins, Talent Johnson, Audrey Karp, Hannah Kaye, Safiya Martinez, Ali McEachern, Francesca Mills, Raelyn Ponce, Sofia Shlomm, Tyarra The.
We would like to thank the following people and institutions for their We would like to thank the following people and institutions for their contributions to and help with our exhibition: Claire De Chaine and Dr. Julin Everett with the Clark Humanities; Jennifer Martinez Wormser with Denison Library; Jasmine Baetz, Erin Curtis, Margalit Monroem and John Trendler with the Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery; Steve Comba, Solomon Salim Moore, and Claire Nettleton with Benton Museum of Art; Annie Oliver Bragdon with the Scripps Writing Center.
Cementerio, Juchitan, Oaxaca
by Graciela Iturbide (b. 1942)
Reproduction of orginal, silver gelatin print, 1988
Purchase made possible by the Jean and Arthur Ames Fund
2005.6.2
Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery, Scripps College
Untitled Artwork
by Safiya Martinez
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