Arts
Reading: My Avant-Garde Education
With his razor-sharp wit and unsparing honesty, Bernard Cooper peels back layers of the familiar, exposing the surprising truths that shape our lives. Growing up gay in the Los Angeles of the 1950s and 60s, sexuality, familial relationships, loss, and AIDS — these are among Bernard Cooper’s primary subjects. Through them all, he expresses his […]
Read MoreRex Clark’s Folly- The Norconian Resort Supreme with Kevin Bash
A chance discovery of hot sulfur water in 1926 led wealthy entrepreneur Rex Clark to construct one of the finest, most comprehensive recreation facilities of the time in opulent Mission Revival style. Movie stars, Olympic champions, and the richest of the rich flocked to it. Failing due to the Depression, it served as a US […]
Read More75th Anniversary of the Founding of the Scripps College Press
Come join us in celebrating the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Scripps College Press by Dorothy Drake and the Class of 1941. Former Goudy Lecturers, Scripps faculty, students, and alums will talk about publishing in today’s environment, digitizing Scripps College Old Style, the work of Bertha Goudy, the First Floor Press, and about […]
Read More“Fabulous Flowers and Precious Plants in Ming-Qing Chinese Arts”
Scripps College Clark Humanities Museum exhibition 01 September – 07 October 2015 In conjunction with the art history seminar on “The Arts of Late Imperial China” this exhibition features floral and landscape imagery in a variety of media, including paintings, textiles, ceramics and cloisonné. Design motifs will be explored for their significances, and particular associations […]
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Frederic W. Goudy Lecture
Frederic W. Goudy Lecture The Founding of Twinrocker Handmade Paper Kathryn Clark, Howard Clark, Margaret Prentice Twinrocker Papers started the revival of handmade paper for sale in America in 1971. The founders will talk about the early struggles to build machines and and to develop techniques for quality handmade papers for artists and bookmakers. Innovative […]
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Frederic W. Goudy Workshop and Dinner
Frederic W. Goudy Workshop Pulp Painting Kathryn Clark and Colin Browne As Twinrocker’s Master Papermaker, Kathryn has developed many innovative techniques for using colored paper pulps to create atristic imagery. This workshop will explain the beating of fibers for pulp painting and will allow for experiments with colored pulp. Kathryn will be assisted by former […]
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The Founding of Twinrocker Handmade Paper
Twinrocker Papers started the revival of the art of hand papermaking in America in 1971. Now, thirty-ï¬ve years later, Travis Becker, trained at Twinrocker by Kathryn Clark, will carry Twinrocker into the future.
Read MoreScripps Dances
Scripps Dances is the Scripps College Dance Department’s annual spring concert of original danceworks choreographed by students and faculty. Garrison Theatre, 10th & Dartmouth, Claremont. Friday, April 17, 2015 at 8:00pm, Saturday, April 18 at 2:00pm and 8:00pm. Admission: $10 general, $5 faculty, staff, students, seniors; reservation not required; tickets sold at Garrison Box Office […]
Read MoreScripps Dances
Scripps Dances is the Scripps College Dance Department’s annual spring concert of original danceworks choreographed by students and faculty. Garrison Theatre, 10th & Dartmouth, Claremont. Friday, April 17, 2015 at 8:00pm, Saturday, April 18 at 2:00pm and 8:00pm. Admission: $10 general, $5 faculty, staff, students, seniors; reservation not required; tickets sold at Garrison Box Office […]
Read MorePrison Nation: Carol Wells
Reception, talk, and exhibition tour with Carol A. Wells, Founder and Executive Director, Center for the Study of Political Graphics. (4:15pm- 6pm)
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