Arts (page 2)

March 16, 2015

What is a Book? A Symposium on Bibliographic Research

This afternoon symposium brings together area scholars, librarians, and students enrolled in the Scripps College course “ENGL 197: What is a Book?” Invited speakers and students alike will present original archival research.

February 23, 2015

“The Hunting Ground”

A Q&A Session with Director Kirby Dick will follow the sneak preview

February 5, 2015

Design for Modern Living: Millard Sheets and the Claremont Art Community 1935-1975

Design for Modern Living tells the story of the remarkable artistic community that took root at Scripps College and made Claremont an important center of Mid-20th Century Modern design.

February 2, 2015

TEDxClaremontColleges

TEDxClaremontColleges is an all-day conference featuring diverse speakers united by the theme “ideas worth spreading.” It is organized by an all-volunteer group consisting of students from The Claremont Colleges, alumni, and local community members.

January 29, 2015

Clark Humanities Museum Reception

Please join the Core III students in celebrating the planning and mounting of an artist book exhibit in the Clark Humanities Museum. The students from Prof. Maryatt’s class The Artist […]

January 27, 2015

Spring 2015 Frederic W. Goudy Workshop

Watermarks have long been used to identify the paper mill where the paper was produced. They are usually logographic. In this workshop, you will make papers where letterforms form the watermark, creating short texts.

Spring 2015 Frederic W. Goudy Lecture

Ernst Schneidler was one of the most influential and beloved teachers of the letter arts in the twentieth century, whose students included Georg Trump, Albert Kapr, Imre Reiner, Walter Brudi, and Rudo Spemann. This talk will present a rich selection of the calligraphy, type design and book design of Schneidler and his students in a high definition show and tell from the collection of the Letterform Archive.

January 15, 2015