Arts and Culture
How a Scholarship Helped Jordan Becknell ’26 Find a Place on the Global Stage
Jordan Becknell ’26 By Elita Kutateli ’26 Thanks to donor support, Jordan Becknell ’26 completed an international residency of a lifetime with One Year Lease Theatre Company, working alongside professional […]
Read MoreFrom the Archives: Four Elements, One Story
Betye Saar in her Laurel Canyon studio, 1970. Photograph by Bob Nakamura, Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery, Scripps College. By Erin M. Curtis, Director of the Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery Scripps […]
Read MoreGay Ann Rogers ’65 Donates Needlework Collection to Scripps
by Kendra Pintor From defying expectations after graduation to building a decades-long career in needlework, Gay Ann Rogers’ story weaves together art, storytelling, and the preservation of women’s labor through her […]
Read MoreScripps Remembers Life Trustee Alyce de Roulet Williamson ’52
Alyce de Roulet Williamson ’52 Scripps College honors the life and legacy of Life Trustee Alyce de Roulet Williamson ’52 who passed away March 2026. After earning her bachelor’s degree […]
Read MoreAssociate Professor of Religious Studies Luis Salés Discusses the Meaning of Ramadan
Professor Luis Josué Salés Associate Professor of Religious Studies Luis Josué Salés spoke with Fox 5 in Washington, DC, about the history and significance of Ramadan, the ninth month of […]
Read MoreSpotlight on Faculty: Meet Visiting Assistant Professor of Dance Waeli Wang
Visiting Assistant Professor of Dance Waeli Wang By Nichola Monroe ‘27 After a year’s hiatus, Visiting Assistant Professor of Dance Waeli Wang (she/they) has returned to the Scripps community by […]
Read More81st Scripps College Ceramic Annual Now Showing at Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery
Art by Sahar Khoury By Tess Miller ’27 The time-honored Scripps College Ceramic Annual has returned to the Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery. The ceramic annual, now in its 81st year, […]
Read MoreWriter and Filmmaker Catherine Schetina ’14 to Speak at Scripps’ 2026 Commencement
Catherine Schetina ’14 By Emily Glory Peters Scripps College is thrilled to announce Catherine Schetina ’14, an acclaimed writer and filmmaker, as the speaker for the College’s Commencement this May. […]
Read MoreLA Dance Chronicle Features Professor Kevin Williamson
Garrison Theater Professor of Dance Kevin Williamson, chair of Scripps’ Department of Dance, choreographed two new dances in a work titled Beasts & Blue performed at the Odyssey Theatre in […]
Read MoreProfessor Martha Gonzalez Inspires New Play
Professor Martha Gonzalez Associate Professor of Chicanx-Latinx Studies Martha Gonzalez has been included among other local community leaders as an inspirational figures behind a new collection of plays produced by […]
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