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The New York Times Features Alison Saar ’78’s Statue at the Obama Presidential Center
Multimedia artist and sculptor Alison Saar ’78 has debuted a new sculpture that is on display at the Obama Presidential Center, which opened this year on Juneteenth. Inspired by theStatue […]
Read MoreAlison Saar ’78 Interviewed by BOMB Magazine’s Melissa Joseph for Women by Women Series
Scripps College campus Artist Alison Saar ’78 has been featured in BOMB Magazine’s Women by Women series in a wide-ranging conversation with Melissa Joseph that explores storytelling, materials, and the […]
Read MoreAlison Saar ‘78 to be Featured in Art Exhibition Desert X 2027
Elm Tree Lawn Los Angeles-based and award-winning multi-media artist Alison Saar ‘78 is set to have her work featured in Desert X for a second time. Desert X, a contemporary […]
Read MoreNew LACMA Exhibition Features Alison Saar ’78 Work
The Gabrielle Jungels-Winkler ’72 Rose Garden next to Balch Auditorium Earlier this month, the LA County Museum of Art opened its exhibit Deep Cuts: Block Printing Across Cultures. Drawing primarily […]
Read MorePortland Art Museum Reopens with Alison Saar ’78 Artwork
Margaret Fowler Garden The Portland Art Museum has unveiled a major $116 million expansion that adds 100,000 square feet of space and nearly 300 new acquisitions, including an instillation from […]
Read MoreHonoring National Arts and Humanities Month through Storytelling
By Emily Glory Peters As October comes to end, Scripps is observing National Arts and Humanities Month (NAHM)—a nationwide celebration launched in 1993 by Americans for the Arts. The month […]
Read MoreObama Foundation Commissions Artwork from Alison Saar ’78
Scripps College’s Rose Garden and Graffiti Wall. The Obama Foundation has commissioned ten visionary artists, including Alison Saar ’78, to create public art installations. The works will be featured across […]
Read MoreAlison Saar ’78 Takes Part in LACMA Celebrations
Artist Alison Saar ’78 was a guest at a Los Angeles County Museum of Art party to celebrate the museum’s newest building. Saar has multiple pieces housed at the museum, […]
Read MoreAlison Saar ’78 Honored by Socrates Sculpture Park
Alison Saar, Snake Man, 1994, edition AP 3/4, lithograph and woodcut, 28 x 37 in., Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation Socrates Sculpture Park, an organization committed […]
Read MoreAlison Saar ’78 Wins 2025 David C. Driskell Prize
A Scripps student works on printing an Alison Saar ’78 sketch on the Scripps College Press. Atlanta’s High Museum of Art announced Alison Saar ’78 will receive the illustrious David […]
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