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Nov. 11, 2025

Scripps Names Endowment for Kirk Delman

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Apr. 22, 2025

Professor Martha Gonzalez’s Chicano Rock Band Quetzal to Perform at UCLA

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Mar. 12, 2025

Professor Ken Gonzales-Day’s Art Ranked Among the 100 Best of the 21st Century

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Arts and Culture


November 11, 2025

Scripps Names Endowment for Kirk Delman

By Kendra Pintor  For nearly four decades before his retirement, Kirk Delman was a quiet force behind the scenes at the Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery (RCWG)—guiding exhibitions, mentoring students, safekeeping […]

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April 22, 2025

Professor Martha Gonzalez’s Chicano Rock Band Quetzal to Perform at UCLA

Photo courtesy of John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Grammy-winning Quetzal, described as “one of LA’s most important bands” by The Los Angeles Times, will perform at UCLA on […]

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March 12, 2025

Professor Ken Gonzales-Day’s Art Ranked Among the 100 Best of the 21st Century

ARTnews and Art in America have chosen the 100 best artworks of the past 25 years, including Professor of Art Ken Gonzales-Day’s The Wonder Gaze: The Lynching of Thomas Thurmond & John […]

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March 11, 2025

Desert X Exhibition Reveals of Work from Alison Saar ’78

Scripps College campus Desert Sun has released an image of the upcoming Desert X Exhibition installation from award-winning sculptor and painter Alison Saar ’78. Saar joins 10 other featured artists […]

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February 25, 2025

Professor Ken Gonzales-Day to be Featured in PBS Documentary

PBS launched a new series of video shorts and a 60-minute documentary that will take viewers behind the scenes of the Getty’s milestone art event PST ART: Art & Science […]

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Deborah Smerecnik ’82 Produces New Film on Artist Joseph Bau

Deborah Smerecnik ’82 spent 14 years developing Bau, Artist at War, a new film about the inspiring love story of artist Joseph Bau and his wife, Rebecca. The couple married […]

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Former Scripps Professor Howard Smith Honored in Posthumous Spotlight at Palm Springs Art Museum

Artist, designer, and collector Howard Smith will be spotlighted at the Palm Springs Art Museum in a new May exhibit. Smith taught at Scripps for eight years and made his […]

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Britt Rynearson ’00 to be Featured in Terrain Gallery Exhibit

Textile artist Britt Rynearson ’00’s work is featured in the Connective Strands of Spirit exhibit at the Terrain Gallery in Spokane, Washington. The show will run until March 1.  The […]

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February 14, 2025

Dwandalyn Reece ’85 Speaks to Smithsonian Podcast Sidedoor on Black Women in Music

Dwandalyn Reece ’85, curator of music and performing arts at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of African American History and Culture, was a guest on the museum’s podcast, Sidedoor, which […]

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See Alison Saar ’78’s Art in the LA Louver this Summer

Margaret Fowler Gardens Local LA residents can view award-winning sculpture and painter Alison Saar ’78’s work as part of a new exhibition starting February 15 through June 14 to celebrate […]

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