EVENT NEWS: Visual Art Speaker Series, Nov. 30

Wilkinson College and the Department of Art presents creative recruiter, Cecilia Gorman for the Visual Arts Speaker Series on Wednesday, November 30, 2011 at 7 p.m. in , MC 213.

As VP, Director of Creative Services, Cecilia is the creative recruiter at Y&R/Wunderman in Irvine. Her recruitments have gone on to create award-winning advertising, design and digital work for brands such as Land Rover, Mattel, Jenny Craig, Callaway Golf and Toshiba Laptops. Cecilia’s true passion is helping students and young professionals discover their creative potential. Cecilia owns Creative Career Management, a career development firm, and she authors “Confessions of a Creative Recruiter,” a junior-focused advice blog.

This event is free and open to the public. For more information, please contact Jeanie Randazzo at 714.997.6729.

EVENT NEWS: Visual Arts Speaker Series, Melissa Simonian, Sept. 28

Wilkinson College and the Department of Art presents the Visual Arts Speaker Series with Graphic Designer Melissa Simonian, Wednesday, September 28, 2011 at 7 p.m. in Moulton Center, Room 213.

In 2007, Melissa graduated with a B.F.A in graphic design from Chapman University. She currently works for FILTER magazine as a member of the Creative Group. Since joining FILTER, she has worked with clients such as Denny’s, Macys, Dickies, Toyota, Landmark Theaters, Hyundai, and Sony Playstation. Melissa worked with Orange County design firm, BXC for clients such as Kelly Slaters Kommunity Project, Felt Bicycles, and Hasbro, Inc. She is currently in charge of fully branding FILTER’S music festival collatoral each year. Besides working for these clients, Melissa has also designed the last eight issues of the magazine and FILTER Good Music Guide, adapting a new and improved horizontal layout.

This event is free and open to the public.

For more information, please contact Jeanie Randazzo at 714.997.6729.

EVENT NEWS: Visual Arts Speaker Series - Harold Gregor (Artist) interviewed by Damon Willick (Art Historian), Sept. 13

Wilkinson College and Chapman University Visual Arts Speaker Series presents Artist Harold Gregor and Art Historian Damon Willick.

In 1966, Harold Gregor, the then-chief of the Chapman College Department of Art mounted an exhibition in the college's Purcell Gallery entitled Everyman's Infinite Art. The gallery was closed for the duration of the show, because, in Gregor's words, "The works need not be viewed; they can be described in words." In November 2011, Everyman's Infinite Art will be reprised at Chapman University's Guggenheim Gallery. Damon Willick, Professor of Art History at Loyola Marymount, will be interviewing Mr. Gregor about his exhibition and the work he has made since leaving Chapman.

This event is free and open to the public.

For more information, please contact Jeanie Randazzo at 714.997.6729.

EVENT NEWS: Visual Arts Speaker Series,Nicola Camerlenghi, April 6

Nick Camerlenghi joined the University of Oregon in 2010. He specializes in the study of early Christian and medieval art and architecture with particular focus on the city of Rome. His larger interests extend to the interplay between nature and architecture and the history of gastronomy. Prior to receiving his Ph.D. from Princeton University in 2007, he earned a Master of Architectural Studies from MIT and a Bachelor of Arts from Yale. His dissertation on the architectural renovations to the Basilica of San Paolo fuori le Mura in Rome is now being revised for book-length publication. In addition to this important study of one of Rome’s most significant buildings, Prof. Camerlenghi has turned his attention to broader questions that address scholarly approaches to buildings with long and complex histories, and to the development of domes across the medieval Mediterranean.

Moulton Hall 213

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

7 p.m.
Art Department

EVENT NEWS: Visual Arts Speaker Series, Ron Leland, March 16

Chapman University Visual Arts Speaker Series Presents Ron Leland, Graphic Designer on Wednesday, March 16, 2011 in Moulton Hall, Room 213 at  7 p.m.

As a Brand Architect, Ron Leland worked with clients to extract their true brand essence, and then define a clear message that engages their customers. He directed his team in developing Big Picture concepts that become design and communication tools. Once he launched these print, packaging, event or web-based tools, he ultimately elevated his client’s brand equity. He studied and practiced architecture, which has given him a unique perspective on how to build a brand. To him, understanding building materials, knowing how far to push creative nuances, and ensuring that the final product can be realized are valuable skills that translate directly into his personal approach to his clients’ projects. In his view, Brand Architecture involves an intentional approach to problem-solving. Compared to a conventional “designer” approach, architecture is a more precise way to build a brand. His clients prefer this approach, and his dialogue throughout the collaborative process ensures that they are pleased with the results he achieves.

This event is free and open to t\he public. For more information, please call 714.997.6729.
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EVENT NEWS: Visual Arts Speaker Series,Feb. 16, 2011

Kristen Morgin is a sculptor known for her unique interpretations of nostalgic objects made of clay and mixed media. She received her MFA degree from the Alfred University School of Ceramics in New York State and has taught ceramics at Cal State University Long Beach. She has had recent solo shows at the Marc Selwyn gallery in Los Angeles and the Zach Feuer gallery in New York City.

Time: 7 - 9 p.m.
Place: Moulton Hall 213
Art Department

EVENT NEWS: Jason Weems, Visual Arts Speaker, Dec. 8

Jason Weems is an Assistant Professor in Art History at the University of California Riverside where he specializes in American art, with particular interests in history of visuality in the regional, national, and transcultural contexts.

His current book, Barnstorming the Prairies: Aerial Vision and Modernity in Rural American, 1920-1940, traces the impact of aerial view-making on representations of the American Midwest. Other interests include the changing conceptualization of scale in American art and the scientific visualization and consideration of pattern in American landscape art.

Professor Weems will be speaking about Native American Earthworks, Modernist Aesthetics and the Aerial Gaze.

EVENT NEWS: Lyle Massey, Visual Arts Speaker Series, Nov. 10

The Visual Arts Speaker Series presents artist Lyle Massey, Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2010 at Chapman University, Moulton Hall 212, 7 p.m.

Art, Anatomy and the Human body ..
From the Renaissance to the Early Modern Period, anatomical and artistic explorations of the human body were intertwined. Artists such as Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci performed their own dissections, seeking greater knowledge of bodily movement by observing the musculature of cadavers. Anatomists such as Andreas Vesalius relied on Renaissance artists' knowledge of the body to make their engraved and illustrated atlases of human anatomy appear more lifelike and accurate. Touching on these and other examples, this lecture will explore the history of anatomical art.
For more information, please contact the Art Department at 714.997.6729.

EVENT NEWS: Visual Arts Speaker Series - Kirsten Everberg

The Visual Arts Speaker Series continues with artist Kirsten Everberg, Thursday, Oct. 28, 2010 at Chapman University, Moulton Hall 212, 7 p.m.

One of the defining characteristics of Kirsten Everberg's approach to painting is her ability to harmoniously combine image and process, deftly creating a tension between the subject of a painting and the abstract possibilities of the medium. Everberg has been included in exhibitions in several prestigious institutions including the Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver BC, Canada; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; and Le Consortium, Dijon, France; Musee Des Beaux-Arts, Nancy, France.

For more information, please contact the Art Department at 714.997.6729.