Professor's Lecture on the Affect of "Cuteness"

Art Professor, Micol Hebron, will be giving a public lecture at Art Basel Miami (the biggest contemporary art fair in the country) in Miami Florida at the O Cinema, on December 8th, 2013. Hebron's lecture will be the first public presentation of research that she has been conducting on the affect of "Cuteness". The lecture is titled "What "cute" can do for you (and what it can't): A lecture on the functionality of cute".

BA Art History Alumnae at Norton Simon Museum

Lauren Zuchowski, Art history '09, is now a librarian at the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena! She received her MLIS from UCLA after getting her BA in Art History at Chapman University.

Professor's Tsunami Evacuation Case Study Highlighted in OC Register

Professor Claudine Jaenichen's tsunami evacuation case study was highlighted in this week's Orange County Register. To read more about Jaenichen's research and a future implementation of the study in Huntington Beach go here: http://www.ocregister.com/articles/tsunami-376866-evacuation-beach.html

Professor a 24-hour Photoshop Speaker

24-hour photoshop carefully selected speakers that are the most knowledgeable and recognized experts in adobe photoshop who all spoke about the valuable information they possess from November 14-15. One of the speakers was one of Chapman's adjunct faculty members, Andrew Shalat, who is also the Head of Graphic Design and Digital Arts at Sessions College of Art and Design.

Commodores Exhibit

Chapman's Permanent Collection Manager, David Lee, who is also the Director and Curator of the Coastline Community College gallery, is the "brainchild" of their new exhibit, "Commodores." The show invites viewers to experience a visual history of Newport's harbor. For more information go to the OC Art Blog: http://www.ocartblog.com/2012/11/commodores-in-newport-getting-back-to-their-roots/

Art Professor, David Kiddie, Joins Advisory Board at the American Museum of Ceramic Art

Professor, David Kiddie, was invited to join the Advisory Board for the American Museum of Ceramic art.  AMOCA’s Advisory Board will brainstorm and assist with the future direction of the museum offering ideas for exhibition, membership strategies and growth and special events.  Kiddie will be in good company with a mix of ceramics professors, artists, designers, curators and arts writers.   

Other Advisory Board Members Include:

Joan Takayama-Ogawa,
Ceramic Artist, Assoc. Professor
Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles

Tony Marsh,
Ceramic Artist & Professor. Cal State University, Long Beach

Jo Lauria,
Independent Curator, Art Consultant, Author and former curator of Decorative Arts at Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Rebecca Niederlander, Artist, Independent Writer & Co-founder of BROODWORK

Randy Au,
Ceramic Artist and Instructor 
Orange County High School of the Arts

Jim Stewart, Ceramic Instructor
San Bernardino Valley College, San Bernardino 

Marsha Judd, Artist and Art Educator 

Christina (Tina) Vertal, Designer & Art Consultants

Billie Sessions, Art Education, and Ceramic Research Professor
CSU, San Bernardino

Alumni News

Kristen Lee, BFA Graphic Design '12, is now a Graphic Artist at Admit One Products, Inc
Devin Valdivia, BFA Graphic Design '12, is currently a Freelance Illustrator at PIMCO
Anton Warkentin, BFA Graphic Design '12, is the Co Founder + Design at Cathod.tv
Lauren Butori, BFA Graphic Design '06, is now the Lead Textile Graphic Designer at Simply She

Professor's Exhibit in New York

Professor Lia Halloran's fourth New York solo exhibition, Metamorphose, will be from November 17, 2012 - January 6, 2013. The exhibition will be at DCKT Contemporary's  new location at 21 Orchard Street. For more information about the show go to DCKT's website: http://www.dcktcontemporary.com/