Fall Departmental Show's Awards

Chapman's Fall Student Juried Departmental Show was this week from Dec. 3-7. Many exceptional pieces were submitted for the exhibition and out of the artworks selected, below are the artists whose work received awards. 

Allison Rask – The Finest of them All

Mesmerizing video installation, perfect music selection.  Excellent layout of projections and placement of projectors/DVD players to speak with video.

Nik Peter - Best Ceramics

A great piece using subdued palette, works great considering the facial expression.

Tyler Park – Best Sculpture

Simple elements beautifully balanced.

Jennifer Seo – Best Painting

Complimenting colors, thoughtfully place paint/brush strokes and excellent use of the mark. Visually appealing compostion.

Theo Niarchos – Best Photography

Simple, bold.  Creates an intriguing composition and questioning of materials

Performance Square (Allison Rask, Tyler Park, Kat Spangler, Alex Blair,

Rachel Oh, Nik Peter) – Best New Genres

Evoking unexpected connections through combination of individual performances, A Micro Festival.  Brave work and even better knowing the originals first took place across campus.Engaging!

Nicole Martinez- Best Book Art

Strong display and tiny cutout details were executed beautifully.

Margeux Pawell – Best Graphic Design

Use of strong color palette, stylized typographic treatment.  Desire to see this product produced and on shelfs.

Sean Imayanaganita – Best Drawing

Amazing details and selected composition location.

Graphic Design Club Annual Sweet Exchange

Yesterday, Tuesday Dec. 4, the Graphic Design Club hosted their annual Sweet Exchange! The night consisted of delicious desserts, Charlie Brown Christmas, and a white elephant gift exchange. The ceramic baby returned once again and knitted hats and scarves were continually stolen one after the other. The highlight of the night was Professor Kristi Hansen's rolo story and a improvised sweet exchange rap by three Graphic Design students after the exchange.

Ceramic Sale

Looking for that special gift this Holiday Season? Come to the annual Holiday Ceramics Sale ending on Friday, Dec. 7 and browse the creations of your fellow Art students this week in the Attallah Piazza from 11:00am until 4:00pm daily.

Food and Microwave Safe Stoneware and other decorative works are all made by students in the ceramics program at Chapman. We hope you can stop by.

Happy Holidays!!!

Modernism Class goes to LACMA

The Modernism seminar, Art 397, went to LACMA on December 1st and couldn't resist this simple stunt.

Professor's Exploration in Space Research

Dr. Justin Walsh, Chapman art professor, is a Greek archaeologist whose work has concentrated on the archaic and classical settlement of Morgantina, in central Sicily. The looting of that site by illicit diggers over many decades drew his attention to the ways in which cultural heritage has or has not been protected from damage and destruction. A question about Tranquility Base from a student in a seminar on heritage in 2008 led him to explore the problem of preserving significant objects and sites in space. He co-authored an op-ed about the dangers posed by the Google Lunar X Prize competition in the Los Angeles Times with that student in 2009 (“Don’t Boldly Go There,” 1 June)  http://articles.latimes.com/2009/jun/01/opinion/oe-walsh1. 

His work on the subject has developed into lectures to space scientists at the Committee on Space Research’s biennial assembly in Bremen, Germany (2010) and at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena (2012). His latest work on the subject is an article in the journal Space Policy, in which he argues for a new international treaty regime, modeled on existing treaties regarding heritage in similar contexts -- under the high seas and in Antarctica.

While the international community has acted forcefully since World War II to protect sites and objects of cultural or historic significance on Earth, little attention has been paid to the same kinds of sites and objects in space. There are important ethical and scholarly reasons for wanting to preserve sites and in situ objects in off-Earth contexts from destruction or commercial exploitation. Innovative space research equipment, such as spacecraft, satellites, and space stations, and the locations of historic missions, such as Tranquility Base, therefore deserve formal international recognition and protection. Appropriate models for developing a comprehensive protective scheme can be found in existing international protocols, especially the 1959 Antarctic Treaty (and later additions), the 1970 UNESCO Convention on Cultural Property, the 1972 UNESCO World Heritage Convention, and the 2001 UNESCO Convention on the Underwater Cultural Heritage. In addition, space agencies and professional organizations can mandate adequate and ethical planning for the post-operational phases of space missions to include arrangements for heritage protection.

To read a complete article online go here: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0265964612000938

“Protection of Humanity’s Cultural and Historic Heritage.” Space Policy 28 (2012): 234-243.

BA Art Student's Plans After Graduation

BA Art student, Jennie Drummond '13, plans on working as a substitute in the San Ramon Valley Unified School District after graduation. She will also be attending Brandman University in Walnut Creek to finish up her credentials in art and social studies while working towards a full-time teaching job in her old school district.

BA Art Student Creates Flyers for Vote Campaign

BA Art student, Jennie Drummond ‘13, created a couple of half-page flyers that were chosen for the Get Out The Vote campaign by OFA and passed around CMU’s campus. Drummond was given about 24 hours to complete the flyers, as well as carry out any edits the organization may have needed. Drummond loved working on the project because she was able utilize her two areas of study: art and politics.

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/

"Dark Matters" Exhibit in OC Weekly

"Dark Matters", an exhibit that is in the Guggenheim Gallery until October 28, has recently been written about in the OC Weekly. To read the complete article go here: http://www.ocweekly.com/2012-10-18/culture/dark-matters-guggenheim-gallery-chapman-university-orange/

Permanent Collection Manager's Exhibit Reviewed for the ArtScene

Chapman's Permanent Collection Manager, David Lee, had his exhibit, "Spacedout", reviewed for the ArtScene which is a monthly digest in Southern California:

Hard-edge paintings, popularized in 1960s Southern California, are given new life and dimensions by David Michael Lee. The seventeen works here adhere to the hard-edge principles of clean-edged geometric forms with intense primary colors. But he takes artistic liberty with this 50-year-old style in two significant ways. While his forms are precisely and geometrically drawn, his canvas is different from those of hard-edge pioneers Benjamin, McLaughlin, Hammersley and Feitelson. Using hemp over board, Lee gives his works an organic textural look that complements while diverging from that of the older artists work. Lee’s overall effect is softer, more open than traditional hard-edge, approaching a meditative quality. He explains, “Here forms are situated in space, in an openness crafted to explain a vast expanse and how I understand everything moving through time.” Lee, also influenced by his 16-year stint as studio assistant to octogenarian artist Tony DeLap, does not paint on mere canvas; he creates what the older artist refers to as “shaped paintings” or “hyperbolic paraboloids" — artworks that are hybrid paintings and sculpture that stand out from the wall and that seem to change shape as the viewer moves around them. These works, composed of square, rectangular and diamond shapes, all in primary colors, on black or deep blue backgrounds, and they appear to be hovering off the wall of the all-white gallery. They remind us of the pure beauty and artistic significance of basic shapes and colors (Brett Rubbico Gallery, Newport Beach). -Liz Goldner

See What Chapman's BFA Graphic Design Alumni are Doing Now

Laura Brewer '11: http://www.laurabrewerdesign.com/

Matt Parker: http://www.albumsurf.com/

Sarah Buczek '09: http://sarahswall.squarespace.com/

Simon Blockley '11: http://www.simonblockley.com/

See What Chapman's BFA Graphic Design Alumni are Doing Now

Kailee Quinn '11: http://kaileequinn.com/

Kristen Entringer '11: http://kentringer.com/

Kristin Hinkley '11: http://www.kristinhinkleydesign.com/

Kyle Pidot '11: http://www.pidotdesigns.com/

See What Chapman's BFA Graphic Design Alumni are Doing Now

Amber Hedrick '11: http://amberhedrick.designbinder.com/

Dana Quadri '11: http://artuleep.tumblr.com/

Ian Hutchison '11: http://ianhdesign.com/

Jessica Becker '11: http://jessicabeckerdesign.com/

Mattson Creative's Open House

Mattson Creative, an award-winning graphic design studio based in Southern California, recently had an open house last Friday, October 12. Some of their many outstanding clients consist of Apple, Billabong, Cartoon Network, Coca-Cola, Discovery Channel, Dreamworks, Lenny Kravitz, and Maroon 5. One of Chapman's BFA in Graphic Design Alumnae, Jenn Peters '10, is a member of their team and has been the foundation of a growing relationship with Chapman University's Graphic Design program and the design company. Currently, senior BFA Graphic Design students are receiving his professional advice and feedback. The BFA in GD program and faculty are very appreciative of this personal out-of-class mentoring that Ty Mattson is giving our students.