9th Annual AIGA Portfolio Review

On Saturday, April 28, the 9th Annual AIGA Portfolio Review was held with over 30 reviewers from professional agencies and firms and 60 students participating from a variety of local schools. The students had the opportunity to sit down with up to 7 reviewers and get valuable feedback on their work and presentation. Adobe also sent a trainer to the event to talk about the new CS 6 and Muse software and held a raffle for a full version of CS 5.5 which was won by BFA Graphic Design student, Noah Fell.

Professor's Exhibit Opening Next Week

Assistant Professor of Art, Lia Halloran, has a solo exhibition, "Sublimation Transmutation", that is opening on Saturday, May 5 from 6-8pm at Martha Otero Gallery in Los Angeles. Anyone and Everyone is welcome to go!

For more information regarding the show please go to: http://www.marthaotero.com/exhibitions/2012-05-05_lia-halloran/

Graphic Design Student Designs Shakespeare T-Shirt

Senior BFA Graphic Design student, Devin Valdivia, designed the T-shirt for Chapman's Henry Kemp-Blair Shakespeare Festival. The festival is hosted by Chapman's Department of Theatre and  the tournament consists of Scene, Monologue, Design Presentations, and Workshops devoted to Shakespeare's texts.

Designer Career Paths

Designer Career Paths is Wednesday, April 25, at 7pm in Argyros Forum, room 201. The event consists of four professional designers speaking about how they got where they are in their career and their design process and projects. The four designers will be Dani Bartov (Creative Director, Princess Cruises), Adrienne Grace (Freelance Designer), Amy Jo Levine (Owner/Partner, Visual Asylum), and Leo Circo (Creative Director, Saatchi & Saatchi). Admission is free and anyone is welcome to come!

More Alumni News

Chapman University Alumni, Christopher Richmond, Minor in Art 2010, was recently accepted into the University of Southern California's MFA program at the Roski School of Fine Arts and the  California Institute of the Arts' School of Art MFA program. He will be attending USC where he was  awarded a full scholarship and a Teaching Assistantship.

Sarah Waldorf, Bachelor of Art 2012, has received a Getty Institution research internship at the Getty Center for summer.

Art History Symposium

Next Friday, April 27 from 12-4:30pm, The Art Department will host its second Art History Symposium in Kennedy Hall 142. This is a unique opportunity to hear what students in other Universities are working on! The Symposium is free and open to the Public.

Student Awarded Research Grant with Professor

Professor Lia Halloran and BFA in Art student, Julie Russo, were awarded Chapman University's Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Program grant. Ms. Russo was one of the 13 "fellows" chosen to participate and will be working on a research project with Professor Halloran over the summer.

Student Receives Fulbright Award

One of our own has been honored with a prestigious Fulbright award. Sabrina Davis,  who is earning a BFA in Graphic Design with a Minor in Nutrition, was notified earlier this week that she will be the recipient of a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship to Spain. For 10 months she will be living in Spain and working as a teaching assistant at a secondary school. She will be assistant-teaching in various subjects (in English) as well as leading American studies classes and conversation groups. In addition to her ETA responsibilities, she will be doing her own independent study/research to develop her career path.

"The Fulbright Program is the flagship international educational exchange program sponsored by the U.S. government and is designed to “increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries.” With this goal as a starting point, the Fulbright Program has provided almost 300,000 participants—chosen for their academic merit and leadership potential — with the opportunity to study, teach and conduct research, exchange ideas and contribute to finding solutions to shared international concerns."

In the application process, Ms. Davis asked two of our design professors for references. Both Associate Professor Claudine Jaenichen and Adjunct Professor Andrew Shalat were more than happy to oblige.

Professor Co-hosting Panel Discussion

Assistant Professor of Art, Micol Hebron, is co-hosting a panel discussion about CULTS and art at MOCA Geffen this Saturday, April 21 from 2-4pm. It's completely free and there are also four panelists who will talk about their first hand experience with cults. Hebron will be co-moderating with Corzon del Sol. 

The panel will be part of the Transmission LA: AV Club program that is happening at MOCA starting April 20.

http://www.theavantgardediaries.com/en/events
http://www.publicfiction.org/

Alumnus with Mattson Creative

BFA in Graphic Design Alumnus, Jen Peters, is Mattson Creative's first time full employee. Check out Mattson Creative's blog to see a post about her time spent at the company and some examples of her work. 


Check it out here! http://mattsoncreative.com/blog/

Faculty Interview with Creative Orange County Radio

Adjunct Faculty member, David Lee, was recently interviewed with his wife on the Creative Orange County radio. 
To listen go to: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/gystradio/2012/04/10/creative-orange-county-the-couples-show#.T4SIStBUKHk.tumblr

Parent Creates Beautiful Table for Gallery

Hannah Cates, BFA in Graphic Design 2012, has a very talented father.
Mr. Brian Cates, a professional custom cabinet maker, graciously offered to
make the Guggenheim Gallery a beautiful entry table. The table features
European Sycomore and Hawaiian Koa wood, self closing doors, and castors
for easy movement. The table will function as a lovely and powerful piece
professionally welcoming visitors to our gallery.

Graphic Design Club Goes Laser Tagging

Last Sunday, the Graphic Design Club went laser tagging to have a little fun doing something other than design work. The club enjoyed two rounds of shooting each other and even Art Department Chair, Eric Chimenti. While some were beat by the little kids who had a surprising amount of strategy and skill, Graphic Design major, Annie Unruh, came out in the end with the highest ranking as LAZER MASTER!

Lazer Master: Annie Unruh 

Visual Speaker Series Presents Liz Glynn

Please join us for a talk by performance artist, Liz Glynn, this Wednesday, April 18 at 7pm in Moulton room 213.

Liz Glynn uses epic historical narratives to explore empirical cycles of growth decay, and the potential for change in the present tense through particpatory performances, large-scale installations, sculptural objects, and intimate actions. Her solo exhibitions and participatory performances are many. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, New York Magazine, the Los Angeles Times, Artforum, Art Lies, Mousse, and Archaeology Magazine. She was awarded the California Community Foundation Emerging Artist Fellowship in 2010.  Liz completed her MFA from CalArts in 2008 and her BA from Harvard College in 2003.

Senior Studio Art Show: EXPOSED

Today, at 5pm, is the opening for the first Senior Studio Art show , "Exposed," featuring the works of students Alex Blair, Martha Cowley, Jenny Draime, Jennie Drummond and Gunnar Rees.This exhibit is open to the public the rest of the week from 10:00am to 5:00pm. We hope to see you there!

Professor Interview with "In the Make"

Assistant Professor of Studio Art, Lia Halloran, was interviewed by "In the Make" about her artistic process and involvement. Feel free to check out the article online and even see some great photos of her paintings and studio. 


Check it out here! http://inthemake.net/

Former Gallery Coordinator's Upcoming Events

Former part time faculty member and Gallery Coordinator, Alex Segade, has two events coming up that he is involved in. Feel free to check them out!


On Saturday-Sunday, April 14-15, Segade's performance group, My Barbarian, is performing at REDCAT in LA.
http://www.redcat.org/event/my-barbarian

On Monday, April 16, My Barbarian is also doing a video and giving a talk about their work at the Museum of Modern Art in New York
http://www.moma.org/visit/calendar/film_screenings/14889

Additionally, the exhibition My Barbarian had at Human Resources in LA, received good reviews and press from the LA Weekly and LA Times.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2012/03/my-barbarian-at-human-resources.html
http://blogs.laweekly.com/arts/2012/03/my_barbarian_broke_peoples_ba.php

Visual Speakers Series Presents Alex Sofroniew

Come listen to Art Historian, Alex Sofroniew,  this Wednesday, Aprill 11 at 7:00pm in Moulton room 213.

Alex Sofroniew will be discussing “The Lansdowne Ancient Marbles and Californian Collectors”. From the time of their discovery in Italy in the mid-18th century onwards; the Greek and Roman marble statues amassed by the British Lord Lansdowne and displayed in his house in London were celebrated as some of the finest artworks produced in antiquity. When they finally went up for auction in 1930, after being in the possession of the Lansdowne family for generations, collectors were hungry to buy. In particular a group of extravagantly wealthy men from California would try to snatch up the best pieces, and bring them West.

BFA Graphic Design Students Design Website

Senior BFA Graphic Design students, Breanna Rawding and Chase Conching, designed the website for the 2012 Chapman BFA Actor Showcase.


To view the site go to: http://www.chapmanbfashowcase.com/index.html

Alumnus Receives Honorable Mention for the IPA

2010 BA in Art Alumnus, Finn Greenspan, received an honorable mention for the International Photography Award (IPA) in 2011 for his entry "Chemics".




Check out the gallery here: http://www.photoawards.com/en/Pages/Gallery/hmention2011NON.php