Handle Carefully: The Power of Words and Clay ROBERT ARNESON, Typewriter, 1965, Painted and glazed earthenware, Courtesy of University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive; Gift of Robert Arneson© 2022 Estate of Robert Arneson / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY We welcome you to join our opening reception […]
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78th Scripps College Ceramic Annual: Jan. 21 to Apr. 2
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YŌKAI: Scenes of the Supernatural in Japanese Woodblock Prints
Ghosts in the galleries: supernatural traveling exhibition from the Scripps College collection opened at Asia Society Texas on September 30th! Email Academic Curator Margalit Monroe (mmonroe at scrippscollege.edu) to reserve this special and spooky show.
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Conduit Between Artist and Audience: An Experience with Jenny He
Banner designed by Gigi Hume SC ’23 As you enter the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, to your left, you will find the Spielberg Family Gallery, home to the first room within the Stories of Cinema, an ongoing exhibition that spans the first three floors of the museum. Here, museum-goers are invited to view a […]
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Star Machine: Power and Politics of Women in 1930s Hollywood – Virtual Intern Exhibition
Star Machine transports viewers to the Golden Age of Hollywood, and questions what makes it glitter. Behind the lights, camera, action—what forces were at work on the women of Hollywood? In a first for a virtual intern exhibition at the Williamson Gallery, 20 loans from other institutions like the Los Angeles Public Library and the […]
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Tara: A Powerful Feminine Force
The presence of Tara in the Buddhist pantheon over the centuries, both as a bodhisattva and as a female buddha, has offered a sense of inclusivity to many female practitioners.
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Gods & Guardians in Asian Arts: Oct. 29 – Dec. 18
Gods and Guardians in Asian Arts illuminates the celestial and the divine, the sacred and the spiritual, in a rich array of works from Scripps College’s permanent collection. The exhibition features 40 sculptures, paintings, and hallowed objects—from Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, and Tibet—many on display for the first time. Visit Hindu, Buddhist, Daoist, and […]
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to get there from here: Aug. 27 – Oct. 9, 2022
Please join us for the opening reception on Saturday, September 17th from 5 – 9 PM, with a live dance performance at 6 PM. Our events are free and open to the public. to get there from here is a choreographic investigation on mapping memories in and through the body. Movement artists Maria Gillespie, […]
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Highlights of the Collection, Oliveira, Everts, and Marini
These artists employ the recurring motif of bodily distortion to express postwar trauma.
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Incipit Vita Artis: Susan Hertel, Alison Saar, & Elizabeth Turk – Virtual Intern Exhibition
A dream, a seed, a larger picture… What does it look like to be an artist? Incipit Vita Artis (Thus Begins a Life of Art) invites you into the art worlds of three contemporary alumnae artists— Susan Hertel ’52, Alison Saar ’78, and Elizabeth Turk ’83. While each artist has her own distinct style and […]
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Gilded Dharma: A Japanese Lotus Sutra
These sutra fragments are so sacred and artistically refined that they often rank among the most highly treasured objects in temple, museum, and private collections.
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