Exhibitions
Gettin’ It Done: A Selection of Work by Elizabeth Catlett, Samella Lewis, Betye Saar, Emma Amos, Alison Saar, Letitia Huckaby, LaToya Hobbs, and Kenturah Davis
Exhibition dates: August 26 through October 15 Visitors to the Williamson Gallery at Scripps College can experience the power of visionary Black art spanning three generations. Gettin’ It Done: A Selection of Work by Elizabeth Catlett, Samella Lewis, Betye Saar, Emma Amos, Alison Saar, Letitia Huckaby, LaToya Hobbs, and Kenturah Davis features works by celebrated artists from […]
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Scripps College Senior Art Show: Apr. 28 – May 13, 2023
Reflect/Refract Opening Reception Friday, April 28th 6-9 PM What waits beneath the surface of unknown histories, rabbit holes, and suppressed selves? Five artists—through video, animation, interactive fiction, sculpture, fiber, and digital painting—find answers by creating alternate worlds. We reflect and refract: mirrors aiding a self portrait, shiny metal you can’t help but catch a glimpse […]
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78th Scripps College Ceramic Annual: Jan. 21 to Apr. 2
Handle Carefully: The Power of Words and Clay We welcome you to join our opening reception on January 21 from 7-9 PM featuring live music and light refreshments. Gallery events are free and open to the public. Binding the visual with the conceptual, the works in Handle Carefully: The Power of Words and Clay—Scripps College’s […]
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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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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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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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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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Scripps College Senior Art Show 2022
Flux Opens April 30th, 2022 | 7-9 PM Our lives have been in a constant state of flux over the last two years, forcing us to adapt as the pandemic pulls us at its will. Flux, the first in-person Scripps Senior Art Show since 2019, grapples with identity, change, and personal history in times of […]
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77th Scripps College Ceramic Annual: Feb. 5 to Apr. 17, 2022
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, there will be no opening reception, and instead, we will have a closing reception on April 16. The closing reception will be held at the Williamson Gallery, featuring live music and light refreshments, from 7 to 9 pm. Our events are free and open to the public. Per Scripps […]
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