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Porras-Kim Explores the Practices and Ethics of Museum Collections in Upcoming Pepper Lecture

Claremont, Calif. — Dec. 1, 2023 — Chichén Itzá is a sacred site and one of the greatest centers of Mayan culture on the Yucatán peninsula. Its monuments and artistic works reveal a powerful cosmic vision of the world and universe. These monuments are considered so important to our understanding of the Classic and post-Classic [Read More...]

December 1, 2023

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Julia Haft-Candell’s “The Yet To Be” Explores the Infinite at Pitzer College Art Galleries

Julia Haft-Candell, ceramic sculpture and details, 2023. Image courtesy of the artist and Night Gallery, Los Angeles. (Photo: Nik Massey) Artist Julia Haft-Candell’s mixed-media work reflects her concept of The Infinite—a philosophy of rethinking and creating new systems. Haft-Candell will further this exploration with related exhibitions, “The Yet To Be,” opening this fall at Pitzer [Read More...]

September 8, 2023

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Diego Borgsdorf Fuenzalida ’24 and Jaspa Ureña ’24 Awarded Curatorial Apprenticeships for First-Generation and Students of Color

Jaspa Ureña stands behind a leafy green plant and has an orange, red, and yellow crocheted circle and a pair of round black glasses over their face. Ureña has curly light brown hair and wears a white sweater. Diego Borgsdorf Fuenzalida has short wavy dark brown hair and wears a white collared shirt with a purple tie.

Claremont, Calif. (April 18, 2023)—Pitzer College students Diego Borgsdorf Fuenzalida ’24 and Jaspa Ureña ’23 have received an award from the Pitzer College Art Galleries to complete in-depth curatorial apprenticeships. Available to first-generation and students of color, the Benjamin Godsill ’00 and Anna Burns Student Apprenticeship Award provides the chance to work with two of Los Angeles’ most dynamic non-profit arts organizations: Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (LACE) in Hollywood and Fulcrum Arts in Pasadena.

April 18, 2023

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Pitzer College Art Galleries Presents Multimedia Artists Exploring Civil Rights and Pandemic Histories

Pitzer College Art Galleries is hosting an opening reception on January 28, 2023, at 1 p.m. for Britt Ransom’s Arise and Seek and Maya Gurantz’s The Plague Archives. The reception kicks off with an artist talk from Ransom, a Carnegie Mellon University professor and sculptor, followed by a performance by interdisciplinary multimedia artist Gurantz.

January 23, 2023

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Two-Venue Exhibition of Sadie Barnette Opening at Pitzer College Art Galleries and Benton Museum of Art at Pomona College

Pitzer College Art Galleries and the Benton Museum of Art at Pomona College are pleased to announce the most ambitious exhibition to date of the California artist Sadie Barnette.

July 9, 2021

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Pitzer College Art Galleries presents an exhibition of new work by Candice Lin in Natural History: A Half-Eaten Portrait, an Unrecognizable Landscape, a Still, Still Life

Pitzer College Art Galleries presents "Natural History: A Half-Eaten Portrait, an Unrecognizable Landscape, a Still, Still Life," an exhibition of new ceramic sculpture by Los Angeles-based artist Candice Lin.

January 10, 2020

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Pitzer College Art Galleries presents Hans Baumann: 5 Distillations (Salton Sea)

Pitzer College Art Galleries presents "5 Distillations (Salton Sea)," an exhibition of new works by Los Angeles-based artist Hans Baumann.

January 10, 2020

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Pitzer College Art Galleries and LACE present Juan Downey: Radiant Nature

Rarely seen work by renowned Chilean-born artist is part of the Getty-led Pacific Standard Time LA/LA Initiative Claremont, Calif. (August 21, 2017)—Juan Downey: Radiant Nature, a new joint exhibition by Pitzer College Art Galleries and Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (LACE), brings to life interactive works by the Chilean-born artist Juan Downey (1940–93) that haven’t been [Read More...]

August 24, 2017

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Pitzer College Faculty Art Show Explores Art and Environmentalism

Claremont, Calif. (January 26, 2017)—The Pitzer College Faculty Art Show examines the legacy of the College’s Art Field Group and the art faculty’s ongoing dedication to progressive ideas surrounding art, the natural and built environment, and the impact of human actions—and interactions. Works by Pitzer’s current art professors—Tim Berg, Sarah Gilbert, Tarrah Krajnak and Jessica [Read More...]

January 26, 2017

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Pitzer College Art Galleries Receives National Endowment for the Arts Grant

Claremont, Calif. (May 10, 2016)—The National Endowment for the Arts has awarded Pitzer College Art Galleries an Art Works grant to present the exhibition A Moderate Proposal, co-curated by Pitzer College Art Galleries Director/Curator Ciara Ennis and artist Jennifer Vanderpool. The exhibition will run from January to March 2018. A Moderate Proposal explores the forms and [Read More...]

May 10, 2016