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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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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In Fragments, Pitzer Art Professor Reveals the Whole Picture

Claremont, Calif. (July 31, 2013)—Pitzer College Associate Professor of Art Jessica McCoy’s latest show, Reconstructed, opens Thursday August 1 at the Square i Gallery in Claremont. McCoy is the gallery’s featured artist for the month of August. McCoy’s oil paintings often evolve from photographs she takes of a space, whether of a single room or [Read More...]

July 31, 2013

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Pitzer College Art Professor Jessica McCoy’s Murals on Permanent Display at New Train Station in LA

Claremont, Calif. (April 20, 2012) — Pitzer College Assistant Professor of Art Jessica McCoy’s 16 new mosaic murals will be on permanent public display at the Expo/Vermont Station of the new Metro Expo light-rail line which opens on April 28, 2012. McCoy was selected to design artwork for the Expo/Vermont Station after a rigorous, peer-reviewed [Read More...]

April 20, 2012

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Pitzer College Professor of Art Tim Berg Exhibits at New York’s Dean Project

Claremont, Calif. (September 16, 2011)— Pitzer College Assistant Professor Tim Berg will exhibit a new body of work featured at the Dean Project in New York City, NY. This solo exhibition, on the brink, is the second collaborative venture with his wife, Rebekah Myers, for the gallery. Berg teaches art at Pitzer College. on the [Read More...]

September 16, 2011

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Pitzer College Assistant Professor Wins First Place in Juried Exhibition

Claremont, Calif. (March 31, 2010) — Pitzer College Assistant Professor of Art Jessica McCoy received first place in the fourth annual international juried art exhibition Au Naturel: The Nude in the 21st Century for her painting Bathroom II. McCoy’s painting is a composition in collage form that examines the progression of time through a compilation of moments. “I [Read More...]

March 31, 2010

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Pitzer College Selects 2010 Scholars-in-Residence

Claremont, Calif. (March 29, 2010) — Pitzer College Professor of Linguistics Carmen Fought and Assistant Professor of Art Tim Berg were selected as the 2010-11 Pitzer College Scholars-in-Residence. During this semester-long program, Fought will teach a seminar entitled “Waking Sleeping Beauty: Language and Gender in Disney” and Berg will teach a seminar on “Cultural Practice [Read More...]

March 29, 2010

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Director of Pitzer Art Galleries Awarded Curatorial Residency in Milan

Claremont, Calif. (November 17, 2009) — Ciara Ennis, curator and director of Pitzer Art Galleries, was invited to participate in a one month curatorial residency in Milan by VIR Viafarini-in-Residence Program. “I hope to acquaint myself with the contemporary art scene in Italy and a month will allow me to meet and do studio visits [Read More...]

November 17, 2009

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Mural Honors Local Heroes for Role in Community

Vina Danks Middle School to unveil tribute to students, staff, teachers and labor leader Cesar Chavez CLAREMONT, Calif. (October 8, 2003) — Pitzer College’s commitment to building strong communities can be found in its outreach programs. From Nepal, Italy, China and Costa Rica to local programs in Pomona and Ontario, the College works as a [Read More...]

October 8, 2003