Archive for October, 2008
Fashioning Art Out of Clay
October 28th, 2008 | Press Releases
“Ceramics: Form and Function” opens in Reynolds Gallery Thursday, Nov. 6, with a reception from 4-6 p.m., and will be on display through Dec. 19. The exhibition brings together work in clay by 14 internationally-recognized artists from around the world, each with a unique mode of working in the medium. Many pieces on display will [...]
A New Name for a New Season
October 28th, 2008 | Press Releases
The Westmont Orchestra will perform for the first time without “chamber” in its name. With 52 student musicians, the ensemble has outgrown the title. The orchestra’s inaugural concerts will be Friday, Nov. 7, at 8 p.m. in Hahn Hall at the Music Academy of the West, and Sunday, Nov. 9, at 3 p.m. in First [...]
Westmont Breaks Ground On Two Buildings
October 23rd, 2008 | Press Releases
Westmont officials broke ground on two new buildings Oct. 23, the first significant construction on the Montecito campus in 24 years. Trustees and other college dignitaries wielded gold shovels to turn dirt at the sites for the Adams Center for the Visual Arts and Winter Hall for Science and Mathematics.
The construction signifies the start of [...]
Workshop Explores African Dance Form
October 22nd, 2008 | Press Releases
Linda Kazibwe, born in Uganda and raised in Kenya, presents “An Exploration of African Dance Form” Thursday, Oct. 30, from 7:30-8:30 p.m. in Westmont’s Murchison Gym Dance Room. The workshop is free and open to the public.
Kazibwe, a science high school teacher in the Los Angeles area, will provide a short survey of African dance [...]
Talk Probes Limits of Educated Evangelicalism
October 21st, 2008 | Press Releases
Alister Chapman, assistant professor of history at Westmont, discusses “Two Cheers for Populism? John Stott and the Limits of Educated Evangelicalism in England” in a Phi Kappa Phi lecture Monday, Oct. 27, at 7 p.m. in Hieronymus Lounge. The lecture is free and open to the public.
Chapman explores issues of faith and education while researching [...]