In primary school, I remember my principal being fixated on classical music, believing that early exposure to “advanced music” could boost our appreciation of art. One piece she often played through the school’s radio was “The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra,” composed by Benjamin Britten. The piece has stuck
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Home Away From Home: ‘Idolos Muertos?’ and the legacy of Francisco Sánchez Flores
Persevering through time, Meiya Rollins PO ’29 reflects further on her summer research on artist Francisco Sánchez Flores and his time in Claremont. Rollins describes the challenges she faced looking through archival material and the challenges presented in Sánchez Flores’ play, “Idolos Muertos?”
Home Away From Home: The history of Padua Hills Theatre
Uncovering a long-lost legacy, Meiya Rollins PO ’29 reflects on her summer research on the artist Francisco Sánchez Flores and his time in Claremont in 1935.
MULTIMEDIA: Benton Museum’s new “Interference Patterns” exhibit reimagines photography
On Feb. 28, the Benton Museum of Art at Pomona College welcomed 7C students, faculty and community members for the opening reception of the new exhibits “The Meditative Object” and “John Sparagana: Interference Patterns.” TSL’s Multimedia team captured behind-the-scenes footage of the exhibition.
MULTIMEDIA: Pomona College Art Department’s Look Without Fear Exhibition
Pomona College Art Department’s “Look Without Fear” exhibition was on view February 6th, featuring work by 17 artists from the 5Cs that highlight the art of noticing. TSL’s Multimedia team captured behind-the-scenes footage of the exhibition.
Ways of Seeing: Sally Mann’s memory-haunted landscapes
Photographer Sally Mann captures the mythology of the American South in romantic black-and-white landscapes. Art columnist Nadia Hsu PO ’27 speaks to Mann’s work and what photography can tell us about memory.
Ways of Seeing: Modigliani took her eyes
Art columnist Nadia Hsu PO ’27 looks at a portrait drawing by Amedeo Modigliani on view at the Benton, and discusses how portraiture can and can’t represent a person.
Ways of Seeing: Anatomical Drawing and Peeling Back the Skin
“Muscles and Bones of the Leg,” is a Renaissance-era anatomical drawing on view as part of the Benton Museum’s “500 Years of Italian Drawings” exhibition. Art columnist Nadia Hsu PO ‘27 writes about seeing anatomical drawing as self-investigation.
Ways of Seeing: Gala Porras-Kim’s drawings and preserving the ritual
When does an object become an artifact? When does the sacred stop being sacred? These questions are explored by art columnist Nadia Hsu PO ‘27 through her exploration of artist Gala Porras-Kim’s exhibition “Between Lapses of Histories” at the Pitzer College Art Galleries.
Ways of Seeing: Vija Celmins’ Night Sky at the Benton
Art columnist Nadia Hsu PO ‘27 writes about the drawing “Galaxy (Hydra),” as an object of devotion to looking.