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Vol. CLIV, Issue 6
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George W. Bush lectures at Whitman Art Department

Kyle Seasly February 12, 2015
Nothing quite says spring like former presidents lecturing at commencement on their post-presidential passions. Few have forgotten President Jimmy Carter's April 1994 speech at Columbia University regarding Habitat for Humanity, or Ulysses S. Grant's lecture titled "I Won the War Drunk" at Harvard University in 1868.

Winter Art Salon exhibits new media and technology

Hannah Bartman January 29, 2015

The eighth annual Student Winter Art Salon opened at the Sheehan Gallery last Saturday, Jan. 24 and will remain open until Feb. 13. The art pieces featured are all completed in studio art classes at Whitman...

Technology tools advance campus research, creativity

Technology tools advance campus research, creativity

Audrey Kelly November 13, 2014
New technologies make the work of many departments at Whitman more efficient, freeing up time and energy to complete questions or surveys. They also can help make visible intensely complicated theorized concepts thought up decades ago by, say, Einstein, in the case of Beck’s mirrors.
An artist makes some last minute touches to her block. Photo by Marra Clay.

Second-annual Day of the Dead festival draws crowd for art

James Kennedy October 30, 2014
Attendees of second annual Dia de los Muertos celebration could see students' finished woodblocks inked up and pressed into prints via a steamroller, buy some authentic Mexican food or merchandise or even get in on the printmaking fun themselves by carving their own mini wood block to press onto a paper or t-shirt alongside the official student prints.
Maia Watkins 17 displays her photographs in Fouts Center for the Visual Arts. Photo by Emily Volpert.

Diversity dialogue continues in art

Linnaea Weld October 23, 2014
Watkins decided to use her major and passion, art, to open a dialogue on diversity issues on campus.
Artist John Powers Creates Installation Piece in Stevens Gallery

Artist John Powers Creates Installation Piece in Stevens Gallery

Halley McCormick October 16, 2014

During the week of October 6, artist John Powers set up a temporary studio in Reid Campus Center's Stevens Gallery where he constructed a futuristic art piece out of foam rods. Videographer Tywen Kelly...

Futuristic artist to take over Stevens Gallery

Daniel Kim October 3, 2014

On Oct. 5, artist John Powers will be coming to Whitman College. Powers will be on campus for one week showcasing an exhibit called "Operational" at the Stevens Gallery for one week. Powers will also be...

Many groups fund activism workshop

Linnaea Weld October 3, 2014

Today artist and activist Dana Lyons will be offering both a workshop and concert for students. Campus Climate Challenge (CCC) has been working on bringing Lyons to campus since last semester, but many...

Artists Cooperate in Walla PopUp Gallery

Artists Cooperate in Walla PopUp Gallery

Hannah Bartman May 1, 2014
The Walla PopUp Gallery is a collaborative and economically innovative concept: a communal art gallery that opens for only a month in which all artists involved work for the gallery and profit from the sales.
Senior Molly Johansen shows her white ink tattoo. Photos by Goard.

Inked: Whitman Community Members Express Personal, Permanent Expression Through Tattoos

Sarah Cornett April 1, 2014
Members of the Whitman community share their personal expression of art and the stories behind their tattoos.
Woven Metal

Woven Metal

Marra Clay February 16, 2014
Whitman has gone through a whirlwind of weather changes. In the last few weeks, I have seen snow deep enough to bury everyone's Birkenstocks, enough sunshine to melt it all away, drizzling rain, and even a rolling, fleet of fog.

Staff, Students Sell Wares at Fourth Annual Craft Fair

Isabel Mills December 5, 2013
Learn more about the fourth annual Whitman craft fair and some of the students and staff selling homemade treats and wares there.
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