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Vol. CLV, Issue 3
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“Community Crossing Continents” exhibit uses art to acknowledge the trauma of Maela Refugee Camp refugees

Ahmed Elsayed, Campus Life Reporter November 4, 2021

Being a refugee comes with trauma, loss and grief, an experience that is rarely talked about at Whitman. As a former refugee herself, Htet Htet Win, a fourth-year international student from Myanmar/Burma,...

Tara Graves is Sheehan Gallery's newest assistant.

Tara Graves joins the Sheehan Gallery team

Kaitlin Cho, A&E Reporter December 12, 2019

Tara Graves is many things: a former corporate worker who resigned after 10 years to go to art school, a photographer, an art studio owner. On Oct. 28, she also became the Sheehan Gallery assistant. Graves...

Gina Osterloh’s “Dots Front Misfire” and Ebony Patterson’s “Untitled (Among the weeds, plants, and peacock feathers)” are juxtaposed on the third floor.

Library makeover: New art revitalizes frequented space

Renny Acheson, A&E Editor October 19, 2019

Since its construction in 1956, Penrose Library has served as a setting for intellectual, artistic and personal exploration in the Walla Walla community. Among windows, shelves and cubicles, art pieces...

Encountering Marcus and Narcissa

Emma Fletcher-Frazer, Staff Reporter October 1, 2018

In response to the defacement of the Narcissa Whitman painting and the Marcus Whitman statue that stands just off campus, the Encounters syllabus committee added a new unit this year. The unit centers...

Faculty Art Show Features Kitchenware Sculpture, Scientific Studies, Foam Ice Cap

Faculty Art Show Features Kitchenware Sculpture, Scientific Studies, Foam Ice Cap

Michelle Foster, A&E Editor January 28, 2018

Sheehan Gallery now hosts a rare opportunity to experience art by all of the Whitman studio art department faculty in one space. This Whitman Studio Art Department Faculty Exhibition opened on January...

Renowned Artist Kiki Smith Speaks at Whitman

Renowned Artist Kiki Smith Speaks at Whitman

Michelle Foster, A&E Editor December 8, 2017

Whitman was granted an extraordinary opportunity to hear artist Kiki Smith speak in Maxey Auditorium on Wednesday, Dec. 6. Smith is a prominent contemporary artist in printmaking and sculpture. Through...

Paul Valadez. Photo by Natalie Mutter

A Talk with Artist Paul Valadez

Emma Chung, Staff Writer September 16, 2017

"Selections from the Great Mexican-American Songbook" by Paul Valadez graced the walls of the Stevens Gallery from July 17 to September 16. The exhibit consisted of a series of collages printed on...


Photo by Samarah Uribe

Sheehan Gallery Renovations Give Artists More Options

Michelle Foster, A&E Editor September 9, 2017
The Sheehan Gallery has undergone various renovations for safety reasons and also in order to open the possibilities for artists displaying their work in the space.
Students Print With Studio Articolore

Students Print With Studio Articolore

Zuhra Amini, Staff Reporter April 20, 2017

In a town full of tasting room gallery hybrids and coffee shop showcases, the printmaking gallery Studio Articolore sets itself apart. Entering into its second year, Studio Articolore has planted its...

Sheehan challenges Orientalism with "Scenes and Types"

Sheehan challenges Orientalism with “Scenes and Types”

Eric Anderson, Staff Writer February 11, 2016

Whitman sophomore William Monico had not attended any of the previous exhibitions in Olin Hall's Sheehan Gallery, but what he saw last Friday, at the reception for the Gallery's new "Scenes and Types"...

Louise Karneus ('16) is pictured here reading in the central lounge of the exhibit.

Sheehan Gallery Gets Graphic

Martina Pansze, A&E Editor September 10, 2015

The Sheehan Gallery, Whitman's on-campus art gallery in Olin Hall, has opened the 2015-2016 year with “Seeing Stories: Traversing the Graphic Narrative.” The show explores graphic narratives,...

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