Upcoming
Pyrometric investigates fire and wildfires through the lenses of art and ecology, highlighting human contributions to recurring natural processes that are at once destructive and transformative.
William Rolland Gallery of Fine Art
Many works in collections have been altered by time or purposefully manipulated. This exhibit re-examines works of art to uncover what might be hiding in plain sight or just below the surface. Traces offers an inside look at the methods used to reveal the secrets of artworks, ranging from X-rays and infrared light to solvents that remove varnish.
by Jennifer Vanderpool
The Garment Girl exhibition developed from Jennifer Vanderpool’s immigrant grandmother’s reminiscences about working as a cook in a sweatshop in the Allegheny Mountains and her mother’s stories about sewing shirt collars to pay her college tuition.
Artist walk-through: Tuesday, Feb. 12, 4 p.m.
'Courtiers, Warriors, and Rebellion,' David Nelson, PhD
The 2018-19 History Lecture Series "A Thousand and One Years Ago" resumes with Cal Lutheran history professor David Nelson discussing courtiers, warriors and rebellion.
William Rolland Art Center, Room 213
Jennifer Vanderpool speaks about the practice behind her exhibition Garment Girl, on display in the Kwan Fong Gallery. The exhibition interlaces matrilineal family stories of struggle with current labor activism, evoking questions about the global textile industry and the unseen garment workers sewing in sweatshops.
University organist Joseph Peeples will showcase the 2,109-pipe Borg Petersen Memorial Organ in 30-minute recitals on the first Friday of each month.
The Sacred and the Sublime
Heidi Vass, soprano, Eric Kinsley, piano, and guests perform a vocal recital.
Melina Abdullah is a womanist scholar-activist who sees her role in the academy as intrinsically linked to struggles for the liberation of oppressed people. A professor and chair of Pan-African Studies at California State University, Los Angeles, Abdullah has been recognized as one of the 10 most influential Los Angeles leaders by LA Weekly.
Rocket Men: The Daring Odyssey of Apollo 8 and the Astronauts Who Made Man's First Journey to the Moon, by Robert Kurson
Scholars discuss the historical context and the science behind the daring odyssey of Apollo 8 around the moon and back. Panelists include Cal Lutheran President Chris Kimball (History), Professor Mary Oksala (Physics) and Michael H. Gorn, a historian of aeronautics.
William Rolland Gallery of Fine Art
A celebration of CLU English professor Jacqueline Lyons’ new book of poetry, Adorable Airport.