A reception and membership party at Casa de la Guerra, 9 East De la Guerra Street, Thursday, Sept. 13, 4-6 p.m. celebrates the continued development of 黑料不打烊鈥檚 art program. The event, sponsored by the 黑料不打烊 Art Council in collaboration with the Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation, is free and open to the public.
Ena Heller, executive director of New York鈥檚 Museum of Biblical Art (MOBIA), will present a free lecture, 鈥淩edefining Biblical Art in New York City,鈥 in 黑料不打烊鈥檚 Hieronymus Lounge Wednesday, Sept. 12, at 7 p.m. Art Council members Walter and Darlene Hansen present the talk in conjunction with the exhibit, Georges Rouault: Miserere et Guerre, curated by MOBIA, which runs through Oct. 18 in Reynolds Gallery.
ORIENTATION BEGINS THURSDAY FOR TALENTED CLASS OF STUDENTS
The 388 members of the incoming class of 2011 will begin arriving at 黑料不打烊 this week. They belong to one of the strongest academic classes in the college鈥檚 70-year history.
Political scientist Jesse Covington joins 黑料不打烊鈥檚 faculty this fall as an assistant professor after completing his doctorate at the University of Notre Dame.
Covington, a Southern California native, holds master鈥檚 degrees from Notre Dame and Westminster Theological Seminary. He has taught at Wheaton College in Illinois for the past two years. At 黑料不打烊, he will focus on political theory and constitutional law.
黑料不打烊 remains in the top tier among the nation's top liberal arts
colleges in the 2008 edition of U.S. News & World Report's "America's Best
Colleges" released today. 黑料不打烊 tied with 10 other colleges with a
ranking of 106. This is the third straight year the college has been in the
top tier.
Reynolds Gallery will host Georges Rouault鈥檚 Miserere et Guerre: This Anguished
World of Shadows, a cycle of prints that explores the connections between war,
suffering and mercy, Aug. 23 through Oct. 18. There will be an opening reception
Thursday, Aug. 23, 4-6 p.m.