艺术领域小组 Background
艺术 has been an important part of Pitzer’s unique, interdisciplinary approach to liberal arts education for almost fifty years. 多年来, faculty and students have explored art as an interdisciplinary laboratory in which to address important questions of environmental sustainability, intercultural understanding, as well as learning about art as means of intellectual inquiry and knowledge production, 社区参与, and personal expression.
过去的老师
卡尔·赫特尔
卡尔·赫特尔, Pitzer’s first professor of art and environmental design, came to the college in 1966, and was a frequent collaborator with Paul Shepard, professor of natural philosophy and human ecology. 在一起, they investigated the desert environments of the western United states and Mexico from the perspectives of art and science.
大卫·弗曼
Professor of Ceramics 大卫·弗曼, who taught at Pitzer from 1973 to 2007, traveled and studied widely in South America and China. He received two Fulbright artists fellowships, among other awards, for his work as an artist.
迈克尔·伍德考克
迈克尔·伍德考克, a student of 卡尔·赫特尔, was professor of art at Pitzer from 1989 until 2005, and is perhaps best remembered for his ambitious course on the history, sociology and ecology of Route 66 which included a six-week journey along its entire 2,278 miles from Santa Monica to Chicago in summer 1999. Professor Woodcock passed away in 2013.
凯瑟琳•米勒
凯瑟琳•米勒, who came to Pitzer in 1993 and retired in 2013, also participated in the college’s Environmental Analysis Field Group, teaching courses that drew from her background as a field biologist and from the perspectives of art and architecture. She produced community-based environmental artworks that intervened in existing spaces to create water filtration systems, drought-tolerant landscapes and other public amenities.
Professor Miller also collaborated with Professor of Environmental Analysis Paul Faulstich, a 1979 Pitzer College graduate in art and environmental studies, and a student of 卡尔·赫特尔, in courses involving students to develop artworks and educational projects that contribute to the management of Pitzer’s “Outback,” a small remaining parcel of undeveloped campus land that has nonetheless been impacted by human encroachment and the introduction of new plant species. Professor Miller’s permanent sculptural installation marks the entrance to the Outback.
席亚拉埃尼斯
In 2007, 席亚拉埃尼斯 was hired as the first Director and Curator of the Pitzer 艺术 Galleries. She has brought nationally and internationally known artists to speak and exhibit at Pitzer and brought art world attention to our gallery program. Her exhibitions have featured innovative and experimental artists working at the boundary of art and activism.
今天的教师
The past decade has seen much growth in the 艺术领域小组. In 2006, 杰西卡·麦科伊, professor of painting and drawing and 比尔尖刺外壳, Pitzer’s first professor of art history, 加入了教师队伍.
杰西卡·麦科伊
Professor McCoy’s permanent public artwork is featured at the Vermont Street Station of the Metro Expo line in Los Angeles and her works have been exhibited nationally.
比尔尖刺外壳
Professor Anthes has published widely on contemporary and Native North American art, and he collaborates with artists and writers internationally.
提姆伯格
提姆伯格, professor of ceramics, 加入了教师队伍 in 2008. Working collaboratively with his wife artist Rebekah Myers, Professor Berg’s artworks and installations have been exhibited nationally and internationally. 他的瓷砖壁画， Between Earth and Sky, is installed on the west exterior wall of McConnell Center on the Pitzer campus.
莎拉·吉尔伯特
Professor of Sculpture 莎拉·吉尔伯特 became the newest member of Pitzer’s 艺术领域小组 in 2013. Professor Gilbert has a background in both studio art and cultural studies and her artworks and installations in multiple media have been exhibited widely.