Visiting Artist Mary Babcock to Lecture at Chester College

Join Mary Babcock for a free lecture on Tuesday, November 30 at 2:30 p.m. in Wadleigh Lecture Hall! Babcock specializes in fiber and performance arts, and happens holds a Ph.D. in psychology. Her work centers mainly on the idea of mending physical objects as a metaphor for peace through environmental and social justice. She currently [...]

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Visiting Artist Robert Lobe to Lecture at Chester College

Sculptor Robert Lobe is coming to Chester! Next Tuesday, November 16, Robert Lobe will be presenting a free lecture in Wadleigh Lecture Hall at 2:30 p.m. Lobe, the tenth artist to visit Chester as part of this semester’s Visiting Artist Symposium, works mainly with natural recourses such as stone, twine and wood and has also [...]

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Visiting Artist Mark Nostrum to Lecture at Chester College

The next Artist Symposium guest, Mark Nostrum, is on his way! Next Tuesday, November 2nd, Chester College will be blessed by the presence of designer and North Carolina resident Mark Nostrum. A graduate of Virginia Tech and Rhode Island School of Design, Nostrum turns scientific data into distinctive visual art. To be honest, his work [...]

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Visiting Writer William Giraldi to Read at Chester College

On Wednesday, November 3rd, Chester College will welcome author William Giraldi! Giraldi is the senior fiction editor of AGNI, teaches writing at Boston University and is currently awaiting the publication of his novel, Busy Monsters (W. W. Norton). He will present a 2:30 p.m. lecture in Powers 29 focusing on his theory that “literature can [...]

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Visiting Artist Preview: Masako Kamiya

Wondering who the visiting artist for October 19 is? It’s Masako Kamiya! Growing up in Chiba, Japan, Kamiya knew at an early age that she wanted to be an artist. In college, she studied painting for a short time in Canada before moving to the United States. After graduating with an MFA from the Massachusetts [...]

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“Patterned Tactics” Begins Exhibition at Chester College

Chester Gallery at Wadleigh Library is pleased to announce that the exhibition Patterned Tactic(s) will be on view October 13-November 12 2010. Professors Christina Pitsch and Megan McNaught have collaborated on an installation of sculpture and painting that has traveled from Boston to New York and now will arrive in Chester. Pairing a passion for [...]

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“Crosscurrents” to Exhibit Faculty and Alumni Work

On October 7, 2010 at 5 p.m. Crosscurrents: Works by the Faculty and Selected Alumni of Chester College will celebrate its opening reception at the Robert M. Larsen Gallery in Concord, NH. Crosscurrents is a collection of work from Chester College faculty and selected alumni that explores the “crosscurrents” between professors and former students—how teachers [...]

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“Ask Andy” – Interviews with Andy Levesque: Millee Tibbs

This week I interviewed Millee Tibbs, a photographer who focuses on content and often the deeper meanings of her photos. Don’t forget that this week’s visiting artist is Wendy Wahl, a textile artist. Her lecture will be tomorrow at 2:30 PM in Wadleigh Conference Room. Sometimes you want to do something with your life but [...]

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“Laura Gives Good Interviews” – Interview with Jenn Monroe

Recently Chester College’s very own Jenn Monroe kicked off the visiting writers series with a reading from her current chapbook. Laura Evans, a member of the So Good staff, caught up with her for an interview. Laura Evans: I know you wanted to write four new poems for this reading. Did you? JM: I didn’t [...]

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Visiting Writer Debra Monroe to Lecture

Debra Monroe will visit Chester College on Tuesday, October 5 as part of this fall’s Visiting Artists Symposium and Visiting Writers Series! Best known for her prose, Monroe has published four book of fiction and one memoir. Her work has been published, reviewed and honored in a multitude of magazines and has been listed in [...]

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