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Amit Sood, a Group Marketing Manager for Google, has created and complete to museum of the century. A site where one can virtually walk through a museum in Paris, while sitting in bed in Thousand Oaks California. The most a exciting aspect of GoogleArtProject is its high resolution viewing of any desired piece; said best by  Julian Raby, director, the Freer Gallery, Washington, DC:

“The giga-pixel experience brings us very close to the essence of the artist through detail that simply can’t be seen in the gallery itself. Far from eliminating the necessity of seeing artworks in person, Art Project deepens our desire to go in search of the real thing.”

The Directions to use the site are EASY, simply select a museum from the homepage and then either choose ‘Explore the museum’ or ‘View Artwork’. Once you are in the main site use the drop-down menus or the side info bar to navigate between artworks and museums.

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Paul Lucchesi, the resident sculptor at the Kwan Fong Gallery for this academic year, has arrived at the University and is preparing to begin work. Students and members of the faculty and staff are already enjoying his company and quick wits, and we’re looking forward to seeing what Paul makes for us! It’s a real pleasure to have him visit us.

Come and meet him for the first time this Thursday at the opening reception in the Kwan Fong gallery. Starting at 7.00 pm this will be a thoroughly enjoyable chance to spend a pleasant time with this charming artist.

Remember that Paul’s going to be here for a month, so you can visit repeatedly to watch as his work takes shape. This is a rare opportunity to get behind the scenes of an artist’s personal practice as he gets deep into his creative practice.

CLU Preschool employee Sophie Dejony recently donated many ceramic molds to the University’s Art Department. The molds actually belonged to Alumna Elizabeth Dejony who taught ceramics to adults, but had to stop after becoming too unwell to continue.  The Dejony’s are also planning on donating two kilns to CLU as well. The Dejonys chose to donate their ceramics equipment to CLU because of their long association with the university.

Ceramics teacher Lynn Creighton will be able to sort through the hundreds of the molds. All the molds that aren’t being kept will be donated to other arts organizations who will also benefit from Sophie’s generous contribution.

Many Thanks Sophie!

Sophie Dejony with some of the molds.

The new kiln has been delivered. It’s an amazing, huge, fabulous addition to our ceramics program to have this in place. 

We’ll begin testing the kiln when we have the gas line properly hooked up. We’ll be able to produce very large work with this equipment. 

Today’s the day!

Here’s your chance to visit the open studios of artists living and working in Thousand Oaks. The tour begins at the Kavli theatre on Thousand Oaks Blvd. Start by viewing a large exhibit of works by the participating artists, then visit the studios of your choice.

There are four places to visit on CLU’s campus: the Kwan Fong gallery (for the senior students’ show), K2 (Larkin and I), and the A Building, where watercolourist Terry Spehar Fahey and internationally renowned sculptor Lynn Creighton have their spaces.

We have provided maps in the gallery and signs to point the way. Join us! Enjoy!

We’re getting a new kiln!

Dean Joan Griffin just confirmed that we are able to go ahead with replacing the ancient kiln presently in use with a barely used and much larger kiln. Our CLU ceramics Professor Lynn Creighton is delighted. 

What a magnificent piece of equipment this is. We’ll be able to fire large ceramic works that have been completely out of reach with our old kiln, bringing our ceramics department to a new level of technical capability. This is very exciting news. Here’s one of Lynn’s sculptures that was fired in this kiln.