Claremont Graduate University will celebrate the life and work of CGU Art Professor Emeritus Roland Reiss during a weekend of events in September.
Familiar Grounds: Celebrating Roland Reiss and Art at CGU, is scheduled for Sept.10-12 at the CGU campus and art galleries in Claremont and Pomona. Events include panel discussions, receptions, and three Reiss exhibitions.
The events will recognize Reiss’s art and his contributions to making the CGU Art program one of the finest in the country.
Reiss was a part of the CGU art department for 30 years. He revolutionized the teaching of art with his design of open, individual workspaces for CGU students. This arrangement remains in use today.
Join us in celebration at the following events:
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10
• 6 p.m.-8 p.m.: Roland Reiss: Selections from the 1960s
Reception for the artist and CGU alumni
Andi Campognone Projects, 300 W. Second Street, Pomona
• 8 p.m.-10 p.m.: For Roland
Pre-view CGU alumni reception
Short program at 8 p.m.
Bunny Gunner Gallery
266 W. Second Street, Pomona
• 6 p.m.- 10 p.m.: Prelude To An Apocalypse: Landscape in an Era of Diminished Expectations
Special preview reception. Works by Lisa Adams
(MFA 1980), Wendell Gladstone (MFA 1998) and
Greg Rose (MFA 1997)
Pedersen Projects, 396 S. Thomas Street, Pomona
SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 11
• 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m.: Art Department Open House
• 2 p.m.-3:30 p.m.: Panel discussion, “Art at CGU”
Art Department faculty and guests; Art Department Chair Michael Brewster, moderator
Claremont Graduate University, Burkle Building, Room 16
1021 N. Dartmouth Avenue, Claremont
• 4 p.m.-5:30 p.m.: “Running off the Edge”
Q & A between Roland Reiss and Christopher Miles (chair of the Department of Art at California State
University, Long Beach). Special guests: Dr. Jeanne Willette, former CGU art history professor;
John Gordon (MFA 1973); David Wells (MFA 1987).
Claremont Graduate University, Burkle Building, Room 16
1021 N. Dartmouth Avenue, Claremont
• 6 p.m.-9 p.m.: Roland Reiss, Flora: Recent Paintings, A Garden for Sally
Reception for the artist and alumni event
Claremont Graduate University, East and Peggy Phelps Galleries
251 E. 10th Street, Claremont
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 12
• Noon: Navigating Boulder: Connecting with Roland Reiss
Opening reception. Works by University of Colorado graduates, faculty & visiting artists Joe Clower,
Merion Estes, Judith Hudson, Connie Jenkins, Tom Jenkins, Joan Moment, Jim Richard, Clark Richert,
and William T. Wiley
Andi Campognone Projects/OBJCT Gallery
536 W. First Street (in the packing house), Claremont
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