Dear Pomona College Community,
Spring semester always goes by quickly. With that in mind, I want to point you to a few of the many intellectual and artistic opportunities that still lie ahead.
Today (February 22) brings the opening of Gilded, Carved and Embossed: Latin American Art 1500–1800 at the Benton Museum of Art at Pomona College. This will be the museum’s first exhibition of Latin American Art from the early modern and viceregal periods, and it will be presented in both English and Spanish.
The exhibition draws on the expertise of Associate Professor Victoria Sancho Lobis, who is the Sarah Rempel and Herbert S. Rempel ’23 Director of the museum. Also contributing are Sabina Eastman PZ ’23, Elisabeth Lootus ’25, Alexa Ramirez ’23 and Academic Curator Claire Nettleton.
Tomorrow (February 23), the Humanities Studio presents “Being-With Animals on Planet Earth: Explorations of Animal Ethics and Phenomenologies,” a talk by Janet Gyatso, Hershey Professor of Buddhist Studies at Harvard University.
This weekend, February 24 and 26, brings the semester’s first concert from the Pomona College Orchestra. Professor Eric Lindholm is conductor and flutist Hannah Caris ’23, winner of the 2022 PCO Concerto Competition, will perform Mozart’s Flute Concert No. 2.
Beyond campus, Sagehens are making important contributions on both regional and global issues. Assistant Professor Sara Sadhwani is part of a team of scholars charged with crafting proposals for making Los Angeles city government more transparent and accountable. Kelebogile Zvobgo ’14, assistant professor at William & Mary, recently was honored as an emerging human rights leader.
Finally, you may enjoy learning more about the work of Eric Wolfinger ’04, “the nation’s most acclaimed food photographer,” in this San Diego Union-Tribune profile.
With best wishes,
Gabi