Scripps Presents in three different acts
Scripps Presents hosts “Look Up: In Three Acts,” “a unique series of events that give us the space and opportunity to build community both in Claremont and beyond,” according to a Scripps press release.
Here’s Scripps’ description of act one, “Community Haiku,” ongoing through Saturday, September 18 in a pop-up tent in the courtyard east of Bowling Green, or on Instagram:
“What do you do in the face of adversity? It’s a question many of us have been considering over the past 18 months. Share your wisdom and insights as part of this Community Haiku on one of the bright sticky notes at the pop-up tent on the Scripps campus or in Seal Court during Scripps Tea on Wednesday, September 15. You can also share yours from home on Instagram (please tag @scrippscollege and use the hashtag #CommunityHaiku).”
“This past year has illuminated both our profound desire to come together and challenged us to think in new, radical ways about how we gather,” read the release. “For sculptor and MacArthur “genius” Elizabeth Turk, meeting our current moment with creativity and openness was an imperative. Last November, at the height of the pandemic, Turk and her collaborators at ET Projects created an immersive, outdoor pop-up art event with residents of Mt. San Antonio Gardens retirement community in Claremont. The residents, sporting specially designed masks and umbrellas, were captured from above. The result: a brilliant and kaleidoscopic series of images that transmitted an unexpected joy amid an unquestionably dark time.”
Act Two, “Look Up Symposium,” a free event featuring Ms. Turk, Princeton psychologist Betsy Levy Paluck, and the University of Minnesota’s Marla Spivak, takes place online at 4 p.m. Tuesday, September 14.
Tickets are available at https://www.eventbrite.com, search “look up.”
Ms. Paluck asks: How do our social norms and behaviors shift in real world settings? Meanwhile, for Ms. Spivak, the social behavior of bees has motivated her research for decades. These ideas influence the work of Ms. Turk, whose kaleidoscopic pop-up art experiences are inspired by both spontaneous and formal choreographic movement within communities.
These three MacArthur “geniuses” will come together to reflect on an essential question that transcends discipline and is at once both timely and timeless: How do communities come together and influence one another?
Act Three, “Look Up,” takes place at 10 a.m. Saturday, September 18 on Scripps’ Bowling Green or via Instagram Live.
In a bookend to Ms. Turk’s event last November at Mt. San Antonio Gardens, current students, faculty, staff at The Claremont Colleges will come together on Bowling Green for an immersive pop-up art experience. Attendees will be given a mask and umbrella with an original Elizabeth Turk design and will take part in a socially distanced gathering that will provide both an opportunity for in-person connection and a chance to contribute to the creation of a new work of art. You can also join the experience from home via Instagram Live.
More information is available at https://www.scrippscollege.edu/events/calendar.
Jay Labinger is a Gardens resident, he was born and raised in Los Angeles, CA. Jay received his Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from Harvey Mudd College. He attended Harvard University where he earned a Ph.D. He was an Assistant Professor of Chemistry at the University of Notre Dame. His career has included positions with Occidental Research Corporation & Atlantic Richfield. He is the Administrator of Beckman Institute at the California Institute of Technology as well as a Faculty Associate in the Chemistry Department. He enjoys reading, playing the piano, tennis and traveling. He has published books on the history of chemistry, sociology of science and literature & science. Here at the Gardens, Jay is part of the Conservation & Sustainability Committee the Green Fund as well as many other groups through the Gardens Club.
Jane Hurd is a Gardens resident, she was born & raised in a small town in Arkansas. After she received her BA from the University of Arkansas she moved to California and taught seventh grade English in Porterville CA. After two years she moved to Los Angeles and worked for the Department of Health Services and pursued a master’s degree in public administration from USC. She served as CEO for two Los Angeles area hospitals. She continues to consult as an executive coach for CEOs of healthcare companies. She has served on several boards including Mutual of America Insurance Company, YMCA of Metropolitan LA, LA Visiting Nurses Association and Inland Empire Girl Scouts. Jane is an award-winning author and plays several musical instruments. Here at the Gardens, Jane is part of the newly formed Bequest Committee, as well as many other groups through the Gardens Club.
