The Crenshaw Dairy Mart: Art as a Practice of Healing and Collective Imagination
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Leading the Conversation on People and Communities in Motion,
Bensussen Guest Lecture Series in Art Presents:
The Crenshaw Dairy Mart: Art as a Practice of Healing and Collective Imagination
Founded in Los Angeles as an artist-run gallery, collective, and cultural space rooted in ancestry, abolition, and healing, Crenshaw Dairy Mart (CDM) brings exhibition making, artistic practice, and community building into dialogue. Artists Oto-Abasi Attah, Ashley Blakeney, Patrisse Cullors, alexandre ali reza dorriz, and noé olivas come together to discuss their individual practices, shared histories, and the evolving vision of DCM. The conversation accompanies Echosystems - Resonant Practices by Artists of the Crenshaw Dairy Mart at the Guggenheim Gallery.
The Bensussen Lecture in the Arts brings artists and scholars to Chapman to help students connect with the passion and purpose behind artistic creation. For us, art and history are deeply intertwined. Experiencing art - from Flemish…
Organization: Art, Department Of, Wilkinson College. Open To: Faculty, General Public, Staff, Students.
Thursday, November 5, 2026, 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM.
Beckman Hall 404 - George Bush Conference Center.
Color in Print: Artist-led Workshop
Join Escalette Collection artist Jennifer Graves for a hands-on printmaking and painting workshop inspired by the ideas of color and perception. Participants will learn how to create unique monoprints using a gelli plate printing technique while experimenting with layers, color, and composition.
No experience is required; all supplies are provided.
Organization: Escalette Permanent Collection of Art, Wilkinson College. Open To: Alumni, Faculty, General Public, Parents and Family, Staff, Students. RSVP is Required? Yes. Registration Link: https://tickets.chapman.edu/Online/default.asp?doWork::WScontent::loadArticle=Load&BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::article_id=4F9BF65B-F9F4-4CE2-A3F8-3231EA397A5C.
Friday, November 6, 2026, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM.
Killefer Conference Room A.
Disability Studies 5th Annual Ed Roberts Day
Please join us for the 5th Annual Ed Roberts Reading with poet Sherri Levine. She will provide us with a poetry reading followed by a Q+A. ,
Disability Studies hosts this event each year to celebrate American disability rights activist, Ed Roberts.
Organization: Cross-cultural Center, Peace Studies Program, Wilkinson College. Open To: Faculty, Staff, Students.
Friday, November 6, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:15 PM.
Cross Cultural Center Lounge.
Burning the Sanctuary
Burning the Sanctuary: Attacks on Black Churches in the Civil Rights Era South,
Between the Brown decision and the close of the 1960s, Black churches across the American South were bombed, burned, and vandalized with a regularity that has been widely acknowledged but rarely studied systematically. These attacks were not incidental to the Civil Rights Movement; they targeted the institution that supplied the movement with meeting space, leadership, moral authority, and the ritual life that sustained collective action. The Black Church Burning Project, which is the basis for today’s talk, focuses on this understudied form of racial violence and movement suppression.
Organization: Sociology, Department Of, I R E S, Wilkinson College. RSVP is Required? No.
Monday, November 9, 2026, 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM.
Beckman Hall 401 - Town and Gown Conference Room.
Film about the colloquial Jaoul language used in Montreal.
Film about the colloquial Jaoul language used in Montreal.
Organization: Wilkinson College. Open To: Students.
Monday, November 9, 2026, 5:30 PM – 7:45 PM.
Argyros Forum 201 - Charles and Nora Hester Faculty Senate Boardroom.
Women's & Gender Studies Mixer
For all current WGST Minors and anyone who wants to learn more about Women's and Gender Studies - Come hang out with us!
Find your WGST Big/Little
Enjoy Activities, Snacks, & Friendship
For more information, please contact CK Magliola, WGST Program Director at magliola@chapman.edu.
Organization: Wilkinson College. Open To: Students. RSVP is Required? No.
Friday, November 13, 2026, 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM.
Argyros Forum 206C.
Fall MFA Creative Writing Reading
Join the English Department in celebrating our MFA Creative Writing students with a Fall Reading of their works! Refreshments will be provided.
Organization: English, Department Of, Wilkinson College.
Monday, November 16, 2026, 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM.
Fish Interfaith Center Wallace All Faiths Chapel.
Transgender Day of Remembrance
Please join us for Transgender Day of Remembrance to honor the victims of anti-trans violence and learn about community resistance to transphobia.
This event is hosted by LGBTQ Studies Minor. For more information about this minor, please visit our website here.
Organization: Wilkinson College. Open To: Faculty, Staff, Students. RSVP is Required? No.
Monday, November 16, 2026, 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM.
Argyros Forum 209AB.
Journalists Roundtable: The World Cup and Olympics in Los Angeles
Engaging the World,
Leading the Conversation on People and Communities in Motion ,
Journalists Roundtable: The World Cup and Olympics in Los Angeles,
Los Angeles served as one of the host cities for the 2026 FIFA World Cup and is preparing to host the 2028 Olympic Games. What do these mega-events mean for local communities, public life, and the future of Southern California?
Wilkinson College welcomes Los Angeles Times sports writer Kevin Baxter, columnist Gustavo Arellano, and Alissa Walker, journalist and founder of Torched, which explores LA civic investments and policy decisions, for a discussion of Los Angeles and the 2028 Olympics.
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Organization: Wilkinson College, College of Performing Arts. Open To: Faculty, General Public, Staff, Students. RSVP is Required? No.
Wednesday, November 18, 2026, 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM.
Beckman Hall 404 - George Bush Conference Center.
La Serata : Italian Conversation Evening
Join us for a fun-filled evening to practice Italian informally and to learn about Italy and its people.
La Serata is open to all who want to improve their language skills, learn about the Italian culture, speak with native speakers, and socialize with members of the local community and other students!
Organization: Department of Languages, Wilkinson College.
Monday, November 30, 2026, 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM.
SchoolsFirst Federal Credit Union Conference Suite - Argyros Forum 209A.