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Students in Westmont’s art department have received a $10,700 Worship Renewal grant from the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship in Grand Rapids, Mich., for a project titled “Stations of the Life of Christ.”

Students will create a series of 14 images interpreting moments in Christ’s life that speak to Westmont’s identity as a Christian liberal arts college.

“The Power of WORD,” a theme show judged by Art Historian Richard West, will be on exhibit May 19 through June 30 in Reynolds Gallery. An independent curator, West is the former director of both the Santa Barbara Museum of Art and the Frye Museum in Seattle. An artists’ reception, open to the public, is 4-6 p.m. May 19 in the college Art Center, on the lower Westmont campus.

English Professor Marilyn McEntyre will give a lecture, “Loving Words,” in conjunction with the exhibition at 4 p.m., May 19 in the Art Center room 101.

Westmont’s Reynolds Gallery took second place in the 25th annual American Association of Museums (AAM) Publications Design Competition. Art Instructor Scott Anderson designed the exhibition poster “Painted Faith.” He also created “The Art of Education” exhibition catalog for the faculty show, which received an honorable mention.

The Fletcher Jones Foundation has given $500,000 to endow the Institute for the Liberal Arts at Westmont, the lead grant toward a $2 million goal.

Westmont will host the American Indian Graduate Center’s (AIGC) “College Horizons,” a five-day crash course in preparing for college, June 11-15. The workshop is open to Native American, Native Hawaiian and Native Alaskan students.

Ardis Higgins will receive the Westmont Medal during the college’s graduation ceremonies 10 a.m. May 7 on Russell Carr Field.