Everyman’s Infinite Art Review
Check out the review of Everyman’s Infinite Art Exhibit in the Los Angeles Times! http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2011/12/pst-a-to-z-everymans-infinite-art-guggenheim.html#more
Measure for Measure Review
A review of the Measure for Measure exhibit that features professor Micol Hebron’s work is in the online Boston Globe. Check it out! http://bostonglobe.com/arts/2011/12/07/nakadate-videos-enthrall-and-sadden/UhXSbYURgwKAnKvI4d7KPO/story.html
Student Awarded Research Grant
Tavish Ryan (BFA in Graphic Design ’13) was awarded an undergraduate research grant for a design and cognitive research collaboration which will take place in Santa Barbara, CA this Spring. The study will measure cognitive recall performance on a wayshowing evacuation map designed by Professor Claudine Jaenichen for the Santa Barbara Emergency Management Department.
REFOCUS: Multicultural Focus
Stephen Berens, an art faculty member, will have his work showcased in REFOCUS: Multicultural Focus. This exhibit is a participating gallery in the Pacific Standard Time and consists of current photography work done by nineteen of the artists from the original Multicultural Focus exhibition. “In 1981 the exhibition Multicultural Focus was mounted at Los Angeles
Blog Unpaused
We hope everyone had an amazing break and a happy 2012 New Year!Interterm has begun and therefore the blog has started up again as well. Because of the break we will have a good number of posts coming through so don’t hesitate to check the blog a little more often than usual this week.
Faculty Getting Involved in Project X
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Chairman Rocco Landesman has announced that the agency will award 863 grants to organizations and individual writers across the country. Project X, co-founded by Art Professor Stephen Berens, is one of the grantees and will receive funding to publish four issues of the art journal X-TRA in 2012. The 863 grant
Immaterial and Proposals
Faculty members, Stephen Berens and Micol Hebron, are participating in “Immaterial and Proposals” which is a reading of artworks that exist in description only and is Inspired by the Artist’s Project in the new winter issue, the editors of X-TRA. The evening’s readings will be a mix of historical and contemporary works: outlined ideas and proposals for imagined
Ancient Tomb Rubbings Donated to the Department
Shown above is a detail of one of his tomb rubbings Mr. William Geismar generously donated 73 tomb rubbings that he has personally made and collected over the last 40 years. Also included in his donation were books and files containing rubbing information as well as five boxes of rubbing charcoal. His donation will join the
IT IS ALMOST THAT: A Collection of Image+Text Work by Women Artists & Writers
Adjunct art faculty member, Helen Kim, has some of her work featured in the book IT IS ALMOST THAT. The book is a collective piece of various women artists and writers and is published by Siglio Press, which is a new, independent press in Los Angeles dedicated to publishing uncommon books that live at the intersections
Department of Art Annual Ceramics Sale, Dec. 5-9
You are invited to the Department of Art’s AnnualCeramics Sale Come support our students and do some Holiday shopping. Give someone a unique and handmade gift for the holiday. When: December 5-9, 2011 Where: Attallah Piazza Time: 11:00AM- 3:00PM We hope to see you there!