Fanatical Mechanical, Feb. 6 - March 9
The Guggenheim Gallery presents, Fanatical Mechanical February 6-March 9 FanaticalMechanical showcases the Photo-Lettering archives and typefaces from one of theleading type foundries and design studios in America, House Industries.Photo-Lettering or PLINC was one of the earliest and most successful typehouses to utilize photo technology in the production of commercial typographyand lettering. Numerous artifacts chronicling PLINC’s
EVENT NEWS: Between Hitler and Stalin, Feb. 16
The Rodgers Center for Holocaust Education, Wilkinson College, and the History Department present, “Between Hitler and Stalin: Jewish Youth in the Polish-Soviet Borderlands” with Mr. Jeffrey Koerber on Thursday, February 16, 2012 at 7:00 p.m. in Beckman Hall, Room 404 (Bush Conference Center). ADMISSION: Free TIME: 7 p.m. LOCATION: Beckman Hall, Room 404 (Bush Conference Center) Jeffrey
Director's Screening and Public Forum, "Israel vs Israel" Feb. 9 @ 7PM
Wilkinson College of Humanities and Social Sciences invites you to the director’s screening of: Israel vs. Israel A film about Israelli Peace Activities “Israel vs.Israel” is an award-winning documentary that profiles 4 progressiveIsraeli organizations including Rabbis for Human Rights and Checkpoint Watch.This special event screening features the director and a strong panel inconversation, at the
Class Action at the Museum of Teaching and Learning
Adjunct faculty member, Gail Griswold, designed a 32-panel exhibit called “Class Action” in Summer 2011 for the Museum of Teaching and Learning, about school desegregation in California. The show runs through May at the Old Courthouse in Santa Ana, which is open weekdays from 9-5pm
David Lee teaches in Guangzhou, China
Adjunct faculty member, David Lee, taught an art appreciation course to students in China through Coastline Community College’s (EBUS) program. The course was taught via Skype once a week to a dozen students who were interested in western art
Like Night and Day: Pavel Florensky, Igor Grabar and the Fate of Icons in the 1920s
Professor of Art, Wendy Salmond, will present a paper entitled “Like Night and Day: Pavel Florensky, Igor Grabar and the Fate of Icons in the 1920s” at the international conference “Pavel Florenskij at the crossroads between Icon and Avant Guarde” organized by the Centro di Alti Studi sulla Cultura e le Arti della Russia of the
Tilt-Shift LA: New Queer Perspectives on the Western Edge
Assistant Professor of Studio Art, Lia Halloran, is participating in the show Tilt-Shift LA: New Queer Perspectives on the Western Edge which is part of Pacific Standard Time. The exhibit presents Los Angeles-based queer artists that explore and exploit the visibility of a specific timeframe and geographic location while skewing and adjusting concepts of queerness to express
One Giant Leap for Mankind: Humanity's Cultural Heritage in Space
Assistant Professor of Art History, Justin Walsh, will be giving a talk at Loyola Marymount College called “One Giant Leap for Mankind: Humanity’s Cultural Heritage in Space”on January 24 at 5pm in Ahmanson Auditorium (UH 1000) on Loyola’s campus near LAX. From the Parthenon Marbles to the Getty Museum, Native American burials to Thai pottery and
Students Interning at Utah Museum of Contemporary Art
Above: Art students at the Kim Schoenstadt reveal of Joshua Luther’s Meaning. The students pulled off the vinyl drawing that the artist had placed on the black wall and visitors were asked to add their colored chalk creations (which the museum painted in later) over the original drawing. The students also pulled off the letters
Graphic Design Alum Fonts
Kimmy Kirkwood a BFA Graphic Design 10′ alum is currently a Junior Art Director at VOX and an Associate Owner/Design at Kimmy Design. She’s creating some of her own fonts under Kimmy Design and has created three font families that are available on fonts.com. To view and purchase her fonts you can go to: http://www.fonts.com/findfonts/searchresults.htm?foundry=Kimmy+Design