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2012 CSUDH Art and Design Department Newsletter 2012 California State University, Dominguez Hills Art and Design Department NewsletterTRANSCRIPT
On behalf of the entire Art
and Design department
faculty and staff, I would
like to welcome you to an-
other exciting and produc-
tive year in Art and Design.
As I finish my first year as
chair of the department and
enter my second, I reflect
on all the wonderful activi-
ties and events we had last
year. The Spring semes-
ter ended with two very
successful senior exhibits.
First was the Studio Art
Greetings everyone!option exhibit followed by
the Design option exhibit.
Our department has grown
much since I first started as
assistant professor in 2006.
Because of our growth,
we have had to have two
separate exhibits for the
last three years and I am
sure this will continue to be
the case. I would also like
to remark that at com-
mencement, we had more
students participate and
graduate this year than in
the past. Our most recent
faculty addition, Professor
Ellie Zenhari, has contin-
ued to prosper as part of
out Art and Design family.
One highlight of her year
is the creation of the Art
and Design website: http://
cah.csudh.edu/art/, which
she designed and main-
tains. It is a truly beautiful
website and the envy of
the other departments and
programs. We always wel-
come visits from our alumni
whose works of art will be
showcased in the Alumni
Art and Design Exhibition,
and we very much look
forward to seeing you at all
our exhibits and events.
Jim KevilleChairArt and Design Department
The senior B.A. design
students’ exhibition
opened on May 6 in
the university gallery
featuring the work of 22
graduating seniors.
F A L L 2 0 1 3
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The senior B.A. studio
arts exhibition opened
on April 15 in the
university art gallery
and included painting,
drawing, and three-
dimensional work.
Professor Ellie Zenhari
C A L I F O R N I A S T A T E U N I V E R S I T Y D O M I N G U E Z H I L L S
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Guerilla Art/Conceptualization Class Projects
Congratulations to all of
our students who partici-
pated in Student Research
Day. A record number of
students presented diverse
and scholarly topics in
studio art, design and art
history. Included were the
following students and their
topics and faculty mentors:
Dalia Cornejo, Art and
Design, “Brand and Visual
Identity for Science Society
of CSUDH,” Faculty Men-
tors: Michele Bury and
Bonnie Tanaka, Art and
Design; Melissa Maz-
ariegos, Art and Design,
“Spare a Can or Two”
Hunger Campaign, Faculty
Art and Design Students Participate in Student Research Day
Mentor: Michele Bury,
Art and Design; Dalia
Cornejo, Art and Design,
“Destroy the Box” Project,
Faculty Mentor: Michele
Bury, Art and Design;
Elvia Martinez and Ruth
Morales-Mazariego,
Art and Design, “A Vi-
sual Presentation About
Homelessness,” Faculty
Mentor: Michele Bury, Art
and Design; Diego Ortiz,
Art and Design, “Mutatio
Garnilogia,” Faculty Mentor:
Jim Keville, Art and De-
sign; Fernando Landeros,
Art History, “The Children
of the Corn, Mexico’s
Very First Artists,” Faculty
Mentor: Kathy Zimmerer,
University Art Gallery and
Kirstin Ellsworth, Art and
Design; Anthony Wilson,
Art History, “Feminist Art
Condensed: Explaining the
‘How’ by Referencing the
Methods of Three Great
Artists from the Same Gen-
eration,” Faculty Mentor:
Kirstin Ellsworth, Art and
Design; Fernando Lande-
ros, Art History, “Finding
‘Akathisia’ in Van Gogh’s
In November of 2012,
“Spare a Can or Two,”
a food drive by Melissa
Mazariegos ’13 was part
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Brush Strokes,” Faculty
Mentors: Kathy Zimmer-
er, University Art Gallery
and Kirstin Ellsworth, Art
and Design. In the Creative
Arts category, three of our
students won first and
second place and were
invited to present at the
statewide student research
day at Cal Poly Pomona
from May 10–11, including
first place winner, Dalia
Cornejo, Art and Design
for her “Destroy the Box”
Project and in second place
Elvia Martinez and Ruth
Morales-Mazariego, Art
and Design, “A Visual Pre-
sentation About Homeless-
ness.” In second place in
Humanities & Letters II was
Fernando Landeros, Art
History, “Finding ‘Akathi-
sia’ in Van Gogh¹s Brush
Strokes,” Faculty Mentors:
Kathy Zimmerer, Univer-
sity Art Gallery and Kirstin
Ellsworth, Art and Design.
Student Research
Day winners
Dalia Cornejo,
Ruth Morales and
Elvia Martinez with
mentors Michele
Bury and Kathy
Zimmerer.
CSU Domingues
Hills Art History
Student Research
Day participants
Fernando Landeros,
Anthony Wilson.
into the LaCorte Hall visual
environment. Also included
were the “steps to gradu-
ation,” an Indian dancer
near the fire lane, a water
fountain environmental in-
stallation focusing on world
water needs, light bulbs
that hung over strategic
place in the art and design
department for more idea
creation, photographic
trees that grew out of the
real trees bordering the
sculpture patio, and on
the LCH pathway, signs
documented the cutting
down of the mature trees
in the Crenshaw corridor
for the transport of the
space shuttle Endeavor to
the Science Center in Los
Angeles.
Art 342 guerilla
art included
Spare A Can or
Two by Melissa
Mazariegos (left),
and Steps to
Graduation (far
right) by Haydee
Chan and Keelan
Countee.
of the series of guerilla art
projects by Michele Bury’s
conceptualization class.
The criteria was to make
activist art that blended
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Our design students con-
tinued to collaborate with
numerous departments
across campus in design-
ing posters for their events
including Theater and
Dance, Modern Languages,
Students Create Posters for Campus EventsLiz Moran ’14, Art His-
tory, was accepted into
is the CSU Abroad Arts
Program in Florence, Italy
for the academic year of
2013–2014.
Nate Lubben ’13 contin-
ued to make news with an
article about his work in the
LB Post http://www.lbpost.
com/life/2000001586-bun-
galow-showcases-talent-
of-lbcc-art, and an article in
the CSUDH Bulletin, which
has adopted one of his
photo collages as part of its
masthead.
38th International Symposium of Hispanic Literature
March 6–8, 2013
California State University, Dominguez Hills
Loker Student Union
Homage to Elena Poniatowska
Dalia Cornejo ’13 once
thought she should be
practical and pursue a
career such as teaching.
Senior Dalia Cornejo “Destroys the Box” to Relieve StressTry as she might to stick to
her original plans, a series
of events unfolded that led
to her passion, and in May
a graphic design career.
But in 2008, just about
ready to graduate, she
made another decision
based on her long-standing
interest in art by majoring
in graphic design. It would
mean an extended burden
on her family’s financial situ-
ation, but with her mother’s
support, she added a
second major. In 2011, her
mother filed for bankruptcy
and not long after, their
home went into foreclosure
and the family was evicted.
While the home and her
security were gone, not
all was lost for Cornejo.
The experience became
the inspiration for “Destroy
the Box,” which began as
an assignment for Inde-
pendent Study in Art (Art
494) taught by associate
professor of art and design
Michele Bury. Cornejo
created the experiential art
project in response to her
experiences with bank-
ruptcy, stress, and cancer
that took the life of an
admired uncle. “Destroy the
Box,” allows participants to
assemble boxes designed
in themes based on the
aforementioned issues and
then destroy them as a
cathartic exercise. Cornejo
earned the opportunity to
present her stress relief
project at the CSU system
wide Student Research Day
at Cal Poly Pomona on May
10 as a result of winning
first place in the creative
arts category at the CSU
Dominguez Hills Student
Research Day in February.
She recently accepted
a graphic design internship
with an international skin
care company, which has
offices in Carson.
Dahlia Cornejo’s
“Destroy the Box”
project won first
place in the cre-
ative arts
category at the
CSU Dominguez
Hills Student
Research Day in
February.
She even had a role model.
As a teenager, she admired
an uncle for being the only
one of 11 siblings to earn a
college degree and for be-
coming a professor. But a
different calling beckoned.
the double major graduated
Summa Cum Laude with
a Bachelor of Arts in Art
and Design and Spanish
Literature from California
State University, Dominguez
Hills, and is about to begin
Student News
English and Music. Jea-
nette Diaz ’13 designed
three posters for Theater
and Dance, English and
Music. Camelle Williams
’13 created one poster for
the Theater Department
and Keelan Countee
’14, was the poster con-
test winner for the 38th
International Symposium
of Hispanic Literature
organized by the Modern
Languages Department.
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The two Annual Student
Art and Design: B.A.
Graduates Exhibition
openings took place on
April 15 and May 6, 2013.
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faculty+staffnewsMichele Bury (Design)
was promoted to the rank
of full Professor, effec-
tive Fall 2013. She joined
Dominguez Hills ten years
ago and served as chair
of the department for five
years up until Spring 2012.
This academic year she
continues working on the
substantial curriculum
program modifications for
the Design option majors,
minors and certificates,
involving changes of over
20 courses, the redesign
of five courses, and the
creation of one new course.
Her current work as a
designer deals with social
justice and human rights;
she has been designing
and fabricating three-
dimensional typographic
posters illustrating articles
of the Universal Human
Rights Declaration.
mance event, the recreation
of Lita Albuquerque’s Spine
of the Earth at the Baldwin
Hills Scenic Overlook in
Culver City, CA. She acted
as a judge for Student Re-
search Day for the Art and
Design Department in the
morning session, as well as
Judge for the evening ses-
sion, poster submissions in
the Psychology Department.
Kirstin Ellsworth (Art His-
tory) published a review of
the book, West of Center:
Art and the Counterculture
Experiment in America,
Elissa Auther and Adam
Lerner, eds. Minneapolis:
University of Minnesota
Press, 2012 in the The
Journal of American Culture
35.3. She also served on
the Editorial Board for the
journal History Research.
She was a juror for the Los
Angeles Printmaking So-
ciety Members’ Exhibition
Man, Machine, and Nature
at the MOCA Pacific Design
Center, Los Angeles, CA
and Henry Ford Community
College Gallery, Detroit, MI
2013. She gave a public
lecture to the Los Angeles
Printmaking Society at
the MOCA Pacific Design,
Center, Los Angeles, CA
on January 20, 2013. Her
Lecture was titled, “Man,
Machine, and Nature.” Her
virtual conference presenta-
tion Printing the Machine in
the 21st Century: Printmak-
ers from the Los Angeles
Printmaking Society was
delivered to the 11th
International Conference
on New Directions in the
Humanities, June 19–21,
2013.
Gilah Yelin Hirsch (Studio
Art) exhibited her work in an
extended three-year solo
exhibition at Hebrew Union
College, Los Angeles. Eight
of her large paintings were
featured in Inner Journeys,
Outer Visions, Municipal
Art Gallery, Los Ange-
les, CA where one of her
paintings was selected for
Peter Clothier’s One Hour
One Painting. Her work
was presented by Cura-
tor Meg Linton in a tour
of her studio and home,
where the artist spoke
about her work, organized
as part of the exhibition,
Freeway Studies #1: This
Side of the 405, Ben Maltz
Gallery, Otis College of Art
& Design, Los Angeles,
CA. Her paintings were
also featured in 40/40—A
Historic Retrospective
Celebrating 40 Years of Art
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at the USC Hillel Gallery,
USC Hillel Gallery, Los
Angeles, CA. Her work
was again included in the
Santa Monica Museum’s
Incognito exhibition, as well
as in the Pacific Standard
Time exhibition, Ben Maltz
Gallery, Otis College of Art
& Design, Los Angeles,
CA. She also participated
in numerous lectures and
presentations ranging from
Imagery After Abstraction:
Filling the Void, Jewish
Art Salon & Kraft Center,
Columbia University, New
York, NY to Inner Journeys:
Outer Visions: A Conversa-
tion with Gilah Yelin Hirsch,
as well the artist panel
Contemporary Spiritual Art,
moderated by Betty Brown,
Municipal Art Gallery, Los
Angeles, CA.
Jim Keville (Studio Art)
has completed his first year
as Chair of the Art and De-
sign Department. He writes,
“It has been challenging yet
interesting work and I have
Elaine Brandt (Studio Art)
was a participant in the
January 22, 2012 perfor-
And Now We Are
Free, 2011 (right) by
Gilah Yelin Hirsch,
was one of eight
works featured ear-
lier this year in Inner
Journeys, Outer
Visions at Barnsdall
Art Center in Los
Angeles.
Elaine Brandt,
An Autopoetic
System, 2013.
learned how I can bring
positive developments to
our programs.” He looks
forward to continuing his
role as chair in the years to
come. He helped con-
ceive a collaborative clay
dance performance with
Dance professor Doris
Ressl involving three of
her students dancing on
clay forms. The dance was
performed at the Rod But-
ler Memorial Showcase of
the Art at CSU Dominguez
Hills on April 26, 2013. In
addition, Jim participated
in a group exhibit titled
Gleaming Apollo at Gallery
in The Huffington Post.
His work was included in
the group show California
Gold, Orange County, CA
and was part of the group
exhibitions at art fairs
ArtPad 2013, San Fran-
cisco, CA and Volta, New
York, NY. He took part in a
panel discussion at CSULB
concerning exhibiting and
careers after graduate
school.
David Parsons (Studio
Art) continues to organize
the monthly event Art Jam
Night, which is held every
fourth Friday of the month
from 7–9:30 pm at Sum-
mer Studios Arts Academy
in Lomita, CA. His 2009
community art mosaic
project involving both David
Parsons of Summer Stu-
dios and Betty R. Ziff of
Mosaic Alchemy, South Bay
Shines A Light has been
purchased and donated by
an anonymous couple to
be installed in August 2013
at the newly constructed
hospital emergency en-
trance at Harbor-UCLA. His
large wire blue giraffe was
installed at the Stephen
White Middle School Com-
munity Youth Garden in
Carson as of April 2013.
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desperados
Rafael Joseph Zepeda
Rafael Joseph Zepeda
desperados
825 in West Hollywood,
CA which ran from March
30–April 26, 2013. Two
of his works were shown,
including Polycheiria, 2012
and Speckled Pink Hand
Space, 2012. Jim will have
his third solo exhibit at
L2kontemporary Gallery in
Chinatown, Los Angeles,
CA opening February 15,
2014.
Greg Mocilinikar (Studio
Art) exhibited in a two-per-
son show with artist Andy
Kolar in Twice Removed
at Walter Maciel Gallery in
February/March 2013; Twice
Removed was reviewed
Fall 2012, and based on the
anonymous survey feed-
back results, the students
found the virtual camera
application very helpful.
Kathy Zimmerer (Direc-
tor, University Art Gallery)
was juror of the South Bay
Watercolor Society an-
nual exhibit at the National
Watercolor Society in San
Pedro, CA and led a ques-
tion and answer session on
the exhibit in June 2012.
She published the following
reviews: Clarence Hinkle,
Laguna Art Museum, La-
guna Beach, CA, ArtScene,
September, 2012; Rebecca
Jackrel and Will Burrard-
Lucas: The Wolf Project, G2
Gallery, Los Angeles, CA,
ArtScene, October 2012;
Ron Rizk: Paintings, Lora
Schlesinger Gallery, Los An-
geles, CA, ArtScene, March
2013. She also coordi-
nated with Leslie Fischer,
Curator, Collections and
Archives, LAUSD, the resto-
ration of the painting, The
Valley of the Santa Clara, by
Ralph Davidson Miller, Gift
of the Class of 1919, from
the Gardena High School/
LAUSD Collection of Cali-
fornia Impressionist Paint-
ings through the Painted
Light project supported by
the W.M. Keck Founda-
tion. She received an NEH
on the Road programming
grant for the exhibit Wild
Land: Thomas Cole and the
Birth of American Land-
scape Painting (January
thru March 2016).
Work by Jim Keville,
including Speckled
Pink Hand Space,
2012 was shown in
the exhibit Gleaming
Apollo at Gallery 825
in West Hollywood.
John Lionel Pierce
(Design) retired last October
as Art Director for the Of-
fice of Communications
and Public Affairs at CSU
Dominguez Hills after 13
years in that position. He
continues to work as a
freelance designer and
part-time lecturer in the De-
partment of Art and Design.
Among other projects, John
recently designed the cover
for Rafael Zepeda’s latest
novel, Desperados, World
Parade Books, 2013.
Ellie Zenhari (Design)
completely redesigned and
launched the new Depart-
ment of Art and Design
website in Fall 2012. She
has continuously updated
the website with new imag-
es and content. She served
as a juror for the California
State University Media Arts
Festival in the Experimental,
Animation and Music Video
categories in the Fall 2012.
She also has developed a
virtual camera application
to help photography stu-
dents understand abstract
photography topics and
functionalities through
direct interaction and
manipulation with a virtual
digital camera that provides
immediate visual feedback.
She tested the prototype in
her photography classes in
Field trip to Los Angeles County Museum of Art
On March 1, the Depart-
ment of Art and Design
took a field trip to the Los
Angeles County Museum
of Art, 80 students, faculty
and staff attended. Among
the permanent collection
installations and special
exhibitions the group
toured with their profes-
sors were Walter De Maria’s
2000 Sculpture, Michael
Heizer’s Levitated Mass,
Robert Mapplethorpe: XYZ
Portfolio, The Pavilion for
Japanese Art, Metropolis II
by Chris Burden and Ends
and Exits in the Broad Con-
temporary. All the tours and
field trips were arranged by
Kathy Zimmerer of the
University Art Gallery.
Field Trip to the Hammer Museum UCLA
The field trip to the Hammer
Museum UCLA on October
19 was a great success
with over 65 students and
many faculty attending. Two
different tours were booked
for the Hammer Museum
for Studio Art and Design.
For Design students, the
student educator led a
60-minute tour of De-
sign Now (an interactive
exhibit). For Studio Art and
Art History students: the
student educator led a 60
minute tour of A Strange
art+designevents
Winston Hewitt Memorial Scholarship Brunch
A brunch honoring the
recipients of the Winston
Hewitt Memorial Schol-
arship was held in the
University Student Union
on December 1. The 2013
Winston Hewitt Memorial
scholarship winners in-
cluded Fernando Lande-
ros, Art History, Cary Son,
Studio Art and Yesenia
Flores, Design.
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Magic: Gustave Moreau’s
Salome and the permanent
collection of the Hammer
Museum (and tours of
Zarina: Paper Like Skin).
Most students saw all the
exhibits and were able to
talk individually with their
faculty member about the
works of art.
LA Press Field Trip
On April 30, 25 students
from John Lionel Pierce’s
Art 343 Prepress class vis-
ited LA Press in Gardena,
CA. Owner Kevin Kaing
took the students on a tour
of the facilities including
prepress, plate-making,
printing presses and bind-
ing. This is the fifth year Mr.
Kaing has hosted students
from the Art 343 Prepress
class.
Hewitt Memorial
scholarship winners
included Fernando
Landeros, Art
History and Cary
Son, Studio Art.
80 students, faculty
and staff from the
Art and Design
Department took a
field trip to the Los
Angeles County
Museum of Art.
Guest Speakers
In Art 100, Dr. Kirstin Ells-
worth hosted the following
guest speakers: In Asian Art,
she had Frank Ellsworth
bring his collection of Ukiyo-e
and other prints from Japan.
In the TV Art 100, she had
speakers from LACMA and
the Getty Villa as well as Jim
Keville, Associate Profes-
sor, Department of Art and
Design.
Professor Gilah Yelin
Hirsch hosted the following
guest artists in her advanced
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The Honors in the Major
brunch was held on May 9
to recognize outstanding
students in the department.
The students who received
honors in the major were:
Art History: Allison Amos,
Anthony Wilson Jr.,
Deseree Tamayo, Design:
Esmeralda Avila, Yesenia
Ruiz, Yesenia Flores,
Dalia Cornejo, Alejan-
dro Villamil, Carolyn
Swartz, and Studio Art:
Mary Puzo. Also students
participating in Student Re-
search Day were honored
including in the Creative
Arts: Dalia Cornejo (First
Place) Elvia Martinez and
Ruth Morales-Mazariego
(Second Place) Melissa
Mazariegos, in Studio Art,
Diego Ortiz, in Art His-
tory, Fernando Landeros
(Second Place) and An-
thony Wilson Jr., and the
Winston Hewitt Scholarship
winners including Fernan-
do Landeros, Art History,
Cary Son, Studio Art and
Yesenia Flores, Design.
Also honored was Liz Mo-
ran ’14 for being accepted
in the CSU Study Abroad
program for the 2013–2014
academic year. She will
study in Florence, Italy.
Honors in the Major Brunch
The Honors in the
Major brunch was
held on May 9 to
recognize out-
standing students
in the department.
The Design Portfolio Review
Day was held on May
13, 2013. All the design
portfolios by the 22 seniors
in Design were reviewed by
the following professionals:
Mark Aco, Senior Design-
er, Soohoo Design; Lisa
Tauber, Designer and Art
Director, Lisa Tauber De-
sign; Rachel Granneman,
Designer, University Com-
munications and Public
Affairs; Robert Yager,
Photographer; Amanda
McDermott, Designer;
Rebecca Biggers,
Designer; Shelly Miller,
Designer; Margaret Lee,
Designer; Manuel “Marty”
Romero, Designer; and
Brian Sorotsky, Designer.
Design Portfolio Review Day
painting class: alumnus
Joe Edward Grant talked
about his lush paintings,
Eric Myles ’87 gave a
presentation of his work
and talked about his career.
Also, Craig Antrim, a well-
known Los Angeles artist
and adjunct professor at
Harbor College, gave a lec-
ture about oils and acrylics,
their history and uses from
ancient to contemporary
times; and Charles Logan
’05, Claremont graduate
school MFA, talked about
his life in graduate school
and afterward. Another
alumni artist, Kevin Polk,
talked about his work as
well as artist Carlton Davis.
22 seniors met
with professional
designers in the
University Art
Gallery following
portfolio reviews
on May 13, 2013.
Newsletter editor:
Kathy Zimmerer
Newsletter design:
John Lionel Pierce
art+designgalleryThe Director of the Univer-
sity Art Gallery continued
to collaborate with other
departments on campus
including Theater and
Dance and the Department
of Modern languages in its
first two exhibitions. In Con-
tinua in Light, organized by
the Westmont Ridley-Tree
Museum of Art, the opening
night exhibition consisted
of a video installation that
was accompanied by a
student dance performance
choreographed by Doris
Ressl, Coordinator, As-
sistant Professor of Dance,
Department of Theatre and
Dance. Said Jim Keville,
Chair of the Art and Design
Department, “The open-
ing was very successful
and well attended. I hope
that the exhibit inspires our
students to explore other
genres and mediums of art
as witnessed in Continua in
Light.” The Day of the Dead
Altars and El Caballo exhibi-
tions opened on November
1, 2012 in celebration of
the Latin American holiday
“Dia de Los Muertos.”
Many students attended
the celebration in full “ca-
lavera” make-up, a few in
traditional Mexican attire,
with a surprise attendance
of the spitting image of
Frida Kahlo. Day of the
Dead bread and tradi-
tional Mexican candy was
enjoyed outside the gallery,
provided by Lambda Theta
Phi and Hermanas Unidas.
Dr. Miguel Dominguez,
Professor, Modern Lan-
guages and guest curator
of the exhibit, gave a tour of
the exhibition and explained
the significance of the Day
of the Dead altars. —Liz
Moran
University Art Gallery Schedule 2013–2014
Fall 2013
Art and Design Alumni
Exhibition
Student Showcase:
Photography
September 18–October 9
Opening: September 18,
5:30–7:30 p.m.
The exhibit will feature
eighty works of art in
varied media by 25 alumni
ranging from large-scale
ceramic sculpture to digital
photography. The exhibit is
presented by the College of
Arts and Humanities and is
sponsored by the Instruc-
tionally Related Activities
Committee of the Associ-
ated Students Inc.
Space and Substance:
Abstract Paintings
by Craig Antrim and
Ron Linden
October 23–
December 5, 2013
Opening: October 23,
5:30–7:30 p.m.
Both artists will participate
in a Q&A session at 6:00
p.m.
on October 23 in the art
gallery.
An exhibition featuring two
well known South Bay
artists, Craig Antrim and
Ron Linden, who both
work in an abstract mode.
Craig Antrim integrates
new techniques, color and
his love of symbols and
shapes in his luminous
abstract compositions. His
understanding of phi-
losophy, Jungian psychol-
ogy, Joseph Campbell
and Art History, influence
him. Ron Linden’s subtle
abstractions encompass
repeated geometric forms
and submerged lines and
contours; his abstractions
slowly reveal layers of
monochromatic color and
spare imagery. He uses
industrial materials like
resin, graphite, vinyl, gauze
and acrylic on create his
rich surfaces. The exhibit is
presented by the College of
Arts and Humanities and is
sponsored by the Instruc-
tionally Related Activities
Committee of the Associ-
ated Students Inc.
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The Art and Design
Alumni exhibition,
from September 18 to
October 9, 2013, will
feature eighty works
by 25 alumni ranging
from large-scale
ceramic sculpture to
digital photography.
On November 1, 2012,
the Day of the Dead
Altars and El Caballo
exhibition opening
featured students in
full “calavera” make-up
and a few in traditional
Mexican attire, with the
surprise appearance of
a Frida Kahlo look-alike.
Spring 2014
Ron Pippin:
Crossing the Axis,
A Survey 1985–2013
Camilla Taylor:
A Conversation,
Relief Prints,
Monoprints
and Sculpture
January 29–March 19,
2014
Opening: January 29,
5:30–7:30 p.m.
Two solo exhibitions
surveying the work of two
Los Angeles artists who
work in figurative imagery
in widely varying media and
styles ranging from found
objects in Ron Pippin’s
richly embellished assem-
blages to bronze and fabric
in Camilla Taylor’s stylized
sculptures. A survey of
Pippin’s vast and intriguing
work in assemblage will
include his ghostly model
ships, his sculptural animals
recreated out of discarded
skeletons, found objects
and other accouterments,
and other mythic figures
and vehicles. With his
obsession for lyrical detail
and his potent expression
of inner struggles, Pippin’s
archetypal figures and ani-
mals become visual poetry.
Multi-media artist Camilla
Taylor creates prints, illus-
trations, consumer objects,
sculptures and more,
drawing upon her interest
in the figure that she filters
through her unique design
aesthetic and concepts.
Her narrative prints,
multiples, and 3-D objects
center on dark, monochro-
matic figures that have an
anthropomorphic energy
all their own. She also is in-
volved in a dizzying array of
other projects including her
Portrait Project, her Paper
Craft series and her Among
Us series. The exhibitions
are presented by the Col-
lege of Arts and Humani-
ties and are sponsored by
the Instructionally Related
Activities Committee of the
Associated Students Inc.
Annual Student Art and
Design Exhibitions: B.A.
Graduates
Design
April 14–24 2014,
Opening: April 14,
5:30–7:30 p.m.
Studio Art
May 5–15, 2014,
Opening: May 5,
5:30–7:30 p.m.
Exhibitions highlighting
works of art by graduates in
Design and Studio Art.
A two-man show,
Space and Substance:
Abstract Paintings
by Craig Antrim and
Ron Linden, from
October 23 thru
December 5, 2013, and
two solo exhibitions,
Ron Pippin: Cross-
ing the Axis, A Survey
1985–2013, and Camilla
Taylor: A Conversation,
Relief Prints, Mono-
prints and Sculpture,
from January 29 thru
March 19, 2014.
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Mark Canto ’13,
Puppet Paranoia,
Acrylic, spray paint,
marker on wood.
Molly Puzo ’13,
Icarus,
Resin, yarn, wood,
mixed media.
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38th International Symposium of Hispanic Literature
March 6–8, 2013California State University, Dominguez HillsLoker Student Union
Homage to Elena Poniatowska
Keelan Countee ’14
poster for the 38th
Annual International
Symposium of Hispanic
Literature.