Exhibit celebrates Black History Month
February 11, 2016
The Department of Africana Studies shared with students and faculty the long and checkered history of people of black descent during the opening reception of the "Hallowed Grounds Exhibit" in the Oviatt Library, Wednesday. The reception, "Historicizing & Contemporizing the Black Aesthetic: Keeping...
Artists transform light on water into money for water filtration stations
February 1, 2015
In the austere front room of Flood Magazine a bright display of surfboards represented a collaboration between photographer Rob Machado and artist Sage Vaughn aimed at reducing the use of plastic water bottles in schools. On the opposite wall, prints of photographs taken on Machado’s travels were painted with Vaughn’s...
Up and coming exhibits at the Getty Museum in March
March 8, 2014
Dunk into your creative basket through March Madness by visiting these upcoming classics at the Getty Museum. March 11-June 1: Continuing to generate contemporary inspiration, Jackson Pollock’s “Mural,” is featured this month after bearing a two-year conservation treatment made in part by Ge...
Painting Guild invites CSUN community to opening reception
October 3, 2013
CSUN’s Painting Guild introduced its new exhibit at “Meet The Guild”, an opening reception, Wednesday evening in the Art & Design Center.The exhibit features 22 art pieces judged by the officers of the guild, ranging from paintings to sculptures. “We traditionally accept all discipline...
John Van Hamersveld’s work on display at the CSUN Art Gallery
August 26, 2013
This fall semester the works of graphic designer John Van Hamersveld will be on display at CSUN’s Art Gallery from Aug. 26 through Oct. 12. Drawing Attention includes 45 years of Van Hamersveld's work in a 3,000-square-foot exhibition space. John Van Hamersveld was born in 1941 in Baltimore, Maryla...
Photographer Richard Fish’s widow donates work for Oviatt Library exhibition
January 27, 2011
The Oviatt Library is extending its exhibit of the work of Richard Fish, a prolific, California-based photographer. Fish (1919-2005) is known for photographs that covered a variety of subjects for publications like the Los Angeles Times Home magazine, Sunset magazine, Better Home and Gardens and Chicag...
CSUN Art Gallery showcases assemblage art made of recycled material
December 1, 2010
Assemblage art has made its way to the CSUN art gallery this fall semester in the exhibit “Outside.” “Outside” has been up since Oct. 23, and it features assemblage artists Esteban Bojorquez and Kai Bob Cheng. To work in assemblage means the artist takes recycled products that are normally th...
Valuable movie posters on display in Manzanita Hall
November 15, 2010
With just six posters left to go, the new installation of film posters that reside in front of Armer Theater and in the corridors of Manzanita Hall is near completion. The posters comprise film favorites such as “Singing in the Rain” and legendary Charlie Chaplin’s “The Thief Catcher.” These...