After sharing personal anecdotes about his storied music career, and advice for California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) students, Grammy Award-winning saxophonist Kenny G performed a special holiday concert for the campus community during the virtual 2020 Presidential Distinguished Lecture Series on Dec. 9. Kenny G is among the world's most acclaimed instrumental musicians and one of the biggest selling artists of the modern jazz era with worldwide sales of more than 75 million records. The opportunity to have him as a Presidential Distinguished Lecture Series speaker came about after the president was invited by CSUDH Philanthropic Board Chair Maria Villa ('82, B.S. business ... Read More
College of Arts and Humanities
Art and Design Department Presents the Virtual ‘Content: 2020 Senior Studio Art Exhibition’
“Content: 2020 Senior Studio Art Exhibition,” which features art created by Studio Art majors from California State University, Dominguez Hills' (CSUDH) Class of 2020, will be on display online from Dec. 1 through Jan. 8, 2021, on the University Art Gallery's website, gallery.csudh.edu. Delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the “Content: 2020 Senior Studio Art Exhibition” features the work of 10 studio art students who graduated in spring 2020. As part of the Art and Design Department's curriculum, each student is required to exhibit a selection of work produced during their studies at CSUDH. The exhibition is the culmination of those efforts. “Our Studio Art students will have the ... Read More
LACMA Internship Offers Anthropology Students Museum Curation and Research Skills
Katherine Gendron loves museums. She has fond memories of family road trips across the state to visit them, and to this day likes to spend an hour or more alone in a museum enjoying the art and what to her still feels like a family atmosphere. That's why the California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) graduate jumped at the chance to apply for the new CSUDH-LACMA Anthropology Internship, which was launched in spring 2020 by the Anthropology Department in conjunction with the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). The internship is designed to provide CSUDH students opportunities to learn museum curation skills and gain hands-on experience assisting LACMA with its Art of the ... Read More
‘Crossroads,’ a Dance Concert Inspired by Race Relations in America
(Carson, CA) - California State University, Dominguez Hills' (CSUDH) Department of Theatre and Dance will host the virtual dance concert “Crossroads,” Saturday, Nov. 28 at 7 p.m., and Monday, Nov. 30 at 7 p.m. The faculty-student event is inspired by the current and historic crossroads of race relations in the United States. What: Dance Concert at CSUDH Theatre and Dance When: Saturday, November 28 at 7 p.m., and Monday, November 30 at 7pm Ticket: https://www.csudh.edu/theatre-arts/buy-tickets/ "Crossroads" is a showcase of choreography for the screen. The works have been choreographed and filmed by CSUDH dance faculty members Amy Michele Allen, Shaunté Caraballo, Sarah Hummel, Jeff ... Read More
CSUDH Awarded More Than $1.8 Million to Conduct Cannabis Industry Research
(Carson, CA) - California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) received a $1,866,311 grant from the Bureau of Cannabis Control (BCC) to conduct research on the cannabis industry in the South Bay and other local Los Angeles County communities CSUDH serves. The funding is part of close to $30 million in research grants awarded to public universities across the state by the bureau. With the passage of Proposition 64 in 2016, the BCC has made research funding available for grants in several categories, including public health, criminal justice and public safety, economic, environmental impacts, and the cannabis industry. CSUDH and Humboldt State University are the only two California ... Read More
