Students from California State University Dominguez Hills and their professor are featured in a two exhibitions, “LA Living Space: Photographs by Ellie Zenhari” and “We Will Be Heard: Work by CSUDH Students,” at Angels Gate Cultural Center in San Pedro from April 23 to May 30 that explore the environmental impact of the Port of Los Angeles. An opening reception on April 30 at noon includes an informative exhibit tour, and a student dance performance. The LA Living Space exhibition tour at 1 p.m. will be led by Zenhari, assistant professor of art and design, and Vivian Price, professor of labor studies at CSUDH, who wrote all the accompanying text for the exhibit. The student dance ... Read More
Art and Design
Annual Senior Design Showcase, Studio Art Exhibition Feature Works of Graduating Students
Works of art ranging from posters, digital designs, motion graphics, socially engaged ad campaigns, e-branding identity, packaging, photographs and web design to mixed media assemblage, ceramic sculpture, drawings, zines and paintings–all created by 30 California State University, Dominguez Hills design and studio art graduates–will be featured in a showcase and exhibition of student work in April in the University Art Gallery: “Vantage Point: Senior Design Showcase” and “Content: 2017 Senior Studio Art Exhibition.” What and When: Vantage Point: Senior Design Showcase, Thursday, April 13, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Content: 2017 Senior Studio Art Exhibition April 24- May 4; Opening Reception, ... Read More
CSU Dominguez Hills receives $8,000 grant from Pasadena Art Alliance for Praxis Studio art exhibit
California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) has received an $8,000 grant from the Pasadena Art Alliance to support a culmination art exhibition of CSUDH's Praxis Studio, a year-long extracurricular, cross-disciplinary arts and design program that explores community through socially engaged artistic expression. The university is one of 34 Southern California arts organizations, nonprofits and educational institutions selected by the Pasadena Art Alliance for its 2017 grant cycle. Praxis Studio was created and co-founded by Devon Tsuno, assistant professor in CSUDH's Art and Design Department, and L.A.-based interdisciplinary project Big City Forum through a $40,000 Creative ... Read More
Art and Design Student David Kwock Honored for LA Opera’s ‘Salome’ Program Cover Design
David Kwock, an art and design major at California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH), was honored with 2nd place and a $2,000 prize for his program cover design for the LA Opera's spring production of composer Richard Strauss' opera, Salome. Kwock and students in art and design lecturer John Lionel Pierce's Design 342 course competed last fall with 35 students from 13 other campuses in Southern California to be featured on the cover of the widely distributed program. The 1st place winner's artwork will also be on display at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, home of the LA Opera. “When I won I was very excited. I did not expect to win at all. It was quite a shock for me to even ... Read More
Ellie Zenhari Shares Thoughts About ‘Watts: Then and Now’ Exhibit and Project
Assistant Professor Ellie Zenhari shares her thoughts about the "Watts: Then and Now" exhibit and student project, photography, and her current project. Ellie Zenhari earned her MFA at Savannah College of Art and Design and has been with CSUDH in the Art & Design Department since 2012 teaching photography, motion graphics, 3D animation, and interactive design classes. She has traveled and photographed extensively around the world, and her work has been exhibited in a solo exhibit in the Library Cultural Art Center at CSUDH (2015-2016), Watts Labor Committee Action Community Gallery (2015), the Louvre Museum in Paris (2015), the International Art Fair, Art Basel, Miami, Florida ... Read More
