California State University, Dominguez Hills’ (CSUDH) University Art Gallery and PRAXIS art engagement program have received two grants totaling $45,000 to support the residency of Los Angeles-based artist Patrick Martinez and an exhibition of his work. The National Endowment for the Arts granted PRAXIS $30,000 from its first round of national awards in 2021 of more than $27.5 million for projects that span 14 artistic disciplines. The grant was awarded in the “Visual Arts” category. The Pasadena Art Alliance (PAA) has also contributed to the Martinez residency and exhibition in a significant way with an additional $15,000 grant. The PAA awards projects created by established as well ... Read More
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Studio Art Students Teach Carson Kids Online in PRAXIS CAP Pilot Program
With a webcam fixed in a way that hid his work, California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) Studio Art major Jacqueline Mendoza was intrigued by how hard her young student was working with pipe cleaners and a transparent grid to create a sculpture of the Watts Towers. When the boy lifted his artwork, Mendoza was amazed by the amount of work he had produced, and how excited he was to share it. Mendoza is a teaching artist assistant in CSUDH’s PRAXIS City ArtS Parks (PRAXIS CAP), which provides an artistic outlet to youth 8-11 years of age in the City of Carson during COVID-19 through a series of free virtual Zoom courses. She is currently teaching in the PRAXIS CAP Winter ... Read More
CSUDH wins $100,000 Getty Research Grant for PST Initiative
(Carson, CA) – California State University, Dominguez Hills’ (CSUDH) University Art Gallery has been awarded a $100,000 grant from the Getty Foundation. The funds will be used to conduct research related to the gallery's contribution to the next Pacific Standard Time initiative in 2024, which this time focuses on the relationship between art and science. Entitled “Brackish Waters Los Angeles,” the CSUDH project will revolve around the concept of brackish water sites, areas where fresh and ocean water intermix. The exhibition will explore this notion both literally, with scientific research into Southern California's waterways, and metaphorically, as an 'in between space' of great change ... Read More
Daily Breeze: Giant New Murals Installed at Carson’s Cal State Dominguez Hills
Source: Daily Breeze Eight new murals, 47-foot-high, now adorn the new student residence hall at Carson’s Cal State Dominguez Hills. The residence hall was designed so its exterior could be used as a roof-to-ground canvas for large-scale art works that can be rotated every few years. The university described this installation, by multi-disciplinary artist and Los Angeles native iris yirei hu, as telling “stories of people, places and pain and often their interdependencies.” The collection includes murals of Tongva elder Julia Bogany and Black writer and activist James Baldwin. “I hope the murals will speak well to students,” hu said. “For students who are learning to heal, ... Read More
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
