After years of solid economic growth, the South Bay’s local economy will experience some slowing in 2020, but will remain stable due in part to the federal government’s high level of defense spending in the region. Such was one of the many economic projections presented in the 2019 South Bay Economic Forecast and Industry Outlook, which California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) released on Oct. 29 as part of the fifth annual South Bay Economic Forecast conference hosted on campus. Approximately 200 guests representing cities and businesses throughout the region attended. CSUDH developed the report and the conference to provide a focused look at the current state of the ... Read More
Digital Media Arts
University Art Gallery Exhibits ‘Legend and Legacy: José Guadalupe Posada and Contemporary Latinx Art’
(Carson, CA) – “Legend and Legacy: José Guadalupe Posada and Contemporary Latinx Art,” a multimedia exhibition tracing the influence of Mexican illustrator José Guadalupe Posada on contemporary Latinx artists, will run Oct. 7–Dec. 13, Monday–Thursday, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and by appointment at the University Art Gallery at California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH). The public opening reception for the exhibition takes place Saturday, Oct. 5 from 3 to 6 p.m. The exhibit is FREE and open to the public. Known for his animated skeleton figures—or calaveras—used in annual Day of the Dead observances, Posada chronicled and satirized his society in street art that appealed to the ... Read More
CSUDH Alumni Honored During CSU Media Arts Festival
On their home turf, four proud Toro alumni were honored for their video production prowess during the 2017 CSU Media Arts Festival (MAF), which took place on Nov. 4 at California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) for the first time in the festival’s 27-year history. The MAF was hosted by CSUDH’s College of Arts and Humanities and the Digital Media Arts Department. Hosted at a different California State University (CSU) campus each year, the MAF provides talented students studying film, broadcasting, video, screenwriting, and new media from throughout the 23-campus CSU system the opportunity to showcase their work for their peers, faculty, and industry professionals, while ... Read More
‘Plastic Disaster’ is an Ironclad Achievement for Digital Media Arts Students
“Plastic Disaster,” a documentary about the devastating effect of plastic waste on marine life, has become an “ironclad achievement” for three Digital Media Arts (DMA) students at California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH). Produced by Farida Alami, Sal Velazquez, and Jeanine Carrere, who are all seniors in the DMA program, “Plastic Disaster” has already garnered impressive wins and has locked in several nominations early in the film award season, most notably winning the “Award of Recognition” from the prestigious Hollywood International Independent Documentary Awards (HIIDA), which they will receive during its awards gala in Los Angeles on March 24, 2018. Update: The ... Read More
Surf to Screen: Johnny Gonzales Turns Surf Photography into Film Career
Johnny Gonzales could play it safe and buy an expensive telescopic lens for his camera and stand on the sand to take his photographs, but “What fun would that be?” To capture a charging backside ride up close, he would rather strap on his fins, grab his camera, and swim out to where the waves are breaking to join a professional surfer inside a barrel. Gonzales, a Redondo Beach resident, will graduate with his bachelor’s degree in digital media arts (DMA) from California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) May 19 with the College of Arts and Humanities’ Class of 2017. He is known as a “waterman,” a surfing photographer who swims out through the pounding surf to shoot his subjects ... Read More
