This past week, I had the opportunity to view the gallery, “Effusion” composed of the works from the Drawing and Painting BFA program here at California State University Long Beach. I had the chance to interview one of these artists, … Continue reading
Maddie Ballew is currently a first-year student at California State University Long Beach. She lives in on-campus housing Parkside because she is not originally from the area. Maddie is from the same area I am which is the Fresno area. … Continue reading
This week, Khara Cloutier’s art collection, “Fabricating Identity” was featured at Cal State Long Beach. Khara is from Austin, Texas and originally went to Texas State to get her BFA. After receiving her BFA, she lived in Los Angeles for ten years and then decided to go back to school. She is now currently attending Cal State Long Beach in order to get her MFA. She chose to attend Long Beach for her master’s because it is a very good college of the arts for the price.
Khara’s designs are “inspired by the man-made landscapes that surround (her) and (she) applies those patterns to the landscape of the body”. She wants to emphasize that her work is not art, but merely graphic design. Khara wanted to use fashion in order to convey certain messages because it is a universally known way to express one’s identity.
Denise Martinez is currently a second year here at California State University Long Beach and commutes daily from Harbor City. Academically, Denise is a pre-psych major hoping to pursue clinical psychology. Since there are so many different specific branches of … Continue reading
“This body of work is a look at memory and the moments that define one’s experiences”
This week at California State University Long Beach, Ron Pagenkopp’s gallery, “Retrospection”, was featured. For this collection, Ronald focused on “memories and people of his past that have been important to him because he wanted the work to be personal”. He spent nearly fifteen hours on each of the pieces that comprise the gallery. Each piece required such a great length of time because Ron wanted the pieces to symbolize the great details and fragments that make up a memory. For the pieces, Ron used a grid scale in order to emphasize the essence how an individual values time.
Ron Pagenkopp’s artwork is an implication on how individuals view and collect their memories. According to Ron, his artwork was made to “create representations and impressions that define a broader course of movement and change”.
Kaziah Thornton-Tello is currently a first year student at California State University Long Beach. She lives in on-campus housing Parkside even though her hometown is Long Beach where she has been living her whole life. As of now, she is … Continue reading
For my P12 assignment, I worked with fellow classmate Jacob Kline on a project. First, we agreed that we wanted to do something involving photography since we both enjoy it. We then decided to give each other a specific word that we thought represented a stereotypical thing that the opposite sex would enjoy. For instance, I gave Jacob the word “skateboarding” and he gave me the word “flowers”. From there, I walked around the campus and took pictures of the flowers I thought would most adequately represent the word “flowers”.
This was the first picture taken that I thought would represent the word “flowers”. The only edit I did for this one was a subtle VSCO filter that merely changed the hue of the picture, allowing the flowers to become much more vibrant.
I did not make any edits for this photo because I thought that there did not need to be any. There were already enough vibrant colors in the original photo to make it stand out.
For this picture, I used another VSCO filter to make the actual rose stand out in contrast to the bushes behind it. In doing so, the bee in the center of the picture became much more visible. I think this picture is an accurate depiction of still-life in nature.
This week, the art galleries at California State University Long Beach featured the work of Brenda Moron as well as her fellow wood group artists. Brenda is twenty-three years old and currently in her fourth year media wood/specialty major here at Cal State Long Beach. After graduation, she is planning on returning to Long Beach in the fall to pursue a master’s degree. Brenda has said that what she likes best about working with wood is the nostalgia she gets while smelling it. She also enjoys working with wood because it allows her to use certain tools in order to create the intricate details. When creating art, Brenda says that “(her) inspiration is her dad”.
The “wooden gallery” was an assignment for an art class here at Long Beach so the gallery is made up of multiple peoples’ work. Brenda’s assignment was to create the wooden bench that is pictured above. It took Brenda two to three weeks to complete the bench. Her intention for the art piece was to present it to the campus facilities and see if they would like to place it somewhere on campus.
Cora Argallon is currently a first-year student at California State University Long Beach. She lives in on-campus housing Parkside. She has declared her major as pre-athletic training in hopes to become a professional athletic trainer some day. Here at Long … Continue reading
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