Tag: art
Critical Making Studio provides free access to art space and equipment
The bottom floor of the Academic Commons contains the Critical Making Studio (CMS), a makerspace open to all Occidental students, faculty and staff. According...
Students’ craft teaching fosters creative expression in ARTS 100
Art Education Practicum, cross-listed as ARTS 100 and EDU 143, is a class where students work in pairs to create an art project and...
Erica Garcia’s unique eyeshadow lights up the Marketplace
On the righthand side of the Marketplace checkout counters is Erica Garcia, wearing vibrant eyeshadow every weekday morning. Garcia said she started working at...
No-Sap Valentines put the power of the press in students’ hands
Hidden in the old wing of Occidental’s Mary Norton Clapp Library lies Occidental's Letterpress, The Lowercase Printshop, a studio decorated floor to ceiling with creative and...
‘Poets are the voice of radical change’: Robin Coste Lewis to...
Oxy Live! starts the spring semester with a conversation between artist Alexandra Grant and Robin Coste Lewis, National Book Award winner and former Poet Laureate of Los...
Artist of the week Julie Wang combines STEM and art to...
Artist of the week Julie Wang (sophomore) said she was given sketchbooks when her parents decided that the drawings on the wall had to...
Aleem Hossain’s ‘Weird Short Films’ inspires discussion about technology and the...
Media Arts & Culture (MAC) Professor Aleem Hossain showcased “Three Weird Short Films” Feb. 6 to students, professors and Occidental community members at Choi Auditorium. A Q&A...
Oxy Live! with Ed Ruscha provides Occidental students with artistic insights
Oxy Live! A Conversation with Ed Ruscha hosted by Paul Holdengräber centered around themes underscoring the artist's work, which began with a career studying...
Artist of the Week: Crochet artist Syd Neff stitches together community
Syd Neff (senior) said he first picked up the art of crochet in the spring of his first year at Occidental when he was...
Oxy Live! kicks off new season with Tavares Strachan and Paul...
The 2024–2025 season of Oxy Live!, Occidental’s annual speaker program opened Sept. 24 in Thorne Hall and featured conceptual artist Tavares Strachan in conversation...