Tag: art
Letter from the Newcomb Media Suite
My second-grade teacher used to quote Milton Berle, “If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door." In the throes of a global pandemic, crafting opportunities from...
Opinion: Seeing myself on the NYFW catwalk
"Batik" is a traditional Indonesian style of clothing that is made using hot wax to make patterns of swirls, dots and lines on fabric...
Artist Susan Moss sees Oxy as a ‘second home’
Since 1971, artist and writer Susan Moss has had three studios in Eagle Rock, where she paints, draws and writes. Her latest studio, nestled...
“Where Sky Touches Water” presents Indigenous perspective on nature at Oxy...
Oxy Arts hosted the opening event of artist Mercedes Dorame’s exhibition “Where Sky Touches Water” Feb. 8. Students, community members and Dorame’s friends and family attended,...
Outside Occidental: “Luna Luna: Forgotten Fantasy” exhibit
Multimedia artist André Heller’s 1987 “Luna Luna” exhibit in Hamburg, Germany Park, featuring a combination of artistic movements from Dadaism to Neo-expressionism, has been reborn in Los...
Oxyhedron fractalizes barriers in math
Waves of students and community members joined in constructing a towering, 17-foot-tall Sierpinski octahedron dubbed the “Oxyhedron” between Fowler Hall and Johnson Hall Nov....
Review: ‘John Waters: Pope of Trash’ exhibit
“The Prince of Puke,” “The Duke of Dirt,” “The Baron of Bad Taste” – filmmaker John Waters has built a career out of shock...
Outside Occidental: Japan House’s Pokemon x Kogei Exhibit
Since July 25, Japan House, a cultural center on Hollywood Boulevard, has showcased a new exhibit that brings art lovers back to their childhood: "POKEMON...
Rock Rose Gallery is an ‘incubator’ for art and community engagement
Opened in 2000 on North Figueroa Street, Rock Rose Gallery — an “arts incubator,” according to owner Rosamaria Marquez — is a gallery and...
Crush & Touch is a hub for artists in the neighborhood
Crush & Touch Art Supply’s eye-catching blue storefront opens to reveal the colorful array of products and artwork that lay inside, carrying a chromatic...