Tag: art
LA on a budget: Make the most of the weekend without...
In bright orange font centered on the screen, Occidental College's website boasts the tagline, "Liberal Arts in Los Angeles." LA is an undeniable part of Occidental’s...
Avenue 50 Studio’s Día de los Muertos celebration is a reminder...
The Día de los Muertos Festival de Otoño in Highland Park will take place Friday, Nov. 1 from 4–7 p.m. The annual event is organized by Avenue...
Local bookstore Book Show forced to relocate, depriving Highland Park of...
Highland Park’s local bookstore, Book Show, hosted Influx Collectiv's Queer Poetry Night Oct. 26 featuring poets Royal Rubez, Casj and bení ali ávalos. Influx Collectiv co-founders Cori Bratby-Rudd and...
Oxy Arts food writing panel features LA Times writers and editors
Oxy Arts hosted an "Art of Food Writing" panel Oct. 9 as a part of their "Breaking Bread" series. Occidental students and members of...
Behind Bars: Native Americans connect with their culture in prisons
Indigenous speakers representing the Tongva/Acjachemen, Hunkpapa, Oglala, Choctaw/Lakota and Itazipcho tribes came to Occidental to present a panel about Native Americans furthering their connection with their culture while in...
MOCA’s “Open House” opens up on the role of museums
A smashed piano, a corner full of chocolate and two trenches in the desert make up the latest exhibit at the Museum of Contemporary Art...
Eric Frank finds the art in teaching and life
Professor Eric Frank’s office embodies his decades of teaching at Occidental College. Floor-to-ceiling bookcases line his walls, filled with the colorful bindings of art...
Building community from concrete: Oxy Arts staff perspectives on the summer...
As students flooded out of Occidental to their summer adventures in May 2019, the Oxy Arts staff prepared for their own long-awaited summer adventure:...
Pic your battles: we need consent in public photography
It’s a surreal experience to look up and make eye contact with yourself, peering dumbstruck out of someone else’s cell phone. My 18-year-old self is...
Travis Scott steals other artists’ content (again)
Three Six Mafia founder DJ Paul is taking a stand against Travis Scott, rap’s stickiest-fingered superstar. The Blast reported April 23 that the Memphis born rapper-producer recently...