Tag: Oxy Arts
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...
Julie Mehretu ‘redefines the boundaries of contemporary art’
Interviewer Paul Holdengräber spoke with distinguished painter Julie Mehretu in Choi Auditorium Feb. 21 as a part of Oxy Live!, a series of discussions...
“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,...
Oxy Arts’ ‘The Iridescence of Knowing’ showcases Indigenous art forms
Oxy Arts, Occidental’s community art studio and gallery, opened its latest exhibition "The Iridescence of Knowing" Sept. 14. Artwork ranging from photographs to hand-drawn...
Making room for creativity: Adult art classes at Oxy Arts
As part of the course Community Engagement in Education, Occidental students create relationships with community partners and participate in a service learning project. For their...
‘Chosen’ documentary brings eyes to the story of David Kim, a...
“Chosen” is a documentary featuring five Korean Americans, with varied backgrounds and beliefs, who ran for U.S. Congress in 2020. Before the 2020 election, only two Korean...
“Voice a Wild Dream” features Asian American activism through art and...
Oxy Arts' newest exhibition, “Voice a Wild Dream: Moments in Asian American Art and Activism, 1968-2022," highlights works by Asian American artists and activists and...
Oxy Arts celebrates Filipino cultural traditions with ‘Pieces of the Past’
Oxy Arts invited Occidental and Eagle Rock community members to participate in a celebration of traditional Filipino cultural practices April 8. According to Director of...
Oxy Arts hosts California Coalition for Women Prisoners: ‘Healing, passion, resistance’
Oxy Arts hosted the California Coalition for Women Prisoners (CCWP) for a watercolor workshop that highlighted the CCWP’s Writing Warriors program March 30. Writing Warriors connects incarcerated women...
“Wherever we will to root” blooms at Oxy Arts
Six paintings of vivid flowers, created using playful brushstrokes and occasional neon decorations, as well as two installations, are on display at Oxy Arts...