Tag: Oxy Arts
Oxy Live! hosts Roxane Gay, ‘one of the most important voices...
Critically acclaimed New York Times best-selling author of, and self-proclaimed, “Bad Feminist” Roxane Gay opened the Oxy Live! season in Thorne Hall Sept. 30. “I've taught at...
Oxy Wanlass Artist in Residence Roksana Pirouzmand experiments with medium, space...
The theme for this semester's Studio Arts course Art Outside the Bounds is "Everything was once something else.” Instructor Roksana Pirouzmand said she was inspired by...
Poetry open mic spotlights LA’s cultural tapestry during Women’s History Month
The Intercultural Community Center (ICC) and OXY ARTS hosted “They Can’t Take Away Our Words,” an open mic centering poets of color March 28....
Oxy Live! with Kip Thorne highlights ‘Interstellar’ and physics advancements
Richard P. Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics, Emeritus at the California Institute of Technology and co-awardee of the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics Kip Thorne sat down for...
The Industry explores unconventional opera as Oxy Arts’ Wanlass Artist In...
This semester, Oxy Arts is offering the Studio Art course Art Outside the Bounds, where students learn from an LA-based artist through the Wanlass Artist in...
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...