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Shocking Art: The Death of the American Dream

I definitely wanted to comment on an idea that would be present to my entire generation, so ideas such as the crippling student debt that many college attendants face, to the “embarrassed millionaire” complex, to even the division within the United States down party lines came up. However, I settled on the American Dream andContinue reading “Shocking Art: The Death of the American Dream”

clearing (Artist Conversation #2)

Exhibition Information:Artist: Melissa FloresMedia: PaintingGallery: Dennis W. Dutzi GallerySocial Media: @melissaflores.art About the Artist: LBSU undergraduate Melissa Flores is working toward her BFA degree in the School of Art’s Drawing and Painting Program. Formal Analysis: The art piece is of a house centered in the middle of a gathering of unspecified objects. The piece isContinue reading “clearing (Artist Conversation #2)”

Skylight Story (Photography)

As I often spend most of my time indoors, one of the changes I’ve made since coming to Long Beach has been to try and take pictures of the sunset everyday from my dorm. I wanted to compile these pictures to show the story of the sky in Long Beach on a day to day,Continue reading “Skylight Story (Photography)”

An Artist Conversation #1: Necroporium

Exhibition Information: Artists: Janet Doan, Collin Wilhelm, Diana Nguyen, Amber Arzaga, Georgina Fang, Lilly Ngov, Rose Cuenca, Sol Barrios, Kelly Pfeiffer, Alexa Lui, and Ren TorresMedia: Animation and StoryboardGallery: Marilyn Werby Gallery, CSU Long BeachSocial Media: Jananachips, Faikentt, Apricitydia.gram, Amberrycold, Georgyfang, Lillianuzi, Red8Rose8, Solscribble, Curiouslittlecritter, skellaradart, 4cetone About the Artists:The artists are all students inContinue reading “An Artist Conversation #1: Necroporium”

Drinking & Drawing

Drawing has been one of my hobbies for over a decade now, with most of my family being somewhat proficient in it. Drawing is my favorite type of expression, and one of my favorite activities to do when I have free time. This activity was definitely fun for me, although there was a minor timeContinue reading “Drinking & Drawing”

Finding Art at CSULB

The art piece we chose was a window on the fifth floor of the University Library, where an observer could see the entirety of Northern Campus, and especially the Walter Pyramid, which is a landmark on our school campus. Our art piece was intended to depict not only how people can view the campus asContinue reading “Finding Art at CSULB”

Finger painting

I think that this assignment was a lot harder than I charted it out to be. With the concept of trying to be abstract as the main goal, I tried to keep an empty mind and have no plan when beginning, but it seemed like every time that I thought about it, new ideas wouldContinue reading “Finger painting”

Maintenance Art

Though I had mixed feelings about performing maintenance art at the beginning of the class session, going around campus and cleaning up trash left behind by Week of Welcome and other on campus activities had a sort of therapeutic effect, it worked well to make me feel relaxed. While cleaning the grass plaza of upperContinue reading “Maintenance Art”