The CSUF Grand Central Art Center publication, “Yaron Michael Hakim: Psittaciformeshas” received an award for book design in the category of Photography/Art/Design at The Publishers Association of the West’s Feb. 7 conference. PubWest is a national trade organization of publishers and of associated publishing-related members. The association presents annual design awards for book design, book […]
World chamber jazz ensemble, Quarteto Nuevo, released its new album “2” in early fall 2023. The group comprises CSUF School of Music lecturer Damon Zick (soprano saxophone) and Kenton Youngstrom (guitar), Jacob Szekely (cello) and Felipe Frage (percussion). Combining western classical, eastern European folk, Latin and jazz, the album features three of Zick’s original compositions […]
Artist and Cal State Fullerton Professor of Art, Lawrence T. Yun will be featured at the Palos Verdes Art Center (PVAC) beginning December 1 in an exhibition entitled “Lawrence T. Yun: Engineered Botanicals,” a survey of the artist’s extensive catalog of botanical watercolors from 1999–2019. While the PVAC show marks the first time the botanicals […]
On Monday, Nov. 6, Cal State Fullerton will host one of hundreds of simultaneously staged readings of six bold new plays in “ENOUGH! Plays to End Gun Violence.” The six plays represent the winners of its national short play competition created by the ENOUGH! initiative, which calls on teens to confront gun violence by creating […]
In September, Cal State Fullerton’s University Symphonic Winds welcomed Pacific Symphony Artistic Director and Conductor Carl St.Clair for a two-hour collaboration centered around Leonard Bernstein’s jazz-infused composition, “SLAVA! A Political Overture.” (Slava translates to “glory” in Russian.) The piece celebrates Bernstein’s musical colleague, cellist Mstislav Rostropovich, who is often credited with changing the history of […]
In the fall of 2022, Josh Grisetti, professor of theatre and head of the musical theatre area, received a $113K HSI (Hispanic Serving Institution) Community Grant sponsored by CSU Northridge (CSUN) and Apple, Inc. (which also includes an additional $30K technology package) to develop and stage a new musical theatre work in support of up-and-coming […]
Chen Wang, professor of graphic and interactive design, along with a dedicated team of students, recently received the 2023 Health+Wellness Design Awards from GDUSA (Graphic Design USA). This recognition is a celebration of their exceptional contributions in developing the mobile application “DUMP THE BUMP.” Collaborating closely with Maria Koleilat, associate professor of public health, the […]
Professor of Art Bryan Cantley recently published a second book entitled “Speculative Coolness” (Routledge, 2023). It presents a selected body of work showcasing projects which seek to understand and explain the conditions, contents, and media logics governing the study of speculative Architecture[s]. Cantley describes his artwork and approach to teaching as a marriage of process […]
Internationally aclaimed cellist Bongshin Ko, professor of music/cello, performs as a featured soloist at the world’s prestigious Carnegie Hall in New York City. She is invited to perform at the Korean War Memorial Concert presented by the Ministry of Patriots & Veterans of Republic of Korea and supported by the Ministry of National Defence and […]
Professor of Music Bill Cunliffe’s orchestral composition, “Rainforests,” will be available on digital platforms on Friday, Sept. 8 via BCM+D Records in Philadelphia. The composition is performed by the Temple University Studio Orchestra with trumpeter Terell Stafford, saxophonists Dick Oatts and Tim Warfield, pianist Bruce Barth, bassist Mike Boone and drummer Justin Faulkner, and conducted […]