UNIMA-USA (International Union of Puppetry Arts) has awarded Assistant Professor Heather Denyer in the Department of Theatre and Dance, a Nancy Staub Publications Award for Excellence in Publications on the Art of Puppetry. Denyer received this recognition for her article, “A Homecoming Story for African Objects” published in Puppetry International, no. 49, (2021). The award […]
https://www.latimes.com/socal/daily-pilot/entertainment/story/2023-03-22/this-is-my-immigration-story-an-artist-dares-to-dream CSUF Visual Arts Alum Adriana Martinez and her upcoming exhibition “Dreamer,” opening April 1 at CSUF’s Grand Central Art Center, are featured in a full story appearing in the Los Angeles Times.
The premiere of the SACRED MOUNTAIN choral suite from Opera America Discovery Award and NEA Project Awarded work Why Women Went West by Pamela Madsen, composer, will take place on Tues., Feb. 28 starting at 8 p.m. in Meng Concert Hall. More details can be found here: https://www.fullerton.edu/arts/music/events/nmf.php SACRED MOUNTAIN is the final act and […]
Matthew Shepard was beaten and left to die 24 years ago this month, targeted for being a gay man. October is LGBTQ+ History Month, and the Department of Theatre and Dance is honoring this with their production ofThe Laramie Project, a play devised by Moisés Kaufman and members of the Tectonic Theatre Project to honor […]
From earning an Illustration degree to designing art for a world-class arboretum, there’s no stopping Arshya Bakhtiani. While finishing up her last semester at CSUF in Spring 2022, Arshya was thrilled to be offered an internship at Fullerton Arboretum, the 26-acre, Level IV accredited botanical garden located on the campus of CSUF. With her love […]
The CSUF Grand Central Art Center exhibition, “We’ve Always Been Here, Like Hydrogen, Like Oxygen,” that runs through Nov. 6 was recently featured in the Daily Pilot: https://www.latimes.com/socal/daily-pilot/entertainment/story/2022-08-31/visual-artist-squeezes-meaning-from-double-channel-video-at-grand-central-art-center?fbclid=IwAR1DA_O1sVORDJj2LDXivsaEFuT7dnouZ2mge7PenQOpurFRSgQ4JcFeT1k
This summer, design professor John Drew gave his ART 483A (Special Studies in Graphic Design) students an assignment: create fully accessible posters promoting peace in Ukraine. Students were required to use tools, techniques, and principles for accessible design to enable visually impaired, colorblind, and dyslexic individuals to fully experience the finished posters. They were also […]
The University Singers will be embarking on a tour of Australia from July 18 through August 1. Join them on Sat., July 16 at 3 p.m. for a send-off concert, with Grammy Award winner Robert Istad conducting, in Meng Concert Hall. The singers will preview their repertoire and audience members can support them as they […]
Kim Nason, School of Music alumna was recognized by the Orange County Music and Arts Administrators with the Irene Schoepfle Award. This is a county-wide honor that celebrates teachers who have made a noteworthy impact on generations of young musicians. Nason was honored for her long and distinguished career. She has taught vocal and general […]
Music Composition Professor Pamela Madsen’s “ORATORIO FOR THE EARTH” will receive its World Premiere Performance on May 14, at 3 p.m. in Meng Concert Hall. ORATORIO FOR THE EARTH received project awards from National Endowment for the Arts Project Award (2020-2022), New Music USA Project Award (2019), and Artist Fellowship Awards from the Women’s International […]