Don Woodford, an artist and educator, gives an artist talk solely based on his personal experience and his exhibition to emerge his audience in the rich knowledge of art to provide inspiration. The subject of art and art majors are always being questioned if they're necessary or justified. For others like Woodford, the arts carry a great significance to our modern day society and should be consumed in our education. Located on the far side of campus, The Robert and Frances Fullerton Museum of Art at California State University, San Bernardino, freely welcomed guests to walk through two phenomenal exhibitions to gain a greater empathy for the context of the artworks … [Read more...] about Don Woodford and his former students honored in the form of art
Expressions
If Change Never Comes
If Change Never Comes Men and women Will never be one. Their lives Will always belong To a world Of materialism. Women and cars Will share the same Name. Their assets Will be owned, Their value undergoes Severe depreciation. If change never comes, Men and things Will continue to be In material mode. Two creatures of habit Looking outwardly. When and how Will only be a Matter of time. If change never comes, The next babe online Will be under new ownership. Sex and rings Will not show its Worth apart from The plans that God Always had for man. No more covenant. A woman’s worth More than jewels and More than cars, but with This new brand of Love … [Read more...] about If Change Never Comes
Honeymoon
Honeymoon is an exploration of the nature of consumption, and how it is romanticized and sexualized in modern society. Every day, our animal instincts are used against us to encourage us to spend. Hunger, sex, sleep, and other natural processes have been entangled with the need to make and spend money. Capitalism facilitated some of humanity’s greatest achievements but it’s starting to look like it could be our downfall. From clean running water to a constant bombardment of advertising, capitalism envelopes our daily lives and has created the framework through which we see the world. Both humanity and nature have been forever changed by the various results of overconsumption. We go after … [Read more...] about Honeymoon
VISUAL Frequency
Photo courtesy of Laura Muñoz SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. — Visual Frequency – a student exhibition will be featured in the Robert and Frances Fullerton Museum of Art’s Dutton Family Gallery at California State University, San Bernardino beginning February 3 and running through February 19. An opening reception will be held on Saturday, Feb. 1 at 6-8 p.m. (preview at 5:30 p.m.). The closing reception will be Wednesday, Feb. 19 at 4-6 p.m., with an Artist talk at 3 p.m. Visual Frequency is a multi-media group exhibition that examines the multiple uses and expressions inherent in sign-based forms of visual communication. This exhibition reflects the many possibilities in which signage can be the … [Read more...] about VISUAL Frequency
MFA Students’ Showcase
Alongside more formal exhibitions in the Dutton Family Gallery and in the VA106 Gallery, the Department of Art & Design has works by students in display cabinets throughout the ground floor of the Visual Arts Building. The students of the MFA in Studio Art, from the Department of Art & Design, regularly show finished artworks, works in progress, and experimental artworks in these display cabinets at four different locations in the VA Building. These grad students work together collaboratively to program the displays throughout the year. Currently, the Department of Art & Design has works on display from painter Amber Bowser, painter Ordando Prieto, … [Read more...] about MFA Students’ Showcase
Until I Embrace You Again
by Leo Fontes I will never forget the hour, The news of my 3rd blooming flower. You helped me lose sight of my sour, Delighted me proud as a tower. I smiled, I danced and I dreamed, My pain seemed to be all redeemed! My heart had ignited! It beamed! For only a moment it seemed. I held you, I kissed you, embraced you, I loved you, I wished you; I'll miss you. A flower you were in my eyes, My heart now affectionately cries. I question, I search for the why's, For comfort I look to the skies. T'was saddened to hear you had left, Heartbroken to deal with the rest. I know by my Lord you were blest, Still, pain-staking hard to digest. You came in the night while the … [Read more...] about Until I Embrace You Again
In Spite Of by Jamie Valdez
I have always rooted for the underdog- no matter if that was a small business owner, a shelter animal, or the short kid trying to make a lay-up. As I grew older that whimsical cheerleading was directed more into an activist for human rights, and then after I became a mother of 2 little girls it became an obsession for gender equality. I am a conceptual artist that is influenced by the way women are treated around the globe on a daily basis. It is too easy to turn a blind eye to injustices we see if they do not affect us personally, and I want to bring awareness to those ideas that people ignore. I want people to become aware, have understanding, grow outraged, and take action to change the … [Read more...] about In Spite Of by Jamie Valdez
Expressions: The Fallen Holiday Angel
By Charlotte Iradjpanah Twas the night before Congress, And throughout the White House, The whole place was vacant, Except for the louse. The chefs and the ushers, And tailors and maids, Were tired of working, Without getting paid. The Potomac was frozen, As thick as can be, No worker there, To collect passage fees. With Cohen admitting, And Flynn having lied, Natalia, the Russian, May have just been a spy! When all of a sudden, Word arose, Trump had been talking, Behind private doors. Pence as his vice, Was in such a mess, And too damn embarrassed, To make an … [Read more...] about Expressions: The Fallen Holiday Angel
A Cold Day at Venice Beach
by Jose Rincon-Munoz The sunset at an early time, Truly beautiful at any sighting be The cold breeze against my facial cheeks In a drive down the interstate The beach is what I seek, In this time November When there are all, but none down by the shore All, but the locals who can call the beach their home The colder than usual air In this month's fall, I dare dream of entering the pacific For this weather suffices my just needs The beauty of the vast ocean The fog that covers the horizon I sit in complete awe At the intensity of the beauty before me The sand, more freezing than in any time a year, Cold sand against bare feet, … [Read more...] about A Cold Day at Venice Beach
breathing
breathing After Joshua Jennifer Espinoza’s “A Guide to Reading Trans Literature” picture I was defenseless right underneath of him when he shattered the lock so forcibly that night. picture you were under my clothes something in you had been raided, stolen. Now picture you are... breathing. Philippines is the phantom, It trembles at times, too. Rage of an inevitable force cracks concrete slices lands Island splits islands moved by the gushing muddy floods with rats’ pees swimming cockroaches some aboard pieces of ripped cardboard boxes float... pieces of papers … [Read more...] about breathing