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Two Cal State LA graduate students, Boone Nguyen and Devanshi Purohit, were featured in this spring's Graduate Thesis exhibition.
The...
Flashing images of floral patterns from his mother’s clothing overlay a white ao dai, a traditional Vietnamese garment that is worn by both men and women. The sound of his mother’s village plays in...
Denis Akbari, Community News Editor-in-Chief
• February 28, 2023
At the Weird Wave Coffee Brewers in Boyle Heights, owner Jackson Defa provides a space for some of the community's artists to grab a cup of joe and seek inspiration for their next masterpieces.
Boyle...
Dozens of people gathered around windows at the Oxy Arts Gallery in Eagle Rock last month.
But they didn't see faces staring back. They saw a collection of multicolored post-it notes filled with self-reflections...
Thomas Davila, Community News Reporter
• October 23, 2022
Thinking outside of the box. Engaging diverse learners. Providing a creative and therapeutic outlet.
These are some of the benefits of arts and music education, according to advocates of Prop. 28. The...
Jessica Lopez, Multimedia Reporter
• October 17, 2022
“Keely and Du,” a production run through early October by the department of theater and dance, centers the voices of underrepresented women in the ongoing conversation of abortion rights.
Written...
Andres Perez, Community News Reporter
• September 27, 2022
Why create murals in economically depressed areas? Those areas need money and resources, not art, some might say.
Javier Ruiz, of the H.E.R.R. Foundation in Alhambra, gets it: “The mural is just on...
Alyssah Hall, Community News Reporter
• July 20, 2022
A hostess at Goodfellas, a restaurant in Corona, was dressed all in black in 1940’s attire when a co-worker addressed her: “Loretta, can you seat these people over here? Oh my God, I got your name...
Alyssah Hall, Community News Reporter
• May 28, 2022
Brightly patterned fabrics made of plant fiber -- one with maroon and black leaves contrasting with a cream background, for instance -- are used for clothes, bedding and wall hangings in some Pacific Islander...
Despite being the first year Cal State LA has entered, two Golden Eagles made a big splash in the Annual Coca-Cola Refreshing Film’s Program (CCRFP) contest.
The Cal State LA students even made one...
Cal State LA’s production of Los Faustinos opened on April 21 and ran through the 30. It was directed by Roberto Alcaraz, a theater professor at Cal State LA.
The musical comedy-drama told the story...
The scrape of white pencil onto the panel was faint, the artist leisurely bringing to life six outlines of people crossing a blue river that reflects the slightly cloudy sky. Paint supplies littered the...
