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PUBLISHER T13MEDIA, LLC
E DTO R I A L + D E S I G N Terrill Thomas
C O N T R I B U TO R S Lauren Williams, Alexandre Kumpel, Darla Tucker, Ricky Raboteau,
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Meagan Miller, Tim Musso, Annemarie Gregory
C O N T R I B U T I N G P H OTO G R A P H E R S Tim Musso, Susan Patt, Leslie Escudero, Terrill Thomas
ABOUT ARTDESIGNPLAY is published annually by T13MEDIA, LLC, 500 N State College Blvd, Suite 1100, Orange 92868. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part without written permission is strictly prohibited. Terrill Thomas is the Creative Director for T13MEDIA, LLC and the chair of the Department of Art+Design @ lasierra.edu Publication through ISSU peecho.com services is permitted. A T13MEDIA, LLC PUBLICATION @June 2015
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A+D OFFICE RENOVATION
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FOUNDATION COMMUNITY IDENTITY The focus this year has been on transforming the department philosophy, culture, mission, identity and facilitating engagement with both the professional worlds of art and design while increasing our on campus engagement. Summer was spent on building a strong foundation for the department to build on. This included purchasing equipment to support the social events throughout the summer and year to come. Building a foundation really started with the visual identity of the Art office. Transforming the office visually through sustainable practices and thinking went a long way to establishing our philosophy. Fall quarter focused on community building through on campus and off campus events. On campus events included gardening activities, social evenings, dinner, movie nights and field trips. All of these activities involved many hours of outside of the classroom. However the effort paid off, and the students now refer to our department as a family. Winter quarter especially focused on engagement, both with external creative professionals, and on campus engagement. Participating in on campus events like the SALSU Pumpkin carving, Wellness Fair, University Experience, Creation Weekend, and the Soul Experience gave the department an opportunity to engage with the broader campus community. Welcome to our community! Terrill Thomas – Chair, Department of Art+Design
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COMMUNITY THROUGH GARDENING, COOKING AND ART In Spring 2014 the department created a garden as a way to connect students to the creative process seen in nature. Every process in gardening mirrors the creative development the department seeks to nurture. Tilling the soil is a way to introduce air, and nutrients back into the ground. Nurturing a seedling, is not unlike the nurturing process designers employ everyday as they bring a new concept to life. Pruning vines back mirrors the development cycle of refining concepts, and trimming elements that do not support your design goals. The abundant vegetables the A+D garden produced also teaches us about consumption and sharing. It’s impossible for an individual to eat all the tomatoes at one time. When we buy something, we want to keep it to ourselves. However when you grown something, it’s the most natural thing in the world to share it with people you love. The garden needed to be harvested every 2 weeks. This factored into the Art.Eat.Film series that Tim Musso and Terrill Thomas created as a way to encourage the students to stay engaged over the summer. Every two weeks alumni, current students and incoming freshman would get together, harvest the garden and cook. This process naturally created connections between all three groups. The garden continued to produce through out the coming year, and served as a catalyst for socials and dinners. By experiencing the wonder of growing food, we begin to get a glimpse into the sacredness of how plants grow and how magical and beautiful this created world really is.
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06/26/15 Black Bean Burgers, Grilled Corn Mexican Style
Budapest Hotel
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07/10/15 LA ART WALK + Studio visit with
08/07/15 Summer Harvest Salad with strawberries, dates goat cheese
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07/24/15 Bruscheetta / Grand
08/21/15 Grilled Veggies
Food - Green Curry with Tofu, Japanese Eggplant, Green Papaya Salad, Fried tofu with Peanut Satay Sauce
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09/ 4/15 Thai
09/18/15 Indian Food - Egg
Curry, Sauteed Cabbage, Yellow Potatoes
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Tahquitz Peak Trail
WHY WE HIKE + ALBERDI DE LA FUENTE I enjoy hiking because it allows me to ‘escape’ reality and connect with God through nature. It is also mind blowing when I get to the top of the mountain and feel so minuscule. Kinda makes me wonder why God cares about someone so small haha.
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I like it because it’s challenging in the easiest way, there’s no right or wrong way to hike which gives me a brain break. And it’s nice
to just take in the beauty of Gods creation and get away from pollution.
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BRIDGE TO NOWHERE
O C ORANGE COUNTY FALL FIELDTRIP
SOCO
OC MUSEUM OF ART CRYSTAL COVE BEACH
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A+D FIELD TRIP FALL — OCMA/CRYSTAL COVE In the fall we took (50) students to see the ‘Avante-Garde’ exhibit at the Orange County Museum of Art (OCMA). Afterward we visited shops at ‘SOCO’, the Orange County mecca of modern design. We concluded the field trip with an evening at Crystal Cover State Park. Our philosophy this year is to provide students a chance to experience world class exhibitions and see how art+design are used in business to create experiences. Ending with nature is a reminder of where all creative inspiration comes from.
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SIGN LETTERING EXHIBIT FIELDTRIP
BRUXIE’S IRVINE ARTS CENTER SANTA ANA Irvine Fine Art Center
14321 Yale Ave, Irvine Bruxie Heritage Plaza Shopping Center 14376 Culver Drive, Irvine Daiso Japan Heritage Plaza Shopping Center 14280 Culver Dr, Irvine Marcus Gallery 305 E. 4th St. Suite 103 Santa Ana
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& TYPOGRAPHY
CERAMICS
CERAMICS, TYPOGRAPHY & GRAPHIC DESIGN During the Fall term Professor Musso and his Typography students spent two weeks creating dimensional typography using clay as the medium to carry the typographic designs. Students screenprinted underglazes onto tiles of clay, ran moveable type (both wood and metal) through the clay press and formed the resulting impressed clay into various vessels. They also used moveable type to imprint designs onto extruded cups and applied laser decals of their own design to cups, plates, bowls, and tiles. The last part of these explorations of form and typography came through the application of various glazes before the final firing of their ceramic pieces.
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PUMPKIN CARVING + masks + dinner +
ANNEMARIE GREGORY Katie and I were really excited about the Fall barbecue and pumpkin carving night. I had never carved a pumpkin before and was thrilled the art+design department was giving us all a chance to try and do that. More importantly it was an opportunity for us to come together and celebrate Fall – be glad that we were still surviving the quarter, be creative and spend time together. It’s the same opportunity the department’s always afforded me: new challenges and a lot of fun, surrounded and supported by everyone else.
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GRACE SAUNDERS
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It was a lot of fun celebrating with my art family! The conversation, art project, and games really brought us together.
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ITALY + LAUREL WILLIAMS Why did you decide to go Italy?
Tell us about an “aha” moment that blew you away.
I decided to go abroad because it was recommended to me by Katie Pershing,
There were many things in Italy that blew me away; from the trip to Capri to the
a previous student who went to Italy. It hadn’t occurred to me before but
food at the famous La Giostra, and to the sculptures by Bernini. But the “aha”
she said she had a great time there and besides learning Italian she also
moment came in Pompeii. It was my second time visiting the ruined city but that
got to see a lot of western art and history which is what interested me. I did
didn’t make it any less impressive. Nothing is more grim and yet inspiring to see
also really want to learn another language, I just hadn’t made up my mind
an entire population lost to a tragedy like Vesuvius. They had their own lives,
which one. Since Italy was once the center of the Western World and the
loves, and art. As fantastic as it was to see it was also solemn to realize I was
birthplace of the Renaissance I figured why not Italian? I absolutely don’t
standing on the very spot where someone died in agony, either by suffocation or
regret it and it is a beautiful language along with the art, the country and
incineration. But that day the sun was shining and a new population was thriving,
of course, the food.
learning from a civilization of the past. I thought that even though terrible things
What food did you miss the most?
happen, new pines and cities grow up to replace those that have gone. As fragile as life is, the cycle of life, death and rebirth goes on. Even though time separates
Hands down, In-N-Out burgers. Although, we did find a neat place called
us from the people of the past, their art, history and legacy still speaks to us
Deliburger that was very good and would actually deliver to the dorms at
today so that we are influenced by and in a way in an ongoing conversation with
school. That was the most amazing discovery for me in Florence besides
those that have come before us.
Palazzo Pitti.
What do you miss about Italy?
What advice would you give to anyone considering studying abroad?
Firstly, the friends I met there and the wonderful teachers, administrators,
My advice for studying abroad is being open to trying new things but also knowing
cooks and deans who would stop at nothing to help us learn the language.
what you’re not willing to do as well. Be safe, travel in groups and talk to strangers
We really were all like family. Secondly, the amazing art and architecture. I
to build up the language (just not the creepy ones—usually restaurant hosts, shop
miss seeing Brunelleschi’s fantastic cupola of the Duomo or Palazzo Medici
owners and museum workers are safe). Also know why you’re going and decide
Riccardi on my way downtown. Thirdly, the adventures we had in and outside of Italy. On one trip in particular a group of girls and I went to Brussels and saw the Atomium. That was amazing! And lastly…the gelato and Baci!
what you want to get out of it. If you want to go just to have fun and travel, that’s totally cool! Just do your homework, plan trips ahead of time (prices are cheaper—I also suggest RyanAir and TrenItalia) and have fun!
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ALUMNI + ANIMATOR THE BOOK OF LIFE
What has been the biggest challenge
him the second version, I had to redo
What advice would you give your
of the last few years?
the scene one more time before I got
earlier self?
FREE PUBLIC LECTURE ON
One challenge that comes to mind
it right. Sometimes it is a challenge
I would say to myself, “Don’t be afraid
ART, DESIGN & ANIMATION
was a shot in which a character was
to picture the idea in someone else’s
of copying the works you admire!
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supposed to go from point A to point B,
head, and what seems at first to be the
Copying is good if you are learning
walking to the beat of some good music,
obvious path to pursue is not always
from it.”
Alexandre Kumpel graduated with a BFA
dragging his feet on the ground, dazed
the right way to go.
in Graphic Design from LSU in 2012.
by the rhythm of the song. In the first
He continued his studies at Animation
version I had him walking almost drunk-
Tell us a highlight from LSU
Yes, everyday. All the classes I took help
Mentor - a 3D animation program
like, zigzagging across the screen with
For me going to LSU was the chance
me today in one way or another. Design
developed by working animators.
his arms hanging in front of him. When
of a lifetime that I will always
Principles and Photography were great
I showed the shot to the director, he
treasure. The faculty was a fabric of
because I learned about composition
What are you currently doing in life?
asked that I not make the character
wisdom, knowledge, mentorship, and
and how objects relate to each other in
I’m currently living in Dallas with my
zigzag drunkenly and that I move the
friendship. The best highlight all, I met
a scene. And that is extremely important
beautiful wife, and a dog that loves
character’s arms back; in other words, I
my future wife while writing a paper
to have an eye for during the animation
chasing squirrels.
had to redo it completely. After showing
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process. At the studio, layout and
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Is Art+Design still a part of your life?
storyboard artists will have planned what the composition of a scene will look like beforehand, but sometimes animators will change the composition if the director agrees with it. Figure Drawing was another class that really helped me to have better drawing skills when thumbnailing the action before
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going into the computer to animate.
In my personal life I continue
to do photography and drawings as much as I can. What movies have you worked? I’ve worked on Free Birds and Book of Life, and I have just finished working on Rock Dog. Can you give us a hint about your
university experience
next project?
Univeristy Experience is a wonderful way for the Art+Design
We have a few movies lined up in early
department to connect with high school Seniors. This year
development stage. We are currently
we had a photobooth complete with masks and props.
testing character rigs. There’s not much about the movies that I can say other
Visiting high school students could enter their name for a
than they are going to be awesome!
chance to win tickets to see “The Book of Life”.
university experience
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TERRILL THOMAS ARTIST STATEMENT
identity ourselves through objects.
You may find yourself lighting up with
When others look at us, what do they
Resonance creates an installation
Next is our body, and how what we
the knowledge gained in Biology or
see first or the most? Our clothes, our
space that encourages reflection
do identifies who we are. Traveling
resonate with learning how to see in
physical body or our profession? Are
through lights, translucent sculpture,
inward, we see the knowledge layer,
drawing class. Perhaps it’s a belief
we identified as our belief system, or
concrete blocks and willow branches.
followed by our deepest held beliefs.
system that you were raised with or
can the unfiltered light of the divine
The light sculptures exhibited in this
In the center of our self, is the creative
one that you are discovering for the first
shine through us unobstructed?
space are the natural ending of a
force of the universe, which could be
time. Often we separate these layers
When our actions align with our
period of exploration investigation
described as a the breathe of God,
to avoid having to process potential
beliefs, we achieve resonance. The
identity through a unique model of
the divine light or simply a creative
conflicts between actions and beliefs.
light sculptures, the Koshas provide
self called the Koshas.
power depending on your personal belief system.
Who are you? The Koshas are a
a visual tool for us to examine our There are moments in life, when these
own identity. Are we transparent or
layers can fuse into one reality. It may
opaque? Are the rods of our belief
philosophical model of identity
We tend to identify with some layers
be a the loss of a job, or a death in the
system grounded or floating? How
originating in South India, in which
more than others as we move through
family that compresses everything
bright does the light within us burn?
the self is viewed as layers not unlike
life. Perhaps it’s your first car, or first
that we know, feel and believe into
an onion. The outer layer is how we
full time job that defines who you are.
one awareness.
RESONANCE
Space colony “Project Astoria: test 01” The series of composite photographs in vibrant hues portray the daily lives of teenagers who have grown up on a moon outpost of the fictional Astoria system colonized during the 1960s. The visual story picks up 15 years after colonization as Earth has largely abandoned the utopian space settlement. The backgrounds for the photographs were shot in Indiana, Virginia, Kentucky, Colorado, and Guam. Individual objects were shot in museums and in studio, and photographs of models were all taken in studio. Baxter combined the elements using Adobe Photoshop photo editing software. Baxter’s inspiration for Project Astoria derives from childhood memories and experiences, and the influences of his father and grandfather, both of who worked as engineers for the U.S. space program. When Baxter was 5 or 6 years old, he visited the Air and Space Museum in Washington D.C. where he saw mannequin astronauts posed inside a Skylab replica, one eating food in a kitchenette, another sleeping vertically while gently strapped into a bed. His father had worked on the Skylab project which served as the first U.S. space station. “I clearly remember these frozen moments that embraced both the mundane and the magical,” said Baxter. “It seemed to me that humanity was on the edge of a utopia of technology and futuristic living. I had this sense of all the possibilities for the future, and they were really, really cool. What I didn’t realize was that world – that utopian potential – would fade in the coming decades,” he said. Baxter and his family lived in the Washington D.C. area until he was 8 years old, then moved to New Mexico. He studied fine art at the University of New Mexico, then taught in New Mexico, Oman and Budapest for five years. He then moved to Chicago where he worked several years in advertising as a designer and art director before launching his own photography business. He now lives in Los Angeles and divides his time between commercial and fine art photography.
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The art+design faculty are continually filled with wonder as we engage in creative work alongside our students and explore the vibrant culture of the Los Angeles area and its unique surrounding wilderness, mountain and coastal areas. We thrive on seeing new ideas and skills bloom within our students, and seek to create an environment that fosters this development and awareness. We see a world where the visual language of art+design are used to create experiences and share stories. As students of the visual language of the past and contemporary culture, artists and designers are best able to help our society understand the complex issues and challenges facing us. We value individual drive, sustainability, excellence of concept and craft, collaboration, and social engagement. We seek to create a culture that nurtures these values and encourages spiritual growth through mindful engagement with one’s creative practice. We are driven to deliver a curriculum that is responsive to the needs of our students through generous studio and gallery spaces, experiences that promote sustainable thinking, community engagement and active participation in the professional worlds of art and design.
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TERRILL THOMAS Winer Quarter was a time for reflection on our mission statement, student learning outcomes and branding. The new mission statement builds on the community and unique creative culture found within the Department of Art+Design. Every piece of communiction from the weekly Instagram posts, to the little 2”x2” stickers, all reflect our philosophy toward creativity.
WHY WE GARDEN + TERRILL THOMAS
Gardening is a wonderful
opportunity for students and faculty to work along side each other outside of the classroom. A chance to get better acquainted, celerate the wonder of nature, and create something that will be a blessing to others.
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WHY WE HIKE + ELISA ROMANO Being in nature connects the body with the mind and the spirit. Hiking is an opportunity to make me a more complete artist.
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SAN BERNARDINO PEAK trail
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Jennifer Reifsneider & Nick Brown Solitude is what unites Brown and Reifsneider’s work. Reifsneider’s work points to an inward facing solitude, one that pushes her to investigate her own relationship to the world utilizing her own body as the measuring tool. Using fiber components and found ephemera that reference back to her one-occupation with mapping, she creates shapes that mimic her own personal mapping such as the distance in a football or her own height and arm length. Brown layers paint in thick textured globs, creating topographic on raw canvas that hang onto the floor of the gallery and into the viewer’s space. His imagery is taken from long solitary walks, and the work in this exhibit are of abandoned buildings, often only the chimneys remaining in place as they are subsumed by nature. The paintings are visual and physical representations of Brown’s walk in the snowy landscapes, an artifact he returns to the studio and later the gallery with. The raw canvas of Brown’s painting creep out onto the floor and towards the intricate and ritualistic fiber sculptures made by Reifsneider. The two bodies of work are united both materially, the ever present use of fabrics, and through the way their artwork both include the viewer in the private, intimate world that the artist creates.
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STEFAN G. BUCHER
dark font. Bucher, Musso and La Sierra
clients range from art galleries and film
College of Design in Pasadena,
Bucher is presenting his retrospective
art students created the mural over
directors to large corporations and
graduating with a Bachelor of Fine
exhibit, “Everything is Going Exactly
45 hours prior to the show’s opening.
mainstream artists such as Saks Fifth
Art. Before launching his own studio,
Avenue, Capitol Records, DreamWorks
Bucher started his career as an art
as Planned,” Feb. 21 – March 12. The show is comprised of approximately
Bucher’s design and illustration
Records, painter David Hockney and
director with an advertising agency in
98 pieces and includes past works
studio, 344 Design, is based in Los
the Blue Man Group.
Portland, Ore. – Darla Martin Tucker
for various clients, Bucher’s popular
Angeles. The numerical designation
DailyMonster.com creations, as well
represents the day he moved to
A native of northern Germany, Bucher’s
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as futuristic pieces designed along a
the United States from Germany on
career is rooted in a childhood love of
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story theme that depicts the artist’s
Dec. 10, the 344th day of a non-leap
drawing. At the age of 12, he landed an
work and related events as they
year. Bucher’s extensive design and
illustration in a German fanzine, “Der
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might occur decades from now. It also
illustration portfolio includes work
Donalidst,” and soon saw his work
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includes a triangular corner mural in
on CD covers, book jackets, posters,
printed throughout the publication.
shades of wide, pink stripe and the
magazine covers, newspapers as well
He later studied advertising and
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show’s title hand-lettered in swooping,
as graphics for film and television. His
took design classes at the Art Center
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LA SIERRA ACADEMY POP-UP GALLERY EXHIBIT This year our alumnus, Katie Pershing, taught Art at La Sierra Academy. She and I organized a two day pop-up exhibition at the Brandstater Gallery of her students work from the Academy. Terrill Thomas, Katie Pershing and I worked with four of her academy students to install the exhibition. This was a great learning experience for her students. We asked our alumnus, Lauren Prado (also an alumnus of La Sierra Academy) to be a guest juror for prizes for the exhibition. Lauren, Terrill, and I juried 12 awards which we awarded to the students during the opening reception. About 100 students and their families attended the opening reception.
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Richard G Yoshimoto Raboteau BFA, Graphic Design 2010 What are you currently doing in life? Trying to be a good person. What has been the biggest challenge of the last
ALUMNI 2010
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few years? Adjusting to becoming an adult. Tell us a highlight from your time at LSU
confidence and don’t compare yourself to others,
Working as a Teachers Assistant for the Art
you’ll never get anywhere doing that. And be fearless
Department under Terrill and Tim - back when it
and original. Don’t run from wisdom and knowledge
was still called the Art Department.
embrace them, always look to progression. And hey at the end, don’t be afraid it’ll all be okay.
If you could take a time machine and talk to your
Everything’s going to be amazing. Have courage.
earlier self, what advice would you give? Be aware Ricky, be aware and be patient. Patience
Is Art and Design still a part of your life (personal
is going to be one of the hardest struggles you’ll
or professional)?
have to face in life. Balance in everything you do
Art and Design is a very large part of my life. I am
will be key to much of your success and eat your
a partner in an Apparel Decoration Company in
vegetables it’ll give you clear eyes. Remember to
Kirkland WA. I am the businesses Creative Direction
be kind to others too. Understand what it means
- establishing the brands constant changing identity.
to be understanding, be slow to judge. Work hard at your craft and dedicate yourself until you’ve
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perfected it, work hard and stay humble. Find your
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FAM Meagan Miller, DDS LLU bs, 2011 LSU What are you currently doing in life?
I graduated dental school in May and am starting work as the oral surgery intern at Loma Linda this summer. What has been the biggest challenge of the last few years? Juggling personal and professional life- sometimes I’ve been too far on either end of the spectrum and finding the balance has been a challenge. Tell us a highlight from your time at LSU Probably the inaugural REVO fashion show. I somehow pulled off getting a motorcycle to drop off my models onto the runway! If you could take a time machine and talk to your earlier self, what advice would you give? Don’t worry so much about how everything will work out; keep working hard and doing your best and all will fall into place. Is Art and Design still a part of your life (personal or professional)? Absolutely! Dentistry incorporates design, color, and form into healthcare, from treatment planning to restoration. It’s the perfect combo for me as an artist who is medically inclined! ;)
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CAT KENT The field trip to San Diego with the art department was definitely an adventure. We got to explore different museums, restaurants, and even hidden trails that surprisingly lead Anthony, Leslie, and I right to the museum we needed to meet up at. This trip was important to myself and the rest of the art department because we are all artists who appreciate all the hard work put into each and every art piece. Experiencing all this as an art family was very special with good vibes and a lot of laughter.
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ANDREW PEREZ This spring, A+D took us to San Diego! It was an educational experience as well as a recreational afternoon. We saw so much art in the architecture, the streets of the city and in the galleries we visited. I had an amazing time with friends, ignoring the stress of school work and enjoying a break. Thank God for Ghirardelli Ice Cream - that sure was the highlight of my day!
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Mountain Expedition Research ENGAGEMENT
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TIM MUSSO SABBATICAL
2014-2015 EXHIBITIONS
During my sabbatical I drove 8000 miles around CA, NV, AZ, and UT and
This year Professor Musso exhibited
spent 45 days and nights cross-country skiing, hiking, backpacking, and
work internationally and domestically
camping in the field. Most of this time I was not on trails, so my best guess
in five exhibitions:
is that in acquiring my experiential qualitative data, I walked and skied about 150 miles. All of this travel was solo. During my time in the field I
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kept a daily journal (50 pages), shot around 8000 photographs, made 30
OF GRAPHIC ARTS’ International Juried
pages of sketches, and created 20 frotage prints (a technique similar to
Exhibition. Sofia, Bulgaria.
tombstone rubbing). After completing my field research, I spent several weeks organizing and
TIM MUSSO & CAMILLA TAYLOR
+ ‘IN OUR NATURE.’ Three person show. Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA
analyzing the qualitative data I had collected and created. This process
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involved collaging and manipulating photos/drawings as well as using the photographic studio in the art department to photograph biological
DRAWING EXHIBITION.’ Group Exhibition.
specimens from the field.
Visalia, CA (NOTE: My print, ‘Circle’ received the Honorable Mention juried award)
Locations of research included:
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Joshua Tree NP, San Bernardino Mountains, San Gabriel Mountains, locations across both the west and east side of the Sierra Nevada Mountain Range, Zion
Marcas Gallery, Santa Ana, CA
NP, Bryce NP, Capitol Reef NP, Canyonlands NP, Goblin State Park, Escalante Wilderness, Wasach Mountains, and Boulder Mountain National Forest. Professor Musso presented his Sabbatical activity on April 5, 2015
MARCAS GALLERY, SANTA ANA, CA 2014 NORTH AMERICAN PRINT AND DRAWING EXHIBITION, VISALIA, CA
+ ‘THEN & NOW.’ Group exhibition. Werby Gallery, Long Beach, CA
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PRINTMAKING CONFERENCE
PROCIRCUIT + LECTURE
TIM MUSSO // march 2015 Assistant Professor, Tim Musso presented his prints at the Southern Graphics Conference International hosted by the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. Tim’s works were exhibited in the Open Portfolio at the Knoxville Conference Center and his prints were included in the Plenary Panel Discussion. On April 2nd Professor Musso shared his experience from the conference with students from the Department of
Several thousand students, artists,
Art + Design. After presenting a short
professors, gallery owners, and art
slideshow of images he gathered from
vendors were in attendance. The
the conference, he shared prints that
three day conference included
he had traded with other artists. He
exhibitions throughout the city,
also shared several letterpress posters
guest
purchased from the oldest letterpress
demonstrations, panel discussions,
printshop in the US, ‘Hatch Showprint’.
and a vendors fair.
Students asked questions and a short discussion about the importance of traveling and attending workshops and conferences concluded Professor Musso’s Pro Circuit presentation.
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speakers,
technique
+ Working as a freelance designer + Advice to recent graduates + Projection graphics + Work eithic ONEDADO.COM Jose Guardado, is a graphic designer based in Los Angeles, producing a variety of graphic projects: print, marks, identities, publishing, web, motion and other things that keep me on my toes. Jose graduated from Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design.
projection motion graphics
LECTURE
PROCIRCUIT + LECUTRE
JOSE GUARDADO
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PHOTO ETCHING
PROCIRCUIT + LECTURE
ROB BROWN thursday april 24 LECTURE 11–12: Rob Brown is a adjunct professor at Cal State Long Beach specializing in photo etching. Rob shared his own work and spoke to the students about the challenges of facing artists after graduation. After his lecture he demonstrated the photo etching technique to the Photography Class.
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LECTURE 5–6: Shannon shares about life after school and the rewards and challenges of starting a business. FAM DINNER 6-8PM Garden harvest ARTFARMSTUDIOS.COM Art Farm is a professional Art studio that offers classes in drawing, painting and sculpture to kids and adults. Located in Long Beach, CA, Art Farm provides after school art clubs furthering kids study of art. We also offer summer art camps from June 25 through August 29.
CREATING YOUR OWN BUSINESS
ARTIST, ENTREPRENUER
PROCIRCUIT + LECUTRE
SHANNON buchanan MAY 28
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ENGAGEMENT
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SPRING SOCIAL + BEATRIZ FAREWELL DINNER
MOVIE NIGHT
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CREATION WEEK A+D was thrilled for the opportunity to design and create a live mural event for the Creation Week in April. Rachel Cho, Leslie Escudero and Grace Saunders alongside with department Chair Terrill Thomas designed a mural that could be assembled and created within 40 minutes. The final piece seeks to convey our wonder and reverent awe towards the world that God created.
SOUL EXPERIENCE
WELLNESS FAIR
A+D was thrilled for the opportunity to design and create
+ TERRILL THOMAS The Department of Art+Design welcomed
a live mural event for the Creation Week in April. Rachel
the opportunity to support the Wellness Fair Event by
Cho, Leslie Escudero and Grace Saunders alongside with
creating a mask photo booth area. Faculty and students
department Chair Terrill Thomas designed a mural that could
took advantage of the various animal and costume masks
be assembled and created within 40 minutes. The final piece
to goof around and act silly. Taking time to have fun is an
seeks to convey our wonder and reverent awe towards the
important part of Wellness.
world that God created.
ENGAGEMENT
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LIVE MURAL CREATION
SOMEWHERE ALONG THE LINE ANNEMARIE GREGORY SOLO EXHIBITION I used to watch my father draw while we sat together in church waiting for
people who you now see on the walls are the ones who have answered the
the service to begin. I was younger, and as restless as I am now, but my father
phone calls, organized the study sessions, made sure I had food and caffeine,
came prepared: on one side of his briefcase were his notes, on the other, a
stayed awake with me in the studio, and supported me and believed in me
small pad of paper and a pocket full of crayons and colored pencils. On the
and my abilities as an artist and a person – even when I did not. Since the
days that he did not preach, my father would pick up his own pad of paper
start of this project, several of these people have changed: some changes
and a few watercolor pencils and start to draw. I would stop scribbling and
appear smaller, like deciding to dye hair green or getting another piercing;
watch, fascinated, as small lines brought a flower arrangement or the pipes of
but some are bigger, like the sudden silence of death or an uncomfortable
an organ to life. I was mesmerized by the movement of pencil across paper; in
stillness due to the distance between to people. That the lines of life can
awe of the fact that simple little lines could suggest a larger form.
change even in the span of several weeks is a reminder to me that an uncertain future seems to inspire a celebration of the now. So, this is what
This project, at once a celebration of line, also started as a celebration of
I seek to celebrate: the change of relationships, of these people, of me, of
the people who have been closest to me throughout my college career. The
you, of something as simple as a line.
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