Some look like formations plucked from a coral reef or like sections of innards cut from a living body. Others look like undulations in a pond or volcanic smoke. But what all the hollow, amorphous sculptures in Cory Mahoney’s ceramics exhibition “This Wasn’t Supposed to Happen” have in common is[Read More…]
Fine & Performing Arts
Articles in this category should be related to fine and performing arts both on and off campus. Art forms that fall under fine arts include: painting, sculpting, woodwork, drawing, etc. Performing arts include: dancing, chorus, theatre, orchestra, etc. Content that can go in this category can include but is not limited to advances for performances or art galleries, reviews on shows, performance coverage, etc.
It’s a clowns life
A few California State University, Long Beach alumni have done nothing but clown around since graduation. And believe it or not, they’ve made a career out of it. Four Clowns, a self-described “band of idiots” who have synthesized the art of clowning and acting into an internationally touring theatre company,[Read More…]
New art exhibit seeks the truth behind altruism
The sight of two children fighting over a toy usually doesn’t elicit more than a reproach from a parent or guardian. “Sharing is caring” is the truism that’s commonly passed down from adult to child in these situations. But how much do American’s really believe what they are teaching their[Read More…]
‘Death of a Salesman’ lives on at the Long Beach Playhouse
The first scene in Arthur Miller’s “Death of a Salesman” says it all. Willy Loman, peddler-ordinaire, burnt-out and weary from the road, appears on stage lugging two large sample cases. Laying them down on the kitchen floor for a moment, he sighs. Picking them back up, he reluctantly ambles on[Read More…]
Portraits of an honest youth
Typically most child portraits display kids who simply smile and look at the camera, but not in the current student exhibition on campus titled Youth: Portraits of Identity and Expression by senior photography major Jessica Bardales. “As I snap shots, [it’s] all about making a connection with the person I am[Read More…]
A panoply of student work
After a semester of creativity and planning, BA design students’ blueprints have finally materialized. The Panoply Design Show is the final hurdle for more than 70 design students who were enrolled in the BA Senior Project class. The show will be curated by senior design students featuring projects ranging from[Read More…]
inFocus: Cirque du Soleil’s “Totem”
Cirque du Soleil’s TOTEM is the group’s newest act, which blends acrobatics and dancing narratives to symbolize the evolution process of species. The performance will continue in Los Angeles through November 10.
Spectacle: Art Party
Many people predicted the end of the world in 2012- the end of the art world. The Museum of Contemporary Art appeared to be falling to pieces as director Jeffrey Deitch fired the chief curator and thus lost four prominent artists from the Board of Trustees. Deitch was in financial[Read More…]
Printmaking finds another dimension
Gretchen Merideth Jankowski, 31, is a printmaking major. The opening reception of her master’s of fine arts exhibition was in the Gatov Gallery in the Art Department Student Galleries last Sunday. In the Gatov Gallery, the visitor faces a wall of two-dimensional prints on fabric in different colors and textiles[Read More…]
Family secrets, intense fights in ‘Festen’
California Repertory Company opened its new season Friday at the Queen Mary with David Eldridge’s “Festen”—where the audience laughed and cried at the same time.Eldridge based “Festen” on the film “The Celebration,” a Cannes Film Festival favorite. Joanne Gordon, theater arts department chair at Cal State Long Beach and artistic[Read More…]