Ask Jennie Cotterill if she needed to go to college to become a successful artist, and she’d shake her head and give a wry smile. “It’s not about school, it’s about effort and creativity,” Cotterill said. An evident irony she noted, given the years she’s spent traversing the Cal State[Read More…]
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Former Long Beach students create unique streetwear brand, BoogieMADE
Nowadays, startup brands are born at breakfast and dead by dinner. As audiences become more niche, the need to make your brand stand out in the crowd increases. Two former Cal State Long Beach students took the risk of creating a clothing brand aimed at the electronic dance scene. Josemarie[Read More…]
A look into comedian Jesus Trejo’s career
In his first attempt at stand-up comedy, Jesus Trejo got on stage in his hometown of Long Beach and performed a set he would never forget. “I bombed so hard that I got scared [to continue comedy],” Trejo said. Only 20-years-old at the time, it wouldn’t have been unreasonable for[Read More…]
From seito to sensei
When Andy Bready began his college education as a jazz studies music major at Cal State Long Beach over a decade ago, he never envisioned a career as a gardener for the Earl Burns Miller Japanese Garden. When he originally took the job, it was a means to make some[Read More…]
Film Club introduces FLIC to educate students on classic films
Once a month, room 127 in the Telecommunications building goes pitch black as Cal State Long Beach students pack in, fire up the projector, make some popcorn and watch a classic movie. CSULB Film Club began its first semester of the Film Literacy Improvement Club in September with the goal[Read More…]
Cal State Long Beach ceramics professor gets his own exhibit in New York
Jay Kvapil paces back and forth for an hour and a half in his studio at Cal State Long Beach, then decides to put a brushstroke on the flat bowl which he had shaped earlier at home. Finally, he places the ceramic piece into the kiln. Kvapil, a ceramics professor[Read More…]
CSULB graduates strive to advance women in the arts
Handwoven cotton and vinyl thread work created by Annette Heully and Dawn Ertl drape across the Huntington Beach Art Center gallery. Artists and Cal State Long Beach alumnae, Heully and Ertl are currently featured in the “Looming Spaces” exhibition at the art center. Both contemporary fiber artists use the skill[Read More…]
CSULB Video Game Development Association gives players a chance to create the action
Aspiring video game developers have the chance to boost their career prospects with Cal State Long Beach’s Video Game Development Association, as the group powers its newest projects bit by bit. This is where students’ shared drive for experience coalesces to form one of the university’s most widely attended clubs.[Read More…]
Johnny Mam: putting Cambodian filmmakers in focus
Producing films, organizing film festivals and seeking out Cambodian artists all make up a typical year for filmmaker Johnny Mam. After graduating from Cal State Long Beach in 2012 with a degree in film and electronic arts, Mam almost immediately became part of the Cambodia Town Film Festival team, a[Read More…]
CSULB Esports Association looks to expand on success
Sounds of button-mashing and shouting fill the air, as a sea of faces flash blue from the many screens lighting up the room. Over 40 students armed with console systems and gaming laptops crowded the tables in the Health Science building as casual and competitive gamers alike gathered to practice[Read More…]