Archive for January, 2019

CSULB Art History Professor Kendall Brown has curated and exhibition of Modern Japanese Kabuki prints at the USC Pacific Asia Art Museum in Pasadena. The show entitled Tsuruya Kokei: Modern Kabuki Prints Revised & Revisited,  presents all of Kokei’s actor prints from 1984-1993 as well as comparative material which will showcase and explain the complexities of Kabukii—where actors take on multiple roles and males take on female roles—to explore broader questions of self definition and its representation. The exhibition will open on February 8, 2019 and continue through July 14, 2019. Congratulations Professor Brown!

CSULB Art Alum Michael Nannery is in an interactive art project at Flux Art Space in Long Beach. The project, entitled May Your Skies Always Be Blue  is an interactive work that began during the Small Works for Living Spaces show at Flux Art Space in December. The project is continuing through early February, with the primary goal being the collection and posting of expressions on the gallery window and walls.  Visitors are invited to engage this participatory work and explore the meditative potential of drawing.  Together, the post-it notes form a color field, likening clear skies and other placid thoughts. Betsy Lohrer Hall, artist and director of Flux Art Space, and Mr. Nannery will alternate as facilitators of this project on the next three Saturdays (1/26, 2/2, and 2/9) between 12pm – 5pm.  The public is invited to join the artist (as well as Betsy Lohrer Hall, artist and director of Flux Art Space) in creating doodles, sketches, and masterpieces on post-it notes during any and all of the Saturdays. Come on by and participate!

CSULB Painting Professor Marie Thibeault is in a solo exhibition at Long Beach Art Museum. The show is entitled Conveyance: Marie Thibeault, and for this Prof. Thiebault has created several newly commissioned works that reflect on the harbors of San Pedro and Long Beach.  The exhibition will run from January 25 through April 21, 2019.  Congratulations Professor Thibeault!