I had the wonderful opportunity to have a conversation with Carly. At first, we just introduced ourselves and gave a little background about ourselves. I had the idea that sharing a story about a physical scar that we have would be a nice ice breaker. She has a small scar on her finger because it slammed between two things and got sliced open. This, in particular, made me laugh because I have a scar just like she did with a similar story! It was kinda crazy how she actually didn’t have many scars but I had so many that I could … Continue reading Wk 15 – Classmate Convo – Karle

This activity was really cool because I basically got to blue print my future out. It was kinda scaring me because I was able to see what I needed to do within the next 5 years in order for me to accomplish what I want to be. My first choice to be a plastic surgeon is my absolute dream and Ive been committed to this journey since middle school so i’m more than certain this will be the path. What scares me most about this one is applying for medical school, and even attending medical school. I’m sure it’ll be … Continue reading Wk 15 – Art Activity – Designing your life

To do this activity I was actually pretty excited because this gave me the perfect opportunity to go and visit the Japanese Garden which I had been planning to do so since my freshman year but never got to! I … Continue reading Wk 14 – Art Activity – Sketching in the Garden

This week I met Gabi who was actually from the 2:30pm class. She’s a 1st year and is currently studying to major in kinesiology. At first she wanted to be a physical therapist but now leans toward occupational therapy. She … Continue reading Wk 14 – Classmate Conversation – Gabi

Exhibition Information Artist: Travis Lober Exhibition: Work: It’s a four letter word Media: Wood, print-making Gallery: CSULB School of Art, Merlino Gallery About the Artist Travis is a senior at CSULB and is majoring in print-making while also working for a Bachelors in Fine Arts. … Continue reading Wk 12 – Artist Conversation – Jacob Hogan

For this week’s art activity I decided to have all my friends be involved. Since some of them are ending on spring break we wanted to do something adventurous. Once person decided to go to Joshua Tree and I had … Continue reading Wk 12 – Art Activity – Ethnography

Exhibition Information Artist: Yujia Gu Exhibition: Tracing Gun Violence in the USA Media: Installations, Graphic Designs Gallery: CSULB School of Art, Dutzi Gallery Instagram: @yujia_gu About the Artist Yujia Gu is a graduate student at CSULB and is working toward obtaining her Masters for BFA in graphic design. She originally lived … Continue reading Wk 11 – Artist Conversation – Yujia Gu

Exhibition Information Artist: Clare Samani Exhibition: Dressed  Media: Clothes and Print Gallery: CSULB School of Art, Merlino Gallery Instagram: @clares_printing About the Artist Clare Samani is currently a senior at CSULB who studies printmaking. Once graduated, she hope to attend a grad program out in Louisiana. Originally … Continue reading Wk 10 – Artist Conversation – Clare Samani

I wasn’t too thrilled when I read that this week’s activity had to do with me being the architect because that usually means I have to draw somewhat precise and accurate. The wedge I chose to fix is the USU … Continue reading Wk 10 – Art Activity – Architecture

Exhibition Information Artist: May Roded Exhibition: Anamnesis Media: Reductive monotype Gallery: CSULB School of Art, Dutzi Gallery Instagram: @rawartists About the Artist May Roded is a senior at CSULB’s College of the Arts with a BFA Printmaking major. She is familiar with and enjoys working with … Continue reading Wk 9 – Artist Conversation – May Roded

When I read that this week’s art activity was going to be Graffiti writing, I was actually really excited. I’ve always really admired graffiti especially since I have been exposed to it while growing up. My oldest brother is an … Continue reading Wk 9 – Art Activity – Graffiti Art

I was actually really excited about this art activity because it would allow me to get a little dirty. This activity in particular reminded me of my kindergarten days when I life was easy and our in class assignments would … Continue reading Wk 8 – Art Activity – Finger Painting