During the rise of e-books and tablets, there are certain books that could never be transferred into an electronic medium. Cal State Long Beach lecturer Sue Ann Robinson is a fibers professor who specializes in making artist books. These are not books of art, but projects in which the book[Read More…]
Arts & Life
Content that focuses on popular culture, local art and music, entertainment and the events. Common topics include lifestyle, television and film, theater, music, video game, food, etc
Author Thandisizwe Chimurenga visits CSULB
Thandisizwe Chimurenga holds her book, “No Doubt: The Murder(s) of Oscar Grant” in her hand; on the cover a protester is raising a sign that reads: “If you want to get away with murder, become a cop.” Chimurenga will be hosting an open discussion regarding her book in the Academic[Read More…]
Guardian Scholar Program Aims to Help Foster Students
The Guardian Scholars Program strives to give the skills and tools needed for successful careers to current and former foster youth looking to expand their education. Accepted applicants will receive a support group connecting with different departments on campus that offer counseling and tutoring as well as resources that include[Read More…]
CSULB Design students awarded in the Biomimicry Global Design Challenge
For many city-dwellers living in cramped apartment buildings, having an at-home garden isn’t a practical — or even physically possible — option. Cal State Long Beach industrial design seniors Jimmy Huynh, Brian Mar, Matthew Ulery and Patrick Soriano sought to create a solution to this common issue. The team started[Read More…]
Bob Cole Conservatory Symphony records scores for animation students at CSULB
Collaboration between professors and departments isn’t required at Cal State Long Beach, but when it’s done it can be favorable for students. Professors will work here for decades and never leave their department buildings. Wanting to break that cycle, illustration/animation professor Aubry Mintz and Director of Orchestral Studies and Director[Read More…]
Places to see for free
It’s very possible to get caught up in studies and simple pleasures during limited hours of free time and neglect the many places to visit and sights to see in Long Beach. On top of dealing with busy schedules, many students are also dealing with short budgets. Sometimes dorm residents[Read More…]
Pick your fee with Curensea
Cal State Long Beach alumna Natalia Kochan brings tossing coins in a street performer’s guitar case into the virtual world. Curensea is a digital platform that allows artists to express themselves and receive validation from others in the art community, as well as appreciative enthusiasm, through an online tipping service. Kochan[Read More…]
Laura Lopez and fellow MFA students take over CSULB student art galleries
Sculptures are scattered throughout the room, fibers are hung from the ceiling, screenprints and photographs are framed on the walls and an array of paintings line the adjacent room; in the corner, a majestic, painted jaguar peers into your soul. Master in Fine Arts student Laura Lopez sits outside the[Read More…]
Dreamer of dreams sleeps forever.
It was just Sunday night that I was quoting “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory,” reminiscing about the imaginative movie, but I would have never imagined it would be the last time I thought of Gene Wilder while he was still alive. To find out less than 24 hours later[Read More…]
Intelligent brains wanted… for food
Here’s a call to all “The Walking Dead” and zombie fans, B-movie gore fans, horror-movie enthusiasts; -or anybody willing to give judges a taste of your brains for a scholarship prize of $2,000. The Zombie Apocalypse Scholarship awards $2,000 to students over the age of 13 who are currently enrolled[Read More…]