Watercolors

Janna Bock, a senior illustration major, paints a watercolor Tuesday morning outside the Molecular Science building. Bock was doing an assignment for Martha Collins’ watercolor painting class. She said that she picked this spot because she liked the light on the leaves and the juxtaposition of the organic and structure (behind is the Hall of Science) forms.

Physical and emotional scars

(From left) Aaron Robinson films Andrew Baron-Vartian and Matt Jaurequi Tuesday afternoon outside the McIntosh Humanities Building. The three of them, all junior film majors, were producing a film for their diverse media class using a physical or emotional scar. In the film, Baron-Vartian plays a football player who was sidelined following a season-ending injury, his “physical” scar, and relives the memory as he watches Jaurequi play football, his “emotional” scar.

Painting the Pyramid

Dave Wrathall, a Cal State Long Beach alumnus, puts the finishing touches on his painting, tentatively titled "Cal State Long Beach." The piece was painted using acrylic paints on canvas. Wrathall said that he had wanted to paint the Walter Pyramid for a long time now and the piece was an appreciation for the place where he has been the most creative. Wrathall celebrates his second anniversary of painting on campus on March 24.

Hot Purple

Ion Yamazaki, a junior art major, looks at Herman Herrera's "Hot Purple" piece Monday afternoon at the Dennis W. Dutzi Gallery at Cal State Long Beach. "Hot Purple" is part of the Bold New World exhibition. It was painted with spray paint on canvas. Herrera said that he was attempting to create a link between design, color, figurative work, and graffiti. Herrera said he had a model sit for three 20-minute sessions and used a large brush, creating a significantly less detailed piece. Bold New World runs until Thursday evening.

Chalk cleanup

Jon Root, a facilities management worker, picks up chalk outside the University Student Union on Tuesday afternoon. People drew pictures and wrote statements all throughout campus. Root said that he would have to file a work order to clean up all the chalk and did not know how much it would cost to clean it up.

Inflection Points

Katie Morlan, left, looks at a piece in Katie Reinman’s and Kelly Hamilton’s “Inflection Points” gallery in the Max L. Gatov East gallery on Sunday evening. Reinman’s purpose is to “emit the inner strength of women” and to show how “women portray themselves in a masculine society,” according to a statement by the artist. Morlan, a senior child development and family studies major, said, “It’s so beautiful; it definitely portrays women in a different light,” explaining that other pieces show women typically as thin and small.

Foundation drawing

Julio Cruz, a freshman art education major, sketches a tree for his foundation drawing art class outside the Fine Arts buildings on Monday. His assignment was to draw a landscape using ink on watercolor paper with emphasis placed on the “value,” or the shading, of the work. Cruz picked the tree to draw because he found the position, specific angle and the roots of the tree to be interesting. “It feels so alive and vibrant,” he said.

The Next Episode

The piece “The Next Episode” is exhibited at the Marilyn Werby gallery on Monday. The show was put on by the group A-O and combines elements of sculpture and metal. “The Next Episode” is a mixed media installation by fine arts metals major Khadiga Razzak and fine arts sculpture major Marissa Johnen and represents a “view of your reality and subconscious,” according to Razzak. "The Next Episode" runs from Monday to Thursday from noon to 5 p.m. On Wednesday the gallery will be open until 8 p.m.

A poem penned on the wall leading into the piece is intended to “spark your mind” and connect the reader with words before seeing the piece.

Alone for art

Kimberly Zumpfe, a BFA sculpture major, and MFA photo grad student Nicole Sloan, back, do a performance "based on aloneness" inside a icosahedron outside the Fine Arts building on Monday. The performance was for Kelly Nipper and Dana Bauer's Intermedia art class. It was based off the philosophy of the dancer Lebon, who believed that the body had particular points of movement that were traceable in a geometric shape. Zumpfe described the experience as "movements in a space when you are alone juxtaposed with people around you."

New SCULPTURE

Bob Ciborowski views the artwork titled “In Progress” (back) and “Untitled Memory” at his son Todd Ciborowski’s New SCULPTURE exhibition at the Max L. Gatov East gallery on Sunday. The exhibition is about “the memories I have and the memories of making the art,” Todd said. “Untitled Memory,” a plane made of pine and glue, represents Ciborowski’s memories of his father taking him to the model plane store. New SCULPTURE will run until Thursday from noon to 5 p.m.

Reconstortion

“Reconstortion” is showcased at the Marilyn Werby Gallery at Cal State Long Beach. The piece is a collaboration between Briana Wilson, a fine arts 3-D video major, and Chris Velasco, pursuing a bachelor’s degree with an emphasis in photography. The piece’s purpose is to “challenge the way the image is viewed or perceived,” Wilson said. It aims to be a “disturbed simulation of natural environment” and evoke “tranquility, peace, and escape” in the viewer, according to the artist’s statements.

"Untitled"

"Untitled" by Scout Segotta, a senior majoring in sculpture, is showcased at the Maxine Merlino Gallery at Cal State Long Beach. "It's all about process," Segotta said. "I like to use figurative in my work; the body, the relationship, between you and the piece." The gallery will run until Thursday at 5 p.m.

Foundation drawing

Michelle Shickler (right), a junior art major, sketches perspective drawings of architecture with sophomore studio art major Taylor Hamilton (middle) and freshman photo major Dawn Tucker (left) during class near the Fine Arts buildings on Tuesday. Their class is a foundation drawing course led by Fran Siegel, who said that it was the students’ first time drawing outside the classroom.

"I don't like that. I've never liked that" (state2)

The piece "I don't like that. I've never liked that" (state2) is the centerpiece of Camilla Taylor's "Among Us" exhibition at the Dennis W. Dutzi gallery at CSULB. Taylor, a graduate printmaking major, said the piece piece is about "isolation in groups, like when you're on a crowded bus. You're there with the other people but not really with them."

The piece is made of found fabric and old clothes. It was relief printed, or printed with a large stamp. The stamp was custom made. Taylor took pieces of wood, carved it out with little knives, rolled it with ink, and ran it through a press before sewing it together.

Carpet collage

Senior art major Carina Downing tapes up and sets up her collage of carpets at the Max Gatov Gallery East at Cal State Long Beach. The piece is a series of pictures of carpets of casino gambling floors on the Las Vegas Strip. Downing said that the piece was her "pilgrimage to find out about carpets in Vegas."