The 10-Foot Line assignment in Cal Poly’s introductory art courses challenges students to explore the element of line within architectural space. Beginning with 2D contrast designs on paper, students then manipulate and transform that same material into large-scale, 3D murals stretching up to 10 feet long, displayed throughout the Dexter Building. Reporter Sedona Harris spoke with art professor Travis Neel about the goals of the assignment and with student artist Riley Hauber about the inspiration and process behind her original design.

In ART 466, Liliana Monge and Maya Benham are among around a dozen students taking creative strides to develop their craft. They utilize techniques ranging from traditional oil painting to the use of physical models. Discover how they blend culture, identity, and ingenuity into their works as reporter Kimber Draughon brings us more.

Graphic Design students from Spring Quarter's ART 437: Graphic Design III win Second and Third Place in the Paperboard Packaging Alliance 2025 Student Design Challenge.

Working with craft and architectural materials, Conlon creates large-scale sculptural installations that fuse the ornamental with the structural. Her work uses tactile processes to examine how we inhabit, uphold, and challenge the frameworks that shape our lives—whether built, inherited, or imagined. November 5th - December 5th