Recent News

Announcing the Art & Design 2025-2026 Scholarship Recipients and honoring our Student Assistants
Jun 18, 2025
We are pleased to announce the well-deserved 2025-2026 Student Scholarship winners!
Burt & Virginia Polin Visual Arts Scholarships
Alexa Valenzuela & Maky Bautista
Darren E. Loyd Photography Scholarships
Itzel Camarillo-Gonzalez & Lucas Vergara
Denise Waters Art Awards
Sarai Hernandez-Barajas & Diego Ortega
J.W. Van Dyke Scholarship
Tessa Coert
John Mendenhall Memorial Scholarship
Maxwell Drummond
The Kurt O. Brown Scholarship
Colin Pope
Kodak Professional Photography Scholarship
Asher Dolinger
R.W. Andrews Scholarships
Nikki Nittianandan & Maky Bautista
William B. Turner Scholarships
Dijia Wang

Weekly Announcements May 30 - June 5
May 30, 2025

Act Natural | Studio Art BFA Exhibition
May 30, 2025
Join us for the Studio Art BFA show, Act Natural. An opening reception will be held at the University Art Gallery on June 6 from 5 – 7 p.m. The show will run through June 15.

F/6 | Photography and Video BFA Exhibition
May 16, 2025
Join us for a photographic BFA show, “F/6”, celebrating six graduating photographers. An opening reception will be held at the University Art Gallery on May 22 from 5 – 7 p.m.

2025 Graphic Design Senior Showcase opens at University Art Gallery
May 3, 2025
File format .grad | Graphic Design BFA Exhibition
The exhibition “File format .grad” will feature the work of 32 graduating seniors in Cal Poly’s graphic design program. A reception for friends, family, alumni, and the community will be held on Saturday, May 10 from 5:00pm until 6:30pm in the University Art Gallery. The exhibition will run from May 9 through May 15. Please join us in celebrating the achievements of our senior designers!

Cal Poly SHORT CUTS featured at the SLO Film Festival
Apr 16, 2025
SHORT CUTS features 6 short films created by Cal Poly students under the mentorship of Randi Barros, screenwriter, editor, and ISLA Lecturer, and James Werner, artist and Associate Professor of Art & Design. Engage with emotionally charged stories exploring love, loss, discovery, and unexpected moments of connection. See tomorrow’s filmmakers at work today. Screening on Monday, April 28th at 7pm at the Fremont Theater.

Weekly Announcements April 18 - 24
Apr 15, 2025

Photo/Video Minor, Ellie Zeller's work featured in F-Stop Magazine
Apr 8, 2025
An assignment in Lana Z Caplan's Editorial Photography class this winter was to make a photo essay and submit it to an online publication for consideration. Ellie Zeller made a series of images of women in the domestic space. One of her images was chosen for the F-Stop Magazine group exhibition "Inhabit".