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.RAW Journal of Art & Design Annual Issue 2022
Apr 1, 2022
We are happy to share the latest Annual Issue of .RAW Journal of Art & Design!
The 2022 Annual Issue is comprised of selections of work from the previous five quarterly issues - Fall 2020 - Winter 2022 (no Annual was printed in 2021 due to the pandemic). Since its founding, as a class project in Professor Lana Z Caplan’s Editorial Photography class, fourteen quarterly issues have been entirely student published. This is our third Annual printed publication, comprised of 64 pages with contributions from 42 artists and designers. Printed copied can be picked up in the Photo/Video Lab (34-222) or the Art and Design Department office. The issue can be accessed digitally on Cal Poly's Digital Commons.
.RAW Journal of Art & Design 2022 Annual Issue designers Arthur Waidhofer & Josie Doan on left and Editor-in-Chief Lela Brody on right at the 2022 Annual Issue Launch Party at Linnea's Cafe.
Packaging Design Students Win Top Awards
Mar 25, 2022
Students in ART 437 Win Packaging Awards
Students in ART 437 won a number of awards from the Paperboard Packaging Alliance's 2021 Student Design Challenge and World Packaging Organisation's International Packaging Design Student Competition 2021.
Paperboard Packaging Alliance's 2021 Student Design Challenge Winners
- Second Place & The People's Choice (Top 3): Shahla Prouty (ART, CLA), Adi Saaf (ART, CLA), Runar Schmidt (ART, CLA)
- Honorable mention (Top 5): Cayley Nickerson (ART, CLA), Allison Munden (ART, CLA), Ian Myers (ART, CLA)
- Shout-Out (Top 9): Joey Marshall (ART, CLA), Mady McNeill (ART, CLA), Natalie Mitchell (ART, CLA)
World Packaging Organisation's International Packaging Design Student Competition 2021 Winners
Project Sweet Pea in ART 437 Received World Packaging Organisation's WorldStar Bronze Star and Marketing Appeal Awards.
Congratulations to the team: Shahla Prouty, Adi Saaf and Runar Schmidt, as well as their teammates Avery Johnson, Maia Nelson, and Stephanie Tang.
Odunze Oguguo
Feb 10, 2022
Cal Poly University Art Gallery to Exhibit manga artwork by “Odunze Oguguo,” from Feb. 24 through March 18
Gallery opening reception set for Feb. 24, 5-7pm
SAN LUIS OBISPO – Cal Poly’s University Art Gallery presents “Odunze Oguguo,” to run Feb. 24 through Mar. 18. The exhibit will open with an artist talk on Thursday Feb. 24 at 5 p.m. in Dexter, building 034 room 150, proceeded by a reception in the University Art Gallery, which is located in Dexter (Bldg. #34) on campus.
Odunze Oguguo
Bio:
Odunze is a comic/manga artist, storyboard artist, character designer and a writer, originally from Nigeria, now living and working from Texas. He is the author and illustrator of Apple Black comic and Co-Founder of Saturday-AM, home of the most diverse Shonen manga anthology since 2013. He tackles social and political issues such as diversity representation, access, and equality through revolutionizing the light-hearted, high-action tradition of the Shonen manga style. He has brought a new generation of international fans and scholars to manga with a refreshed perspective in the genre as an art form.
Oguguo was formally recognized by SYFY Wire’s Indie Comic Creator spotlight, NEO UK, Apple’s Mac Directory Magazine. Most recently, he was selected as a participant by Facebook “We the Culture” program for black creators striving in their respective fields. Being one of only two successful, independent Black-owned manga companies here in the U.S. He has garnered a popular following online under the name "Whyt Manga" on most popular social media platforms like Instagram, Youtube, Twitter, Facebook, and more.
Oguguo holds an MFA in Visual Communications from the University of Texas at Arlington. He teaches ART 4392-005 Manga Art at the University of Texas at Arlington, which focuses on digital comic/manga creation. He emphasizes both comics creation and studies as a broadly interdisciplinary area, often applying the scholarly literature of literary studies, communication and mass media, art, and sociology.
Illustration courtesy of the artist. Poster designed by Angela Chawla.
*This artist talk and exhibition are paid for with Lottery funds.
The University Art Gallery is free and open to the public from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.
Links
- University Art Gallery: www.artgallery.calpoly.edu/
- Art & Design Department: www.artdesign.calpoly.edu/
- College of Liberal Arts: www.cla.calpoly.edu/
About the Cal Poly University Art Gallery
The University Art Gallery is a venue for helping to nurture creativity, empathy, innovation, design skills, storytelling, and big-picture thinking by bringing bold thinkers, emerging and established artists, and creative professionals to campus. Providing a venue for five exhibitions each academic year, the University Art Gallery serves Cal Poly and the surrounding area. The gallery showcases nationally and internationally known artists, as well as student, alumni and faculty artwork.
ART 334/434 Illustration: Student Work (Instructor Nick Bockelman)
Feb 9, 2022
A selection of student work from ART 334 / 434 Illustration (offered Spring & Fall)
Julia Morgan Exhibition
Jan 12, 2022
Exhibition and Reception Spotlights Pioneering California Architect Julia Morgan
“Julia Morgan, Architect: Challenging Convention” will open at Cal Poly’s University Art Gallery in the Dexter Building (34), Room 171 on Saturday, January 15, and remain open Tuesdays through Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. through February 11, 2022. An interactive virtual tour mirrors the exhibition online and will also be open through April 30.
Those interested are invited to a lecture preceding the opening, which will be given by Dr. Karen McNeill, an expert on Morgan and her work, via Zoom on Friday, January 14, from 5 to 6 p.m. (Zoom ID: 838 0432 1753). The campus community is also invited to a closing reception of the exhibit on Friday, Feb. 4, from 5 to 7 p.m.
Morgan was the first woman to be accepted to and graduate from the prestigious architecture program at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. In 1904, she became California’s first female licensed architect and continued to break gender barriers throughout her career. As one of America’s most prolific architects, she designed more than 700 buildings, including Hearst Castle. She was the initial woman to receive the American Institute of Architects Gold Medal, the profession’s highest honor, bestowed posthumously in 2014.
RSVP for the CAED-Hosted Reception
Lana Z Caplan at Everson Museum
Jan 10, 2022
Everson Museum
401 Harrison Street, Syracuse, NY
June Edmonds Exhibition
Nov 12, 2021
The Department of Art and Design and the Cal Poly University Art Gallery are thrilled to welcome June Edmonds to campus.
June Edmonds is an American painter, teacher, and public artist. Edmonds’ work is notable for its colorful, layered surfaces that draw on meditative practices to explore the relationships between color, repetition, spiritual contemplation, the power of archetypical systems, and interpersonal connection. She is an active and prominent contributor to the Los Angeles area art scene, and is a member of both the Artist’s Alliance of Southern California and the Women’s Caucus for Art.
Opening Reception on Wednesday November 17th in the Gallery at 5:30pm followed by an artist talk at 6:00pm, also in the gallery. Gallery closes at 7pm.
For more information please visit the University Art Gallery website.
Recent Publications by Professor Enrica Lovaglio
Oct 2, 2021
Professor Enrica Lovaglio recently published several articles in peer-reviewed journals.
2021 Graphic Design Senior Showcase
Jun 9, 2021
The Graphic Design Senior Showcase website features the work of our graduating seniors, who faced the unimaginable challenge of finishing their degrees during a global pandemic.
Department of Art and Design Spring Commencement 2021
Jun 4, 2021
2021 Graduation Celebration
About the Event
The Department of Art and Design warmly invites students, friends, and families to an online Zoom graduation celebration for our graduating seniors on Friday, June 11th, at 2:30 PM.
The ceremony will include a welcome from the Department Chair, awards, the reading of the names of graduating seniors, and the turning of the tassel tradition. We look forward to seeing you on zoom as we celebrate this momentous accomplishment.
Congratulations Class of 2021!