Walking into the Cal Poly Dexter Art Gallery, visitors are surrounded with a blend of sound and imagery — ranging from the hum of satellite signals to videos showcasing the sun. The walls feature artworks tied together by a central theme: humanity’s relationship with satellites. 

A program of artists’ films that convoke elemental spirits and the power of nature in a time of human-made catastrophe—a command for light against impending darkness. Viewable in the Deluge transom window (dusk to midnight).

Cal Poly is pleased to present Strange Birds, a multi-faceted show by Interdisciplinary artist  Heidi Neilson. The show is open from Nov. 7 to Dec. 6 in the University Art Gallery in Dexter, blg. 34.  An opening reception and talk are set to take place on Nov. 7 from 5-7pm, with the talk commencing at 5:30 in the gallery.

An interactive exhibition exploring the complex perceptions and experience of the female body, agency, and visibility, as a carrier of cultural, digital, and virtual identity. The artists, Linh Dao and Amanda Stojanov, focus on the topics of emigration, immigration, and migration, social and economic inequality, minority representation, and accessibility. They work to highlight identity discourses as pivotal in theorizing the development and implementation of digital spaces that continues to defy political, social, and/or cultural convention. Featuring works in Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality and video projections.

Luis De Jesus Los Angeles is very pleased to present Laura Krifka: Carousel, the artist’s third solo exhibition with the gallery. Carousel brings together a new series of provocative figurative paintings that question the social constructs of desire. The exhibition runs from September 14 through October 26, 2024. Gallery programs in conjunction with the exhibition will be announced.

Luke Austin, Cal Poly Art & Design Studio Art Alumni (Class of 2021), was recently announced as a grant recipient of the 2024 Creator Labs Photo Fund— a Google's Creator Labs and Aperture initiative providing financial support and visibility to encourage artists at formative moments in their careers. Inaugurated in 2021, the Creator Labs Photo Fund is now in its third season, continuing its mission of supporting image makers.

Cal Poly students are changing the way produce is packaged, several potatoes at a time. Their ideas placed them in the top three in a nationwide student design challenge, replacing brown, meshy potato sacks with a bright blue sturdy and stackable box.

Jennifer Leo is fulfilling her dream of being a graphic designer through the school's Art and Design program

Paperboard Packaging Alliance Reveals 2024 Student Design Challenge Finalists

Students from California State Polytechnic University, Pennsylvania College of Art and Design, and Rochester Institute of Technology named as finalists