Weekly Announcements November 7 - 13

Student Advising

Advising Appointments will continue taking place through fall quarter for all BFA students. Appointments with Major Advisor, Sara Frantz, can be made via Bookings.

Additionally, our Dept. Chair’s office hours are Mondays: 11am -12pm and Thursdays: 12 -1pm. Make an office hours appointment with Sara via Bookings. Drop-In appointments are also welcome. Email artdesign@calpoly.edu if you have any questions.

The CLA also offers virtual, drop-in advising appointments daily: CLA Advising

Department News

Latinos in the Arts: Student Meet-Up + Screening

Thursday, November 13^th - 11:10am - 12pm
Dexter 34-149

Join us for a relaxed gathering where we’ll share interests in Latine/x visual culture, music, and the arts. No pressure, no prep—just a welcoming space to chat, snack, and imagine ways to foster and celebrate our cultures. Food provided. All are welcome.

.RAW Crowdfunding Campaign

.RAW magazine began as a class project nearly a decade ago. It has become an essential platform—run entirely by Art + Design students—to publish work, share ideas, and build inter-media community.

Four times a year, a .RAW issue is designed, written, and produced by Cal Poly Art + Design students, and every copy is distributed free to readers at release parties. We feel it is essential to keep it that way. However, printing costs are rising, and as we print + assemble our 10-year anniversary art book, we’re asking for your support.

We just launched a crowdfunding campaign because we need your help to keep .RAW alive and free for Cal Poly Art + Design students!

Your contribution, or simply sharing the campaign with friends, family, or alumni, directly supports:

Printing quarterly and annual issues
Purchasing materials for bookbinding and design
Funding student-led photo and video projects
Hosting launch and fundraising events
Promoting .RAW on campus and online
Preserving an essential Art + Design resource!

Even if you can't donate, sharing our fundraiser with parents, alumni, and local donors will help us continue platforming and publishing your work!

Cal Poly Crowdfunding Campaign - Now Live!: https://crowdfund.calpoly.edu/project/48479

If .RAW has ever featured your work, inspired you, or made you proud to be part of this department, now’s the time to give back. Help us keep .RAW free and in print.

@ARTMAG.RAW

.RAW Release Party Next Saturday

The .RAW Release Party is Saturday November 15th from 12 - 2pm at Front Porch!

Untitled Canopy
Devore fabric, tent poles, 3D prints, and customized hardware.
398” x 70” x 200”
2023

Kerri Conlon's Permission Structures

On View: November 5th – December 5th

The University Art Gallery is excited to announce the opening of Kerri Conlon’s “Permission Structures,” running from 11/05/25 – 12/05/25.

On Wednesday 11/05 there will be an opening in the Gallery, found in Dexter 34, from 5-7pm. The artist will be present and will give a walkthrough of their work at 5:15pm. Light refreshments will be served.

Kerri Conlon is an artist and educator living and working in San Francisco, CA. She received her MFA in Sculpture from the Yale School of Art in 2019 and her BFA in Sculpture from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2009. Her practice explores the intersections of construction—both architectural and cultural—investigating how identity and space are shaped by structures that are at once physical and ideological.

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.

Job & Volunteer Opportunities

Visual Arts Volunteer Role | City of SLO

Help build your portfolio! Gain experience and exposure by engaging with the City of SLO via a Visual Arts Volunteer role. Based on staff requests to the Volunteer Program, Visual Arts Volunteers help to capture one-time and ongoing City and community events in creative ways. With direction from staff, volunteers in this role serve as editors, videographers, photographers, content creators, storytellers and more… Contact the City’s Volunteer Program (volunteer@slocityorg or call/text 805-858-0771) to learn more or run Qs by the Coordinator.

A special call for Volunteer Photographers to capture an annual City event on the afternoon of 12/6 at the Swim Center. “Underwater pictures with Santa” is a family-fun community event in SLO and we’re seeking someone familiar with - or willing to learn and practice beforehand - underwater photography. Gear (minus camera body and lenses) + training provided. Please reach out a.s.a.p. and at latest by 11/13.

City of SLO Fall 2025 Volunteer Opportunities

Check out MustangJobs for current job opportunities

Clubs

Animation Club - @calpolyanimation

Design Lab - @Designlab_CalPoly

Fiber Arts Club - @Calpolyfiberarts

.RAW Journal of Art & Design - @artmag.raw

Studio Art Club - @Calpolystudioartclub

Club 34 - @club.thirtyfour

Cal Poly Opportunities

KCPR Design Contest

At KCPR, we live our motto, “Where Different Matters.”

Your creativity, your talents, and your passion matter. As a part of our pledge drive this year, KCPR is holding a design contest. The winning designs will be featured on our 2026 pledge drive merchandise — worn by students, alumni, faculty and the community. Our closes November 21, 2025, at 11:59 p.m. Winners will be announced on February 1st, 2026.

Guidelines:

Must include the words “KCPR 91.3 FM,” the KCPR logo, and “kcpr.org”. “Cal Poly” or “Cal Poly SLO” is optional.
The “KCPR” should be prominent.
May use up to four (4) colors, including black.
Native file (ai, photoshop, procreate, etc.) required. Vector files are preferred.
Additional JPEG or PNG required.
Multiple designs may be submitted.
Submit entry on the KCPR website.
Winners will win a free item with your design and a swag bag with KCPR merch.
No winners residing outside of the U.S.

KCPR’s official logos to incorporate into your design:

https://cpslo.sharepoint.com/sites/kcpradmin/Shared%20Documents/Forms/AllItems.aspx?id=%2Fsites%2Fkcpradmin%2FShared%20Documents%2FArt%2F2025%2FKCPR%5Flogos%5F24%2FLogo%20Assets&p=true&ga=1

Questions?
Contact marketing@kcpr.org
More information and how to submit here

Bring a Buddy to Life @ ASI's Build-A-Bear Event

November 12 from 4:30 - 6pm
Health Center Lawn

Watch Toy Story while creating a new stuffed friend, designing a custom t-shirt just for them, and enjoying a sweet treat. Free for students with a valid PolyCard.

Meet at Health Center Lawn at 4:30pm and we will head to Chumash Auditorium together!

Morro Bay Dragon Boat Festival Next Saturday

Morro Bay Dragon Boat Festival is happening this month on the 15th! Come join us for a day of racing and on-land events starting at 9am to 3pm. We’ll have a mix of events including the Lion Dancing team, as well as a potluck. Feel free to show up anytime and support our local Dragonboat team!

Other Opportunities

Final Art After Dark of 2025! Friday, November 7

We're so excited for the final official Art After Dark of 2025! The Art After Dark website and digital map have also been updated with all venues on this month's art walk. We can't believe it's the last AAD of the year already and we are so grateful to all of you for being a part of it.

MFA in Art from the University of California, Santa Barbara

Applications due January 5, 2026 to be considered for Fall 2026 admission

www.arts.ucsb.edu
graduate@arts.ucsb.edu
Follow us on instagram: @artdept_ucsb

The Department of Art two-year MFA program provides graduate students with the opportunity to explore studio production, field studies, and theoretical work in a flexible structure that encourages individual development within a multi and interdisciplinary context. The department equally stresses the importance of making along with an understanding of the conditions in which art is produced. Students are exposed to methodologies of inquiry that foster innovation and the problem-solving skills necessary for artistic development and creative production.

Students are given the opportunity to work one-on-one with our accomplished faculty who are actively engaged in a range of disciplines and areas that include art and cultural theory, video, digital media, print media, photography, performative studies, painting, spatial and public arts, and related fields in the Humanities, Sciences and Engineering including film, art history, and media arts & technology. The program provides graduate students with an intensive curriculum which includes seminars in studio, critique, theory, post-graduate concerns, a range of directed media research courses, and the department’s visiting artist lecture colloquium. Student's final thesis work culminates in a written thesis document and an exhibition at the university's Art, Design & Architecture Museum.

Our unique program offers direct exposure to visiting artists and scholars as well as post-grad positions on a competitive basis that may include teaching, a studio, and access to department facilities. The department wishes to attract motivated students who will benefit from interaction with a diverse and challenging faculty and peers. The environment offers focused research in a compelling natural setting while gaining exposure to the opportunities presented in nearby Los Angeles. Admitted students receive full tuition and fee remission, and additional financial support through campus and departmental fellowships, stipends, and/or teaching assistantships, with additional funding opportunities available.

Art and Design Department