Weekly Announcements October 18 - 24

Student Advising 

Annual Advisement 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. To schedule an appointment email artdesign@calpoly.edu or reach out to Sara Frantz directly (sjfrantz@calpoly.edu). Drop-In appointments are also welcome.

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

Upcoming Events

The 55th Anniversary Alumni Exhibition

Come and immerse yourself in art, design and nostalgia as the Art and Design Department commemorates 55 years of fostering talent and creativity. The University Art Gallery is celebrating this milestone anniversary with a special exhibit featuring the works of 20 alumni, spanning the graduating generations. The alumni exhibition is free and open to the public from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, now until Oct. 18th.

Department News

Summer 2025 Cal Poly in London Study Abroad Program

With London as one of the world’s great cultural and economic centers, the courses offered on this program use London as a laboratory to experience art, theatre, music, history, and more. This 6-week summer program is a 12-unit program and offers a wide variety of GE courses.

Professor Giancarlo Fiorenza will be teaching his ART 371 — The Art of Love in the Renaissance, focusing on works of art in London collections. This program is open to students in all majors.

Visit the Study Abroad website for more information

Updated ADRC Fall Hours

Monday: 12:00pm - 2:00pm
Tuesday: 10:00am - 6:00pm
Wednesday: 9:00am - 2:00pm
Thursday: 10:00am - 5:00pm
Friday: 10:00am - 2:00pm

For help outside of these hours see Eric (rm 153) or Sheryl (rm 141)

.RAW Open for Submissions

.RAW Magazine is accepting submissions until Sunday, October 20th at 11:59 PM (Week 5). Submit your work through our Google Form!

Who we are!

.RAW is a student-run editorial project that showcases the work of Art and Design majors and minors. This is a great opportunity to share your work and have it archived online.

Check out the journal’s Instagram @artmag.raw and for moving image submissions see our Vimeo page. Also see all other past editions at the Digital Commons Site.

Join our Creative Team

.RAW is also looking for people to join the Creative Team! All Art and Design Majors and Minors are welcome.

If you have any questions, please email Lana Caplan (lcaplan@calpoly.edu).

Job Opportunities

Check out MustangJobs for current job opportunities

We will update you with relevant job opportunities as they come along. Check back here next week for more!

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

Other Opportunities

Superfest Disability Film Festival

Dates: October 17-20, 2024
Time: 24/7 Access | 4 days to watch films once you unlock your pass
Website

For more than 30 years, Superfest has celebrated cutting-edge cinema that portrays disability through a diverse, complex, unabashed and engaging lens. Since it first debuted in a small Los Angeles showcase in 1970 it has become an eagerly anticipated international event.

In 2013, the Paul K. Longmore Institute on Disability at San Francisco State (Longmore) started producing Superfest with LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired. In 2019, after a fruitful partnership, LightHouse moved on from the festival.

Now, in 2024, we are excited to announce that the Longmore Institute is welcoming a new Superfest partner, the San Francisco Disability Cultural Center (DCC). The Longmore Institute and the DCC share a common mission of creating joyful and generative spaces for disability culture and creativity to thrive.

We have grown from a single-day film festival to a robust year-around program that provides community showcases, a virtual and in-person festival that reaches thousands, and groundbreaking panel discussions. Though we’ve expanded and evolved, our core value has stayed true - we will always be rooted in community and prioritize access for disabled filmgoers of all kinds.

'The Lighthouse' at Piedras Blancas

Saturday, October 26th from 8-10pm
Piedras Blancas Light Station in San Simeon

We cordially invite you to the grounds of the Piedras Blancas Light Station to join us in an intimate viewing of the 2019 horror film ‘The Lighthouse’, directed and produced by Robert Eggers. We encourage you to bring a picnic and enjoy the sunset prior to showtime at 8 p.m.

The Piedras Blancas Light Station is located at 15950 Cabrillo Hwy (Hwy 1), San Simeon. The light station is approximately 1 hour north of San Luis Obispo.

Reservations Required. Link to website

GEMS (Gender Experiences, Monologues, and Stories)

GEMS will take place April 5th and 6th 2025. The Gender Equity Center has overseen GEMS yearly since 2015 as an entirely original student-led and performed production which evolves every year. GEMS represents activism through theater and art. It seeks to represent the stories of those who have experienced life as womxn, socialization as womxn, and/or any aspects of womxnhood — in mind, body, and/or spirit, be it in past, present, future, and/or fluid — whether from womxn-identified, femme, transgender/nonbinary/gender non-conforming, and/or other marginally gendered individuals.

We are looking for PRODUCTION CREW, CAST MEMBERS and SCRIPT PIECE SUBMISSIONS for the 2025 show.

For Cal Poly students:

Join the Production Team

Production Team Member positions are open to ALL students and are unpaid volunteer positions.

Learn more about available positions and submit your application here

Submit your application for review by December 6, 2024
Perform as a cast member! Auditions run on:

11/15, 11am-1pm in the UU-217N
11/20, 3-5pm in the UU-217N
11/21, 11am-1pm in UU-217N
12/4, 3-5pm in UU-219
Fill in your audition form and reserve a time slot here
Drop-ins are welcome!
Those with no prior acting/theater experience are still encouraged to audition!!

For students AND all community members including faculty and staff:

Submit a written work to the GEMS 2025 script

Submit your piece for consideration, or email to nbwildma@calpoly.edu

Submissions may take any textual form: monologue, poem, skit, song, choreography or whatever other format you need to best express your vision!

Script submissions close on January 1st, 2025

We are open to auditions, submissions, and other involvement from people of all identities, however we are explicitly inviting LGBTQ+, BIPOC, and disabled students and community members to get involved. As a staff and production team, we recognize that gender cannot be separate from other facets of identity and experience if we truly want to work toward collective liberation, and we are committed to representing this through GEMS.

MFA in Art from the University of California, Santa Barbara

Applications due January 6, 2025 to be considered for Fall 2025 admission

www.arts.ucsb.edu
graduate@arts.ucsb.edu

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 tuition, fee remission, and additional financial support through campus and departmental fellowships, stipends, and/or teaching assistantships, with additional funding opportunities available.

Collision Literary Magazine Call for Submissions

Collision is currently open for submissions of undergraduate fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and art, and we welcome your students to submit! By submitting to the annual magazine, students will be considered for our writing and cover art contests.

We’d love the chance to review—and hopefully publish—students’ work. Submissions for the annual magazine close Friday, January 27, but we read on a rolling basis. You can find more information about the magazine and our submission guidelines at https://www.collision.pitt.edu. If you have any questions, please contact collisionlitmag@gmail.com.

Your Exclusive Backstage Pass to SLO County’s Art Scene

SLO County Arts Council is pleased to announce the 26th Annual Open Studios Art Tour!

The event is free and available to all; it takes place October 19/20 featuring 150 artists over 23 mediums in 15 cities throughout the county. The "Preview Show" to kick off the tour is on October 4th at EDNA Contemporary (967 Osos St, SLO) from 5 to 8 PM.

The digital catalog is available for download, and printed catalogs are available at select locations throughout the county, including Art Center Morro Bay (MB), Studios on the Park (Paso), EDNA Contemporary (SLO), and DANA Adobe (Nipomo).

To learn more about the importance of supporting local artists read the article by Charlotte Alexander published in the SLO Review.

The images (attached) include the official Tour Poster and artwork by participating artists: Jessie Skidmore (SLO), Margaret Biggs (Cambria), Randy Stromsoe (Templeton), and Roger Combs (Cambria).

Thank you to our sponsors... The Bunker, RRM, Ten Over, Cairn Design Collaborative, and New Times!

First Year Go Study Abroad Program Takes Flight

Launching Spring 2025, First Year GO (Global Opportunities) is a new study abroad opportunity for first-years in the College of Liberal Arts, Orfalea College of Business, or those with interest in these fields. While exploring the rich Andalusian heritage of Seville, Spain, students will forge lasting friendships with fellow first-years while earning GE, major and/or minor credit. Apply by the Nov. 1 deadline. Scholarships of up to $18,000 are available. Learn more about First Year GO.

ONGAWA - Looking for Artists

We are a group of Cal Poly students from various majors, including computer science, business, graphic design, and more, working together to create ONGAWA. ONGAWA is an innovative rhythm role-playing game that combines immersive gameplay with musical storytelling. The game allows players to experience and interact with music in unique ways.

Game Prototype: https://gelzonexunsas.itch.io/virtuosos

Gameplay Video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QAo3BiUKEayuJC9TUkrl-nrLBZKLLmd8/view?usp=sharing

Game LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/ongawa/?viewAsMember=true

One of the unique aspects of ONGAWA is our collaboration with indie musicians. These musicians gain more exposure and make revenue from players interacting with their game levels. Since musicians have different genres of music and want game environments that best fit their music, we are looking to work with various art students with different art styles. This diversity in art will help musicians convey different themes and stories.

In terms of art, we are looking for contributions in the following areas:

2D illustration
2D Rigging
UI/UX

We believe this collaboration offers a fantastic opportunity for Cal Poly students to gain valuable game art experience in a professional working environment while also earning school course credits. We are eager to collaborate with students and faculty to make this vision a reality.

Application Form
Contact Lucas with any questions - lucasli010410@gmail.com

Campus Events

Free Groceries with the SLO Food Bank

Tuesday, October 22nd from 3:30-5:30pm
Health Center Lawn

*The location for this event is new this year. Be sure to see us at Campus Health and Wellbeing Lawn in front of Building 27 (The Health Center)*

In partnership with the SLO Food Bank, Cal Poly and SLO community members have access to FREE groceries. Participants must self-certify they meet the current CDSS Income Guidelines, but no identification or proof of income is required.
Individuals can expect three (3) containers of food containing fresh produce, nonperishable food items and a meat-based protein.
Check out the county-wide food distribution schedule for San Luis Obispo County. Please visit https://www.slofoodbank.org/food-locator/#updates for the most up-to-date information about site changes, updates and for a complete list of all food resources in SLO County. Dates are subject to change due to holidays and unforeseen circumstances.
Stop by the Food Pantry located in Campus Health and Wellbeing to learn more about food resources on and off campus!

Crafting Through Career Anxiety: Let's Make Cool Journals!

Wednesday, October 23rd from 11:10am-12pm
Career Services: Building 124, Room 117

Let's normalize career anxiety while crafting in a fun, no-pressure environment!

Do you feel stuck? Feel like you’re the only one experiencing major or career anxiety? Do you like making crafts as a stress-relieving activity? AND, do you want to connect with a small group of other students? WELL, this is the workshop for you! We will learn about our VIIPS (values, interests, identity, personality, and skills) while making cool journals to take home and use.

*This event is first-come, first-serve due to limited supplies!

Free Flu Shot Clinics

Do you want a flu shot this year? Come on down to one of our free flu shot clinics for students! It's a great a way to beat any diseases in the next coming months and is all-around campus on these dates and locations:

Monday, 10/21, 9-3 PM
UU Plaza

Wednesday, 10/23, 9-12:30 PM
YTT Tilhini Community Room

Tuesday, 10/29, 9-12:30 PM
PCV Community Center

Therapy Dogs

PULSE is working with the Alliance of Therapy Dogs and SLO Dog volunteers to bring you Therapy Dogs on the Health Center Lawn the following Wednesdays and Thursdays from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m.

Thursday, October 24^th from 12 pm - 2 pm

Wednesday, November 6th from 12 pm - 2 pm

Thursday, November 21^st from 12 pm - 2 pm

Wednesday, December 4^th from 12 pm - 2 pm

Art and Design Department

College of Liberal Arts