SDSU School of Art + Design

If you’re on campus at SDSU School of Art + Design, we’ve added more information about this mural painted over the summer by Studio Art Undergrad, Sabrina David...son. Scan the QR code and find out more about the artist’s inspiration and who is represented in the mural. ~~~~~~~~~~ This mural was created as part of the Diversity and Inclusion Initiative at the School of Art + Design. See more

SDSU School of Art and Design's Student Spotlight - Parker Heath Parker Heath is a senior studying studio art at the School of Art and Design. This native San Diegan says his work leans toward the abstract and surreal with expressionistic qualities. Though relatively new to experimenting with ceramics, Parker says he hopes to explore the craft even more, particularly creating cups and mugs using more unconventional approaches. In addition to being an artist and student, Parke...r is a champion, freestyle BMX athlete. Involved in the sport since he was a child, Parker believes his approach towards making art has been largely influenced by his background in freestyle BMX. My perspective on doing certain tricks on certain obstacles is very similar in the same way I approach composing certain colors and forms either two-dimensionally or three-dimensionally, said Parker. Thank you for sharing your work with us, Parker, and for bringing your creativity, perspective, and experience to the School of Art and Design! PHOTOGRAPHER: @elle_em_be

School of Art + Design Director Annie Buckley, undergrad student Sabrina Davidson, and SDSU Associate Vice President for Faculty and Staff Diversity Jennifer Imezaki, recently appeared on Cloudcast's radio broadcast, "Drew Schlosberg's Spotlight on the Community" to discuss diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts at the School of Art and Design. Please click the link below to listen! Drew Schlosberg's Spotlight on the Community amplifies the voices of social impact organizations, social entrepreneurs, local non-profits, and other community champions who help shape the culture, creativity, and connectivity that drive the San Diego community to ever-higher levels. https://cloudcast.us//its-all-about-diversity-and-inclusi/

TODAY Oct. 22 at 5:30 (PDT) join us for a lecture by the California-based artist collaboration between Cristobal Martinez and Kade L. Twist, known as Postcommodity! Creating interdisciplinary work that spans a variety of formats from video installation to land intervention. Postcommodity forges new metaphors through an Indigenous lens capable of rationalizing shared experiences within an increasingly challenging contemporary environment. Link to Register for the Zoom web...inar: https://fresnostate.zoom.us/j/99887549501 Image: Postcommodity: From Smoke and Tangled Waters We Carried From Home, 2018 Photo Credit: Bryan Conley

Join us on Thursday, October 22,5:30 6:45pm, for the Amplify: Practicing Solidarity lecture series with Artists Postcommodity *** Email [email protected] for Zoom link *** Hosted by CSU Humboldt, CSU Long Beach, and Fresno State. ... Amplify: Practicing Solidarity is organized by Professor Amy Sanchez Arteaga. This event is produced by ConSortiUm, a collaborative project of art museums and galleries from the California State University (CSU) system. Additional events are sponsored by the School of Art + Design and the Michele Schlect Visiting Artist Fund. About Postcommodity: Postcommodity is an interdisciplinary arts collective comprised of Cristóbal Martínez, and Kade L. Twist. Postcommodity’s art functions as a shared Indigenous lens and voice to engage the assaultive manifestations of the global market and its supporting institutions, public perceptions, beliefs, and individual actions that comprise the ever-expanding, multinational, multiracial, and multiethnic colonizing force that is defining the 21st Century through ever-increasing velocities and complex forms of violence. Postcommodity works to forge new metaphors capable of rationalizing our shared experiences within this increasingly challenging contemporary environment; promote a constructive discourse that challenges the social, political and economic processes that are destabilizing communities and geographies; and connect Indigenous narratives of cultural self-determination with the broader public sphere

Tomorrow night, Tuesday, October 20. Join AAPI for a panel discussion about women in the Arts on behalf of OneSDSU and AAPI(phany) Registration is required https://sdsu.zoom.us//register/tZYucu-sqzMjGdE8o44d7lurH4i

We need your help! Hello, SDSU School of Art and Design undergraduate community, We are looking for more ways to reach new students of color, of diverse backgrounds, and potential first-generation college students. We could use your help! ... Please send us a short video of why you love SDSU School of Art and design! DEADLINE- October 21, 2020. We included a few questions to help you get started and please follow the best practices for capturing a quality video! Questions: Your name and area of focus Why did you join the school of A+D What do you like about it? What are you taking away from it? What is something you didn't expect that you're thankful for? What it’s like learning during COVID-19 Capturing quality video: Shoot in landscape/horizontal (do not shoot vertical video!!!!) Clean your camera lens Shoot in well-lit area Put something SDSU or art-related in your background Use a tripod if you have one Send video dropbox or Google drive links to [email protected]

Featured in the news! Clarissa Swickard, a junior studying interior architecture, was recently featured in an article in Medium about her burgeoning, new business, Cheese Me Charcuterie. Congratulations, Clarissa!

October 12 - 16 is the 1st annual Indigenous Peoples' Day 'Week of Action' hosted by the SDSU Native Resource Center! This week is filled with speakers such as Professor Cassady Lynch from the American Indian Studies Department, as well as Jordan Marie Daniel, Keynote Speaker on Thursday, Oct. 15. Events are free. For more info. visit: https://bit.ly/36U75wd

Wow! Check out Lainie Lockwood, PSFA's Assistant Dean for Student Affairs, skydive with the Army Golden Knights in honor of the SDSU Strategic Plan! That is brave!

Thursday, Oct. 8 at 5:30 p.m. PDT Don't miss Omar Pimienta lecturing for our signature speaker series of the semester! Email [email protected] for the Zoom link. . . . . About the artist:... Omar Pimienta is an interdisciplinary artist and writer who lives and works in the San Diego / Tijuana border region. His artistic practice examines questions of identity, migration, citizenship, emergency poetics, landscape, and memory. His work has been presented in museums and cultural centers of the U.S., Mexico, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Denmark, Germany, Morocco, and Spain. He has published four books of poetry: Primera Persona Ella (La Linea/Anortecer 2004); La Libertad: Ciudad de paso (awarded the 2006 CONACULTA / CECUT Publication prize); Escribo desde Aquí (Pre-Textos 2009, awarded the Emilio Prado 10th International Publication prize from the Centro Cultural Generación del 27 Malaga Spain in 2009); and his most recent book, Álbum de las rejas, (Liliputienses 2016). He is currently a PhD candidate in Literature at the University of California, San Diego, and he received his MFA in Visual Arts from the same institution. . . . . Amplify: Practicing Solidarity speaker series is sponsored by the SDSU School of Art + Design and the Michele Schlecht Visiting Artist Fund. See more

SDSU School of Art and Design has a stellar line up of Fall Design Guest Speakers. Join us this Wednesday, October 7th at 2:00 pm for a presentation by Mitzi Okou. Go here for registration: https://tinyurl.com/y3vqz6h3