Fine Arts
Culture
Occidental’s beloved Letterpress program finds a new home in the library
Letterpress printing is an art form dating back to the first printing press, created by German inventor Johannes Gutenberg. The process includes using metal and wooden...
Community News
NELA filmmakers spotlighted at eighth annual Highland Park Independent Film Festival
The eighth annual Highland Park Independent Film Festival took place Oct. 1–2 at the Highland Theatre. The festival featured 31 films by NELA filmmakers including “Brandi Finds...
2011
Seth Hansen Marries Music and Visual Art
Author: Lauren Siverly Seth Hansen, senior art major and music minor, likes to keep himself busy. Whether he's sporting his trademark leather vest and headphones in...
Arts & Entertainment
Downtown showcase feeds artistic appetites
Author: Henry Dickmeyer Brunch is not the only time to eat breakfast, drink champagne and quibble over the status quo. Over the past five years, art...
2013
Students help create giant art installation as KNITTING NATION floods campus
Author: Rachel Stober KNITTING NATION hits Occidental
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// The bell tower chimes as students hurry to class Wednesday, Nov. 6. But even the...
2016
LA’s finest museums are cheap and within reach
Author: Paul Sirri On a tight college budget, it seems impossible to spend time off campus without breaking the bank. While restaurants, retail stores and movie...
2014
Goya’s nightmares become dream museum exhibit
Author: Clark Scally Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes, regarded as the newest old master and the first modern master, comes to life in The...
2016
Alumna brings history to life at the Petterson Museum
Author: Shawn Cremer Rachel Wilson's peers would be unsurprised to learn that less than a year after graduating from Occidental in 2015, the charismatic, nearly six-foot...
2014
In time of drought, water themed art flows through campus
Author: Malcolm MacLeod The Occidental College Studio Art Department is currently hosting Los Angeles-based artist Devon Tsuno. His show, "Watershed," demonstrates not only the artist's intimate...
2016
‘Dry Land’ reveals reality of adolescence
Author: Tessa Sternberg A dim blue light shines on a mildewy floor, focusing on a single drain. The sounds of splashing and shrieks of children fill...
2014
‘Fang’ rises in popularity, increases wittiness
Author: Wellesley Daniels After haphazardly stumbling across an old issue of the Fang in Special Collections, four seniors set out to resuscitate Occidental's once-robust but long-defunct...
2014
Life-size art goes political, symbolic
Author: Stephen Nemeth The Occidental community is no stranger to large-scale political statements and interactive art projects, and the life-size replica of a Predator MQ-1B drone...
