Sunday, April 14, 2013, 2–5pm
Otis College of Art and Design
Graduate Fine Arts and Graduate Public Practice
10455 W Jefferson Blvd
Culver City, CA
Celebrate the launch of Otis College of Art and Design’s new MFA Fine Arts and Public Practice studios in Culver City’s Arts District, 10455 Jefferson Blvd, Culver City, California.
Adjacent to Culver City’s burgeoning arts district is the new home of Otis Graduate Studios. This facility on the Jefferson corridor comprises 38 artists’ studios and spaces for special programming, including artists in residence, exhibitions, and lectures.
Culver City, the long-standing film industry hub, has become a mecca for artists, architects, fashion, and tech. The City is a powerful new multimedia hub boasting dynamic start-ups, international firms, and a vibrant artistic community. Nearby “Silicon Beach” is home to new spaces for tech giants Google and Apple, along with more than 500 venture start-ups. A few miles away on Jefferson is the Hercules Campus, original home of Howard Hughes’ legendary “Spruce Goose,” and now a fulcrum for emerging media, technology, and entertainment industries.
Otis Graduate Public Practice, under the leadership of Suzanne Lacy, artist, and theorist of socially engaged public art, prepares students to re-invent traditional media-specific ways of thinking about art making. Entering students design a unique educational plan to fit their interests, in both community and studio contexts. They produce video, performance, drawing, photography, sculpture, and web-based projects.
In Otis Graduate Fine Arts, led by Roy Dowell, students develop a “personal vision” that has been filtered through history, gender, sexuality, culture, and politics. The program promotes strong interaction and critical dialogue among all participants, encouraging students to converse in the language of art. Alumni include Alison Saar, Masami Teraoka, Kent Twitchell, and Bruce Yonemoto.
Applications accepted now for Fall 2013. More information here.
About Otis College of Art and Design
Founded in Los Angeles in 1918, Otis College of Art and Design prepares diverse students of art and design to enrich the world through their creativity, their skill, and their vision. The College offers an interdisciplinary education for 1,200 full-time students, awarding BFA degrees in Advertising, Architecture/Landscape/Interiors, Digital Media, Fashion Design, Illustration, Graphic Design, Product Design, Painting, Photography, Sculpture/New Genres, and Toy Design; and MFA degrees in Fine Arts, Graphic Design, Public Practice, and Writing. Continuing Education offers certificate programs as well as personal and professional development courses. Additional information is available at www.otis.edu.
