Articles tagged with 'arts' | CSUSM

Grace Davis could sing almost before she could talk.She grew up in Vista in a household where music was the background noise of life. Her father’s side of the family is populated with music teachers and choir directors, and during the holidays especi...

Cal State San Marcos is hosting an art exhibition called M.U.S.E. in the lobby of the Arts Building from Dec. 7-15, featuring work from students in the art, media and design department. An opening reception for the exhibition will be held from 3-6 p....

Cal State San Marcos will host Jen Easterly, director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA), and Lisa Einstein, senior adviser for artificial intelligence and executive director of CISA’s Cybersecurity Advisory Committee on Wednesday,...

Cal State San Marcos’ Innovation Hub has welcomed a creative addition to its space with the unveiling of a new mural and interactive art installation.  The mural portrays a coastal live oak, a tree that is representative of the San Marcos region. By ...

The signature Fall Arts & Lectures event features SWANS, a collective of six women artists – Nancy Buchanan, Judith Dancoff, Jane C. Mi, Hillary Mushkin, Sheila Pinkel and Elin O'Hara Slavick – who mine their personal connections to nuclear physics i...

The fourth fall Arts & Lectures event will feature Asian American author, storyteller and physician Russell Low.Inspired by a 100-year-old photograph in the belongings of his great Uncle Kim, Low will share his decades-long search to find the stories...

Cal State San Marcos music professor and department chair Ching-Ming Cheng was recently inducted into the Steinway & Sons Teacher Hall of Fame.Cheng, who joined CSUSM’s faculty in 2011, played an integral role in the university becoming an All-Steinw...

When North City was first proposed, the congruency of the urban neighborhood project with nearby Cal State San Marcos was not only obvious but highly desirable. What better way to maintain a small-town feel with tremendous growth in a few short years...

The third fall Arts & Lectures event will feature FAIVA, a traditional Samoan band made up of lifelong musicians Grant Muagututi’a, Vaea A’etonu and Tinifuloa Grey. Don’t miss an exciting evening of traditional Samoan music played with acoustic guita...

The second fall Arts & Lectures event will feature Thupten Jinpa, an author, English translator of the Dalai Lama and president of the Compassion Institute. Jinpa has a bachelor's in philosophy and a Ph.D. in religious studies from Cambridge Universi...

The first fall Arts & Lectures event features Jeannine Coulter, a successful fitness entrepreneur and host of the popular addiction recovery podcast “Chasing Heroine.”The event is at 6 p.m. on Oct. 9 in the USU Ballroom. Reserve tickets online via th...

A presentation by six women who create art that challenges the nuclear state highlights the fall lineup of the longstanding Arts & Lectures series at Cal State San Marcos.  This season boasts a diverse selection of five events as the university hosts...

The art exhibition (UN)EARTHING will feature works by students from the Department of Art, Media, and Design in the Arts Building Lobby Gallery beginning May 10 and running through the summer.An opening reception will take place from 3-6 p.m. on May ...

Cal State San Marcos will host the 19th annual Student Media Festival on Friday, May 12, bringing together hundreds of students, faculty, family and community members, and professional media makers in a powerful celebration of learning and fun.The pr...

After growing up in a town outside of Pittsburgh and then moving across country to attend college at UC San Diego, Paul “Skip” Rickert spent a life traveling all over the world as one of the premier managers and tour directors for some of the greates...

In her former life, Britton Neubacher was a crisis worker. To spruce up an otherwise drab environment, and because the organization she worked for didn’t have money for elaborate decorations, she would stuff her drop-in center with plants.“The more p...

The funny thing about redemption is that it can look completely different depending on the lens in which it’s viewed.Quan Huynh was sentenced to 15 years-to-life for the murder of a fellow gang member in Los Angeles in 1999. He served 16, turning his...

While many artists work in various mediums, most excel in just one.So when famed Korean multidisciplinary artist Dohee Lee agreed to a short residency at Cal State San Marcos, it made sense that she wholeheartedly agreed to showcasing her multitude o...

When they were 14 in Taiwan, Ching-Ming Cheng and Janet Kao were friends who shared a passion for learning music and the many ways it can be used to convey stories and emotions.They went their separate ways after high school, easily losing touch in a...

The third Arts & Lectures event of the spring semester features Cal State San Marcos music professor Dr. Ching-Ming Cheng, an award-winning piano virtuoso who has wowed audiences around the world, presenting a piano recital alongside pianist Dr. Jane...

The second Arts & Lectures event of the spring semester features stroke survivor Bruce Heimbach.  The event is at 6 p.m., Feb. 22 in the USU Ballroom. The event is free for Cal State San Marcos students, faculty, staff and alumni. Community members c...

“Call it From the Mountain,” an art exhibition by Cal State San Marcos students, faculty and community, is currently on display and runs through April 6 in the School of Arts gallery.The exhibition, which showcases sculpture from students’ creative a...

A small farm in Encinitas is now a little more beautiful, thanks to a group of students from Cal State San Marcos.Last fall, students in the art, media and design class “Art and Social Change” completed a beautification project with community partner...

The first Arts & Lectures event of the spring semester features pianist Daniel Adam Maltz. The concert will take place Feb. 6 in Arts 111. The event is free for Cal State San Marcos students, who can reserve tickets online. Faculty, staff, alumni and...

Like most of the theater students at Cal State San Marcos, Elizabeth Barron entered the university wanting to be an actor. Truth be told, like most of her fellow theater students, Barron didn’t know much about what other jobs could even be pursued in...

The final Arts & Lectures event of the fall semester features bio-artist Paul Vanouse and scientist Solon Morse. There is a student workshop on Nov. 16 at 9:30 a.m. followed by a public lecture at noon. Students interested in participating in the wor...

The seventh Arts & Lectures event of the fall semester features David Weiner, a filmmaker, editor and writer. The event is at 6 p.m. on Nov. 7 in the USU Ballroom. The event is free for Cal State San Marcos students, faculty, staff and alumni. Commun...

As a young girl, Marilyn (Finley) Huerta remembers seeing combat boots lined up by the front door in her house. She came to realize that, when the boots were missing, it meant her father was deployed. “If you ever look at someone’s shoes or you ever ...

The fifth Arts & Lectures event of the fall semester features Dr. Ana Muñiz, an assistant professor at UC Irvine and a scholar-activist from Arizona’s borderland region. The event is at 6 p.m. on Oct. 17 in the USU Ballroom. The event is free for Cal...

The fourth Arts & Lectures event of the fall semester features Yolanda Arroyo Pizarro, an Afro Puerto Rican feminist writer. The event is at 5:30 p.m. on Oct. 10 on Zoom. The event is free for Cal State San Marcos students, faculty, staff, alumni and...