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Undergraduate student in the BFA in Illustration curriculum, Lauren Gallegos, has made the cut for the upcoming exhibit Made in California 2008 hosted by the Brea Art Gallery. The show opens June 1st. Gallegos uploaded her entry (and shares her excitement!) onto her blog. Check it out!

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With the summer arriving, plan your gallery trips using our updated listing of Southern California art shows, exhibits, and galleries. These are selected because they most likely appeal more to artists who love and work in illustration and related fields, yet they include a broad group of opportunities to satisfy everyone's eyes, hearts and minds.

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An elegant redesign of the entire website of the Calstate Fullerton Department of Visual Arts went live a few days ago. New and more sample art boosts the visual contents, along with updated information about the degrees (BA, BFA, MFA), professors, and resources, such as the housing and studios for graduate students at Grand Center in Santa Ana. The Department Chair and Professor of

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Graduate student Katy Betz in the M.F.A. in Illustration program announced she had received an honorable mention for her oil painting House of Creativity during the 46th Illustration West competition organized by the Society of Illustrators-Los Angeles. Several classmates pursuing studies in illustration at Calstate Fullerton joined her for the event (included in the photo from left to right:

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Before graduating with his BFA in Animation not even a year ago, John Cahoon's last big student project was the 3D short animated movie, Grim Fetch. Earlier this month, at the Arrowhead Film Festival, Grim Fetch won Best Animated Film. It has since played at the California Independent Film Festival (Dublin, CA) and at the Newport Beach Film Festival. Cahoon, now a full-time 3D animator at

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CSUF Art Alumn Andrew Leung informs us that his video, "Searching for Heinz Ketchup in NYC" made the list of semi-finalists! Leung now works at Blue Sky Studios alongside other CSUF alumns.

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For a couple of years, Professor Cliff Cramp has combined his passion for cars with his love of illustration. Out of this cross-pollination comes an exhibit at Concourse Motorcar that unites in the showroom the models -- fine, high-end cars -- with Cramp's oil paintings and digital prints.

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Each year, animators the world over seek recognition at one of the most prestigious and longest running international animation event, the International Animated Film Festival in Annecy, France. For 2008, CSUF graduate Mike Roush (B.F.A. in Animation & Entertainment Arts 2002) with his entry, "The Hidden Life of the Burrowing Owl," was one of the 43 selections among the hundreds received in the

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MFA in Illustration student, Kim Dwinell, ran away with an honorary mention for an illustration she entered in the illustration contest (#26) by the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. The theme was the most unlikely contestant to run first across the finish line. Dwinell recently began her graduate studies in illustration at CSU-Fullerton after working in the animation

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On the heels of having an oil painted illustration selected in the last student competition of the Society of Illustrators, Katy Betz, who is only completing her first semester in the MFA in Illustration program at Calstate Fullerton, has her work reviewed in the magazine, Stretching Canvas. The article is titled "Art Skool Confidential: Katy Betz."

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At the last Writer's Day organized by the Society of Children's Books Writers and Illustrators in Los Angeles, Mac McCool received the 1st prize in the "Picture Book" category for the 1st 10 pages of his in-progress graphic novel manuscript for young readers.

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The 3rd group show, Power in Numbers recently opened at Gallery Nucleus. CSUF art alumns in this show include Matt Spangler, Richard Pose, Israel Sanchez, Justin Ridge and Martin Hsu. Gallery Nucleus, located in downtown Alhambra, specializes in contemporary illustrations and graphic novel art. The show will go on until April 28.

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In her first semester in the CSU-Fullerton Illustration M.F.A. program, graduate student, Katy Betz, has already garnered attention for her poetic oil paintings, especially with the piece titled "Creating Space for Imagination" appearing this weekend in the Society of Illustrators-Los Angeles exhibit at the Junc Gallery (4017 Sunset Blvd) based on the Illustration West 46 competition!

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San Diego Tribune journalist, Linda Lou, interviewed several university professors, including CSUF Assistant Professor of Illustration, Christian Hill, on the connections between graphic novels and literature. The article, titled "The Plot Thickens," also covers the critical rise of graphic novels and their inclusion in university courses.

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Out of 180 interns enrolled in the NBC Universal Internship Program, CSUF student, Michael Borba (B.F.A. in Illustration) has received the Intern Excellence Award for the Runner-Up position in the Fall 2007 internship session. Borba handled challenging assignments in a newly created department, the Digital Media Distribution Group/Photo & Publicity at NBC.

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While pursuing his Illustration MFA at Calstate Fullerton, Brad Sutton digitally paints the counter culture of Southern California. You can view some of his art at the "Surf Beat" exhibit at the Light Gallery at 440 East 17th Street in Costa Mesa. The group show includes more than 70 artists and ends on April 5.

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Several of the fine artists of the leading comics anthology, Flight, including Kazu Kibuishi (the creator of Flight and editor), Dik Pose, and Israel Sanchez -- the latter two being CSUF alumni -- will speak at Calstate Fullerton this Friday (March 14) at 7pm in VA-113 (map). It's exciting to have them back, and even better: it's FREE to everyone! Kazu will most certainly talk about his

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Patrick Scullin, a graduate student pursuing an MFA in Illustration, took the top award in the "Graphics Communication" of the students category of the Create Awards 2007 with a poster he digitally painted of the Pirates of the Caribbean in a class by Prof. Cheryl Savala. Scullin also freelances for graphic design projects such as book covers, and he is exploring children's graphic novels in his

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Millions around the world have seen the amazing art of CSU-Fullerton alumns without ever knowing about these fine artists. From the design of The Empire Strikes Back logo to the movie posters for Home Alone and Terminator, to the destruction of Paris shot in Armaggedon to the Duran Duran Rio album cover, and more recently from episodes of the Star Wars Clone Wars to characters in Nickelodeon’s

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We haven't run a "BYOB: Build Your Own Blog" feature in a while, but here's a promising artist worth checking out. Extension student, Sarah Amijo, has the particularity of having a Bachelor's degree in ... accounting. Yet, her calling is illustration, and she is creating charming, poetic, and intimate illustrations. Her short-term dream? Completing an M.F.A. in Illustration. Her long-term

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As a service to the CSUF community, Prof. Joe Forkan will once more teach his Color Theory Workshop. The event is in VA-113 (see map) on Friday, February 29th, at 6pm. And it's FREE!

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Chair of the CSUF Visual Arts Department and Professor of Illustration, Larry Johnson, who is the driving force behind the new art exhibit opened in Santa Ana's Grand Central gallery and at the West Gallery in the VA complex of the CSUF campus writes the following about this impressive show. The public has a seemingly insatiable thirst for entertainment accessed whenever and wherever it pleases.

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Undergraduate art student, Paul Johnson, is committed to making his mark in his trade: commentary gags and editorial cartooning. For the last year, the university newspaper, Daily Titan has published his cartoons (alongside those of other students, such as Rocky Vidal). Now, Paul Johnson has his own cartoons website, Fire@will where you can catch up on his off-beat humor.

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Courtesy of the Art Institute of Southern California-Orange County, this Friday evening, January 25, from 6 to 10 pm, Marshall Vandruff, who teaches a handful of courses at CSUF, will present a free lecture on "The Role of Anatomy in Training Master Artists." Vandruff recently presented this lecture of about 200 slides at the Gnomon Live Workshop last month to over 300 people. One notable

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The Los Angeles gallery, Giant Robot 2 (GR2), hosts an exhibit with the art of Kozyndan, Heisuke Kitazawa (PCP), and Robert Bellum. Kozyndan and Kitazawa all graduated with a degree in Illustration from CSUF Visual Arts Department. Kozyndan, a duo of artists (Kazue and Dan Kitchens), in fact met at CSU-Fullerton. The website of the GR2 gallery lists a nice summary on the career of these

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