ONEWS

December 2009

Welcome to the last 2009 installment of ONEWS! This year has been an amazing one for alumni accomplishments. Submit information on your work, exhibition or announcement for inclusion in ONEWS Class Notes– remember we count on you to let us know what’s happening with you and your friends. Keep the great news and images coming - thanks!

Sarah Russin otisalum@otis.edu

Campus News

Check www.otis.edu/alumni to see changing content on this special page for alumni.

Take a trip down memory lane, watch all of the Otis fashion shows from 1983–2009.

Opportunities

Join the Otis Alumni Facebook Group and post your events and shows here!
Review Calendar for free lectures and events on campus and around town.
Register with the Alumni Office – update your contact info, email and employment



Get a Job! The Office of Career Services invites you to check out our recently enhanced web pages on the Otis website at www.otis.edu/career. There are brand new résumé- and cover letter-writing guides on the “Resumes, Cover Letters and More” page with additional guides in the works. Our “Resource Links” page has been overhauled and now houses a plethora of links organized by major and/or topic. We are continuing to add information to the site, so if you have any tips for resources that would be helpful for Otis students and/or alumni, please contact Cassie Ehrenberg Assistant Director of Career Services at cehrenberg@otis.edu. Go to Job Board Click on “Register” and enter your User ID (that’s your student ID, “X” number) Create your own pin code and security question.Note: If you don’t know your “X” number, no problem. Just contact us at alumniupdate@otis.edu and be prepared to share your birth date or other info for verification. We will respond quickly!

Become a permanent part of Otis

Purchase a personalized tile to be placed on the new donor wall to be dedicated next year on Otis’ campus. For more information visit www.otis.edu/tilenaming or contact Andre at 310-665-6869 or akhachtourians@otis.edu.

Events

This Fall Alumni Got CONNECTed in San Francisco, New York and L.A.!


David Le Vey ('87), Marika Davis ('99) and Henry Escoto ('02)		Kristina ('94) & John McConnico ('96) with Margarita Portney ('07)
October 8 at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art alumni enjoyed seeing the atrium installation of murals by Kerry James Marshall and learning about his work from curator John Zarobell.


Tina (Hsu) Howell ('97) and Flor Espinoza ('99)		Margaret Guzman, Eloy Torrez Jr. ('77) and Raul Baltazar ('08)
October 22 alumni met Eleana Del Rio (’89) gallery owner and Sandow Birk (’89) who spoke on his exhibition “American Qur’an” at Koplin Del Rio Gallery, Culver City.


Rose Brantley with New York based Fashion Design alumni
October 29 alumni gathered at the John Varvatos Showroom in Manhattan to meet each other and connect with Fashion Chair Rosemary Brantley.

Don't Miss These January 2010 Events!

Rick Lowe Speaks at Otis
January 13, 2010, 7-9 pm

Visual Artist in Residence Rick Lowe will present his work, including Project Row Houses, Houston. Lowe is a community activist who created this organization to serve housing and related community and economic development needs. He will work with Otis' Graduate Public Practice students on a project in Watts, L.A. Lecture Location: Forum, 1st floor Ahmanson Hall, Goldsmith Campus.

Christopher Knight Speaks at Santa Monica College
January 14, 2010, 7-9 pm

President Samuel Hoi, Christopher Knight and Fine Arts Chair Meg Cranston

Visiting Critic in Fine Arts Christopher Knight will speak on "Criticism, Journalism and Looking @Art." Three-time finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Criticism (1991, 2001 and 2007), Mr. Knight received the 1997 Frank Jewett Mather Award for Distinction in Art Criticism from the College Art Association, the first journalist to win the award in more than 25 years. Prior to joining the staff of the Los Angeles Times in 1989, Mr. Knight served as Los Angeles Herald Examiner art critic (1980-89), as assistant director for public information at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (1979-80), and as curator of the Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego (1976-79). Location: Broad Stage, Santa Monica College, 1310 11th St, Santa Monica, CA 90401.

Mexicali Biennial at the Ben Maltz Gallery
Opening Reception January 23, 2010, 4-6 pm

The MexiCali Biennial 09/10 highlights work of artists from California and Mexico selected by Biennial Curators/Artists Ed Gomez ('03), Luis G. Hernandez (’03), and Amy Pederson. Working in photography, painting, sculpture, performance and new media, the artists from both sides of the border interrogate the economies of exchange underlying extant constructs of race, nationalism, art, and identity in the region, while insisting on a transgressive fluidity between media and territory. The presentation at the Ben Maltz Gallery is the culmination of a year-long exploration and discussion about the physical and political realities of crossing culture, language, and boundaries. Artists: Skip Arnold, Gustavo Artigas, Juan Bastardo, Bordermates, Anibal Catalan, Pablo H. Cobian, Jeff Chabot, Michelle Chong (’06), Fernando Corona, Fidel Hernández, Rebeca Hernández, Homeless, I.C.E. Nicholas Kersulis. Ryan Lamb, Ivan Limas, Albert Lopez, Matt McFarland (’03), Txema Novelo, Susana Rodriguez, Ernesto Rosas, Daniel Ruanova and Meli Barragan, Joaquin Segura, Gustavo Siono, Sergio Torres-Torres, Jason Wallace Triefenbach and Fundaçion Wanna Winnie.