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Otis College Alumnx and Former Faculty Featured in LACMA’s Black American Portraits Exhibition Through April 17

Several members of the extended Otis Community are featured in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) exhibition, Black American Portraits, which is on view through April 17, 2022.

A Rare Bookstore Find Sheds Light on the Legacy of Charles White Among His Students at Otis College

Sometimes the discoveries we make through social media can be unexpectedly auspicious. When Director of Alumnx Relations Hazel Mandujano (’03 BFA Fine Arts, ’10 MFA Graphic Design) was scanning Instagram on February 3, an Instagram story post by Other Books, a bookshop and collaborative space in Boyle Heights, caught her eye.

Juxtapoz: Kerry James Marshall, The Key Figure

In 2016, the Kerry James Marshall ('78 Fine Arts) retrospective, Mastry, traveled from the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago (MCA) to the Met Breuer. Standing behind the clear plexiglass podium, about to address the press, Kerry took a deep breath, looked down, noticed his descended zipper, corrected it, and then delivered his wonderfully disarming chuckle, effectively deepening the awe of the already starstruck audience.