Otis College of Art and Design

Beloved Artist and Teacher Franklyn Liegel Passes

Posted 03.26.2012

Read More: Video, Otis College of Art and Design, Slidepollajax, Art-Teachers, Franklyn Liegel Jewish Community Center, Franklyn Liegel, Franklyn Liegel Memorial, Los Angeles Art, Franklyn Legel, Painting, Los Angeles, AndrewShire Gallery, Arts News

Late last month, the beloved Los Angeles artist and teacher Franklyn Liegel was found unresponsive in his studio. An autopsy later confirmed the imme...

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PLAN ForYourArt: September 29-October 5

Bettina Korek | Posted 11.30.2011

Read More: Art Fairs, Pacific Standard Time, West of Rome Public Art, Moca, Otis College of Art and Design, Getty Museum, Hammer Museum, La Around Town, Los Angeles News
Bettina Korek

The historic Broadway Theater District in Downtown Los Angeles will erupt with Trespass, a parade where artists and residents will rally together to engage in art, music, dancing, floats, community activism, and performance.

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PHOTOS: Bob Mackie, Santa Monica Place Honored At Otis Benefit

Posted 07.09.2011

Read More: Bob Mackie, Otis Scholarship Benefit and Fashion Show, Agapi Stassinopoulos, Bob Mackie Honored, Otis College of Art and Design, Otis College, La Impact, Art Coppola, Los Angeles News

Otis College of Art and Design hosted its annual Scholarship Benefit and Fashion Show Saturday, May 7 at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills. The even...

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Video Art -- A Renewed Channel of Artistic Expression: This Artweek.LA (March 14-20)

Bill Bush | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: William Turner Gallery, Regen Projects, Kirsten Stoltmann, Otis College of Art and Design, Pasadena Museum of California Art, Wolfgang Tillmans, Cindy Sherman, Suzan Woodruff, Nam June Paik, John Baldessari, Ben Maltz Gallery, Phyllis Green, Mike Kelly, Video Art, Daniel Wheeler, Emma Gray HQ, Arts News
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When I Grow Up I Want to Be... an Art Historian?

Rebecca Taylor | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: James Canales, Contemporary Art, Laedc, James Irvine Foundation, Otis College of Art and Design, Arts Funding, Art Funding Cuts, Art Funding, Arts Jobs, Arts News
Rebecca Taylor

Children often fill in the blank with a myriad of respectable positions -- doctor, lawyer, police officer, teacher, etc. -- but few proclaim their intent to be an art historian. I was that rare exception.

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Big Wall, Slow Pace. The New Work of Joe Biel.

Ethan Murrow | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Soho, Drawing, Mural, Painting, Galerie Kuckei and Kuckei, Los Angeles, Joe Biel, Otis College of Art and Design, Ethan Murrow, New York City, Arts News
Ethan Murrow

From a distance Joe Biel's drawings and paintings appear sparse and quiet. Then you walk a little closer and his meticulously crafted and precisely considered work exerts itself.

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Plan ForYourArt, March 4-10

Bettina Korek | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Photography, Mexicali Biennial, Lacma, Otis College of Art and Design, IDEA Office, Urban Planning, Christopher Knight, Broad Contemporary Art Museum, Architecture, Sci-Arc, Artists, Pacific Standard Time, Eric Owen Moss, Painting, Ben Maltz Gallery, Industrial Design, Foryourart, Art, The Barnes Foundation, Ucla, Andreas Gursky, Los Angeles Times, Richard Meier, Moca, Gagosian Gallery, Performance, Los Angeles News
Bettina Korek

The inaugural exhibition for the newly expanded, Richard Meier-designed Gagosian Gallery includes new large-scale photographic work by Andreas Gursky.

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