Four Cal Poly students are showcasing art form local queer and trans artists in Linnaea’s Cafe during National Pride Month. Cal Poly psychology seniors Ell Hundertmark, Lily Packer, Chloe Fleischer and Lorena Alvarez organized the art exhibit for their senior…
“Everyone was smiling the entire time”: Cal Poly student creates “Bitchin’ DIY Pop-up”
Self-described workaholic and graphic communications junior Mia Lew put the skills she’s learned through her event planning minor into her “Bitchin’ DIY Pop-up” event, meant to bring artists in San Luis Obispo “out of their funk” and back into the art world.
Original Women’s Narrative 2021 continues to empower stories of womxnhood throughout COVID-19
The Gender Equity Center plans to host Original Women’s Narrative (OWN) to share the stories and experiences of womanhood through a fully digital format.
Bringing the studio home: Art students learn to cope with virtual class
For classes taught year-round, professors have had a few quarters to practice teaching in the virtual environment. For classes taught only once a year, however, the virtual teaching space is new. Art and Design Foundation Studies II (ART 103) — a course on color theory — is taught only in winter.
Art and design students share their experience working from home
Andersson likes to work with oil paints, which can be toxic to breathe. She has to paint outside because she no longer had access to the Cal Poly Art studios, or any other properly ventilated areas, anymore.
Meet the students co-creating art with artificial intelligence
Students used artificial intelligence to generate original landscape pictures, a result of pitting two types of artificial neuron networks together — the generator and the classifier.
“Napoleon Dynamite” actors stop at Cal Poly for film’s anniversary tour
The cast of the indie classic “Napoleon Dynamite” came to campus Feb. 4 for a screening of the film and Q&A session. The cast is on tour in honor of the film’s 15th anniversary. Jon Heder, who played Napoleon Dynamite,…
Once a cherished artifact, Cambria ‘Castle of Junk’ risks falling away to time
Toilet seat picture frames, abalone shell arches and tire rim pillars are just a few components making up what Cambria residents call Nitt Witt Ridge – or the anti-Hearst Castle.
Student business sells original hand-crafted tie dye clothing
After meeting at this year’s Week of Welcome (WOW), two students realized they both had unique talents that could mesh together to create something even better. Business junior Tyler Boylan and sociology junior Emma Veach formed a business selling hand-crafted…
Meet Luke Francis Austin: An artist sparking conversation about race and gender
If you walked into the University Art Gallery last May, you likely would have seen evocative art that touched on roles of race and gender created by art and design senior Luke Francis Austin. In one of their most well-known…
Jordan Collins: A Drag Queen Leaving a Regal Legacy
Donning a blond wig, a form-fitting orange dress and six-inch heels, Jordan Collins prepared to step into the spotlight one last time. At the tail end of their five-hour transformation process, the microbiology senior spritzed their blond curls with hairspray…