Spring ’24 – Final
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Special Guests
We’re lucky to have some special guests joining us for our final critique:
- Carla Dauden, Film + Commercial Director
- Stanley A. Meyer, Stage Design
- Sophie Cheung, Art Direction
- Sean DuFrene, Photographer
Theme is No Barriers, It’s In Our DNA
Brenden Mukanos (COTA-Student), Giovanni Cardenas (CLA-Student), Glenn Zucman (COTA), Chris Fritz (COE-Student), Susan Nachawati (COE), Jessica Gertz (Women’s Basketball), Suzanne Marshall (CHHS), Jeff Cammon (Women’s Basketball), Banafsheh Behzad (CBA), Ifeoluwa (Jonathan) Aderinto (CHHS-Grad-Student), Che Vasquez (CBA-Student), Deepali Bhandari (CNSM), Jennifer Nolasco (CCPE), Stacy Macias (CLA), Peter Nguyen (CNSM-Student), Edwin Ochola (COED), Rayna Yvars (CCPE-Student), Irene Kang (COED-Student)
Sean DuFrene / Photographer
Strategic Communications, California State University, Long Beach
The Final
- Section 1 Final — Friday 17 May 2024
- 12:30 – 2:30 pm PST
- zoom: csulb.zoom.us/my/glennz
- password: soa
- Section 4 — if possible, please join us at the S1 final where we will have a big conversation with our guests.
Zoom Potluck
Do feel free to bring food and drink to our “Zoom Potluck” final! I hope you’ll turn your cameras on! It’s so much easier to talk to human faces than black rectangles. Please don’t let a messy room, bad hair, or eating lunch keep you from turning your camera on. Bring some fun food or drink “to share” with the class!
Congratulations!
Congratulations on finishing your art degree at Long Beach State! This is a true life milestone. Each of you will now move on to walk a different path. There will be challenges and work to do. But be sure to take a moment to reflect on what you have achieved. You’ve accomplished something that many Americans, and people around the world, have not. Have a party! Celebrate with family and friends. Or go for a walk in nature. Finals, the holidays, and your career will all exert their pressure on you. But don’t let them squeeze out the time to appreciate the big chapter of life you are completing.
Big Finish
We know that the pressure of your last semester can be intense. Heavy loads. Too many units. So much rushing at the end to finish projects and classes. So many things to juggle. And then all this Art 490 career talk. It can be overwhelming.
Try not to clump things together into a big insurmountable mountain. Instead, break things into small units. Organize your career plans in small, achievable tasks. Do your best. Persevere! You can do it!
The Next Chapter
In the book of life we turn the last page of one chapter and find ourselves on the first page of a new chapter. We’re excited for you as you embark on your career journey. You might wind up on a non-art path and that’s fine. My hope for you is that whatever path you follow it will be a path of your choice. We hope that “imposter complex”, feelings of insecurity, or of not knowing how to network your way into new career circles, won’t hold you back from trying.
The last time Glenn had a non-art job was his sophomore year in college. Since then he’s developed multiple art careers. He’s been a set designer, graphic designer, and a gallery artist. Plenty of artists have done a better job than him! But he still managed to spend a life in art, media, and communication. If you want to, we believe that you can too.
Keep updating your portfolio. Get into the world. Go to conferences, art events, and art galleries. Meet people. Sometimes people who seem promising end up not able to help your career. And people who don’t look to be helpful or interested in your work can, over the longer term, come around and work with you. Connect as much as possible and think in the long term.
Good luck!
~ Glenn and Emma
- A few more Art & Life tips: A Long Career & A Healthy Life
SOA Portfolios
Section 1
- Josue Bonaparte – Obscure Photography
- Anthony Cornejo – 2D Animation
- Ian Espinoza – Children’s Books & Vehicle Illustration
- Quinn Garity – 3D Animation
- Kiana Lange – Animation
- Shayna Lerner
- Juan Mendoza – Graphic Design
- Diana Moreno – Painting & Drawing
- Enrique Ramirez – Illustration
- Alexa Saavedra – Metalworks & Jewelry
- Noah Schekman – Film & Television Prop Fabricator
- Jose Soto – Lifestyle + Automotive Photography
- Amanda Stanaland – Communication + Graphics
- Michael Toombs – Animation
- Leah Wedman – Multimedia Entertainment Design
- Kalani Wilkins – Animation
Section 4
- Fiona Brunetto – Background Art + Visual Development
- Kamilah Cadena – Screen Printing
- Jocelyn Carranza – Graphic Design
- Emma Ethington – Painting, Printmaking + Queer Activism
- Richard Fewell
- Swadhriti Ghosh – Portrait Photography
- Yuna Honda
- Angela Mejia – Painting & Drawing
- Destini Montgomery – Surrealist Painting, Fiber + Printmaking
- De’acko Oliver – Art Education
- Katalina Phosithong – Concept & Game Art + Twitch Elements
- Jimmy Ruiz – Contemporary Art
- Madeline Sheldon
- My Tran
- Olivia Wells – Wearable Art inspired by Nature & the Occult
Faculty
- Emma Lies, TA
- Glenn Zucman, Instructor
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