With brand new spaces, added concentrations, creative partnerships, and growing faculty and enrollment numbers, the Music Department is leaning in to a new trajectory. Historically an intimate department, Music has seen an uptick in interest, this fall welcoming its largest freshman class in decades, and seeing a record number of early action auditions for the … Read more
As podcasting’s popularity soars, a new elective course in the LMU College of Communication and Fine Arts’ Theatre Arts Department has provided a venue for exploring the flourishing medium. In the fall 2021 semester, 10 students learned about podcasts’ varying structures and genres and how to produce them, then developed and recorded a podcast episode … Read more
At the weekly art therapy groups for cancer patients and survivors run by the LMU’s Marital & Family (Art) Therapy Department, some of the participants have considerable artistic abilities, while others haven’t drawn since kindergarten. And it doesn’t matter one bit. “It’s not about the quality, or even the content of the art,” says Jillian … Read more
At four under-resourced public middle schools in Los Angeles this spring, students will experience a lesson like no other — exploring their identities and place in society through a masterwork of dance created by one of the most luminous choreographers of the modern era. In addition to their own teachers, instructors will include Loyola Marymount … Read more
Through their work with the world’s most-visited art history resource — the free, collaborative digital platform known as Smarthistory — two members of the LMU College of Communication and Fine Arts faculty are helping to dramatically expand the audience for their discipline while contributing to changes in the way it’s taught. Accessibility is Key Smarthistory … Read more
LMU’s Laband Art Gallery is currently showing a retrospective of the work of LA-based artist June Edmonds, and critics are hailing the show as “bracing, “dazzling,” and “ravishing.” The show is currently on view through February 20, 2022. See the exhibition Los Angeles Times “For Edmonds…the more recent abstract paintings take off like a rocket. … Read more
Telehealth has never been more popular. What was once considered a temporary solution to social distancing preferences during the COVID-19 pandemic, is now seen as the future of therapy. LMU’s Marital and Family (Art) Therapy program has been embracing this change head on, fully integrating telehealth into the required MFT curriculum and the practicum program. … Read more
Place-based news and information has entered a new reality – augmented reality. Students enrolled in Communication Studies’ new course “Citizen Media” created augmented reality posters about a local social issue or concern, which are on display at study tables on all levels of LMU’s Hannon Library. The course is a new interdisciplinary course shared between … Read more
Loyola Marymount University’s Laband Art Gallery presents the solo exhibition, “June Edmonds: Full Spectrum,” a survey of the Los Angeles-based artist featuring more than 40 pieces from 1980 to 2021. The show marks the first opportunity to place Edmonds’ works in dialogue with one another and to offer overdue critical attention to her lifelong commitment to portraying … Read more
In recent years, the United States has been experiencing a renewed wave of civic unrest and social movement in the wake of the Black Lives Matter movement and violence against people of color. In times like these, it becomes necessary for all institutions to rethink accepted values and cannons in the name of greater equity and inclusion, starting … Read more
CFA is entering into a time of innovation, revitalization and transformation, focusing on our physical places and operational spaces, as well as services and opportunities for our students and faculty. We are not just striving to build structures, but to enhance our current assets and further engage and inspire our students and faculty. New and … Read more