Kate Shirley 
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
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
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