Art History Senior Comprehensives

The schedule of the presentations is as follows:

4:00-4:15 Shae Campbell:  Disruptive (I)slands: Futurist Remapping of the Black Female Body and Self-Possesion in Wangechi Mutu & Firelei Baez's 'Wild" Geographies

4:15-4:30 Dylan Herbert: Controlling a Narrative

4:30-4:45 Emily Bush:  Exploring the Relationship Between Contemporary Art & Education Through a Children's Picture Book

Community Sound Bath: A Space for Healing and Renewal After the LA Fires

Oxy Arts, 4757 York Blvd. 

Community Hall events are independently initiated by artists, organizers, and community members, with OXY ARTS providing space and support to amplify their work. Learn more here. 

Join Lisa Gonsalves for an intimate sound bath, dedicated to the wellness of our Highland Park community - especially those impacted by the January wildfires. This offering is a gentle invitation to pause, breathe, and reconnect with your inner healer.

Oxy Jazz Fest 2025

Celebrate Occidental's dynamic music program at Oxy Jazz Fest! The festival kicks off at 1 p.m. with an educational masterclass led by Oxy’s jazz faculty in Bird Studio (Booth Hall). The master class is open to the public, and local high school and college students are encouraged to attend and participate. At 2:30 p.m. the festivities move to the main Academic Quad for an afternoon of live music, pizza from Tic Tac Toe and complimentary mocktails. 

The Politics and Poetics of Memory: Armenian Artists, Resistance and Futurity

This conversation brings together artists and writers whose work is rooted in personal history, resistance, activism and futurity. Through their respective practices in photography, literature, and critical theory, they draw from both their Armenian diasporic histories and current global contemporary struggles to challenge narratives and create space for reflection and action. 

Workshop: Playing with Palm Weaving

Oxy Arts, 4757 York Blvd. LA CA 90042
 
Many associate palm weaving with a religious holiday such as Palm Sunday during the Easter season. This workshop, led by Diyan BukoBombo, will share the ways palm weaving was used in the so-called Philippines prior to Christian colonization. In ancient times and to this day, palm weaving is used to create items for special gatherings to daily living.