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10 Outdoor Adventures to Explore Near Otis College’s West Los Angeles Campus 

One of the best things about attending Otis College of Art and Design in the Westchester neighborhood of Los Angeles is being able to enjoy the beautiful Southern California weather—as of this writing in January, it’s 75 degrees out—and the many things to do in and around the city, especially outside, where hanging out at one of the many beaches can be done on the same day as taking a hike in a nearby park. After all, attending Otis isn’t just about work and classes.

Stephen Wong: Asian American Activism/History

Hosted by LAS Faculty member Marsha Hopkins, the Civil Rights Then and Now Lecture Series welcomes Stephen Wong to discuss the history of the immigration of Asians to the United States, their activism through the Civil Rights movement and their solidarity with other people of color at that time.

Los Angeles Times: How guerrilla art on the streets of South L.A. confronts scars from the 1992 riots

By Makeda Easter

Artist Juan Capistrán was a teenager on an afternoon bus ride from Venice to his home in South Los Angeles when the 1992 riots began. Even though Capistrán noticed passengers were increasingly upset the further east and south his bus traveled, it wasn’t until he was nearly home that he learned a jury had acquitted four police officers in the beating of Rodney King.

Findings Revealed: 2019 Otis Report on the Creative Economy

Otis College released its findings for the 2019 Otis Report on the Creative Economy featuring remarks by L.A. County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas, Frieze Los Angeles Executive Director Bettina Korek, and Executive Director of Economic Research at Beacon Economics Robert Kleinhenz on Friday, February 1at the Mark Taper Auditorium of the L.A. Central Library.

The Argonaut: 100% Festival Encourages Locals To Unlock Their Own Creativity

Sometimes one day is not enough to celebrate a milestone birthday. So for its centennial, Otis College of Art and Design is throwing the 100% Festival, a two-day bash this weekend packed with panels, workshops and a maker’s mart that invites the whole community to come onto campus.

“It’s a celebration plus a kind of introduction, introductory lessons in art and design for anybody,” says Otis College President Bruce Ferguson. “Here, you get a chance to make a pot and do stuff that our students do every day. It shows that our education is not just for people who get a degree.”

Artillery: Fay Ray at Shulamit Nazarian

Fay Ray (BFA '02) often says her work is about the construction of identity, which is something a lot of artists say. But in “I AM THE HOUSE” Ray takes that premise in sublime new directions, in a series of sculptures and photo-based works that through formal materials, actions and techniques of their processes, and narrative aspects of their content, do construct identity, right before your eyes.