2 Student Shows in Burns 138 + 152 reception Thursday, April 24 7-8:30

Student Profile: Malia Prietto

Malia Prietto is a graduating senior majoring in Psychology and Photography.

"My photographs stem from an interest in people and their story. I
photograph portraits, focusing on each individual and their unique
identity and personality. I often draw from my studies as a
psychology student for new ideas and inspiration. I like to explore
the way in which people change when they encounter new experiences
throughout their life. I try to express the emotions that come with
these new experiences."





Hometown: Laguna Beach
Favorite Place in LA: Venice
Influences: All forms of creative expression, family, music, psychology
Favorite Artists: Sally Mann, Lauren Greenfield, Gregory Crewdson, Mark Rothko

125 PAID! Internships in the Arts Available in LA this Summer

Los Angeles County, through its Arts Commission, has given grants
totaling $496,000 to 87 performing, literary, media and municipal arts
organizations throughout Los Angeles County to support paid internships
for college undergraduates in summer 2008.

Descriptions of and contacts for the 125 internship positions are posted
on the Arts Commission's web site. Go to www.lacountyarts.org
, click on Internships, then 2008
Internship Positions. The direct link is
http://www.lacountyarts.org/internship_2008.pdf

Full-time college undergraduates either resident in or attending school
in Los Angeles County are eligible for the internships. Interns must
also have completed at least one semester of college by June 2008 and
must not graduate before December 2008. Interns are paid $350 per week,
for 40 hours a week, for 10 weeks and take part in educational and arts
networking activities. Through the program, interns gain a deeper
understanding of the work involved in nonprofit arts administration and
the role of the arts in a community, and develop business skills that
can be put to use in their future careers. Internship host organizations
help mold and shape potential new workers in the arts field who may go
on to arts leadership positions on staffs, boards or as volunteers.

Interested undergraduates should apply directly to the organization
offering the internship, not the Arts Commission. General information on
the internship program is also available at
http://www.lacountyarts.org/internship.html

Malia Prietto: Solo Show in Burns 138 Opening Reception Thursday, April 3, 7-8:30

Senior photo/psychology major Malia Prietto will be showing new work in Burns 138. Her show, "Here and There" will be on view until April 16.

Come to the opening reception Thursday, April 3 from 7-8:30!

ArtWalk at the Brewery This Weekend

The Brewery Art Walk is a twice annual open studio weekend at the worlds largest art colony. Each artwalk, over 100 resident artists participate. During this event, you will have the opportunity to see new works, discover new favorites, speak with the artists and purchase artworks directly from the artists at studio prices.

The Brewery Art Walk takes place:
April 5th and 6th, from
11:00 am - 6:00 pm

Admission is free and so is parking. Come support LA's finest artists, take home some great works and and dine at the onsite restaurant.

Thanks to Sergio for sending me the info....

"Multimedia Seminars: Careers in Videogames" Thursday April 3 Convo Hour Burns 214

Two Loyola Marymount University graduates, Thomas Inesi (Class of 1996) and Steve Ratter (Class of 1990) both of whom have successful careers as artists in video game development will talk about the video game industry in Los Angeles as a city of many opportunities for an artist that who wants to get into games/software/digital media. As a developing industry, the possibilities for success can seem overwhelming, but whatever discipline or creative skill you excel at, there will most likely be a useful, real-world application in the creation of interactive gaming.

Thomas Inesi and Steve Ratter, will talk about multimedia career opportunities for the potential Game Developer, Art Director, Concept Artist, Environmental Artist, Levels Artist, 3-D Artist, Animator, Sound Designer, Scriptwriter and Programmer.

Thomas Inesi is currently a Senior Character Artist at High Imact Games. He has previously worked at Electronic Arts as a UI artist on "Medal of Honor Underground", and as Character Artists at Spark Unlimited and Treyarc (a division of Activision) where he worked on "Call of Duty 3" and "Bond".

Steve Ratter is a Senior Environment Artist at Insomniac Games. He has previoiusly worked at Dreamworks Interactive, Electronic Arts, Inscape, Philips Media, and was a member of the initial team that started Spark Unlimited. His game credits include "Small Soldiers", "Chaos Island", "Medal of Honor", "Call of Duty" and most recently, "Resistance: The Fall of Man" for the Playstation 3.


Everyone with an interest in creative career in art, multimedia, design, music, animation, film, and computer science is invited to attend and as a special bonus, we will be giving away FREE COPIES of "Video Game Developer's Guide to Careers in Video Games" to the first 20 people!

Plan to attend!

For Additional information contact the Department of Art and Art History at 310-338-7424, or Michael Brodsky at mbrodsky@lmu.edu and Dmitry Kmelnitsky at dkmelnitsky@lmu.edu .

LMU to restage Allan Kaprow Happening in Conjunction with Exhibition at MoCA: Call for Student Participation!

Mandatory Meeting: Thursday, March 27, Burns 211, convo hour