Dissent! 1968 and Now February 10 – March 20, 2008

In honor of the 40th anniversary of the global student uprisings of 1968, Dissent! 1968 and Now examines the oppositional power of art. The exhibition features some of the most influential images of protest from 1968, including works by the French Atelier Populaire, Sister Corita and Rupert Garcia. Students from eight of Los Angeles’ prominent art schools (LMU, CalArts, Cal State Long Beach, Occidental, Otis, UC Irvine, UCLA and USC) have also been invited to confront mainstream media, political practices and other issues affecting the contemporary world. The works will be selected by well-known Los Angeles protest artist Robbie Conal along with co-curators Erik Benjamins, a senior at LMU, and Carolyn Peter, director of the Laband Art Gallery.

Africa’s Legacy in Mexico: The Photographs of Tony Gleaton September 9 – November 18, 2007

Africa’s Legacy in Mexico features forty-five black and white photographs from a series of portraits of African Mexicans by Tony Gleaton. Taken in the late 1980s and early 1990s, primarily in three villages along the southwestern coast of Mexico, Gleaton’s photographs offer insight into a little-known aspect of Mexican culture. These poignant images focus on the present-day descendants of African slaves who were brought to Mexico by the Spanish colonialists beginning in the 1500s. Though Africans have been part of the cultural fabric of Mexico for five centuries, the official policy of the Mexican government has been to only highlight the country’s mestizo [mixed race] heritage that has resulted from the mixing of indigenous and European peoples. Miriam Jimenez Roman writes that Gleaton’s photographs “force us to rethink many of our preconceptions not only about our southern neighbor but more generally about issues such as race, ethnicity, culture, and national identity.” This exhibition is being held in conjunction with the 2007 Bellarmine Forum I/M/MIGRATION. For more information about the Forum, please visit The Bellarmine Forum Web site.

23rd Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition April 13 – May 5, 2007
Selected by invited jurors, Aimee Chang and Laura Kleger, this exhibition features artwork created by Loyola Marymount University students throughout the 2006-2007 academic year in studio arts courses. A range of media will be showcased including: painting, drawing, sculpture, ceramics, photography, graphic design, printmaking, jewelry, interactive media, and computer animation. The exhibition and its awards are sponsored by Andrea Kingaard Freidman (Marymount College, Class of 1966) with additional awards provided by Grace K. Swanson (Class of 1996), and the Southern California Metal Arts Society. Aimee Chang is the curator of contemporary art at the Orange County Museum of Art and Laura Kleger is an artist, a co-founder and curator of Public Holiday Projects, and a writer.

Xpositions: Recent Work by LMU Studio Arts Faculty January 25 – March 11, 2007
Featuring some of the most recent art created by the ten full-time studio faculty of Loyola Marymount’s Department of Art and Art History, this exhibition will not only highlight a wide range of media, but will also explore diverse yet unifying themes present in the work. An illustrated color catalogue will complement this triennial exhibition.

Susan Tibbles: Opinion October 14 – November 19, 2006
Over the past six years Susan Tibbles has produced a series of assemblages designed to appear in two-dimensional photographic reproduction on the Opinion-Editorial pages of the Los Angeles Times . The exhibition will show her original assemblages next to the published Los Angeles Times version. This body of work, which now resides in the collection of Geoffrey Le Plastrier, explores current political issues and events beginning with the Bush/Gore presidential race of 2000. The exhibition was organized by the Riverside Art Museum and includes a fully illustrated catalogue.

Ricochet: Recent Work by LMU Alumni  August 25 – October 1, 2006
This inaugural alumni exhibition will present the work of thirty artists who have graduated with a major in Studio Arts from the Department of Art and Art History. Curated by art historian Sinead Finnerty-Pyne, ‘00, the exhibition will celebrate the creative endeavors of these alumni and document the evolution of the department spanning four decades. The exhibition will be accompanied by a brochure designed by Nic Lembck, ‘06, with essays written Finnerty-Pyne and Laband Art Gallery director Carolyn Peter.