Art 110 students at the CSULB School of Art (SOA) Art Gallery Courtyard

Wk 1 Welcome 2 Spring ’16!

Happy 2016 & Welcome to Art 110 everyone! Here’s who’s in the class with us (Year & Major) & our Discussion Groups for Week 1!

Velen Garcia & Jennifer Rodriguez

Spring ’16 Roster

Roster for CSULB School of Art (SOA) Course Art110 – Introduction to the Visual Arts, Spring 2016. Instructor: Glenn Zucman.

WWE Diva Kaitlyn and Montana Gold Acrylic Professional Spray Paint

Spring ’16 Materials

Materials for CSULB School of Art (SOA) Course Art110 – Introduction to the Visual Arts, Spring 2016. Instructor: Glenn Zucman.

Shiva Nadjm, Art110 Fall '15, with her name in bubble letters at the Venice Beach Legal Art Walls

Spring ’16 Syllabus

Syllabus for CSULB School of Art (SOA) Course Art110 – Introduction to the Visual Arts, Spring 2016. Instructor: Glenn Zucman.

snapchat selfie by Jennifer Palacios with drawing on top

Wk 13 Easy Street

So far Art110 superstar Jennifer Palacios has earned 782 points out of 640 possible. She’s on track for a final course grade of “A++”

screencap from the Geocaching mobile app showing caches near the user

Wk 11 Fiber Art

Great work last week on Location Based Gaming. Now on to Fiber Art. Plus help understanding your scores.

3 screen caps from Natalia Chang's Periscope Broadcast

Wk 7 Ephemeral Drawing?

Many of you were surprised to like Periscope last week. This week on to New Media darling Snapchat!

CSULB Art110 Students visiting the exhibitions at the School of Art, Art Gallery Complex

@ The SOA Galleries!

Photo essay of Art 110 visiting the CSULB School of Art, Art Gallery Complex, on 3 Thursdays in September ’15.

Glenn and students sitting on a sofa in the CSULB School of Art, Gatov Gallery

Fall ’15 Question OTW

Each week on Thursday at the SOA Galleries we do Classmate Conversations. This is the place for Question OTW suggestions!

Bree Olson in a black dress taking an Instagram selfie

Visiting Artist: Bree Olson

Periscope star Bree Olson is visiting Art110 this week. We’ll have a conversation about her work and our Periscope activity.

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    Wk3: Social Photography

    Lots of fun trying our name in Graffiti Writing last week. This week it’s on to Social Photography and Instagram.

  • detail of Maccabee Shelley glass work

    Wk2: Painting!

    This week we’re off to try some Graffiti Writing, and our 1st visit to the CSULB SOA Gallery complex.

  • Art110 Students in the CSULB School of Art, Art Gallery Courtyard, waiting for the Galleries to open.

    Dear Spring ’15 Exhibiting Artists

    A letter to CSULB School of Art Artists exhibiting during Spring term 2015.

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    Spring ’15 Materials

    Materials List for CSULB, School of Art, Art 110, Section 1, Introduction to the Visual Arts. Spring Term, 2015.

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    Spring ’15 Roster

    Roster for CSULB, School of Art, Art 110, Section 1, Introduction to the Visual Arts. Spring Semester, 2015.

  • collage of Art110 Summer 2014 Counterfactual Identity images

    Spring ’15 Syllabus

    Syllabus for CSULB, School of Art, Art 110, Introduction to the Visual Arts, Spring Term 2015. Instructor: Glenn Zucman.

  • photo of Merry Death from the neck down and holding a book in front of her

    Merry Death.life

    Merry Death launched her website “Merry Death.life” today. She wants to give me a bottle of wine in thanks for helping. I want her to create a community.

  • photo of Evan Huang at a table with cameras and lenses in front of him

    Wk13 – Easy Street!

    Some nice teaching activities last week. This week’s activity? It’s true, we’re done! Now it’s just 2 conversations / posts a week: an Artist and a Classmate. Also signups for ePortfolio presentations today.

  • Connor Bailey & Dominic Erich walking down a trail

    Wk12: Teach One

    Lots of wonderful “Your Turn” activities from peeps last week. This week it’s on to our final Activity, “Teach One.” Also news about new, easier gallery tags, and Corinne & Jack’s awesome dance project!

  • Marie Mendez imagines her demise while riding a bicycle and being hit by a fast moving truck

    Wk11: Your Turn!

    We’ve recovered from our tragic ends last week, and now it’s on to “Your Turn” the special art activity we design for ourselves.

  • Beyonce and Jay Z in front of the Mona Lisa at the Louvre

    Wk10: Photography

    Beautiful vlogs last week everyone! This week we return to photography with our “Lanscapes with a Corpse” activity.

  • students in conversation

    Hybrid Teaching Incentive Program Proposal

    I’ve submitted a proposal to create a “Hybrid” version of Art 110: Introduction to the Visual Arts. The University will be selecting 5 courses to be developed in the next couple of months and offered in Spring 2015.

  • screencap of Breanne Lee's website

    Week 9: Video

    We made some beautiful ePortfolios last week, and now this week we’ll add “Welcome to my Website” vlogs to our “About Me” pages. Meanwhile, we need to be sure to use the ARTIST TAG on our conversation posts!

  • 5 college women, 3 in big, dark sunglasses, stand on the beach at Venice Beach, CA and take a summer selfie

    Wk8: ePortfolio

    Art110 had lots of fun painting last week from backyards to Venice Beach. This week we’re on to creating the ePortfolios that we hope will land us the big job interview or help us gain access to other great things.

  • Stephen Boyer wearing headphones and Ian Daniel Raymond holding a camera.

    Wk7: Painting

    A lot of drawing fun and inspiration was had with the French Girls app last week. This week we’re off to Venice Beach (or any legal location) to try some Graffiti Writing. Meanwhile Nicole Illagen, Quynh Ong & Stephen Boyer are filming stuff!

  • Wk6: Drawing

    Drawing Week It’s drawing week in Art110! Full details on the Drawing Activity Page! Points All points are now up to date on BeachBoard. We’ve had 290 points so far, and here’s the numbers you should have to be on track for an “A”, “B”, etc: A – 261 points – 97 peeps B –… Read more »

  • Photo of Glenn Zucman's "Zen Entropy Garden" (a large "zen garden" / sandbox with half white sand, and half black sand, and rakes that let visitors create their own zen garden configurations as they also mix the sand into an entropic grey) installed in the CSULB School of Art, Art Gallery Courtyard

    Galleries at The Beach

    The 5 CSULB School of Art student art galleries represent a an extraordinary resource. The Galleries offer a unique opportunity for student artists to exhibit and also for students across the CSULB campus to experience 60 different shows and talk with 60 different artists all in a single semester!

  • CSULB, School of Art, Art110 Students at the Seal Beach Pier working on their Plaster Casting Projects

    Wk5: Identity Art

    A lot of fun at SoCal beaches working on our Sculpture Activities last week. This week we explore Identity Art and give living a “Counterfactual Identity” a try.