California College of the Arts News

The influential photographer Larry Sultan died of cancer on Sunday. He was 63. In remembrance, we listen to a 1989 interview with him in which we discuss "Pictures from Home," his decade-long project chronicling his father's job loss and the effects it had on the family.

A photograph from "The Valley" series. Larry Sultan Sad to learn that Bay Area photographer and California College of the Arts professor Larry Sultan passed away Sunday at 63 of cancer in his Greenbrae home.

It's been called the most stupid piece of eco friendly furniture . Nick Demarco a student from from the California College of the Arts designed an "eco friendly piece of furniture" named the XS chair that can be filled with anything you have in excess- old clothes, magazines or in this case, garbage and bottles.

A new DSLR camera concept design offers a multitude of usage options. Erin Fong of the California College of the Arts created the device, which can be operated with one or two hands.

In the right hands, a camera can be used to create beautiful works of art. In the case of the Nova DSLR concept camera, the digital camera has become the art.

Many visual artists working today appear preoccupied with how to integrate literary or discursive content into their work.

I'm guessing they won't challenge Sarah Palin on the best-seller lists, but Ila Berman and Mona El Khafif have authored what may be this year's most ambitious polemic on urban design: a 464-page case for bringing new urban forms to New Orleans.

When Richard Diebenkorn's understated masterpiece, "Ocean Park No. 107," awakes from its eight-month nap, it will find its home at the Oakland Museum of California completely transformed.

Visual art The Mercer Union's commercial cunning An image from Stan Douglasa s 1991 Monodramas.

Robin Anderson will be responsible for organizing the many events and classes planned for the Chehalem Cultural Center.

Lawrence Rinder has had several lives on the Bay Area and national art scenes, culminating in his current position as director of the Berkeley Art Museum.

The first National Portfolio Day scheduled within driving distance of Washington DC will take place on Saturday, November 7th, at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond.

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Just off the heels of their Van Alen Institute New York Prize fellowship exhibit, The Aurora Project , Nataly Gattegno and Jason Johnson are putting their lives back together after nearly three years on the road.

Lawrence Rinder talk at the IMA tomorrow evening in the DeBoest Lecture Hall. October, 27th at 6pm From the IMA's web site: In March 2002, a Newsweek headline regarding Lawrence Rinder proclaimed "This Man Will Decide what Art Is." Join Rinder, Director of the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, at the Indianapolis Museum of Art on ...

For the children of successful artists, going into the family business might seem like the obvious choice.

At first glance, it is hard to connect the large clay sculptures on display at the Richmond Art Center with their creator.

Urban legends: 'Heaven Cant Wait .' High kitsch, Looney Tunes and taxidermy critters cavort alongside invocations of Michael Jackson, Brangelina and Lady Gaga at David Hevel's second solo show, "Beautiful, Dirty, Dirty, Rich," at Marx & Zavattero .

Tobias Tovera, Luminous Rising, 60 x 60, 2009. Photo: Courtesy of the artist and Micaela Gallery.

Reporting from Washington - The village on the National Mall looks like something out of science fiction: dozens of unusually shaped buildings with solar panels protruding from their rooftops.