The College of Arts and Humanities provides a diverse student population with the communication skills, humanistic values and cultural awareness that form the foundation of scholarship. The college offers intellectual and artistic programs that engage students and faculty and the community in collaboration, dialog and discovery. These programs help preserve, illuminate and nourish the arts and humanities for the campus and for the wider community.
After meeting at the new faculty orientation in the fall of 2016, Holly Sowles, an interior design professor in the Department of Art and Design, and Dr. Katy Tarrant, a professor in the Animal Science and Agricultural Education Department, accepted a challenge to work with others outside of their own colleges.
In the two years since then, Sowles, Tarrant and students in both of their departments have worked toward creating an environmental enrichment that expands the diversity of welfare enhancements for chickens raised in the agricultural science program. In the process, they have created a richer environment for students in both areas of study.
The Fresno State Department of Music will present the Art Song Festival this weekend at Fresno State. The two-day festival — taking place on Friday and Saturday, Feb. 23 and 24 — will feature performances by students, faculty and guests including two-term U.S. Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera. Joe Moore interviewed Briggs about the Art […]
CineCulture announces the lineup for the remainder of the spring semester. Most CineCulture screenings are at 5:30 p.m. on Fridays during the semester in the Peters Education Center Auditorium (5010 N. Woodrow Ave.) in the Student Recreation Center. All films screened on campus are free and open to the public. Parking is not enforced after 4 p.m. on Fridays.
The Peach Blossom Festival has touched the lives of many in Fresno over the past 60 years. The festival, presented by Fresno State’s Department of Communication, helps young people realize the importance of reading literature aloud and teaches them about interpretation, performance and being an audience member. Each year, Fresno State communication students spend months planning […]
Over the years, Ben and Clarice Krikorian have formed a deep connection with the College of Arts and Humanities. Since 2010, the Krikorians have made it easier for Fresno State students who chose to follow their passion and study the arts. They established an orchestra scholarship and a piano scholarship. The scholarships go to a music student studying in those areas.
Dr. Jason Brown, a Fresno State alum, was awarded the graduate dean’s medal in 2002 while earning his master’s degree in linguistics. Now he is a professor at the University of Auckland and the head of the Linguistics Society of New Zealand.
In January, Dean’s Council funds helped yet another Arts and Humanities student experience a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
Thanks to the generosity of Dean’s Council donors, travel funding was be provided to master’s of music student and opera singer Alejandra Tejeda, who attended the prestigious National Opera Association’s annual convention Jan. 3-7, in New Orleans.
Primavera Leal Martinez and Hunter Sansom, with the Barking Bulldogs Debate Team, finished in third place in the varsity division of the recent Winter at the Beach Speech and Debate Tournament held on the California State University Long Beach campus Feb. 2-4. Martinez earned the eighth-place speaker award and Sansom earned 12th place. “We took three novice teams […]
The Fresno State Blended Arts Festival, a collaborative arts event, will feature a free guest speaker series from 2-4 p.m. followed by an evening concert at 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 16, located at the Fresno State Concert Hall.
The Fresno State Master of Fine Arts Program in Creative Writing will feature the 2016 winner of the Philip Levine Prize and two of its own accomplished faculty authors in its Spring 2018 Fresno Poets’ Association reading series.
Each of the readings will start at 7 p.m. in the Alice Peters Auditorium (Peters Business building, Room 191) inside the University Business Center.
Ara Sarafian, director of the London-based Gomidas Institute, will present a lecture entitled “Van 1915: The Great Events of Vasbouragan” at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 23, in the University Business Center, Alice Peters Auditorium, Room 191. The presentation is part of the Spring Lecture Series of the Armenian Studies Program.
CineCulture will present ‘A Suitable Girl’ at 5:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 16, in the Peters Education Center Auditorium at the Student Recreation Center (5010 N. Woodrow Ave.). The post-screening discussion will be led by director Sarita Khurana.
The Henry Madden Library will host an exhibition of local artist Corky Normart, a Fresno native and Fresno State alumnus, featuring cityscapes and landscapes of the region and a selection of his new work.
Dr. Marnel Niles Goins, a Fresno State professor in the Department of Communication, has been elected as vice president for the Western States Communication Association, a professional organization for communication scholars.
~ By Lisa Maria Boyles, communications specialist for the College of Arts and Humanities In figuring out how to frame his artist’s lecture, illustrator/artist Doug Hansen reached back to his earliest memories as an artist, back to his childhood as the eldest of six children in an artistic family. It all comes down to choices […]
The Press at California State University, Fresno, and the Center for Creativity and the Arts announce the publication of a new catalog “Unsung Heroes — Do You Know Who I Am?” on Feb. 9. This pictorial work is a companion to the recent “Unsung Hereos” exhibition, which was on display in November at M Street Graduate Studios in downtown Fresno.
The German Club presents the first film in the German Film Series lineup for the spring semester. Based on the bestselling German satirical novel “Look Who’s Back” (“Er ist wieder da,” 2015), this film adaptation is a critical look at contemporary society.
The Fresno State Music Department will present the sixth annual Violin and Viola Festival, an intensive weekend of master classes and performances for violinists and violists with three or more years of experience. Dr. Limor Toren-Immerman is the music director for the festival.
CineCulture will present “Our Little Sister” at 5 p.m. Friday, Feb. 9, in the Peters Education Center Auditorium at the Student Recreation Center (5010 N. Woodrow Ave.). Dr. Ed EmanuEl will lead the post-screening discussion. Directed by famed Japanese Director Hirokazu Kore-eda,”Our Little Sister” is based on and adapted from the “Umimachi Diary,” a popular “manga” or comic strip […]
Fresno State choirs will team up with Fresno City College choirs for “Walk in Peace: A Celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Black History Month.” The concert will take place at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 9 in the Fresno State Concert Hall.
The Keyboard Concerts Series presents celebrated pianist Yefim Bronfman at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 14, in the Fresno State Concert Hall. Bronfman will perform works by Schubert, Schumann and Debussy.
The Bulldog Pride Fund at Fresno State has established two new, annual scholarships to be presented for the first time in the 2018-19 academic year: the Eartha Kitt Vocal Performance Award and the Larry Newsome Theatre Arts Award.
A discussion about “Me Too Moment: Sexual Harassment and Professional Life” will be the first event in the spring 2018 lineup of the Leon S. Peters Ethics Lecture Series, from 6-7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 13, in the Alice Peters Auditorium, University Business Center.
For the first time, Fresno State’s Department of Media, Communications and Journalism will partner with the Asian College of Journalism for Pop Up Newsroom, an experimental broadcast focusing on culture that will air live on Facebook at 2:30 a.m. Feb. 1.
Dr. Yektan Türkyılmaz will give a presentation on “Van Vaspurakan Armenians: From Renaissance to Resistance and Genocide” at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 6, in the University Business Center, Alice Peters Auditorium, Room 191 on the Fresno State campus. The presentation is part of the Spring Lecture Series of the Armenian Studies Program.
As the new year begins, we look back on a busy month within the College of Arts and Humanities. Here are the top five stories from the month of January.
CineCulture will present “Columbus” at 5:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 2, in the Peters Education Center Auditorium at the Student Recreation Center (5010 N. Woodrow Ave.). Producer Andrew Miano will lead the post-screening discussion.
Two longtime veterans of The Fresno Bee join the Department of Media, Communications and Journalism, where they will teach aspiring young journalists in the print option. Former Executive Editor Jim Boren will teach two sections of the upper division writing course MCJ 102W – Reporting. And Donald Munro, who has provided a local voice for the Fresno arts scene since 2001, will teach MCJ 104 – Editing of Publications.
At the recent National Opera Association Conference in New Orleans (Jan. 3-7), voice Professors Dr. Maria Briggs and Dr. Anthony Radford, as well as master’s graduate Alejandra Tejeda, all presented on behalf of the Fresno State Department of Music.
On Friday, Feb. 2, six finalists will compete in the 2017-18 Fresno State Concerto Competition for the opportunity to perform as a soloist with the Fresno State Wind Orchestra and the Fresno State Symphony Orchestra later this semester.
Fresno State’s Department of Media Communications and Journalism along with the Department of Theatre Arts came together for a collaborative supernatural web series titled “Specula” this past fall.
The eighth annual Contemporary Dance Ensemble spring production, “Epistêmê,” will run from Feb. 16 to Feb. 24 in the John Wright Theatre in the Speech Arts building at Fresno State.
In his latest book “Stranger in the Mirror,” Dr. Robert V. Levine offers a provocative, wide-ranging and entertaining tour of the most personal and consequential of all landscapes: the entity we call our self. Who are we? Where is the boundary between ourselves and everything else? Are we all multiple personalities? And how can we control who we become?
UPDATE: Fresno State’s national and state flags were posted at half-staff on Tuesday, July 2, in honor of Dr. Robert “Bob” Levine, a professor emeritus from the Department of Psychology and a renowned social psychologist who published five books, most recently “Stranger in the Mirror: The Scientific Search for the Self.” Dr. Levine died on June 22 after a sudden illness. Inside is an interview with Levine published in January 2018 regarding his final book…
The Fresno State CineCulture Series kicks off its spring 2018 lineup of film screenings with “Extra-Terrestrials (Extra Terrestias)” at 5:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 26. The CineCulture Club promotes cultural awareness through film and post-screening discussions.
Dr. Sergio La Porta and Dr. Alison Vacca will present a lecture entitled “An Armenian Narrative on Early Islam: Ghevond’s History” at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 26, in the University Business Center, Alice Peters Auditorium, Room 191. The presentation is the second in the Spring Lecture Series of the Armenian Studies Program. The Leon S. Peters Foundation is a co-sponsor of the event.
Fresno audiences will have two opportunities to hear music by Department of Music composition Professor Dr. Kenneth Froelich this month. The Fresno Philharmonic, conducted by new music director Rei Hotoda, will perform “Spinning Yarns,” the second movement of Froelich’s Symphony No. 1, during their 3 p.m. concert on Sunday, Jan. 28, at the William Saroyan Theatre.
“Bookends,” an exhibition by Professor Doug Hansen, captures an art career that began 45 years ago when he was a student at Fresno State. In between then and now, Hansen also illustrated the pages of The Fresno Bee and several books. The Department of Art and Design at Fresno State will present Hansen’s works in an exhibition that […]
Students, block your summer calendars now. Artists, writers, actors, photographers, dancers and creators – this is your opportunity to study side-by-side with the greats in your chosen fields. You are invited to apply to the courses offered during the 2018 CSU Summer Arts season. Courses will be taught by a mind-blowing list of world-renowned talents.
Fresno State’s Department of Music will present its annual faculty concert at 8 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 20, in the Concert Hall. This year’s concert will present a symphony orchestra comprising faculty members as principal players alongside selected students.
The Fresno State Master of Fine Arts Program in Creative Writing announced Alabama author Tina Mozelle Braziel as the winner of the 2017 Philip Levine Prize for Poetry book contest, which includes a $2,000 award and publication of her debut full-length book, “Known by Salt.”
CSU Summer Arts is hiring for the 2018 season at Fresno State. Event production/production administration positions working in the following areas have been posted on the HireFresnoState website through the campus Career Development Center.
Here’s a look back at our Top 10 Arts and Humanities stories for all of 2017: No. 10: New Faces: Dr. Gina Sandí-Díaz, Theatre Arts No. 9: New Faces: Art and Design welcomes two new professors No. 8: Three from College of Arts and Humanities named 2017 Fulbright recipients No. 7: New Faces: Four new […]
Nika Babayan, will present a lecture entitled “Awards of Armenia and the Armenian Church” at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 19 in the University Business Center, Alice Peters Auditorium, Room 191. The free, public presentation is part of the Fall Lecture Series of the Armenian Studies Program.
The Keyboard Concerts Series presents celebrated organist Kimberly Marshall at 3 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 7, in the Fresno State Concert Hall. Marshall will perform works by J.S. Bach, Frescobaldi, Buxtehude and Raison. Celebrated as one of the leading concert organists of our time, Kimberly Marshall is widely known for her rare combination of musical creativity and […]
~ By Jefferson Beavers, communications specialist, Department of English, reprinted from FresnoStateNews.com Faculty, students and community friends of the Department of English at Fresno State held a dedication ceremony Dec. 9 for a memorial tree and bench on campus in honor of the late poet and alumna Mireyda “Mia” Barraza Martinez. Barraza Martinez (pictured) died […]
Taylor Abels Rodriguez, a 2012 Fresno State Theatre Arts – Acting alumna, is getting into the holiday spirit for the third year in a row as she appears in the Actors Theatre of Louisville’s annual production of “A Christmas Carol.”
Fresno State students will present a free performance, presenting scenes with themes significant to the Latino community. “This is Our Voice, This is Our Culture: Latinx Theatre in the U.S.A.” will take place from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 16, at Arte Américas, 1630 Van Ness Ave.
~ By Jefferson Beavers, communications specialist, Department of English, reprinted from FresnoStateNews.com Fresno State’s locally grown, nationally known literary magazine, The Normal School, has again earned high marks for gender parity in a nationwide report. The magazine also had five essays and stories mentioned in the newest editions of the annual Best American series. Founded […]
Fresno State students were actually the ones who inadvertently introduced Arts and Humanities Associate Dean Honora Chapman and William Skuban, a professor in the Department of History, now married five years.
Two professors in the College of Arts and Humanities were named “Professor of the Game” during Fresno State football games during the 2017 season — Dr. Kathy Adams and Dr. Tina Fernandes Botts.
Fresno State’s commemoration of Human Rights Day at 8:30 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 9, will feature Dolores Huerta, president of the Dolores Huerta Foundation, and Amanda Renteria, chief of operations for the California Department of Justice. The free, public event will be held at the North Gym (Room 118) with Huerta delivering a special message and Renteria delivering the keynote address.
The Fresno State Gospel Choir Club, organized by the Department of Africana Studies, is now holding a university-wide talent search for up to 15 new voices.
Coro Piccolo, the chamber choir of Fresno Community Chorus, will present an intimate performance of Gerald Finzi’s “In Terra Pax” and other Christmas choral works at 2:30 and 4:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 10, at St. Anne’s Chapel at San Joaquin Memorial High School (1406 N. Fresno St.). The tender “Shepherd’s Farwell” by Hector Berlioz is also on the program for the concert, which will be directed by Anna Hamre, artistic director for the Fresno Community Chorus.
English faculty and author Dr. Ruth Y. Jenkins will deliver a keynote address on children’s literature and empathy, as part of the first Students of English Studies Association symposium on Thursday, Dec. 7 on campus.
Study Abroad in Florence, Italy SPRING 2018 – Travel dates: May 20 to June 10 OPEN TO ALL MAJORS Course: AH 105: Study in Florence Music and art combine to be the eternal heartbeat of this historic city. The goal of this course is to convey the spirit and the “energy” of the Renaissance and […]
As we approach the end of the semester, we look back at what has been another eventful month in the College of Arts and Humanities. Here are the top 5 stories from the month of November.
This week on Fresno State Focus, a public affairs program produced by media, communication and journalism students, anchors Matt Roby of Fresno and Elizabeth Carrillo of Bakersfield will interview Andrea Andrade, who is battling stage 3 colon cancer and running for Miss California USA. Sports anchors Vanessa Romo of Fresno and Cory Stevens of Clovis will talk with Coach Jeff Tedford about how the football team is preparing for the Mountain West championship in Boise.
Fresno State’s scholarship brass ensemble, the Clendenin Brass Quintet, will perform its fall recital at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 1, in the Fresno State Concert Hall.
~ Pictured above, from left: Flaviana Pulido, Professor Indira Sultanic and Jennifer Cushing helped volunteer with Spanish translations at a recent community health fair provided by California Health Sciences University. ~ By Lisa Maria Boyles, communications specialist for the College of Arts and Humanities Even though this is her first semester as an assistant professor […]
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Philosophy professor Dr. Veena Howard, whose expertise is in South Asian religious traditions and Gandhi’s philosophy, was elected to the board of trustees for the Parliament of the World’s Religions, a leading global interfaith organization.
Earlier this year, Fresno State President Joseph I. Castro announced the formation of a President’s Commission on the Future of Arts and Humanities, during his State of the University address in January. Since then, commission members have been selected and have been meeting since September.
The Fresno State faculty who are teaching in the Rhetoric & Writing Studies program in the Department of English are working to change the conversation about writing on campus, in the community, and beyond. This fall, we introduce you to these professors and tell you about the ways in which their research, teaching, and service to both the university and to the discipline intersect.
Stacy Batrich-Smith and her daughter Cassidy Smith (pictured above) have deep ties to Fresno State. Both are Arts and Humanities alums — Stacy graduated from the then-Radio and Television option in 1976; Cassidy was a Smittcamp scholar and a dean’s medalist from the Department of Media, Communications and Journalism in 2011. And both participated in Peach Blossom, the annual oral interpretation festival hosted by the Department of Communication.
Valley media giants Joe Rosato Sr. and Jim Tucker were honored alongside MCJ fellows and several scholarship recipients during the MCJ Hall of Fame and Scholarship Reception.
A refreshed version of the William Shakespeare classic, “The Two Gentlemen of Verona” will run Dec. 1 – 9 at the John Wright Theatre at Fresno State. The production receives an original and accessible concept by director Brad Myers, and is the third show of University Theatre’s 2017-18 season.
More than 200 packs of crayons and 150 coloring books were delivered to Valley Children’s Hospital in Madera (9300 Valley Children’s Place) on Nov. 17 as part of a recent class project and crayon drive by Fresno State students in a Media, Communications and Journalism publication design course.
The Hmong program and the Hmong Language Club will host a screening of the PBS documentary “The Hmong and The Secret War” at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 28, in McLane 161. The screening will be followed by a discussion with filmmaker Lar Yang.
Fresno State Barking Bulldog debaters Primavera Leal Martinez and Hunter Sansom placed third in the Robert Barbera Debate Tournament at California State University Northridge, Nov. 10-12, their final tournament of the fall semester.
This week on Fresno State Focus, a public affairs program produced by media, communication and journalism students, anchors Brenda Billingsley of Fresno and Brittany Sosa of Fresno will speak with veterinarian tech assistant Ayanna Shaw about the precautions to take when adopting pets around the holidays.
The Fresno Community Chorus Master Chorale, directed by Fresno State professor emeritus Dr. Anna Hamre, will perform “Remembrance and Healing: Executive Order 9066 and the incarceration of ethnic Japanese in America.” The fall concert will take place at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 19, in the Paul Shaghoian Concert Hall.
Pioneering author and editor Mai Neng Moua will read from her new nonfiction book “The Bride Price: A Hmong Wedding Story” at 6 p.m. Friday, Nov. 17, at Fresno State. The evening, hosted by the Hmong American Writers’ Circle and the Fresno State Hmong minor option, will feature a reading by the author and a Q&A session moderated by Dr. Kao-ly Yang, followed by a reception and book signing. The event is free and open to the public.
The Fresno State Symphony Orchestra will perform a concert titled “Romantic Obsession” at 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 18, in the Concert Hall at Fresno State. The concert will feature Rachmaninoff’s First Symphony and selections from Tchaikovsky’s opera “Eugene Onegin.” Dr. Thomas Loewenheim will conduct the Orchestra.
The Fresno State faculty who are teaching in the Rhetoric & Writing Studies program in the Department of English are working to change the conversation about writing on campus, in the community, and beyond. In our final installment, meet Dr. Magda Gilewicz, a professor of English who came to Fresno State in 1990.
Fresno State’s University Dance Theatre presents “Where We Work it all Out,” a student-created performance, at 8 p.m. Nov. 16 through the 18 and at 2 p.m. on Nov. 18 in the Lab School 101 Theatre.
Nonfiction authors Jericho Parms and Lina María Ferreira Cabeza-Vanegas will read from their work at The Normal School fall reading event on Thursday, Nov. 16, at Fresno State. The evening will feature readings from each of the authors’ latest works, followed by a reception and book signing. The Normal School reading is free and open to the public.
We caught up with Fresno State Media, Communications and Journalism alumna, Ashley Taylor, for a Q&A. Taylor graduated from the MCJ Department in 2004 with an emphasis in print journalism and a minor in music. She was also a member of the Smittcamp Family Honors College.
Three years after completing her undergraduate work at Fresno State, she went on to become a news producer for KMPH here in the Valley. Taylor is now a news producer living in New York City where she currently produces Fox News Edge,
The Ethics Center presents Richard Rothstein, who will speak about his recent book, “The Color of Law,” from 7-9 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 9, in North Gym 118. “The Color of Law” examines how segregation in America is the byproduct of explicit government policies at the local, state, and federal levels.
Fresno State’s Experimental Theatre Company will present its fall production, “And Then There Were None” by Agatha Christie. The production is directed by Fresno State student Jana Price, and will run Nov. 9-12 in the Lab School 101 Theatre.
The Fresno State faculty who are teaching in the Rhetoric & Writing Studies program in the Department of English are working to change the conversation about writing on campus, in the community, and beyond. In our fourth installment, meet Dr. Reva Sias, an assistant professor of English who came to Fresno State in 2016.
The Keyboard Concerts Series presents pianist Daniel Hsu at 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 10, in the Fresno State Concert Hall. Winner of the Bronze Medal at the 2017 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, this sensational 19-year-old artist will present a program consisting of works by Schubert, Chopin, J.S. Bach/Busoni, Rachmaninoff, and Marc-André Hamelin’s Toccata on “L’homme armé.”
Fresno State and the community rallied together on Nov. 2 to make the University’s first-ever online Day of Giving (D.O.G.) a success as 1,138 unique donors from 29 states and 3 countries participated. When the 24-hour campaign ended at 11:59 p.m., 168 digital ambassadors had helped secure 1,316 gifts totaling $431,395. Final results by college, area and department will be available by the end of the week.
Fresno State Opera Theatre presents “Opera Finales,” featuring scenes from “Le Nozze di Figaro,” “Les Contes d’Hoffmann” and “Little Women” at 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 3, and 3 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 5, in the Wahlberg Recital Hall.
~ By Celeste DeMonte, publicity, Fresno Community Chorus The Fresno Community Chorus–sponsored Coro Solare will perform “Choral Classics: Music of Haydn, Martini, and Fauré” at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 5, at the College Community Church Mennonite Brethren. The concert is free and open to the public. Coro Solare will perform Martini’s “Domine, ad adjuvandum me festina,” portions of […]
The College of Arts and Humanities has several events going on throughout the day during Fresno State’s first-ever Day of Giving (D.O.G.) campaign, on Thursday, Nov. 2.
Highlighting the voices and contributions of African-American military veterans, the “Unsung Heroes: Do You Know Who I Am?” exhibition will run Nov. 1 through 18 at the M Street Graduate Studios in downtown Fresno.
The mixed-media interactive exhibition also will be open from 5 to 8 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 2, as part of ArtHop, the open house of galleries and studios in downtown Fresno and the Tower District held on the first Thursday of each month.
Join us for a Big Picture at noon Thursday, Nov. 2, on the Amphitheatre lawn! Let’s show our College unity and pride by gathering as many Arts and Humanities faculty, staff, students and supporters together for a big group photo for Day of Giving.
This week on Fresno State Focus — a public affairs program produced by Media, Communications and Journalism students — reporter/anchor Cory Stevens of Clovis will go behind the scenes of Fresno’s award-winning winemaking operation, and anchor Brenda Billingsley of Fresno will speak with enology student Jessica Phillips about how wine is made.
Adrienne Alexanian will discuss her father’s memoir, “Forced into Genocide: Memoirs of an Armenian Soldier in the Ottoman Empire,” in a lecture at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 14, in the University Business Center, Alice Peters Auditorium, Room 191 on the Fresno State campus.
The College of Arts and Humanities at Fresno State 