‘Nobody Promised You Tomorrow: Art 50 Years After Stonewall’ elevates local art scene

October 28, 2021.Reading time 12 minutes.

an artwork depicting a woman with blonde/black hair and red lipstick.

Fifty years later, Johnson’s rallying cry, “Nobody promised you tomorrow,” would become the title of a critically acclaimed 2019 art exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum commemorating the Stonewall uprising anniversary. That exhibit was then brought to Fresno State in 2021.

Stonewall inspired concert features composer Benjamin Boone and poet Faylita Hicks

October 8, 2021.Reading time 7 minutes.

Black and white headshots of Benjamin Boone and Faylita Hicks with their names spelled out in text on a dark blue textured background.

Presented by the Center for Creativity and the Arts, “Benjamin Boone and Faylita Hicks: Nobody Promised You Tomorrow Concert and Poetry Reading” begins at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 21, in the Phebe Conley Art Gallery courtyard. The outdoor concert and indoor art exhibit are free and open to the public.

Creative writers find inspiration at Stonewall exhibit

October 5, 2021.Reading time 3 minutes.

English student Rachel Cruz tours the exhibition “Nobody Promised You Tomorrow: Art 50 Years After Stonewall," inside the Phebe Conley Art Gallery at Fresno State.

Nine of Prof. Brynn Saito’s creative writing students enjoyed an impromptu afternoon of awe, history, and inspiration last week when they visited the acclaimed Stonewall Uprising art exhibit. Here is their reaction…

Drag, male and female impersonators, perform as part of the Stonewall art exhibit

September 17, 2021.Reading time 3 minutes.

San Francisco Pride Parade, c. 1973 (Photo Courtesy Jesse Villalobos)

Hosted by Tiffany Taylor Tate, former empress of the Imperial Dove Court and Imperial Sequoia Empire, the evening will feature performances by former Empress Jesse, founder of the Imperial Dove Court and former Emperor El Daña, founder of the Imperial Sequoia Empire.

Acclaimed Stonewall Uprising anniversary art exhibit travels to the West Coast

August 12, 2021.Reading time 12 minutes.

Image: "My Vision is Small" by Felipe Baez.

The Center for Creativity and the Arts (CCA) at Fresno State presents “Nobody Promised You Tomorrow: Art 50 Years After Stonewall,” Aug. 19 through Oct. 31 at the Phebe Conley Art Gallery.

CCA presents bilingual exhibition ‘News from the Kingdom of Yuppieland’

March 1, 2021.Reading time 2 minutes.

Rocío Caballero stands in front of her desk and a painting in her studio

In this dystopian world, the gray goblins “crush” on men of finance and power with pressed suits in absurd child-like situations. The men feed on the dreams they steal in blind obedience while controlling their subordinates through deception, sleight of hand, masquerades and spells. In creating these characters, Caballero evokes humor as she criticizes power structures.

McClatchy Foundation grant brings renowned Stonewall art exhibit to Fresno State

September 23, 2020.Reading time 7 minutes.

“Run Little White Girl” by David Antonio Cruz

With the help of a $205,000 grant from The McClatchy Fresno Arts Endowment of The James B. McClatchy Foundation, the Center for Creativity and the Arts will present the “Nobody Promised You Tomorrow: Art 50 Years After Stonewall” exhibition, Aug. 19 through Oct. 31, 2021, at the Phebe Conley Art Gallery at Fresno State.

ConSortiUm, a collaborative project of CSU art museums and galleries, announces virtual event series for 2020–2021

September 21, 2020.Reading time 7 minutes.

Tzolk’in is a sculpture in two parts commissioned by Clockshop the Hammer Museum as part of the Made in L.A. 2018 biennial. Inspired by the ancient Maya 260-day calendar for agriculture, the gears in this sculpture follow a hypocycloid motion, marking time through a movement that is at once circular and linear. Beatriz Cortez, Tzolk'in I, 2018. Steel, motor, battery, timer, solar panel, acrylic, and lacquer marker. 132 x 64.5 x 64.5 inches. Commissioned by Clockshop. Courtesy of the artist and Commonwealth and Council, Los Angeles. Photo Credit: Scott Lynch, Socrates Sculpture Park, Queens, NY.

The newly formed ConSortiUm’s inaugural program, PLATFORM, will launch in September 2020 and include six live virtual conversations with contemporary artists, collectives, and curators whose work is critical to current re-imaginings of the art world and the world at large.

CCA seeks artist submission for virtual ‘PANDEMICAL’ exhibition

August 11, 2020.Reading time 1 minute.

Pandemical word over an abstract green and blue background.

The Fresno State Center for Creativity and the Arts (CCA) is calling for Central California artist submissions for their exhibition “PANDEMICAL” to be held Oct. 1 to Nov. 20 in a virtual environment.

Center for Creativity and the Arts teams up with local organizations for 2020-21 schedule

April 21, 2020.Reading time 5 minutes.

For the 2020-21 academic year, the Center for Creativity and the Arts (CCA) is teaming up with several other local organizations to bring top artistic exhibitions, talks, and experiences that celebrate and commemorate different aspects of culture and history.