Poets, musicians gather with Benjamin Boone and Juan Felipe Herrera in new album
Boone’s third album combining jazz and poetry, “The Poets Are Gathering,” was released by Origin Records on Oct. 16.
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Featured Supporter: Saundra Stubblefield
“I think the arts give us not only beauty but pose questions as well as portray reality.” ~ Sandy Stubblefield
Read MoreThe Dean’s Council Annual Fund explained
The Dean’s Council is an annual giving program composed of alumni and friends who support the College of Arts and Humanities and its mission.
Read MoreFamily, friends, educators and hard work; Tony Salazar chases his dream
A caring uncle, self-determination, and a network of friends and family elevate one student from a life in shambles to one of MCJ’s top students.
Read MoreTop 2020 College of Arts and Humanities students honored in virtual Arts in Motion
Our College of Arts and Humanities students represent everything that gives us hope for a bright future.
Read MoreMcClatchy Foundation grant brings renowned Stonewall art exhibit to Fresno State
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.
Read MoreFeatured Supporter: Danny Swartz
In 1987, Fresno State student Danny Swartz departed for London. It was only his second trip on a plane — the first had been a short hop from Fresno to San Francisco — and his first time out of the country. Up until that point, he had only left the state a couple of times to go to Reno and Las Vegas. Now he would be spending his spring semester in London as part of the Fresno State London Program.
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It was hot! It was the summer of 2018 in the city of Accra, about 400 miles north of the equator, and Benjamin Boone and the Ghana Jazz Collective had gathered in the UVSL recording studio — a white concrete building down one of the many dirt side roads. Even with the high-tech equipment, to get clean recordings, the studio had to turn off the air conditioning during recording sessions.
Read MoreFeatured Supporter: Miguel A. Gastelum
Miguel A. Gastelum is a Graduates of the Last Decade (G.O.L.D.) Dean’s Council member, a program that enables recent alumni to support the college through membership for as little as $10 per month. He’s always been passionate about Fresno State and, as a G.O.L.D. level donor, he believes in providing students with opportunities to enrich their education and time spent at the university.
Read MoreA ‘Classics’ underD.O.G. tale
How the Department of Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures went from two supporters to over 90 in three years for Day of Giving.
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