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.

CCA to hold a reception for acclaimed Stonewall art exhibit

September 3, 2021.Reading time 1 minute.

“Run Little White Girl” by David Antonio Cruz

The Center for Creativity and the Arts will hold a reception for “Nobody Promised You Tomorrow: Art 50 Years After Stonewall” at 5 p.m. Sept. 9 at the Phebe Conley Art Gallery courtyard. Those unable to attend in person may join virtually on Zoom.

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.

McClatchy Foundation grant brings renowned Stonewall art exhibit to Fresno State

September 23, 2020.Reading time 7 minutes.

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.

Message from the Dean

All of us in the College of Arts and Humanities hope that you and yours are doing well!

Our faculty have been hard at work, and our college’s students and alumni are pursuing their dreams in a wide variety of fields. We are excited to embark on a new venture with the creation of the M.K. Gandhi Center: Inner Peace and Sarvodaya. Thanks to a generous gift from the Ravi and Naina Patel Foundation, our campus and community will experience courses and programming dedicated to Gandhian peacemaking and upliftment of everyone in society. We hope you will join us at future events.

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