Megametropolis Exhibit Opening Reception
Curator, Luis Ituarte asked artists from Los Angeles to Tijuana to contribute art to this show unifying Southern California, San Diego and Tijuana, recognizing their historical and cultural connection. 68 artists contributed more than 190 pieces of art. USC IGM Art Gallery, Health Sciences Campus
LWVLA awarded Open World Program grant to host, in partnership with IGM AG, Russian and Ukrainian delegation
The LWVLA was awarded an Open World Program grant to host four Russian and Ukrainian leaders and their facilitator from September 8, 2007 through September 16, 2007. Open World Program brings small delegations of emerging leaders from Eurasia to the United States to see American-style democracy in action, and to help forge better understanding between nations. The program,... Read More
Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for The D n A Digital and Art Curriculum Project
USC IGM Art Gallery 2250 Alcazar Street, 2nd FloorThe Digital and Art project (DnA) is a collaborative project intended to help bring communication technology and social networking resources and skills to the teens of Lincoln Heights. The project seeks to ease what Senator Gloria Romero called "The Digital Divide." The Senator commended the IGM Art Gallery Advisory Council... Read More
Nagasaki-Hiroshima Memorial Project by Sandy Bleifer
Institute for Genetic Medicine Art Gallery 2250 Alcazar Street, Los AngelesTHE HEALING WAR OF ART by Yolantha Harrison Pace "It 's never enough to sit in your studio and make works of art for commerce. It's necessary to use one’s life and one’s skills to promote a rich and sustainable future. Art is never literal and finite. Each individual, and... Read More
A Tea Ceremony by Keiko Nakada Sokei
SEN Rikyu, the 16th-century tea master who perfected the Way of Tea, was once asked to explain what this Way entails. He replied that it was a matter of observing but seven rules: Make a satisfying bowl of tea; Lay the charcoal so that the water boils efficiently; Provide a... Read More
Eye/Hand/Eye
The USC Institute for Genetic Medicine Art Gallery presents fabric and stitching paintings by Doris Finch. The IGM Art Gallery presents “Eye/Hand/Eye” to focus on natural and man-made issues of global environment. The events and the forum associated with the exhibit will consider the impacts of scientific research, social order... Read More
Soft Machine: DNA
MAP TO IGM ART GALLERY>> Mike Saijo’s Soft Machine: DNA exhibit is one in an ongoing series entitled Soft Machine Project (SMP). SMP brings together science, education, design and community capacity building into a series of art exhibitions designed to evolve as SMP travels, locally and globally. SMP is an... Read More
Occupy CSULB Exhibition Competition hosted at University Art Museum, CSU Long Beach
The student organization, Occupy CSULB, awarded $500 to Artist/CuratorMike Saijo for an artwork made in response to recent Occupy events staged across the country. The Getty Foundation made this award possible through its Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A. 1945-1980 initiative, the largest collaborative art project ever undertaken in Southern California.... Read More
Sunflower Art Project
THE SUNFLOWER ART EXCHANGE PROJECT The Sunflower Art Exchange Project has completed its 7th year of sending depictions of sunflowers to the Nagoya Sunflower Painting Exhibition at Hisaya Odori Park in Nagoya. This year, in collaboration with the Los Angeles University of Notre Dame Club, the USC Institute for Genetic... Read More
RHS Award Ceremony Hosted by LANSCA and IGM Art Gallery
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Bear on a Hot Tin Roof
Vincent Sabella’s seemingly innocent teddy bears on canvas reveal a darker tale of emotional distress from a childhood haunted by visions and taunting voices. These paintings, on display at the USC Institute for Genetic Medicine Art Gallery, offer a window into childhood schizophrenia... and spark a dialogue about art and... Read More
DALI: Love at First Sight Screened at the USC Institute for Genetic Medicine Art Gallery
On Sunday, July 29 the LA/Guangzhou Sister City Association and the USC IGM Art Gallery organized a screening of DALI: Love at First Sight at the USC IGM Art Gallery in the context of the exhibition, LAYERING: Barbara Strasen/Luisa Mesa. The Dali region was praised by Marco Polo as "the... Read More