As women’s history month comes to a close, the Fisher Museum would like to honor our only female artist-in-residence, Jessica Cuautle. Cuautle has been training with Art Division for three years, and currently has two pastel portraits, Fluid and Breathe The Fire that debuted in Fisher/Art Division: Artists in Residence show. We sat down with…
Month: March 2017
A Message from the Past: Is the First Amendment Stronger Since the Trials of the Hollywood Ten?
For 17 years, Blacklist by Jenny Holzer has entertained many passers-by and preserved the memory of those who were questioned in the controversial hearings by the House Committee on the un-American Activities. The quotes from Herbert Biberman and others bring the fear of the Hollywood ten alive: “I do not consider this committee to be…
Art Division’s Newest
Roberto Ortiz sat in a small library in MacArthur Park among a cluster of his peers, recounting the first time he ever sat down in front of a canvas. The entrance blends in with laundromats and markets but if one looks closely, a small banner says “Art Division” above the door. Art Division is the…
MONTARlaBestia
Since January 31, 2017, the USC Fisher Museum of Art has been collaborating with Art Division, a non-profit organization dedicated to training and supporting underserved young adults who are committed to studying visual arts, on a semester-long project that has brought Art Division students to the USC campus as part of a residency at the Fisher Museum. Art Division students, surrounded by works from Fisher’s permanent collection in…
A One-Man Audience
For two weeks, hundreds of visitors collaborated to create thousands of unique sounds and songs in our installation, Sound Maze. Our goal for our collaboration with Visions and Voices was to challenge our visitors to perform on Paul Dresher’s experimental instruments and to engage with his creations as both art pieces and tools of music….