LOS ANGELES — Loyola Marymount University’s Laband Art Gallery features work by 24 Studio Arts faculty members who are practicing visual artists in the fall exhibition “Survival Strategies: Teaching Artists at LMU.” Their artwork ranges in media from watercolor and oil painting to ceramics, video, design, sculpture, photography, drawing, and socially engaged practice.
The exhibition opened on Saturday, Sept. 21, and runs through Saturday, Dec. 7.
Southern California, and Los Angeles in particular, is recognized as one of the world’s leading art capitals. This distinction can be largely attributed to the many outstanding art schools and studio art departments in the region’s colleges and universities. We can credit these practicing artists who hold “day jobs” as college educators for making Los Angeles a leader in contemporary art production.
While this exhibition’s title highlights the reality that artists regularly ensure their livelihood through teaching, notions of survival are also present in artworks that consider the importance of human resilience: from migration stories to gender transition, environmental adaptation, and survival during the global pandemic.
By bringing together the work of this cohort, the Laband seeks to enlighten students and the campus community about the talent and influence that Studio Arts faculty members offer the university. Indeed, one of the key assurances of artistic survival comes from paying it forward as a mentor. The passing on of belief systems to the next generation of artists may be the most enduring survival strategy of all.
See the full list of 24 participating artists and LMU Studio Arts faculty members here.
“Survival Strategies” Artists’ Reception
Thursday, Sept. 26: 4–7 p.m. at the Laband Art Gallery
Join the exhibition opening celebrating the range of work made by esteemed LMU Studio Arts faculty.
Free and open to the public.
Image credit: Diane Meyer, P.S. 124, Hand-sewn archival inkjet print, Courtesy of the artist
