The Graduate Art Studios at M Street Presents

SANDRO CANOVAS
Arquitectura de la Raza: Sustainability, Traditions and Cultural Identity

Canovas is an adobero, social and environmental activist who has been a vocal opponent of the special schedule adobe property tax imposed by the Presidio County Appraisal District on traditional adobe homes in Marfa, Texas.  We are pleased to invite Canovas for an important talk on this issue and to exhibit his adobes as part of a Dia de los Muertos event.

Artist Talk: Department of Art, Design, and Art History, Conley Art Bldg. CA101, September 20, 4 p.m. – 5:15 p.m.
Exhibition Dates: October 3 & November 1, 2024
Exhibition Location: Graduate Art Studios at M Street, 1419 M Street, downtown Fresno 
ArtHop (soft opening): Thursday, October 3, 5 p.m. – 8 p.m. 
*Dia de los Muertos Reception: Friday, November 1, 5 p.m. – 8 p.m.

All events are free and open to the public. Campus parking is free after 4p.m. for the talk. For questions or special accommodations contact Chris Lopez at 559.278.4100 or chris_lopez@csufresno.edu. 

En El Frente: Celebrating the Impact of Chicano Independent Publications

En El Frente is an exhibition that explores the design and impact of Chicano independent publications in the 1960s and 1970s. It is the culmination of extensive research conducted by Alexandria Canchola and Joshua Duttweiler, showcasing the historical and contemporary significance of Chicano publication design. The exhibition aims to inspire future designers, scholars, and students by uncovering and highlighting the revolutionary visual work of this transformative era.

Sept. 5th-21st, 2024
Hours: Saturdays, 12-4 p.m.
Graduate Studios at M St
Opening Reception, Thursday, September 5th, 2024 5-8pm

 Graduate Student Exhibition

A collection of works from the Fresno State Univeristy School of Art, Design, and Art History's Gradute Students

May 2nd-March 11th, 2024
Hours: Saturdays, 12-4 p.m.
Graduate Studios at M St
Opening Reception, Thursday, May 2nd, 2024 / 5-8pm

Social Justice Poster Project

All works and presentations relating to the SJPP are intended to promote positive conversation about our social infrastructure and provide an opportunity to share prospectives not always heard. 

April 1st-19th, 2024
Hours: Saturdays, 12-4 p.m.
Graduate Studios at M St
Opening Reception, Thursday, April 4th, 2024 / 5-8pm
 
1419 M Street (at Toulumne)
Downtown Fresno
For special accommodations, please contact Michelle Goans at mgoans@csufresno.edu or 559.278.2121

Dreams and Nightmares

Various reponses and interpretations to the concept of dreams and nightmares from the Gallery Techniques class from the department of Art, Design, and Art History
March 2nd-March 16th, 2024
Hours: Saturdays, 12-3 p.m.
Graduate Studios at M St
Opening Reception, Thursday, March 7th, 2024 / 5-8pm
 
1419 M Street (at Toulumne)
Downtown Fresno
For special accommodation, please contact Michelle Goans at mgoans@csufresno.edu or 559.278.2121
 

The Human Condition

Various responses to the idea of the human condition from graduate students in the Department of Art, Design and Art History.

Opening reception is at 5 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 1. Readings by students from the MFA Program in Creative Writing begins at 6:30 p.m.
Gallery also open from 12-4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3 and 10.
Closing reception at 5 p.m. Jan. 5.
1419 M Street (at Tuolumne) in Downtown Fresno

For special accommodation, please contact Chris Lopez at chris_lopez@csufresno.edu or 559.278.2121

Mexibulous - Children of the Maguey

This exhibition expands the knowledge of Mexican artists utilizing pre-hispanic mythology, iconography, theology and art to interplay with their contemporary life experience, some urban, some rural. By using neopop and neoexpressionism visual techniques, these works deepen the discourse, sometimes personal, others inclusively, through satire and a play on word-imagery.

All three professional artists are successfully exhibiting through the Republic of Mexico, as well as internationally.

Alberto Mendiola 
Gabriela Morac
Hugo Gutierrez
November 3- 19, 2022
Hours: Saturdays, 12-3 p.m.
Graduate Studios at M St
Opening Reception, Thursday, November 3rd, 2022 / 5-8pm
 
1419 M Street (at Toulumne)
Downtown Fresno

Distant Connections is a virtual exhibition created by students during the Spring 2020 semester in ART 240: Graduate Seminar in Studio at Fresno State. It features the work of students, faculty, area artists, and Fresno State alumni who generously shared their work with students during seminar presentations or in-studio visits.

Initially an exhibition was planned to open on Art Hop at the M Street Gallery. Due to COVID 19, we are obliged to present the work through a virtual space. Please enter our virtual gallery, where we offer a glimpse into the creative work of these artists.
https://distantconnections.cargo.site/

Insider Art: Exploring the Arts Within Prison Environments
An exhibition of work from Avenal State Prison
In Collaboration with the Center for Creaivity and the Arts

April 5-22, 2018

Intimate Space

December 7-20, 2017

HERRERA 
Magnifying the People's Voice: 
A Laurete's Journey Across America

In Collaboration with the Center for Creaivity and the Arts

Oct. 5-25, 2017

Faculty Works

The Fresno State Art and Design Department is proud to present Faculty Works, an exhibition of artwork from their faculty and staff. For the first time this event will be held in the gallery at the M Street Graduate Studios in downtown Fresno. This exhibition showcases the diversity and talents of these established artists, many of whom have exhibited extensively in Fresno including other prestigious galleries and museums throughout the U.S. and abroad. Students, colleagues and visitors will have the opportunity to observe a collection of professionally produced work that is representative of the department’s longtime developed and seasoned art programs.

September 1 and 10, 2016

Content
Fresno State Celebrates First Anniversary of the Graduate Art Studios in Downtown Fresno

May 5-14, 2016

"De 5th World"
James Luna

April 20-21, 2016

“De 5th World” reflects Luna’s reference to a new era of consciousness when humanity relearns its responsibility to the land after witnessing the destruction created by humanity’s greed. According to a Hopi prophecy, in the Fifth World a choice must be made between destruction and reconnection.

Luna’s work is a continuation of the conversation renowned First Nations artist Wanda Nanibush began with her recent exhibition, “The Fifth World.” Nanibush granted Luna permission to reference her exhibition. “De 5th World” is Luna’s response to aspects of our world that cannot yet be seen. Luna’s views have been informed by his personal social, political and cultural struggles.

Luna is a Pooyukitchum (Luiseno) California Indian who resides on the La Jolla Indian Reservation in North County, California. Luna is internationally recognized as a performance and installation artist. His works utilize found objects, audio, video and photography.

Luna became known with his exhibition “The Artifact Piece,” in which he portrayed himself as a living human artifact who questioned the institutional practice of objectifying Indigenous people as extinct artifacts and compared Indian representation to the exhibition of dinosaurs’ bones. By addressing misrepresentation, Luna reminds the viewer that Native American communities are vibrant, living and evolving.

“In my work I am not just criticizing a condition, I am in the condition,” Luna said. With “De 5th World,” Luna poses a new set of questions and critiques regarding humanity’s disharmony and destruction.

Luna’s exhibitions have appeared throughout the continental United States, Canada, Brazil and Europe. He was commissioned by the Smithsonian Institution to represent the newly opened National Museum of the American Indian at the notable Venice Biennale in 2005.

Luna has received numerous awards, including the coveted Joan Mitchell Award for Sculpture in 2010. His works are often described as a whirling mass of pop culture icons and visions falling between Miles Davis, Abstract Impressionism, Jimi Hendrix, Tom Waits, Lucinda Williams and D’Angelo.