Talk: David E. James, Avant-Garde Film in Los Angeles in the Early 1940s
Thursday October 20, 2016, 7pm
LMU, Animation Drawing Room, Communication Arts Building, Room 310
USC Professor David E. James discussed his book The Most Typical Avant-Garde: History and Geography of Minor Cinemas in Los Angeles (2006).
Stretching Time: A Slow Arts Festival
Saturday, October 8, 2016, 4-7pm
Burns Fine Arts Complex
Animation, music, dance and food at a slower pace. This event is co-organized by the Bellarmine Forum and the Laband Art Gallery.
Talk: Professor Nigel Raab, Learning from Each Other, Early Soviet & American Film
Tuesday, October 4, 2016, 9-10am
Communication Arts, Mayer Theater
Gallery Walkthrough with Curator Tom Klein and Opening Reception
Thursday, September 22, 2016, 3-6pm
Walkthrough (3pm) Opening Reception (4-6pm)
LMU Chair of Animation and Curator of the exhibition led a walkthrough of the exhibition followed by an opening reception.
Artists' Reception & Awards Ceremony – Young Contemporaries 2016
Thursday, April 28, 2016, 5-7pm
Opening Reception – Young Contemporaries 2016
Thursday, April 14, 2016, 6-8pm
Talk: The Dark Side: Your Personal Archive, Data Collection, & Privacy
Tuesday, March 15, 2016, 5-7pm
Seaver Science Hall 100
Other types of archiving and data collection are occurring on a daily basis around our shopping, browsing, and physical location. Where is this information going and how do citizens protect their privacy in a digital age? Guest speakers are Dr. Douglas Thomas, professor of Communication in the Annenberg School at USC and Dr. John Nockleby, LMU Law School. These guest speakers, will be introduced by Dr. Jason Jarvis of LMU, Dept of Communication Studies who did his Dissertation Research on Anonymous/hactivist and the event is co-organized with the Department of Communication Studies.
Conversation: Gaming, Its Past and Its Future, Tracy Fullerton & Tom Klein
Tuesday, March 8, 2016, 7pm
LMU, Von der Ahe Building, Room 190
USC Game Designer/Professor Tracy Fullerton and LMU Animation Professor Tom Klein will discuss how traditions of analog and digital game design inform the creative process of current video game development. This event is co-organized with the School of Film and Television. Read a recent article about Tracy Fullerton in the LA Times.
DIY Archiving Workshop & Exhibition Tour
Saturday. February 13, 2016, 9:30am-12:30pm
Von der Ahe Suite 322, William H. Hannon Library
Learn how to best preserve your treasured documents, images, and objects, both print and digital. The workshop will be followed by a tour of the exhibition with curator Carolyn Peter.
Ask An Archivist Panel
Wednesday, February 10, 2016, 5:30-7pm
Von der Ahe Suite 322, William H. Hannon Library
Archivists from diverse archives across Southern California will discuss the relationship between researchers and the work of archivists.
Talk: Nuala Creed & Brewster Kahle & Opening Reception
Saturday, January 23, 2016, 2-5pm
Artist's Talk (2-3pm) Reception (3-5pm)
Murphy Recital Hall and Laband Art Gallery
Internet Archive Founder Brewster Kahle and artist Nuala Creed offer insight in the archive and the unique artistic commission. The talk will be followed by reception. The talk is co-organized by the Laband Art Gallery and KaleidoLA: The Speaker Series of the Department of Art and Art History.
Free Little Libraries
January 23 - March 20, 2016
Dotted across LMU's campus are Free Little Libraries where you can take a book and/or leave a book. Stop by the Laband or the Hannon Library for a map and go on a treasure hunt to locate them all.