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Laband Art Gallery Spotlights Chicanx Art
“Seeing Chicanx: The Durón Family Collection,” an exhibition of 50 artworks from Southern California Chicanx artists whose pieces span five decades, is showing at the LMU Laband Art Gallery.
Mark Volman’s Hits and Humor
Mark Volman ’97, MFA ’99 wasn’t your typical student when he transferred to LMU from L.A. Valley College. For one, he was already in his mid 40s. For another, Volman had already lived the rock ’n’ roll life that other students might have dreamt of doing.
The Road From Loss
After the wildfires of January 2025 ravaged Pacific Palisades and Altadena, we asked nine writers in the LMU community to reflect broadly on the experience of loss.
Behind the Hits
Denny Tedesco’s films, “The Wrecking Crew” and “Immediate Family” turn the spotlight on the session musicians behind the hundreds of songs and albums that have lived in the playlists of our minds for decades.
Japanese American Incarceration: How It Happened Here
After years of government planning, a president’s executive order in February 1942 launched the U.S. policy of rounding up, forcibly relocating, and incarcerating some 120,000 Japanese Americans.
Elizabeth Taylor: Myth Made and Remade
Once at the apex of the Hollywood film industry, Elizabeth Taylor was not only a symbol of female beauty during the 1950s and ’60s, she also became a symbol of American cultural-political power.
Disappeared
Evelyn McDonnell describes the loss of a loved who was seized and detained amid round-ups currently being conducted by the U.S. government.
Aspects of Loss in Los Angeles
D.J. Waldie writes about loss, a place where, for many migrants, loss comes with the territory.
Living With Loss and Remembrance
We accumulate losses as life passes, it seems. But, says Bryant Keith Alexander, we also steadily accumulate the people who will care for us.
The Silence in Sentences
As his son struggles to relearn how to speak, Oliver de la Paz ’94, ’95 remembers his father’s attempts to erase his immigrant’s accent after arriving in the United States.