WHAT: "The One and The Many," an annual showcase of the most outstanding artwork made by USC undergraduate students during the past academic year.

This year, the Dean of the USC Roski School of Fine Arts, Rochelle Steiner, with USC Roski School faculty members Jennifer West and Chris Barnard, will co-curate the exhibition. The works in the student exhibition at the USC Fisher Museum of Art represent the full range of courses at the USC Roski School and showcase the rich and varied approaches to contemporary art-making - from traditional representation to conceptually based projects.

"The arts are a vital force within our research university. This exhibition at the USC Fisher Museum - and the wealth of talent on display - is a reminder to our community of the critical role that the fine arts and design must play in developing creativity, critical thinking and an appreciation of our shared human condition," said Steiner, an acclaimed curator and writer who as former Chief Curator of the Serpentine Gallery in London curated one-person and group shows with internationally acclaimed artists including John Currin, Ellsworth Kelly, Takashi Murakami and Cindy Sherman, among others. "Many of the undergraduates whose work was selected for the exhibition are not only fine arts majors, but also dual majors in a range of disciplines, and their work represents the mentorship and care of USC Roski School faculty in cultivating expression and encouraging students to articulate their ideas in a range of media."

"The USC Fisher Museum of Art is proud to once again host the annual student exhibition. It is especially exciting to open this exhibition at the same time as the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books. The coincidence of the exhibition and the festival brings a big, often new audience to the USC Fisher Museum. We know that all of our visitors will celebrate the vital creative work of our USC students, shown as they will be, in a professional museum setting," said Selma Holo, director of the USC Fisher Museum of Art and director of the International Museum Institute at USC.

The annual USC undergraduate student art exhibition will include work in painting, drawing, printmaking, photography, ceramics, sculpture, video and graphic design, and will be on view from April 24 through USC Commencement Day on May 11, with special visiting hours on April 21-22 during the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books at USC.

WHEN: April 24 - May 11, 2012

Regular viewing hours: Tues. - Fri., noon - 5 p.m. (special hours during Commencement and the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books)

Los Angeles Times Festival of Books exhibition hours:
Sat., April 21 and Sun., April 22, noon - 4 p.m.

Commencement Day exhibition hours:
Friday, May 11, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Reception and award ceremony:
Tues., May 1, 5 - 7 p.m.

WHERE: USC Fisher Museum of Art
823 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90089

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About the USC Roski School of Fine Arts
First organized in 1883, the USC Roski School of Fine Arts provides a supportive environment for experimentation in visual art of all media. The school encourages interdisciplinary, progressive approaches to studio art, design, curatorial practice, and critical studies. With equal emphasis on making and thinking, the USC Roski School prepares artists, designers, curators, and writers to contribute in new and meaningful ways both to their fields and to society at large.

About the USC Fisher Museum of Art
The USC Fisher Museum of Art was the first museum established in the city of Los Angeles that was opened as an art museum and remains solely dedicated to the exhibition and collection of fine art. Founded in 1939 by Elizabeth Holmes Fisher and accredited by the American Association of Museums, the gallery houses a permanent collection of some1,800 objects including work by local, international and emerging artists. Located on the USC Campus in the heart of Los Angeles, the museum is part of an extraordinary complex of Exposition Park museums including the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, the California Science Center and the California African American Museum.


Source: University of Southern California