The School of Art and Design is a creative learning community in which students develop their practice as artists, designers, and art historians who work in and across media while enhancing their technical skills, historical and theoretical knowledge, and visual, material, and conceptual thinking within the context of the School’s commitments to social and environmental justice and innovative entrepreneurship, as well as its location near the U.S.-Mexico Border and on the Pacific Rim.

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The Gallery Program bridges a diverse Southern California university community and public audience through scholarly, experimental, and socially conscious presentations of contemporary art and design. Comprising the University Art Gallery, the Flor y Canto Gallery, the Everett Gee Jackson Gallery, and the Installation Gallery, the Gallery Program creates opportunities for students, faculty, and contemporary artists and designers at all levels of their careers.

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