Visual Response to the Gulf Oil Disaster at CUSN

Visual Response to Gulf Oil Disaster – A Traveling Mail Art Exhibit

at California State University Northridge Manzanita Hall Gallery

In July of 2010 Chicago’s Foster Collective posted an online call for entries challenging artists to create art work in response to the April 2010 oil spill that devastated the Gulf region. Responses poured in from across the United States. The traveling exhibit of art work that combines gas station paper towels with traditional and improvised art materials is on a multi-city tour with stops in Chicago and Huntsville Alabama and other cities. This fall Visual Response to Gulf Oil Disaster comes to Los Angeles hosted by the California State University Northridge Public Art Club. More than a year after the Gulf Oil Disaster, as people of the Gulf region struggle to restore their lives, CSUN students add their voices to a lively visual debate on the politics of oil and preserving the environment. The exhibit at the CSUN Art Gallery’s Manzanita Hall Annex Gallery runs from October 17 through December 31. An artist’s reception will be held on December 8, from 6:00 to 8:00 pm.