Work from students in beginning digital photography, advanced digital photography, photojournalism and independent study classes at Pierce College will be on display at the Library and Learning Crossroads Building starting Tuesday, May 7 and running through May 23. The opening  reception will take place Tuesday, May 7 from 6 to 8 p.m.  in the library on the second floor, near the faculty offices. The reception will offer light refreshments. Prizes will be awarded for the best photographs. The exhibition is hosted by the Media Arts Department at Pierce College and the library and is sponsored...

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Pierce College students participated in a Student Photography Installation during the Getty Museum's College Night in Los Angeles April 15, 2013. The students from the Media Arts and Architecture Departments have been participating in an architectural photo class in conjunction with the Getty's Pacific Standard Time Presents: Modern Architecture in L.A. along with three other Los Angeles area community colleges: Santa Monica College, College of the Canyons and East Los Angeles College. Their work will also be exhibited in the art gallery at Pierce in the fall.  

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The assistant features digital editor for the Los Angeles News Group will be in the Great Hall discussing her role as a multimedia reporter at 7 p.m. Monday, April 22 as part of the Media Arts Department Speaker Series. Mariecar Mendoza was recently named the assistant features digital editor. Before that, she was a general assignment multimedia reporter for the Los Angeles Daily News in Woodland Hills. In that role she covered local news, including the manhunt for former LAPD officer Christopher Dorner. Previously, she was a reporter for The Desert Sun in Palm Springs, where she covered...

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Emmy Award-winning feature filmmakers will be in the Great Hall discussing their latest project at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 20 as part of the Media Arts Department Speaker Series. MARK DEVENDORF and DARIA MATZA have worked on dozens of documentaries and feature films. Matza is an adjunct instructor of cinema at Pierce College and has produced...

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An award-winning photographer for the Los Angeles Times who has shot everything from Olympian portraits to celebrities to a nudist resort will be the next person to participate in the Media Arts Speaker Series at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013 in the Great Hall at Pierce College. Jay L. Clendenin has been a staff photographer for the Times for five years and has 14 years of experience covering Hollywood, politics and more. Clendenin will visit Pierce as part of the Pierce College Media Arts Department Speaker Series, a free program that welcomes esteemed speakers from the radio, film, journalism...

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An award-winning photographer for the Los Angeles Times who has shot everything from the Olympics to celebrities to a nudist resort will be the next person to participate in the Media Arts Speaker Series at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013. Jay L. Clendenin has been a staff photographer for the Times for five years and has 14 years of experience covering Hollywood, politics and more. Clendenin will visit Pierce as part of the Pierce College Media Arts Department Speaker Series, a free program that welcomes esteemed speakers from the radio, film, journalism and website worlds. The events...

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Pierce College cinema instructor Vincent Brook will discuss his new book, “Land of Smoke and Mirrors: A Cultural History of Los Angeles” at 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 26, 2012 at the Autry in Griffith Park. Brook, who is also a media and cultural students professor at USC, UCLA and Cal State L.A. will sign copies of the book following the discussion. “Land of Smoke and Mirrors” uncovers Hollywood’s version of Los Angeles, using films including “Mi Familia,” “Boyz N the Hood” and “Falling Down.” Admission to the museum is free Jan. 26 until 5 p.m. The Autry is located at 4700...

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Media Arts Department students representing the newspaper, magazine and radio station at Pierce College took home nearly 40 awards from the Journalism Association of Community Colleges Southern California conference in Fullerton, Calif. Oct. 5 and 6, 2012. The Roundup newspaper and Bull Magazine received General Excellence awards. Students also won several first place awards, including newswriting, web broadcast news, student-designed ad and magazine photo essay. The conference was hosted at Cal State Fullerton. Two professors (Jill Connelly and Stefanie Frith) from the Media Arts Department...

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The Pierce College Media Arts Department hosted about 40 local high school journalism students recently as part of newspapers2, a four-day workshop featuring news writing, design and online reporting classes. Faculty members Amara Aguilar, Jeff Favre and Stefanie Frith taught the classes at Pierce. Newspapers2 is owned by Konnie Krislock, a long-time high school journalism adviser. Students learned design basics, how to write news and feature stories, how to produce audio slideshows and more. There were also guest speakers, including former Pierce College student Portia Medina, who is now freelancing...

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June 2012— A variety of film projects were showcased during Crossfade, a free student film festival hosted recently by Los Angeles Mission College and Pierce College at Laurel Canyon Stages in Arleta. Three works by Pierce College students were showcased: “The Dream” by Jonathan Saeidian, “Infinity Haze” by Manual Balthazar and “The Price of Divorce,” by Michelle Basche. "It was a great event and a wonderful opportunity for our students to get hands-on experience as well as to show their awesome films,” Karin Stellwagen, Pierce College assistant professor of cinema. In...

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