The Fullerton College Art Gallery attracts the finest professional artists, encourages great student art exhibitions and maintains an extraordinary permanent art collection.

The gallery is open Monday through Thursday 10am-12pm & 2-4pm or by appointment, except for campus closures for holidays. Please email chenke@fullcoll.edu for an appointment ourside of our regulary hours. All visitors must wear a face covering while indoors and show wristband, proof of vaccination OR proof of negative test within 48 hours. Admission is always free.

2022 Artist in Residence Chris Sickels of Red Nose Studios

February 16 – March 28, 2022

Fullerton College Art Gallery is proud to host the whimsical works of award winning artist, illustrator, and stop motion animator, Chris Sickels as our 2022 Artist in Residence. Sickels creates fantastical puppets and their environments using found and fabricated objects. He photographs these worlds to illustrate magazines and books, as well as corporate publications. His work has been awarded with gold and silver medals in both illustrative and motion work. Furthermore, his work has been screened at film festivals, including Los Angeles International Short Film Festival and Montreal Stop-Motion.

Please join us and discover the wonder and fantasy of the art of Chris Sickels of Red Nose Studio.

Week of Residency: March 7-10
Demonstrations in Room 1023: March 7-10 9:00-11:30am and March 7, 8, & 10 1-4pm

Artist’s Reception March 8, 4-6pm
Artist’s Lecture March 9, 7-9pm

ONLINE EXHIBITIONS

Land As Kin

August – December

Land as Kin is presented as a collaboration between the Muckenthaler Cultural Center, Fullerton College, Fullerton Museum Center, and CSU Fullerton. This initiative preserves and honors the traditional Native caretakers of our land through artistic endeavors. The exhibitions and programming at each location connect past and present stories while exploring identity and place. Artists participating in this project explore and address their relationship to the land we know as “Orange County” and “California.” Land as Kin is committed to inspire and respect the land we occupy as ‘relation and not a resource,’ as Tongva elders teach.

Each institution’s exhibition will open and close at varying dates throughout fall 2021. Please visit landaskin.org for more details.

EXHIBITION CALENDAR

Fullerton College’s reputation is tied to the quality of its art exhibitions and visiting artists. These exhibitions include the works of established artists who participate in the Fullerton College Artist-in Residence Program, the works of local emerging and mid-career artists, borrowed works of public and private collections, as well as the artworks of students attending and enrolled in Fullerton College fine art studio classes. Fullerton College owns an impressive Permanent Art Collection, which is showcased biennially; alternating exhibition years with the Faculty Exhibition. The gallery goal is to show diverse exhibitions that represent various disciplines in art and span a wide range of curatorial theme and focus.

ARTIST IN RESIDENCE

The Fullerton College Art Department is one of the select few college art departments in the nation can boast of a viable and prestigious Artist in Residence program. When California artist Wayne Thiebaud helped launch the first residency in the early 1970’s, the Art Department perhaps had no idea that a new chapter in its history was about to be written. Who really knew then that this “happening” would grow into the most important and defining tradition of the department? Decades later, this yearly event continues to inspire not only students and staff, but also the local art community. We continue to welcome top-flight national and international artists who represent a wide range of styles, themes and issues in their work. The impressive list of guest artists include Miriam Schapiro, Gronk, Lisa Congdon, and Stephen Silver, just to name a few.

OUR COLLECTION, OUR PERMANENT BLISS

The Fullerton College Art Department is indeed very proud to be in the possession of a very fine and envied collection of paintings, drawings, prints, and other objets d’art. As I wandered through our collection late last spring, I was immediately struck by the overall beauty of this modest, but precious collection of visual surprises. The Fullerton College Art Collection exemplifies what a college art collection should: education, inspiration, and the ability to move us all.

Want to join our mailing list? We send out 2-3 emails per semester to announce our exhibitions and events.