Conchi Sanford’s work reflects her own cultural diversity and calls into question social constructs that pertain to identity. Her interest is in the psychological impact the experience has on the individual and how that manifests itself in the psyche. While Conchi’s concentration is on sculpture, she creates pieces in a variety of mediums, which allows for much freedom. Conchi Sanford holds a Master in Fine Arts from Claremont Graduate University (2011). She is an Adjunct Professor at Crafton Hills College and at Mt. San Jacinto College.

The sounds of archaic musical instruments resonate deep in Ms. Rawcliffe's psyche; some are raw, like animals, like grief; others evoke human voices singing or crying; sometimes, strange tones buzz inside the head. Through constructing and evolving her own versions, she strives to bring the ancient sounds back to life. These ancient instruments were shamanic tools for transformation used in ceremonies, and it's this end of the equation that is seeking now to be born in her work.

Sound Touchings: Didjeridus

Hilary Norcliffe was born in England, raised in Canada, and now lives in Long Beach, California. She was raised on weekly piano lessons, but now prefers playing in dumpsters. Her new "instruments" are one of her latest moves to break down boundaries between art and life.

Barbitar

Barbecue grill replaced with tune-able steel strings. Sounds terrible. Visitors can pluck with picks or fingers, or tap with sticks. Sound might get lost in a very open area, but near to a structure it'd be fine. Electronic sound guys might like to collect sounds from it.

Julia Hays is a performer and explorer of the inner and outer world. Her practice expands across all genres and styles, with an emphasis on the spiritual and ritualistic openings movement brings.

Zachary Paul (b. 1995) is a Los Angeles-based violinist and composer interested in perception in durational trance states. In live performance, he builds lush soundscapes via improvisation reflecting on his immediate experience and the space being performed in.

Raze the Whitebox (josie j) makes research based existentially iconoclastic artwork.

Hull

Printmakers Anonymous is a collective of printmakers exploring multi-media techniques and incorporating them into their practice. They work out of the Los Angeles and Inland Empire area.

Impression of Sound

Pile of Wires is an ensemble born out of the strong electronic music tradition of California State University Long Beach, where we met as members of the CSU Long Beach Laptop Ensemble. Made up of Sean Jones, Cameron Johnston, and David García Saldaña, and with the guidance of Dr. Martin Herman, we have enjoyed exciting performance opportunities like the annual GArdenME event in the Earl Burns Miller Japanese Garden, the Long Beach Art Walk, as well as several performances on campus and in Los Angeles, like soundpedro.

Miser is the ritual occult electronics duo of John Hudnall and Drew Girard, existing as live performance and recorded output. Miser strives for exploration of sound forms as a journey to deeper understanding of our own humanity and our place in the cosmos.

Vertices & Vortices

Kristen Miologos is a Phoenix-based artist and educator who seeks out the emotional liminal space of her hyphenated Greek-American identity through the production of objects, performance, and sound. Kristen holds an MFA in Fiber from Cranbrook Academy of Art and a BFA in Fibers from Arizona State University. Most recently, Kristen has performed durational sound pieces at Phoenix Art Museum and Museum of Contemporary Art Tucson.

Vedran Mehinovic was born in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. He received bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Composition from New England Conservatory, and a doctorate from UC Santa Cruz. In 2007, his piece RA was selected as one of just three orchestral works to be performed during the Gaudeamus Music Week in Amsterdam, and had won an Honorable Mention at the week’s end. An enthusiast of world arts, Mehinovic has organized concerts of Korean, Hindustani, Uyghur, and Chinese music.

Karena Massengill has a Bachelor of Fine Art from Philadelphia’s Temple University, Tyler School of Art, a Bachelor of Art Education and Industrial Technology from the University of Toronto in Canada, and a Master of Fine Art in Sculpture from California State University at Fullerton.

A practicing artist and retired art educator, she is delving into new realms for her creative expression.

Nothing to Sea Hear!

Rotations of the earth, around the sun, DNA, evolution, polar vortex and climate change.
Nothing to sea hear.