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Project SURVIVE turn 20

Selections from Project SURVIVE's "ReDressing Injustice" display on the Rosenberg Library's second floor. (Photo by Ekevara Kitpowsong)

By Charles Innis The Guardsman Since 1994, City College’s Project SURVIVE has given over 4,000 peer presentations tackling the...

Olmec head made out of volcanic rock turns 10

(L-R) Installation of "El Rey" statue in 2004. (Photo by Will Maynez) and in its final resting places in the Frida Kahlo Garden next t Diego Rivera Theatre. Oct. 27, 2014. (Photo by Nathaniel Y. Downes)

By Mary Strope The Guardsman Nestled in the Frida Kahlo Garden courtyard adjacent to Ocean Campus’ Diego Rivera Theatre...

Art exhibition takes over local barber shop

Inks of truth collective exhibits art show at the San Francisco Barber College on 6th Street in San Francisco as part of the 2 Blocks Art Walk on Friday, Oct. 10. (Photo By: Niko Plagakis)

Photo by Niko Plagakis The Guardsman The old San Francisco Barber College is one of the many venues that was...

Historic artworks are in plain sight

Diego Rivera's mural, Marriage of the Artistic Expression of the North and of the South on this Continent, located inside the Diego Rivera Theatre. (Photo by Natasha Dangond)

By Charlie Innis The Guardsman Students walk by historic artwork everyday on campus, but many may not realize it....

Streets burst with community and cultural pride

A music band ‘Adelante’ performs live salsa and Latin jazz for the audience in front of Mama’ Art Cafe on Mission Street during Sunday Streets Festival in Excelsior, San Francisco on Sunday, Sept. 28, 2014 (Photo by Ekevara Kitpowsong)

An estimated 8,000 people spill onto the streets for Excelsior District’s own Sunday Streets festival By Calindra Revier The...

Students showcase art exhibition

Amberly Vigil, Beatriz Escobar, Rese Cohen, Naomi Onaga and Haley Mannix, all contributors of Alternate Realities, a mixed media gallery installation, celebrate at the opening reception on Thursday, Sept. 11, at Modern Times Bookstore in San Francisco’s Mission District. Composite by Nathaniel Y. Downes contains reproductions of a lumen print by Beatriz Escobar (upper right), a cyanotype by Michael Walters (upper left) and a photograph by Niko Plagakis.

By Elisabetta Silvestro The Guardsman The latest exhibition put up entirely by City College photography students is more...

City College student shares spotlight at local Cafe

Shane Menez (right), City College journalism student and curator of the Mission&Vision art show, and Laurenmarie Reyes, event manager for the Mediate art group, take time to enjoy the work in the exhibit, Friday, Sept. 12 at Mama' Art Cafe in the Excelsior. (Photo by Beatriz Escobar/ Contributor)

By Maggie Ortins The Guardsman City College student and San Francisco native Shane Menez hosted the closing night...

Theft spree at the main campus

42 works of art were stolen from the display cases shown inside the Visual Arts building, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, at Ocean campus. Photo by Elisa Parrino/The Guardsman

Three separate theft-related incidents were reported on Feb. 12. Two of the incidents were thefts at the Wellness Center and at the Visual Arts building. The third was an armed robbery inside Science Hall.

Mystique, experimentation at dance festival

By Peter Hernandez and Sara Bloomberg The Guardsman Spaghetti-flinging girls in pretty white dresses, tabletop Serbian dances, and dancers...

Poems Under The Dome

There’s no doubt the Jean Paul Gaultier exhibit was made for San Francisco.

Visual Storytelling at the Latin Comics Expo

Grasiela Rodriguez author of "Lunatic Fringe" and "Sprada" and Michael Aushenker author of “El Gato, Crime Mangler" series speak with attendees at La Raza Comica: Latino-American comic arts exhibition at the Cartoon Art Museum on May 05, 2012. Michael Aushenker is the author of the “El Gato: Crime Mangler” series. He has also wrote the current issue of Matt Groening's "Bart Simpson" comics, #70, now on sale at newsstands and book shops. SHANE MENEZ / THE GUARDSMAN

City College alumni Isis Rodriguez and several other artists were featured in a panel discussion held at the Latino Comics Expo on May 5, covering topics such as Mexico and Latin American Mythology throughout the comic world.

200 Year Old Mission Dolores Mural Recreated

Mission District, San Francisco, April 14, 2011 – A 200 year old mural discovered hidden behind a wall in...

Artifacts from ancient Mexican culture displayed at de Young

The Olmec statue outside the Ocean campus Diego Rivera Theatre was offered to City College in 2004. PHOTO BY JESSICA NORTH / THE GUARDSMAN

Outside the Diego Rivera Theatre is a statue of a head that is linked to some of the oldest inhabitants of the Americas — the Olmec, an ancient civilization that lived in what is now Mexico.