SF State is home to 30-plus pieces of public art, providing the campus community a respite from the bustle of life and many opportunities to reflect.

Alumna Karrie Hovey has a new solo exhibition on display at Dominican University in San Rafael. “...the Garden Grows” features her latest installation art, developed in her studio at SF State’s Romberg Tiburon Center.

Professor Mark Dean Johnson will introduce Gordon H. Chang at a free lecture at 1pm Oct. 10 at the Chinese Cultural Center in San Francisco.

Alumnus Cameron Fuller is one of three artists to win the 2010 Great Rivers Biennial award from the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis. He studied printmaking at SF State and has branched out into installations, often created with masking tape and pulled off the wall after a show closes.

Check out the September 2009 edition of the Creative Arts E-Lert, the official e-mail newsletter of the SF State College of Creative Arts. This issue highlights upcoming events including the exhibits “Cartographic Imagination/An Atlas,” a video screening about the Smile Foundation of India and a free Morrison Artists Series concert with the Grammy-nominated Eroica Trio. The newsletter also includes news on international awards won by Cinema students, an alumna who has joined the Ringling Bros. Circus and more.

Check out the August 2009 edition of the Creative Arts E-Lert, the official e-mail newsletter of the SF State College of Creative Arts. This issue highlights the upcoming exhibition “ComuniCarte: Art, Education, Environment and Community in Central America.” The newsletter also includes news on a student documentary traveling to Africa with the U.S. Department of State, alumnus and Pixar film producer Jonas Rivera, reflections from notable alumni on their SF State experience and more.