College of Arts and Humanities at Fresno State

09/04/2026

We are the new Fresno State Focus class Fall 2026. This capstone class Fresno State MCJ Department is the culmination of our broadcast and multi platform journalism studies getting us career ready. Our live sportscasts and newscasts begin in October. You can watch live CMAC Fresno/Clovis and on our YouTube channel.

09/03/2026

Ara Oshagan's photography traces the displacement, resilience and outlook of the Armenian diaspora 📸

The Armenian Studies Program celebrates the start of its 50th year with a photography exhibition featuring the work of Ara Oshagan, multi-disciplinary artist, curator and cultural worker.

ℹ️ EXHIBITION INFORMATION
Ara Oshagan: Armenian Diasporic Trajectories: Los Angeles, Beirut, Artsakh and Fresno

Los Angeles, Beirut and Fresno are sites of Armenian diasporic life and presence, while Artsakh represents an ancestral homeland that was emptied of its Armenian population and became diasporic following the Azerbaijani military offensive in 2023. Oshagan’s work explores these spaces, communities and stories as they persist across generations and form a fractured trajectory connecting diaspora, belonging, memory and hereafter.

⏰ Sept. 1 to 30
📍 Leon S. Peters Ellipse Gallery
🎟️ Free admission (paid parking may be enforced)
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📆 A reception will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 13.

Read more on Fresno State Today!
🔗 bit.ly/4gWfotY

09/02/2026

Experience the power of poetry as the MFA in Creative Writing faculty kick off the Fresno Poets' Association reading series with the annual event featuring the reading of their own works! ✒️ 📝 📖

📆 Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026
🕰️ 6 to 8 p.m.
📍 Fresno State Library, Room 2206
🎟️ Free admission. Paid parking is enforced.

Readers will include:
– Venita Blackburn (post cover photo), author of the novel “Dead in Long Beach, CA”
– Steven Church, author of the essay collection “I'm Just Getting To the Disturbing Part”
– Ra Jarrar, author of the memoir “Love Is an Ex-Country”; Saito, author of the poetry collection “Under a Future Sky”
– Mai Der Vang, author of the poetry collection “Primordial”
– Brenna Womer, author of the hybrid collection “Unbrained”

Full story on Fresno State Today! 🔗 bit.ly/3V1rj1W

08/27/2026

Our CAH alumni celebrating with art featuring our live mascot, Victor E. Bulldog IV! 🖼️🐶

Alums Joel Beery (‘08) and Todd Graves (‘03) earned bachelor’s degrees with emphases in graphic design from Fresno State, and today they design the visuals that you recognize as the iconic Fresno State brand! ♥️🐾💙

08/25/2026

The campus comes to life with students 🐾 🫶

Wishing all the new and returning Bulldogs a successful start to the fall semester! 🍂

📍Study spot: Conley Art Building courtyard

08/22/2026

THIS FALL: The Guerrilla Girls, an anonymous collective of feminist artist-activists who confront sexism and racism in the art world, will bring an exhibition and series of public events to campus!

🎨 “The Art of Behaving Badly" exhibition
Aug. 24 through Oct. 9
10 a.m. to 4 p.m. • Conley Gallery

🎤 Talk (live music by Eva Scowl & Benjamin Boone)
Sept. 10
3:30 p.m. • RSU
5 to 7 p.m. • Conley Courtyard

📽️ “Acting Like Women” film screening
Sept. 18
5 to 7 p.m. • Conley Art (CA), Room 101

🗣️ Panel discussion
Oct. 9
Time and venue TBA

Details on Fresno State Today!
bit.ly/CCA-GuerrillaGirls

07/16/2026

Four talented School of Music students performed at ClarinetFest 2026 in South Korea! 🌍 🎵

Congratulations to Gavyn Tapp, Jason Hilario, Devin Calderon and Raul Roldan for performing a clarinet quartet piece composed by Calderon himself for a worldwide audience of professionals and enthusiasts!

This is the second consecutive year that Fresno State students and Dr. Amelia Smith, our clarinet lecturer, have been invited to perform at ClarinetFest. This opportunity was made possible through the Dean's Council Annual Fund, a crowdfunding campaign, and the generosity of our community members.

Read the full story on Fresno State Today: https://bit.ly/4gFNfZy

07/14/2026

Alum Cyrel Mallory tells the story of "Mr. Rib" through film 🍖🎥 💖

Supported by a grant from the Fresno Emerging Documentary Filmmakers Fellowship, Cyrel directed "It's Not Bar-B-Que, It's Love," a five-minute documentary airing on CMAC under the leadership of assistant professor Samuel Contreras.

The film focuses on Cyrel's grandfather, Ned Mallory, known as "Mr. Rib", whose humble mobile kitchen has fed youth and unhoused Fresno residents during the holidays for the past 20 years. The project has been a labor of love for Cyrel, who works for the Department of Media, Communications and Journalism managing photography and video production equipment.

For credits and to watch the film, visit

The 5-Minute documentary is a projected made for the Fresno Emerging Documentary Filmmakers Fellowship by Samuel Contreras. The documentary is about Ned Mallory, better known as Mr. Rib, has driven his humble mobile kitchen through Fresno at his own expense, feeding youth and unhoused residents duri...

06/15/2026

We're excited to see MCJ alum and award-winning climate reporter for KQED News, Ezra David Romero, deliver the commencement address for the Rachel Carson College at UC Santa Cruz, which offers academic programs exploring the connection between the environment and society.

"And many of the stories I read in the news at that time didn't center the people who were the most affected by climate change. My neighbors, my friends, people who look like me, people who don't, the people who grow our food, people who speak two or more languages. And I heard a little voice that day that I've been following for a while now, asking me to center the voices in my reporting, and I listened," Romero shared about his own journey to environmental journalism in the Bay Area.

Watch his empowering message to the class of 2026!

UC Santa Cruz 2026 Commencement Ceremony of Rachel Carson College o...

06/05/2026

Beating the heat through the power of design 🌡️ 🌞 🎨

Students and faculty from Fresno State’s Intelligent Design Visualization Lab, housed in the School of Art, Design and Art History, proposed fifty sites and throughtful designs for new, small-scale bus stops focusing on underserved communities, environmental considerations, including rising temperatures, and future transit development.

Four student-designed bus stop concepts were created for the FAX bus system, which were finalized and copyrighted. The project is supported by the mayor’s office and designs were approved by the Fresno City Council.

Read the full story on Fresno State Today at https://bit.ly/4ts7rRx!