On View: April 21 – May 14, 2016
Opening Reception: Saturday, April 23, 2016 | 5-7 p.m.

The Faces of Millennial Angst is an exhibition that seeks to represent the diverse student body of California Lutheran University. The collection features eleven color photo collages, with each comprised of four faces. As a symbol of the university’s commitment to diversity, the collages will visually unite multiple students as one, while striving to display the varying angst each experiences in their day-to-day lives. The repetition of students and disharmony of placement of each facial section is intended to amplify the sensations of uneasiness experienced. The vivid colors and clarity of the photographs harmoniously clash with the faces and stories of their peers amidst the seemingly peaceful context of suburban Thousand Oaks.

Never judge a book by its cover: that is the intention behind the artworks presented. Each individual has their own story, their own struggle that is visible only when physicality is paired with the emotional transparency of California Lutheran University’s students. In The Faces of Millennial Angst, the manifestation of deep-rooted emotion and experience comes to light as images are captured of those who are willing to share the stories others cower from.

Provided with each image are supplemental stories of sixteen California Lutheran University students with sixteen unique perspectives; feel free to take their stories home with you.

This project was undertaken over the spring semester as part of the Arts Management & Museology course at Cal Lutheran, by student artists and curators Leah Butler, Isabella Trangelo, and Julie Wuellner.