About Cal State LA’s Ronald H. Silverman Fine Arts Gallery

The Cal State LA’s Ronald H. Silverman Fine Arts Gallery is located in the Fine Arts Building at California State University, Los Angeles. The city of Los Angeles is one of the greatest art capitals of the world.  Art expresses, educates and influences the concepts that define history, culture, and society.

The Silverman Gallery is to serve the needs of an urban and diverse university community through art but also provides a forum for investigating a wide range of visual cultures through art and art related events. The Cal State LA Fine Arts Gallery offers a vibrant program that features established and budding artists, as well as acclaimed artists and scholars from around the world, also presents cultural and educational exhibits of all ages as well as Cal State LA faculty, and graduate and undergraduate students year around.

Renaming the Silverman Gallery

The Cal State LA Fine Arts Gallery was renamed as the Ronald H. Silverman Fine Arts Gallery in 2019. Professor Ron Silverman was a Cal State LA alumnus; upon graduation in 1955, he began teaching at Cal State LA and, after also serving as department chair, retired as Professor Emeritus of Art in 1988. Professor Silverman was an internationally respected teacher of art education and was among the earliest academicians in the U.S. to develop an official art education curriculum. The Department of Art also offers a scholarship named after Professor Silverman.

All exhibitions and events are open to the public. Director of the Cal State LA’s Ronald H. Silverman Fine Arts Gallery, Dr. Mika Cho (Professor of Art) and the gallery student staff welcome and cordially invite all of you to its exhibitions and events.