Come to the Juried Student Exhibition Today
Today
at 4 p.m. is the opening reception of the annual Juried
Student Exhibition which is on view at the University
Art Gallery from through April 15. Each year two jurors
from the professional art world visit the campus to
jury artwork and talk to students about their careers
and ideas about art. This year the jurors are Lia Bonagura-Transue,
Executive Director, Sonoma Valley Museum of Art, and
Frances McCormack, artist and Professor of Art at San
Francisco Art Institute. This year's exhibition features
work in a variety of media, including painting, sculpture,
photography, printmaking, drawing, and mixed media,
which reflects courses offered in the art studio program
as well as the students’ own
individual creativity.
The University Art Gallery is open Tue.-Fri., 11 a.m.-4
p.m. and weekends, noon to 4 p.m. The gallery is closed
on holidays, including Fri., March 30. Admission is free.
For more information, phone 4-2295.
ABOVE, oil on canvas painting by Jessica Jacobsen, Cigarro Puro (2007).
A&H Forum looks at Fulbright
Tour and Americanizing Betty
A trip to the Phillipines and "Americanizing Betty" are the themes of the two talks presented at the Arts and Humanities Forum at noon on Thursday, April 5, in Stevenson 3082. Elenita Strobel (American Multicutltural Studies) discusses her Fulbright 2006 study tour of the Southern Philippines which allowed several faculty to bring 11 K-12 teachers from Northern California. The program was designed to provide teachers with the knowledge and experience for introducing substantive instruction about the Philippines into the curriculum of elementary and secondary schools in California. The study tour enabled participants to develop curriculum materials that can be integrated into K-12 language arts and social science subjects. A slideshow presentation presents the highlights of the study tour and can be viewed at the North Bay Intenational Studies Project Web site.
The second talk is by Patricia Kim-Rajal (Chicao and Latino Studies), who explains her research into "Americanizing Betty and Latinizing MTV: How the Mainstream Media Codifies Latino Ethnicity."
Art & Conversation Is Back
With "Alternative Spaces"
"Alternative Spaces: What Are They and Why Do We Need Them?" is the title of a lecture from 6-8 p.m. on Wednesday, April 4 in the Commons. While most people are familiar with museums and commercial galleries, alternative spaces are an equally important—although sometimes less visible—part of the arts ecology. The guest speakers for the evening are David Best, artist and member of the Black Rock Foundation, better known for their work with Burning Man; John Casey, Oakland-based artist; and Courtney Fink, Executive Director at Southern Exposure in San Francisco. These speakers define the role their institutions play and discuss how such institutions might grow in Sonoma County. A question and answer period follows each discussion, and the audience will have the opportunity to greet panelists at a light reception immediately following each event. All events are free and open to the public. For more information, call 4-2295.