Peter Shahrokh, M.B.A. '99, who works in the university's Design and Construction Management, ia back at the Buehler Alumni and Visitors Center with another watercolors exhibition, one year after his first.
His new show, which opened April 1, features lots of animals: bugs, fish, crows. “There are going to be some of my favorites from last time," he said, "but it’s mostly other stuff that I’ve done throughout my ‘career’ as a watercolor painter.”
He taught himself how to paint eight years ago, and now shares his passion with others as a teacher at the Craft Center.
• Peter Shahrokh Watercolors — Through May 31, . Regular hours: 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday, and 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday. Reception, 5:30 p.m. Friday, April 26.
MORE ON CAMPUS
The Nelson Gallery hosts a lecture next week and a panel discussion the week after that as part of the exhibition Views on Migration, a continuation of the , The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Greatest Migration.
The exhibition features works by the late African American artists Jacob Lawrence and Eizabeth Catlett, who complemented each other in their depictions of the black experience. Catlett was known for her intergenerational portraits, specifically images of mother and child, making personal both the vitality and struggle that Lawrence depicted in his images of community, in series such as Toussaint L’Ouverture and Migration.
The lecture and panel discussion will be held in the gallery during the exhibition’s run. Both are free and open to the public.
- "Jacob Lawrence's Migration Series: Stories of Migration, Stories of Movement," lecture by Cherise Smith, associate professor or art history (African American and African diaspora art), University of Texas at Austin. 6:30-8 p.m. Thursday, April 11.
- "African American Migration Histories of Local Residents," panel, 6:30-8 p.m. Thursday, April 18.
• Views on Migration: Jacob Lawrence and Elizabeth Catlett — Through May 19, , Regular hours: 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Thursday and Saturday-Sunday, and by appointment on Fridays.
ALSO NEW THIS WEEK
• Crafting on the Clock — Mixed media by managers and recent managers. Through May 3, , . Closing reception for the artists, 5:30-7 p.m. Friday, May 3. Regular hours: 12:30-10 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 12:30-7 p.m. Friday, and 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday-Sunday.
• Design by Design — A juried competition described as “a lively survey of undergraduate student talent and creativity that reflects the multidisciplinary breadth of the Department of Design.” Through April 26, , 124 . Regular hours: noon-4 p.m. Monday-Friday, and 2-4 p.m. Sunday.
• Design Deliberation: An Exhibition of Three Competing Museum Designs — Detailed drawings and architectural models from the vying to design and build the . Through May 19, , Regular hours: 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Thursday and Saturday-Sunday, and by appointment on Fridays.
• Together Again: Lillian Pitt, Gail Tremblay, Joe Feddersen and Rick Bartow — Pitt (Warm Springs, Wasco and Yakama), Tremblay (Mi'kmaq and Onondaga), Feddersen (Colville) and Bartow (Wiyot and Yurok) have participated in previous exhibitions at the Gorman, contributing to the museum’s rich history — and now they are back to help celebrate the museum’s 40th anniversary year. They are presenting recent works in a variety of media. Through June 6, , 1316 . Regular hours: noon-5 p.m. Monday-Friday and 2-5 p.m. Sunday.
OFF CAMPUS
• Dignidad Rebelde: Prints for the People — By Melanie Cervantes and Jesus Barraza, Oakland-based artists-activists of the graphic arts collaborative Dignidad Rebelde. Through June, , or Art Workshop of the New Dawn, run by the Department of Chicana/o Studies. TANA is at 1224 Lemen Ave., Woodland. Call for exhibition hours: (530) 402-1065.
• Foodies in Exile — Art lecturer Bryce Vinokurov says his move to Davis from Boston eight years ago left him feeling like an exile from urban city life. "However," he said, "the inspiration of the Northern California landscape and the emergent national fixation with the sustainable food industry and culture quickly became an inspiration.” The result? A body of work he calls Foodies in Exile, including large and small oil paintings, collages, linocuts and intaglio etchings. Through May 9, , Oakville (Napa County). Regular hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. seven days a week.
• Legacy: Recent Paintings and Prints — By alumnus Jamie Montiel, artist in residence at the university's , or Art Workshop of the New Dawn. Montiel is "a committed community artist," said Carlos Francisco Jackson, assistant professor, Department of Chicana/o Studies, and director of TANA, referring to the art workshop in Woodland. Through May 3, Davis Community Clinic, 2051 John Jones Road. Gallery hours: 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday, Wednesday and Thursday, and 9 a.m-5 p.m. Tuesday and Friday.
• Mexico Mágico: People, Traditions and Color — Professor Marc Schenker presents a collection of photos from the last 20 years or so, taken during his work missions and other trips. As a physican and professor (Department of Public Health Sciences), he focuses on migration and health, occupational and environmental health, pulmonary disease, and global health research and teaching. As a hobbyist photographer, he is particularly interested in cultures, climate and geography around the world. His work encompasses universal themes such as family, work, humor, leisure and personal relationships. He said his photographs on work are a direct outgrowth of his research on occupational health hazards — for example, in agriculture, an area in which he has published numerous scientific papers. Through July 14, , , Sacramento. Regular hours: 8 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Monday-Friday. Schenker's photography .
AT SHIELDS LIBRARY
Amerine
• — Professor Amerine (1911-98) joined the ϲϿ Davis Division of Viticulture in 1935 and retired in 1974. As a junior enologist, he was hired to work with Professor A.J. Winkler to improve the quality of grape varieties grown in California. From this modest beginning, Amerine became known throughout the world as a foremost wine expert. For this exhibition, Patsy Inouye, photograph curator in Special Collections, drew on the library’s , including travel diaries, photographs, a map of his travels and selections of his writings. The exhibition also includes a computer station where visitors can watch Amerine's lectures from VEN 125, "Sensory Analysis of Wine" (the library recently converted the videotaped lectures to ).
• — He is the creator, producer and host of , which premiered on Chicago's WBEZ public radio station in 1995 and is now presented weekly on more than 500 stations with an audience of more than 1.7 million. He is an author and editor, too. The Shields Library collection includes Juvenile in Justice, co-author, 2012; The New Kings of Nonfiction, editor, 2007; and The Fairest Fowl: Portraits of Championship Chickens, co-author, 2001.
Under his editorial direction, This American Life has won the highest honors for broadcasting and journalistic excellence, including several Peabody and DuPont-Columbia awards. A television adaptation ran on the Showtime network for two seasons,2007 and 2008, winning three Emmy awards, including outstanding nonfiction series.
The show has put out its own comic book, three greatest hits compilations, DVDs of live shows and other events, a "radio decoder" toy, temporary tattoos and a paint-by-numbers set. Half-a-dozen stories are in development to become feature films. In 2012, he produced and co-wrote, with Mike Birbiglia, a movie called Sleepwalk with Me.
Glass first gave a talk at the Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts in 2010, selling out Jackson Hall. He returns for a program at 8 p.m. Saturday, May 18. This event is billed as In Conversation with Ira Glass, with Daniel Handler (a.k.a. the children's book author Lemony Snicket) as the moderator.
• — Library resources that complement the 2012 section, The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration, Isabel Wilkerson's award-winning study of the Great Migration, the movement of almost 6 million African-Americans from the South from 1915 to 1970. Display assembled by David Michalski, social and cultural studies librarian, who also has compiled an , including parallel texts for examining and interpreting the Great Migration's profound influence on American society and culture. The online guide also includes interviews with Wilkerson, a list of influential books on the Great Migration, and links to archival sources and other research tools that can help animate the discussion of . For more information about the exhibition and-or the online research guide, send an email to the Humanities, Social Sciences and Government Services Department, hssref@lib.ucdavis.edu.
• — This exhibition is taken from a prepared by David Michalski and Michael Winter, humanities and social sciences librarians, in conjunction with a library symposium (3-5 p.m. Friday, April 19).
The exhibitions are in the lobby. Regular hours: 7:30 a.m.-midnight Monday-Thursday, 7:30 a.m.-6 p.m. Friday, noon-6 p.m. Saturday and noon-midnight Sunday.
Media Resources
Dave Jones, Dateline, 530-752-6556, dljones@ucdavis.edu