Jan 18, 2018 | News
The celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King’s birthday and his extraordinary contributions to our nation leads us into the monthlong commemoration of Black History Month. President Gerald Ford officially recognized Black History Month in 1976 during the bicentennial,...
Jan 16, 2018 | News
If the possibility that neon can soothe has never occurred to you, step into Ben Orozco’s show Tropicalia, on display through February 2 at the Memorial Union’s Class of 1925 Gallery. The pieces that make up the show all riff on the shapes of leaves...
Jan 8, 2018 | News
Awesome ideas happen all the time and sometimes all it takes is someone — or a group of someones — to believe in that idea. That’s the premise of The Awesome Foundation, an international organization with chapters all over the world, where a group of 10 individuals...
Jan 8, 2018 | News
You might call them Grimm’s fairy tales. Artist [and Professor] Gerit Grimm creates her own fanciful narratives and characters inspired by fairytales, mythology, and religion, in making her unique ceramic sculptures. Trained in pottery in East Germany prior to the...
Jan 5, 2018 | News
Robert Therien’s [MFA ’69] early inspiration in art came from a less conventional source: Mad magazine. The cartoonish art from the satirical humor publication is much different than the Fremont man’s photo-realistic scenes of goldfish, turtles and caladium....
Jan 5, 2018 | News
An array of unique art and site-specific installations that explore themes of identity, both personal and political, make up the UICA’s winter exhibition. While technically a group show, Enmeshed consists of solo exhibitions by five accomplished, yet eclectic artists...
