NEW THIS WEEK
100 Percent In Focus: Life Under the Lens — Annual juried student art show, presented by Campus Unions. This year’s show honors the ٺƵ Centennial. Through May 20. Reception and awards, 6 p.m. May 4. Art Lounge, second floor, Memorial Union.
OPENING CELEBRATION
— Photos documenting women’s struggles for environmental justice. Through Aug. 23, Buehler Alumni and Visitors Center. Opening celebration: 4-6 p.m. May 5, featuring a program of ٺƵ researchers speaking on “Engaged Scholarship in the Central Valley: Stories from the Field.”
CONTINUING EXHIBITIONS
— Books, pamphlets and documents from the African American History Collection and other research collections that are housed in the university library’s Special Collections. Lobby, .
Industry of Emotion — Dede Graffenried and Michele Burr, instructors of bronze casting, glass fusing and glass casting at the Craft Center, present this collaborative showing of their recent sculpture work. Through May 1, .
Sheng High — Sound sculptor and composer Trimpin updates his installation based on the sheng, a 2,000-year-old Chinese instrument, a reeded bamboo flute. Sheng High involves eight tripods, each outfitted with three hanging bamboo tubes. Motorized cables lower the tubes into water, and raise them — and as air rushes through the tubes, each of them produces a specific note over a range of two octaves. The cable system is computer-operated — following Trimpin’s musical composition. Through May 17, .
Tehama County Photo Club — Eleven members are exhibiting a total of 23 photos during April and May, Buehler Alumni and Visitors Center.
— Centennial exhibition. Lobby, .
Visual Sovereignty: International Indigenous Photography — Featuring the works of 35 Native American, First Nations, Inuit, Aboriginal and Maori artists. Through Sept. 4, .
Works by Paul Wonner — Abstract expressionist associated with the Bay Area Figurative Movement. From the Fine Art Collection. Through June 26, .
Media Resources
Dave Jones, Dateline, 530-752-6556, dljones@ucdavis.edu