1st- and 2nd-year M.F.A. exhibitions

In two exhibitions in June, UC Davis students invite you to see how they are mastering the fine arts.

• Second-year Master of Fine Arts candidates are calling their exhibition Dance, You Monster, to My Soft Song, after a Paul Klee watercolor, June 4-25.

The second-year M.F.A. exhibition is planned in two venues, with six students to show their work at the Nelson Gallery on campus and three at the Pence Gallery in downtown Davis

“We are thrilled to partner once again with the art department on a major project,” said Natalie Nelson, the Pence director. “Having shown these students’ work after their first year, it is particularly interesting to see how they have developed over their time at UC Davis.”

Opening receptions are scheduled from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. June 4 at both galleries. The exhibition is scheduled to run through June 25.

The Pence is the venue for the Hyung-Mo Chu, large cardboard cityscape installation; Joshua Pelletier, drawings; and Christopher Woodcock, photography. The Pence is at 212 D St.; regular hours are 11:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday, and 7 to 9 p.m. during Second Saturday (6 p.m. for members).

The Nelson is the venue for Johanna Barron, installation; Aleksander Bohnak, photography; Jingjing Gong, photography; Traci Horgen, silkscreen prints; Robert Machoian, video; and Linda Miller, ceramics. The Nelson is in 124 Art Building; regular hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, and by appointment on Fridays. (Closed June 14 and 15, for campus closure.)

• First-year M.F.A. students are calling their exhibition Great Expectations, June 7 to 12 at the University Club on Old Davis Road.

An opening reception is scheduled from 4 to 5:30 p.m. June 7 and a closing reception from noon to 5 p.m. June 12.

The exhibitors: Jen Cohen, Lisa Crallé, Manuel Rios, Benjamin Rosenthal, Matthew Taylor, Paul Taylor and Mathew Zefeldt.

A new mural — and 30 years of mural drawings

The Chicana/o Studies Mural Workshop announced a celebration next week of a new mural and an exhibition of preparatory drawings by workshop students over the past 30 years.

The new mural, 8 feet by 40 feet, is due to be unveiled during a reception from 4 to 7 p.m. June 4 at the TANA community art center in Woodland. The Department of Chicana/o Studies conceived of TANA and runs it; TANA stands for Taller Arte del Nuevo Amanecer, or Art Workshops of the New Dawn.

Carlos Jackson, an assistant professor and TANA director, said the mural "is essentially about the (Pacific Coast Producers) cannery and the cannery's importance to the Woodland community. The mural also documents the workers and their relationship to the cannery."

The mural is due to be installed inside the cannery in late June.

Organizers said the June 4 reception also will serve as the official opening for the TANA center's new exhibition, Mural Sketches: 30 Years of Community Muralism. The drawings are from workshop programs in Yolo and Solano counties, and the Bay Area.

The Chicana/o Studies Mural Workshop has been taught in various forms at community workshops and academic institutions dating back to the beginning of the Chicano Art Movement in the Bay Area in the 1960s.

TANA opened in December at 1224 Lemen Ave., in a former Yolo County Housing warehouse after its renovation with $342,000 in federal grant money.

The community art center is across the street from a large subsidized housing neighborhood and is designed to inspire young people and reinforce culture through silk-screening, mural painting and other classes.

The reception is free and open to the public. For more information, contact the Department of Chicana/o Studies, (530) 752-2421.

OTHER EXHIBITIONS

The Art of Fashion: Experimental Textiles — An exhibition of work by Kinor Jiang, professor of textiles at Hong Kong Polytechnic University, in collaboration with other designers. The exhibition includes metalized and etched metallic fabrics created from physical and chemical treatments. Through July 18, Design Museum, first floor, Walker Hall. Hours: noon-5 p.m. Monday-Friday, 2-5 p.m. Sunday.

First Ladies and Fashion: Style Icons on a Political Runway — Through spring quarter, first floor, Shields Library. 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.

Niu Pasifik: Urban Art from the Pacific Rim — Contemporary art from New Zealand and the Pacific Rim, from the collection of curator and educator Giles Peterson. Through June 13, C.N. Gorman Museum, first floor, Hart Hall. Hours: noon-5 p.m. Monday-Friday and 2-5 p.m. Sunday.

See What I See Around UC Davis — Photographer Jerry Schimke presents a fanciful exploration of UC Davis, with diverse perspectives and subject matter. Through May 28, Buehler Alumni and Visitors Center, Old Davis Road and Mrak Hall Drive. Hours: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday.

Tactile Hues — Naturally dyed, hand-fabricated garments created by Liz Murray, Craft Center arts and crafts student manager. Through June 4, Craft Center Gallery, South Silo. Hours: 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Friday, and 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday-Sunday.

Truly India — This exhibition by Priya Kurup of Davis and Kerala, India, showcases three themes: women in India, landscapes of India and ancient mural art of Kerala. Through May, International House, 10 College Park, Davis. Office hours: 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Friday.

A Woman’s Place: An Exhibit on the History of the Women’s Rights Movement — In celebration of the 90th anniversary of the ratification of the U.S. Constitution's 19th Amendment, in August 1920, giving women the right to vote. The exhibit features books, pamphlets, and other documents and ephemera from the Women's History Collection and other research collections held in the University Library's Special Collections. Items on exhibit include 18th-, 19th- and 20th-century publications documenting the growth and development of the women's rights movement. The exhibit offers a special tribute to the campaign for women's suffrage and provides a wide view of the evolution of social and political views of the "place of women" over the last three centuries. The exhibit puts a special focus on the period between the emergence of a women's movement in the United States in the 19th century and continuing through the emergence in the 1960s and 1970s of a second wave of the movement in the form of the women's liberation movement. Exhibit prepared by John Sherlock of Special Collections. Spring and summer quarters, lobby, first floor, Shields Library. 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.

Youth Voices for Change — Work by Sactown Heroes, affiliated with the West Sacramento Youth Resource Coalition. The teens collaborated with UC Davis researchers and artists for six months to create poetry, photos, comics and an interactive map with videos, documenting conditions that impact their lives and expressing their hopes for the future. Youth Voices for Change is a collaboration of Art of Regional Change and Healthy Youth-Healthy Regions at UC Davis, and the West Sacramento Youth Resource Coalition. Through June 20, Buehler Alumni and Visitors Center, Old Davis Road and Mrak Hall Drive. Hours: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday.