Exhibit Title: "Come ... to the Rez" Dates: Feb. 10 to March 18 Where: Memorial Union Art Gallery 2nd Floor, Memorial Union University of California, Davis Hours: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Monday through Friday (Closed Feb. 21) Reception: 2 - 4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 18 Artists: Allen Abeyta, Dinéh; Marwin Begaye, Dinéh; Esther Belin, Dinéh; Jerry Brown, Dinéh; Yolanda Fragua, Jemez Pueblo, Gros' Venture Assinoboine; Brent Greenwood, Ponca, Chickasaw; Wallace Lawson, Mandan; Reid McKinley, Dinéh; Shirly Mares; Duane Slick, Mesquakie, Winnebaigo; Stephanie White Turtle Ohls, Lakota "Come ... to the Rez" is a collaborative multi-media exhibition of works by Duane Slick, a UC Davis alumnus, and his students at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, N.M. The exhibition will include paintings, video, written work and drawings. According to Slick, "Come ... to the Rez" is an act of intervention, inviting the viewer to see the world from the "other side," from the point of view of the people who live with the stereotypes imposed upon them and who understand the effects these stereotypes can have. "The exhibition questions stereotypical portrayals of Native American people in the mass media and popular culture," said Slick. "The concept of reservation is based on treaties. Those papers are words that act as traps. The words seen here are indications of physical and psychic barriers just as the actual boundaries of the reservations are real boundaries. "This exhibition could only be presented as a group project, a community effort. As a group, we are composed of 11 artists who are Indian, with 10 tribes or nations represented among us. The concept of community is a native tradition; as a community we acted together, discussing and voting on decisions regarding the content, subject matter and the form this project would take." Slick received his MFA from UC Davis in 1990 and has exhibited his work nationally since 1991. He has also received several distinctions in recent years, including a Rockefeller Foundation Travel Grant; the Robert Motherwell Fellowship from the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, Mass; and participation as guest artist/panelist at the Tamirand Institute in Albuquerque. "Come ...to the Rez" has been shown also at the James Hearst Art Center in Cedar Falls, Iowa, and Institute of American Indian Arts Museum in Santa Fe. The reception and exhibition are free and open to the public. The Memorial Union Art Gallery is wheelchair accessible. Campus visitor parking includes metered public parking in the parking garage on Howard Way.