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IMMEDIATE RELEASE Fall Community ArtReach exhibit at UC Center, Fresno features new mixed-media paintings by Fresno artist Shannon Bickford
FRESNO - A public reception celebrating the opening of the UC Center, Fresno's fall Community ArtReach exhibit will be held on Thursday, Sept. 5 from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the center, located at 550 E. Shaw Avenue. The event, one of the Fresno Arts Council's ArtHop venues, is open to the public free of charge. Artists will be available to answer questions about their work, and refreshments will be served. This latest ArtReach exhibit features a new collection of contemporary mixed-media paintings by Fresno artist Shannon Bickford. Bickford's paintings combine elements from science and nature with dream-like images of flowers, birds, cats and people. Recently her work has been exhibited at the Fresno Art Museum. The fall Community ArtReach exhibit also includes the work of Marie Bickford, Zane L. Burke, Donna Lee Dunne, Gail Evans, Helen Gigliotti, Kathy Gillis, Chad Martin Jones, Chuck Korolden, H.J. Smith, Sara Peters, Bea Prince, Lona Propseri, Chris M. Sorensen and John Wiens. The current exhibition comprises oil, watercolor and mixed-media paintings, photography and metal sculpture. Thousands of visitors at the UC Center, Fresno have viewed many works of fine art thanks to the Community ArtReach program. More than 70 artists have been featured as part on the on-going exhibit, which is now in its second year. Community ArtReach is a collaborative effort by University of California staff members and partners at the UC Center, Fresno, and Buffy Morris of Morris & Co. Fine Art in Fresno. The program’s aim is to support and encourage the creativity of Valley artists and expose the community to fine works of art. The exhibit will be ongoing from September 5 through November 7, 2002, and is open to the public during normal UC Center, Fresno operating hours. For more information about Community ArtReach, please call Jeanie Smith at (559) 241-7510. |
