FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2007
Brandy Ramos Nikaido (559) 241-7512
brandy.nikaido@ucop.edu

Latest UC Center art exhibit features multi-media work by ten artists from the Valley and Sierra foothills

FRESNO - The UC Center, Fresno’s spring Community ArtReach show will open with a public reception on ArtHop night, Thursday, March 1 from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the center, located at 550 E. Shaw Avenue, across from Fashion Fair Mall in Fresno.

The artwork on display comprises a multi-media collection by ten Valley and Sierra foothill area artists. The work is exhibited on two floors at the UC Center.

The exhibit features recent work by Jonathan Bock, a classically trained printmaker and animator. The work is a synthesis of photographic and computer imaging, combined with a philosophy founded on traditional printmaking techniques.

According to Bock, his work is influenced by personal experience with a heart-felt analysis of matters that interest him. He describes some of his work as “visual haiku, poetic images” that reach him on a deep-rooted emotional level while others are “celebrations of my life experience and perceptions.”

Bock earned a bachelor’s in fine art in printmaking from Indiana University and a master’s in fine art in experimental animation from the California Institute of the Arts. He is a gallery owner and curator and resides in the Sierra foothill community of Oakhurst.

Other work on exhibit includes: black-and-white photography by Dave Barber and oil paintings by Thomas Caves both of Fresno; black-and-white photography by Thom Halls of Sanger; color-photography by David Hoffman and pastels by Charlotte Hoffman both from Porterville; natural wood bowl forms by Pope A. Lawrence of Merced; ceramic sculpture by Amy Morgan of Clovis; figural sculpture by Julie Mitchell of Coarsegold; acrylic paintings, watercolor paintings and gourd vessels by Valerie Runningwolf of Clovis.

The exhibit runs through Thursday, May 3 and is open to the public free of charge during normal UC Center business hours.
 
Community ArtReach is a fine art exhibit presented as a public service to San Joaquin Valley residents by UC Merced and the UC Office of the President with support from participating artists and community volunteers.

For more information, please call (559) 241-7510 or email jeanie.smith@ucop.edu