SUMMER ART 2000

In 1997, Exhibits Director Veronica Chiang organized the first in a series of shows highlighting the artwork of CSUF faculty, staff, graduate students, and alumni. This year, in concert with the CSUF 40th Anniversary exhibit, Ms. Chiang installed a series of works from six invited artists. Four of the artists are new CSUF graduates in art and two are campus supporters. 

CSUF graduate Todd Van Dahlen contributes kinetic and other sculptures to Summer Art 2000. Yamei Yang creates mixed-media, two and three-dimensional work. Don Fitzgerald fashions oversized ceramic pieces. Treva Sudhalter works in watercolor and mixed-media prints and collages. Campus supporter Thai Dac Nha, a renowned photographer especially within the Vietnamese community in the U.S., presents over-sized, glossy "portraits" of orchids. Jeff Adam Horgan shows his creative black and white razor-etched prints on photo emulsion papers. 

Summer Art 2000 truly offers a diversity of talents. The exhibit opened June 24 and will continue in the Atrium Gallery of the Library through September 10. The gallery may be visited most hours the Library is open.

ORANGE COUNTY NEWS MEDIA, THEN AND NOW

The next exhibit, opening October 1, will feature the history and development of the news media in Orange County--mainly journalism. Inspired by the upcoming donation of the Orange County Press Club archive to the Pollak Library, members of the Club have formed a committee to sponsor an educational tribute to the profession. Rick Pullen, Dean, and other CSUF College of Communications faculty are actively involved. The exhibit will highlight local journalistic milestones, including a number from the Daily Titan over the years. As one of the events surrounding the exhibit, there will even be a reunion of former Daily Titan editors, writers, and faculty advisors. However, Ms. Chiang emphasizes that this will be more than a trip down memory lane. She hopes to show the changing environments in which news has been produced over the years, up to and including the latest computer technology. She and committee members have been searching for artifacts in addition to yellowed headlines, to enliven the exhibition. Additional information will become available as the exhibit draws closer. It is expected to continue through the beginning of the Spring semester.

Grace Bertalot, Co-coordinator
Serial and Electronic Resources

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