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Spring 2003
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CURRENT ATRIUM GALLERY EXHIBITS,
SPRING 2003
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Orange County Reads: Adeline Yen Mah and
Falling Leaves
As its choice for community reading, Orange County has selected
Falling Leaves, the bestselling 1997 memoir by Adeline Yen Mah about
her difficult early years growing up in China. (Chinese Cinderella
is a different version aimed at youngsters up to middle-school age.)
Everyone in Orange County is invited to read the book and participate in
group discussions and other events that will be held all over the county
from March 23 to April 12, 2003. (See
www.orangecountyreads.org
for details.) Dr. Mah, now a medical doctor who makes her home in Orange
County, was present at the kick-off event for the project that was held at
CSUF on February 5 and she will attend many of the other planned
activities.
The Library has obtained multiple copies of both books, many of which have
been placed in the Reserve Book Room for ready check-out by the CSUF
community. The Library’s web site has also established an
electronic bulletin board
for readers to post comments about the books. (From the Library home page,
click on Orange County Reads under What’s New.)
To complement these events, Director of Exhibitions Veronica Chiang has
put together a display of photographs and memorabilia from Dr. Mah, as
well as a salute to Chinese culture. Items relating to the Chinese New
Year fill one case. Other highlights include tiny pairs of women’s
slippers, designed for the “lotus foot” so prized in the China of old. The
shoes relate to the story Dr. Mah tells of her aunt, who fought and won
the battle not to have her feet bound. Short essays from American students
reveal the inspiration they took away from Dr. Mah’s story. There is also
a BBC documentary video narrated by the author.
The Orange County Reads exhibit is located near Circulation on the 1st
floor of the Library South and will be in the Library through March 21.
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Trans-Form:
Paper Art and Paper Engineering
Prepare to be amazed at what can be done with paper! The Paper Art and
Paper Engineering exhibit in the Atrium Gallery and Pollak Room offers
many examples of arts in print and the artist’s creativity with paper. A
multitude of pop-up books, each produced by the combined talents of the
designer, illustrator, paper engineer, writer, printer and assembler, both
antique and modern, demonstrate the enduring attraction of these ingenious
publications. One artist, Ellen Jantzen, has taken papier-maché to new
heights, and the art of origami is represented by international virtuosos
whose expressive creations are truly sculptures. Several artists’ books by
renowned Joe D’Ambrosio are also on exhibit. In addition, Special
Collections has contributed a parchment music score and several examples
of early or fine printing and binding. The exhibit that opened last
November will continue through March.
Be on the lookout in the Library (near Circulation) for a miniature bridge
and a Mini-Baja racing car, as well as other items, in recognition of
student achievements. This display of senior projects is part of
Engineering & Computer Science Week.
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Grace Bertalot,
Serials & Electronic Resources Co-coordinator
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