LIVING UNDER THE TREES: Documentary Photographs and Text by David Bacon
Dates: September 3 – October 10
Award-winning journalist and documentary photographer David Bacon highlights the difficult issues that are critical to California’s indigenous farm workers. He explores the unique challenges these indigenous communities face, while also celebrating the culture and community spirit that sustains them.
Opening Reception with Danza Mexica Coyolxauhqui: September 3, 4-7 PM, Doyle Library room 4201
Panel Presentation: September 8, 4-6 PM, Art Gallery: "Immigrant Workers Speak"
Community Forum and Cultural Program: September 12, 4-7 PM: “Living in Sonoma County, Art Gallery: Housing for the Immigrant and Farm Workers Communities”
Guest Lecture: September 14, 12-1:30 PM, Newman Auditorium: David Bacon, “Living Under the Trees”
Cultural Presentation and Poetry Reading: September 15, 12-2 PM, Art Gallery: Ballet Sonatlan and Armando Garcia-Davila
Panel Presentation: October 1, 4-6 PM, Art Gallery: “Immigration and California Farm Workers”
Guest Lecture: October 5, 12-1:30 PM, Newman Auditorium: Dr. David Montejano, “The Border as History: Immigration Debates, Past and Present”
Student Presentations: October 8, 12-1:30 PM and 1:30-4 PM, Art Gallery: “Immigration Policy Proposals”
See the PDF Handout with event details
See David Bacon’s Web site
FACULTY SHOW 2009
Curated by Andrea Husby
Dates: November 5 – December 12
Opening Reception: November 5, 4-6 PM
Recent Work by SRJC faculty
See the slideshow
WORKING WITH WAX: Contemporary Encaustic Painting in Northern California
Curated by Thomas Morphis
Dates: January 21 – March 6
Encaustic painting has seen a revival in the past few years, particluarly in the bay area. Featured are innovative Northern California Artists who have been exploring the physical and expressive possibilities of working in beeswax. Highlighted is the conceptual, emotive and plastic diversity that encaustic engenders as a painting medium. Artists include Mary Black, Emily Clawson, Eleanor Wood and others.
STUDENT SHOW
Dates: April 12 – May 8
