50/50: UCSC Alumni exhibition
Fifty Artists from 5 decades
Curated by Shelby Graham and Mark Shunney
The alumni exhibition will be held at two venues with two receptions: Porter Faculty Gallery and R. Blitzer Gallery
Gala Opening on UCSC campus @ Porter Faculty Gallery Feb. 5, 5-7:30 pm
Event parking at Porter College in conjunction with Tom Franco Co-Lab
Gala Opening on Westside @ R. Blitzer Gallery First Friday: Feb. 6, 6-9pm with live music
Gala Closing on Saturday, February 28, 4:00- 6:00 pm with the Swirly Girls and Sweet Pea
open to the public--$5 donation suggested
opening Music performances by:
6-7pm Swirly Girls
7-8pm Carl Atilano (Porter '09)
8-9pm Live DJ by Kiko Kolb with Porter students on ukelele and banjo
Blitzer Gallery exhibition dates: February 6 – February 28, 2015
50/50: 50 + Artists from 50 years. UCSC's 50th Anniversary Alumni exhibition features local and visiting alumni artists from Santa Cruz to New York City at the Faculty Gallery at UCSC’s Porter College and on the Westside of Santa Cruz at the R. Blitzer Gallery. This exhibition is a kick-off arts celebration for UCSC’s 50th Anniversary. We thank all the artists and our additional sponsors from the Alumni Association, University Relations and private donors for their support.
Porter Faculty Gallery info:
located at Porter College UC Santa Cruz
next to the Sesnon Art Gallery above the koi pond
Gallery Hours are Tuesday - Saturday 12pm - 5pm
Open Late Wednesday/Thursday 12pm -8pm
R. Blitzer Gallery info:
Gallery Hours are Tuesday - Saturday 11am - 5pm
located at the Former Wrigley Gum Factory at 2801 Mission Street - Santa Cruz, Ca 95060
Please contact sesnon@ucsc.edu or 831-459-3606 for more information
OVER 50 ARTISTS reconnecting with UCSC
1965-1975
Deborah Barlow, Eric Thiermann, Angelo Grova, Ziggy Rendler-Bregman, Holly Downing, Jan Baker, Ramah Commanday, Phillip Hofstetter, (collaborations by Peder Jones, Charley Stern, Greg Calvert, Martha Brown, and Brent Norton and others)
1975–1985
Betsy Andersen, Cruz Ortiz Zamarron, Vincent Mendez, Tim Craighead, Julie Heffernan, Molly Cliff Hilts, Andrea Borsuk, Felicia Rice, Gilaine Spoto, Paul Rangell, Jessica Dunne, Karen Kaplan
1985–1995
Andrew Purchin, Lori Beraha, Erika Perloff, Barbara Bailey Porter, Janet Fine, Diana Eicher, Diane Jacobs, Ian Everard, Jana Marcus, Natalie Moore
1995-2005
Tom Franco, Michelle Stitz, Evan Holm, Katerina Lanfranco, Deric Carner, Bridget Henry, Ann Altstatt, Clay West
2005-2015
Nicola Buffa, Emily Meehan, Kristen Gautier-Downes, Julie Gautier-Downes , Louise Leong, Heidi Cramer, Dmitri Zurita, Colman Pritchard, Josh Hurwitz, Enrique Lopez, Patrick Appleby,
Dana Rader
Registration link for Tom Franco Co-Lab