Janet Neuwalder’s fascinating work is formed using natural and industrial raw materials (branches, leaves, straw, fibers, papers) that act as armatures for clay. The process of coating, dipping, layering and firing acts as an accelerated aging and evolution process that petrifies the form and produces a “contemporary fossil.” When this marriage of process, form and fire unite, the work is encoded with the past and present, and is suggestive of its potential future.

Admission is free.

Where: The Kwan Fong Gallery, located in Soiland Humanities Center

When: January 25 – February 26, 2010

Parking: Street parking is by permit only Monday through Friday, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Visitor parking is available in the parking lots on Mountclef Boulevard north and south of Olsen Road.

Works by professors Michael Pearce and Brian Stethem are included in the current exhibit “Symbols and Words” at The Galleria at the Hillcrest Center for the Arts.  Artists use symbols to communicate meaning. Come and check out the symbols and meanings behind them.

When: January 14 through March 28th, 2010.

Where: Galleria at the Hillcrest Center for the Arts

403 W Hillcrest Drive

Thousand Oaks, CA 91360

For more information, please visit The Art Council Exhibit event page.