University Library Gallery: California State University Sacramento

Concurrent Conventions, a wide-ranging display of contemporary ceramic art, runs through May 18 in the University Library Gallery. It's part of Sacramento State...'s annual Festival of the Arts, which runs April 10-15 and highlights the work of our talented students and faculty. More details at https://bit.ly/2uL0XVq See more

Current show in the annex gallery: UP AGAINST THE WALL by Flo Razowsky "A visual exploration of "speration of walls" and border structures and their effects on people and land.." -Flo Razowsky.

MAH-TO-TOH-PA or FOUR BEARS Chief of Mandans Hand-colored litho; Del. McGahey, Lith; ... Day & Haghe, lithographers to the Queen George Catlin described Four bears, as an "extraordinary man, though second in office (he) is undoubtedly the first and most popular man in the nation. Free, generous, elegant and gentlemanly in his deportment---handsome, brave and valiant; wearing a rove on his back, with the history of his battles emblazoned on it; which would fill a book themselves." Catlin continued: " No tragedian ever trod the stage, nor gladiator ever entered the Roman Forum, with more grace and manly dignity than did Man-to-toh-pa enter the wingman, where I was in readiness to receive him." ENDS MAY 19, 2017 Current Show.

"Barn Owl" Tyto Alba, Plate CLXXI Audubon Wrote: "The pair which I have represented were given to me by my friend RICHARD HARLAN, M.D., of Philadelphia. They had been brought from the South, and were fine adult birds in excellent plumage. I have placed a ground squirrel under the feet of one of them, as being an animal on which the species is likely to feed. " ... 'The drawing was made in July 1832 somewhere in New Jersey . In the published engraving by Havell, a night scene as added to the background'

CURRENT SHOW: The Golden Age of Book Illustration from John James Audubon to Thomas Moran... An Exhibition Drawn from the Collections of the California State Library The Golden Age of Book Illustration celebrates that great era when authors, scientists, artists, and publishers collaborated to produce some of the most elegant and sumptuously illustrated books ever produced. The highlight of the exhibition is a selection of original hand-colored prints from John James Audubon’s monumental The Birds of America (1827-38) It certainly ranks as the most famous and prized of all color plate books and nothing in the annals of book illustration equals the majesty of its 435 hand-colored elephant folio plates. While Audubon’s great ornithological work is the highlight, this special exhibition includes a variety of striking examples ranging from lifelike engravings, lithographs, and chromolithographs of flowers, snakes, and exotic scenery to elaborate reproductions of Medieval manuscripts printed in gold, silver, and bronze. Ends May 19, 2017

Current Show: The Golden Age of Book Illustration from John James Audubon to Thomas Moran... Ends May 19, 2017

Excited for the public reception of the Golden Age of Book Illustration and The Sickness today! Thanks for being a great host!