Art by Vietnam Veterans, Vietnamese Artists to be Exhibited

Exhibit Title: "Fourteen Artists -- Vietnam Legacies, 20 Years Later" Dates: April 10 to May 5 Location: Memorial Union Art Gallery Second floor, Memorial Union University of California, Davis Hours: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Friday 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Picnic Day, April 22 Noon-4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, April 29 & 30 Reception: 7- 10 p.m. Friday, April 28 Gallery Talks: Noon, Thursday, April 27, Michael Kelley Noon, Friday, April 28, Rolf Kriken Artists: Duc Du, Steven Ham, Donald Harbin, Joseph Harris, Michael Kelley, Rolf Kriken, Duong Bich Lien, Joe Mariscal, John Plunkett, Gary Miller, Tom Utley, Gale Wagner, John Wehrle, Vo Xuong Film "As Seen By Both Sides," a recent documentary Screening: produced by Larry Rotman and directed by Mark Biggs. 7:30 p.m. and 9 p.m. Friday, April 28 Room 1100, Social Sciences and Humanities Building Artist's Talk: Rolf Kriken, sculptor and bronze caster of the California Vietnam Veteran's Memorial 4 p.m. Thursday, April 27 Capital Park, 15th and Capital Ave., Sacramento In the exhibition are approximately 30 recent paintings, sculptures, drawings, ceramics and mixed media assemblages by 14 Vietnam-era veterans who express a range of aesthetic, political, social, and personal points of view in their work. The exhibit also will include a small selection of watercolors and drawings by three Vietnamese artists made during the war from a Bay Area collection. "Fourteen artists -Vietnam Legacies, 20 Years Later" is presented in conjunction with a UC Davis-sponsored interdisciplinary conference of American and Vietnamese writers, cultural critics, historians and scientists, taking place April 27-30. For more information about the conference, please contact Sharen Chaffin at the Campus Writing Center at (916) 752-4041 or srchaffin@ucdavis.edu. The Memorial Union Art Gallery is wheelchair accessible. The exhibit, reception, gallery talks and the film screening are free and open to the public.

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