Lunchable is a regular feature of the Arts Blog that offers something one can do over a lunch time or short break.

At the very heart of the C.N. Gorman Museum collection are the works on paper. Through the generosity of artists, the museum serves as a repository for several large print portfolios as well as gifts by individual artists and collectors. Before the quarter ends, catch these prints at UC Davis’ own Native American museum, located conveniently in Hart Hall near the quad on the UC Davis campus. The exhibition is open through June 15.

Among the more charming parts of this exhibition are the screen printed shirts created by UC Davis graduate students as part of their coursework in a class taught by Professor Hulleah Tsinhnahjinnie, Native American Studies during winter quarter.  The final works engage with a variety of issues from language expression, political commentary and humor. The exhibition also features a variety of recently acquired works.

The Gorman is open noon to 5 p.m. weekdays and Sunday 2-5 p.m.

Davis art alum and printmaker exhibits at Museum of the Plains Indian

While not a “Lunchable,” it’s worth noting that a few states away, a UC Davis art alum is exhibiting prints and other works at Museum of the Plains Indian in Iowa.  Duane Slick, a member of the Sac and Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa, is a talented painter and printmaker. The native Iowa resident earned his MFA from UC Davis. He is now a professor of painting at the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence, Rhode Island. The show is featured in the Daily Inter Lake.

Slick began teaching painting and printmaking at the university in 1995 and has also lectured at colleges and universities across the United States and taught at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico, from 1992 to 1995. A brochure of the show can be viewed here.

The Museum of the Plains Indian is managed by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Indian Arts and Crafts Board.