'Drawing Closer to Nature'

The arboretum is taking sign-ups for a drawing and painting workshop for artists of all skill levels. "Drawing Closer to Nature," with Peter London as the instructor, is scheduled from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, May 1.

London is an active studio artist whose work is in many public and private collections, and who has taught and lectured in art, art education and art therapy across North America and in Europe for the last 40 years. He is the author of Drawing Closer to Nature (2001), Community Based Art Education (1993) and No More Secondhand Art (1987), and numerous articles.

He is an arboretum volunteer and friend, and he is donating all proceeds from this workshop to the Friends of the UC Davis Arboretum.

Workshop fees: $75, or $65 members of Friends of the UC Davis Arboretum. Materials included. Preregistration required, online or by phone, (530) 752-4880. Limited to 20 participants.

The workshop venue is the Wyatt Deck. However, in the event of rain, the program will be moved to 146 Environmental Horticulture.

Poetry in the Garden

The arboretum announced another Poetry in the Garden program, this time with Amy Champ, a graduate student of performance studies at UC Davis, a filmmaker, and a teacher of yoga and meditation, as well as a poet. Her research and writing deal with yoga studies, women’s sacred arts, ritual performance and transnational feminism.

Champ's poetry program in the arboretum is scheduled from noon to 1 p.m. Thursday, May 12, on the Wyatt Deck. (In the event of rain, this program will be moved to the Foster Room, 1138 Meyer Hall.) The program is free and open to the public.