San Francisco’s de Young Museum announced a lecture by UC Davis’ James Housefield, a scholar of modern art and design, on “Spaniards in France: Cristóbal Balenciaga and Pablo Picasso.”

Housefield is an assistant professor in the Design Program, teaching design history, theory and criticism.

He is a member of the de Young’s New Directions Committee, comprising university and community representatives, serving as an advisory board for the de Young’s public programs and education.

His talk is scheduled for Friday, June 17, during another of the museum’s free Friday Nights at the de Young.

The June 17 program includes flamenco dancing from 6:30 to 8:45 in Wilsey Court, in celebration of the opening of Picasso: Masterpieces from the Musée National Picasso, Paris; and Housefield’s talk is set for 7 in Koret Auditorium (limited seating), in conjunction with the Picasso exhibition and another one titled Balenciaga and Spain.

While admission is free for the Friday Nights at the de Young program, the museum requires tickets for the permanent collection galleries and Balenciaga and Spain, and timed tickets for Picasso: Masterpieces from the Musée National Picasso, Paris.

The de Young's website says the following about Housefield's talk: Balenciaga and Picasso made international reputations as modern Spanish masters while living as expatriates in France.

By analyzing ways that Balenciaga's fashions and Picasso's art engaged with Spain's cultural heritage, this illustrated talk outlines divergences and convergences in their careers.

These reveal changing attitudes about Spain in modern times and highlight shared aspects of their creativity, which led photographer Cecil Beaton to proclaim Balenciaga “the Picasso of fashion.”

Ultimately, this talk investigates the cultural identities of art and design, and the ways that these creators encouraged public perceptions of their work as distinctly "Spanish."

ONGOING EXHIBITIONS

• Conversations About Race — Built around this year's Campus Community Book Project: Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? And Other Conversations About Race by Beverly Daniel Tatum. The General Library Committee on Diversity prepared the exhibition. Through spring quarter, lobby, Shields Library. Regular hours: 7:30 a.m.-midnight Monday-Thursday, 7:30 a.m.-6 p.m. Friday, noon-6 p.m. Saturday and noon-midnight Sunday.

• Design Program MFA Graduate Exhibition — Through June 14, Design Museum, 145 Walker Hall. Regular hours: noon-4 p.m. Monday-Friday and 2-4 p.m. Sunday. The exhibitors are Elizabeth Kaino Hopper, Snap, Zip, Wrap: Fashion Design for Diverse Bodies; and Rachel Smith, Produce: Packaging Design for a New Generation of Small Farms.

• Extended Voices: Prints from Crow’s Shadow Press — Crow’s Shadow Press is the publishing arm of the Crow’s Shadow Institute of the Arts in Pendleton, Ore. With a primary focus on printmaking, the institute’s studio attracts established as well as emerging Native American artists. Extended Voices, presented in collaboration with Tamarind master printer Frank Janzen, reflects a range of printing techniques by such established artists as Rick Bartow, Edgar Heap of Birds, James Lavadour, Kay Walkingstick, Joe Feddersen, Marie Watt, Phillip John Charette, Gerald McMaster and Wendy Red Star. Through June 12, C.N. Gorman Museum, 1316 Hart Hall. Regular hours: noon-5 p.m. Monday-Friday. Earlier coverage.

• The House of Others — Through June 24, Nelson Gallery, Nelson Hall (formerly the University Club). Regular hours: 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday-Thursday, and by appointment on Fridays. The exhibitors are Manuel Fernando Rios, Matthew Taylor and Mathew Zefeldt, painters; Lisa Rybovich Crallé and Paul Taylor, sculptors; and Jen Cohen and Benjamin Rosenthal, video and media art. Earlier coverage.

• More Than Just a Picture: A Garden of Graphics in Special Collections — University Archivist presents a selection of botanical engravings, line drawings and watercolors from the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. The early illustrations, made for growers and scientists, show plants in ways that would not be duplicated until the advent of color photography. Through spring quarter and summer, lobby, Shields Library. Regular hours: 7:30 a.m.-midnight Monday-Thursday, 7:30 a.m.-6 p.m. Friday, noon-6 p.m. Saturday and noon-midnight Sunday.

• Nuevo Latino Cuisine — Presenting the academic side of nuevo Latin or Pan-Latin cuisine, the exhibition draws on the University Library’s collections on native foods, agricultural sustainability, and the impact of historical events on the definitions of national cuisines and the cultural representation of these varied cuisines. The scholarship comes from several disciplines: history, agricultural economics, anthropology and the life sciences. Exhibition prepared by Myra Appel, head of the Humanities, Social Sciences and Government Information Services Department, and bibliographer for Latin American Studies. Through spring quarter and summer, Shields Library. Regular hours: 7:30 a.m.-midnight Monday-Thursday, 7:30 a.m.-6 p.m. Friday, noon-6 p.m. Saturday and noon-midnight Sunday.

• Oil Paintings and Custom Jewelry — By Andrew Dorn, precious metalsmithing instructor at the Craft Center. Through June 3, Craft Center Gallery, South Silo. Regular hours: 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m.-6 p.m. weekends.

• Photography: Bridging Art and Science — UC Davis students use the camera to explore the conceptual connections between art and science and the role of art and science at UC Davis. The exhibition is the culmination of Professor Terry Nathan’s photography class, Science and Society 40, which he teaches as part of the Art-Science Fusion Program. Through June 28, Buehler Alumni and Visitors Center.

• Rooted in Sovereignty: Still Here, Still Strong — In connection with Native American Culture Days. This exhibition presents a tiny sampling of the University Library's world-class Native American Studies collections. Adam Siegel, Native American Studies bibliographer, prepared the exhibition. Through spring quarter, lobby, Shields Library. Regular hours: 7:30 a.m.-midnight Monday-Thursday, 7:30 a.m.-6 p.m. Friday, noon-6 p.m. Saturday and noon-midnight Sunday.

OFF-CAMPUS

• Wayne Thiebaud, professor emeritus of art — Five of his paintings are on display at the California Museum in Sacramento, in conjunction with his induction Dec. 14 into the California Hall of Fame. See separate stories on Thiebaud, "Painter, teacher, visionary" and his induction into the California Hall of Fame. The museum has gathered personal items from all of the 2010 inductees, for an exhibition that is scheduled to run through Oct. 31. Thiebaud's picks: Bikini Figure (1966), Waterland (1996), Two Tulip Sundaes (2009), and Intersection Building and Cliff Ridge (both from 2010), all oils, on canvas or wood. The museum is in the California State Archives building at 1020 O St., at the corner of 10th Street, one block south of Capitol Park. Hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Saturday and noon-5 p.m. Sunday. (No one admitted after 4:30 p.m.) Closed all major holidays and furlough Fridays.