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Through 5/25 Eight from ACGA Exhibit
5/3 7:30 pm Davis Youth Flute Choir Concert
5/6 7:00 pm Chicken Skool
5/7 7:30 pm Doo Wop Concert
5/10 7:00 pm ACGA+ Susan Cohen Byrne ArtAbout Reception
5/11 11:00 am DAC Dancers perform at Whole Earth Festival
5/13 7:00 pm Chicken Skool
5/17 8:00 pm Trio Seven - Classical Guitar Series
5/20 7:00 pm Chicken Skool
5/23 7:00 pm Tour de Cluck Preview Party (Hallmark Inn)
5/24-27 7:00 pm Bullshot Crummond - Acme Theatre Performance
5/25 9:00 am Tour de Cluck Art Auction
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Win a Bike or a Chicken Coop!!
The Davis Art Center is holding 2 fundraising raffles!
For a $5.00 donation, you can enter a raffle to win an awesome Globe Haul Bike from Ken's Bike and Ski OR an adorable, customized chicken coop from Two Flew the Coop.
For a $10 donation, you can enter both raffles!
Raffle tickets are on sale at the Davis Art Center, and at the Tour De Cluck booth at the Saturday Farmer's Market.
Raffle winners will be drawn at 12 noon on May 25th at Central Park during the
Growing, Crowing and Cycling Things Silent Auction and Art Exhibit. Need not be present to win.
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All applications must be submitted either by email or in person by May 31.
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Do you have an old computer you'd like to get off your hands?
Due to our expanded office space we are in need of a few more usable computers.
Call us if you can help us by donating!
530-756-4100
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During the month of May we'll celebrate bicycles, chickens, and things that grow as part of the annual city-wide extravaganza Tour de Cluck.
Join us Mondays, 7pm, for Chicken Skool, a free lecture/demonstration series, at the Davis Art Center:
5/6 "The Art of Keeping Chickens"
5/13 "Greening your Coop"
5/20 "Around the World with Chickens"
Come to Coop at the Co-Op, Friday, 5/17, 5-7pm and enjoy a scavenger hunt, wine-tasting, and a viewing of the adorable coop you can win in our raffle. (See sidebar).
We also hope to see you at the Art Preview Party, May 23, 7pm, Hallmark Inn.
And don't miss the Silent Auction & Art Exhibit - Growing, Crowing and Cycling Things, May 25 in Central Park. Proceeds from the art auction support the Davis Art Center. |
Our Guitar Ensemble Series continues on May 17 with a performance by
Trio Seven. A unique collaboration featuring three extended 7-string guitars, Trio Seven seeks to expand the repertory of the instrument through transcription and original works. Its members are Matthew Grasso, Matthew Foley, and Harry Stoddard.
And, mark your calendars for an additional concert in the series! Black Cedar performs June 14.
Tickets - $5 twelve and under, $10 students and seniors, $15 general admission
Trio Seven - May 17, 8pm
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Our annual ceramics exhibit, Eight from ACGA,
runs through Saturday, May 25 - come in and see this exquisite show featuring Northern California artists before it closes!
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We are also exhibiting photography by Susan Cohen Byrne this month.
 Byrne has lived in rural Yolo County for over 35 years, and her photographs express her passion to create enduring images of the beauty of the area.
Celebrate both exhibits at the ArtAbout Reception: May 10, 7-9pm. |
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"Off the Grid" the community mural designed by Rachel Hartsough for the Discovery Art program in 2012, is on permanent display at the California Energy Commission in Sacramento. Congratulations to all the artists, students, and families who participated in creating this beautiful and enduring work of art!
This summer's Discovery Art theme is "Momentum" and will include another community mural, a Bicycle Arts Festival, and other fun activities, so stay tuned.
If you participated in any aspect of Discovery Art 2012, please look for a survey that will be sent through email and posted on Facebook in the next week. Your feedback will help us evaluate past activites and design future programs that are unique, creative and community-focused. |
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Special Cluckster Classes offered this May in conjunction with Tour de Cluck!
Jill Bowlus and Diana Taylor lead students of all ages in Hatchling Chickens and Eggs. Students will create their own felted hatching chicks, colorful eggs and a soft felted nest. (Sunday, 5/5, 10:00 am-12:00 pm, 122295A)
Karen Crane offers a special free class for children from birth to 5 years, Barnyard Fun with Music Together. (Monday, 5/6, 12:15-1pm, 207003A)
Little cooks, ages 7+, will have fun with chef Julie Crites making easy, kid-favorite egg dishes in Little Chicks 'n' Eggs. (Friday, 5/24, 3:30-5:30pm, 228591B)
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