Posted on Nov 20, 2007

Show runs through Feb. 1

Two exhibitions will open in the art gallery at California State University, Monterey Bay on Dec. 4 with a reception for the artists from 3 to 4 p.m. that day.

"Invoke: A Project to Invite Memory and Forgiveness" is a collaboration of the digital public art class. The show features the documentation of eight site-specific art "interventions" responding to memory and forgiveness. These interventions took place in public spaces on Nov. 1 in observance of Day of the Dead.

The second show, "Community-Based Art: Social Change in Motion," is the capstone project of Jessica Street. By looking at the work being done in South Africa with HIV/AIDS patients, the power that comes from the merging of creativity and community becomes obvious.

Students in the university's museum studies program curated the exhibit, which is on display in the Balfour/Brutzman Gallery in Bldg. 71 on the CSUMB campus. Hours are Thursday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Friday noon to 3 p.m. Parking is available in lot 71 off Sixth Avenue. Please note that the gallery will be closed Dec. 14 through Jan. 20 for winter break.

For more information, please call 582-3005; a map of campus is available at csumb.edu/map.