FOREPLAY: Senior Exhibition 2012
May 19, 2012 - June 02, 2012
Opening Reception: May 19, 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Every year, undergraduate art majors graduating from UCR have their final work presented in a two-part, senior thesis exhibition at the Sweeney Art Gallery that features paintings, photographs, drawings, videos, performance and sculpture. Among the Art Department’s distinguished faculty are John Divola, Jill Giegerich, Jim Isermann, Brandon Lattu, Charles Long, Erika Suderburg, and Amir Zaki. Organized by UCR Sweeney Art Gallery and Art Department.

Southeast Asian Women in the Diaspora: Troubling Borders in Literature and Art
June 30, 2012 - October 07, 2012
Southeast Asian Women in the Diaspora: Troubling Borders in Literature and Art is an exhibition and conference featuring the writings and artwork of Southeast Asian women in the diaspora, highlighting women of Cambodian, Laotian, Filipino and Vietnamese descent and by women who identify as the often stateless Mien, Hmong, and Cham. In the aftermath of the cold war, many of these women now reside in the United States, Canada, Europe, Australia, and other parts of the world. As an incredibly diverse group, their voices make visible the ruptures caused by colonization, war, globalization, and militarization. Closing Reception and Readings: Saturday, October 6, 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM. Closing Conference: Sunday, October 7, 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM

Mexico at the Hour of Combat: Sabino Osuna's Photographs of the Mexican Revolution
October 20, 2012 - December 31, 2012
Opening Reception: October 20, 6:00 PM - 9:00 AM
Mexico at the Hour of Combat: Sabino Osuna's Photographs of the Mexican Revolution is an exhibition and book based on the Osuna Collection of 427 glass negatives of the Mexican Revolution, which are held in the Special Collections section of University of California, Riverside, which mainly cover the period 1910 to 1914. The principal photographer was Sabino Osuna, about whom little is known. Internal evidence suggests that he was a commercial photographer in Mexico City, whose work shifted from portraiture and architectural studies to photo history when the Revolution began. He had excellent access to the protagonists on all sides, and captured many moods of this dramatic revolutionary period.

Free Enterprise: The Art of Citizen Space Exploration
January 19, 2013 - March 23, 2013
Opening Reception: January 19, 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Free Enterprise: The Art of Citizen Space Exploration will be the first contemporary art exhibition in the U.S. to explore implications of civilian space travel which represents a major political and cultural shift away from sponsorship by the federal government and toward a free-market, private enterprise model. The exhibition is split into several components over several years ranging from separate exhibitions to a major publication.