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2024 Emeriti Arts & Crafts Exhibit

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Tuesday, May 21, 2024 - Emeriti Arts and Crafts Exhibit

This upcoming event will be jointly presented by the UCLA Emeriti Association, the UCLA Emeriti/Retirees Relations Center, and the UCLA Retirees Association. Through their commitment and perseverance, a total of 25 artists, including members and spouses from both the Emeriti Association and the Retirees Association, will showcase a variety of artworks on May 21. The exhibition categories will include acrylic painting, calligraphy, ceramics, jewelry, oil painting, photography, sculpture, watercolor painting, and more.

Please visit the Emeriti/Retiree Arts and Crafts Exhibit.

  • Tuesday, May 21, 2024
  • 11 am – 4 pm
  • Morrison Room (formerly California Room), UCLA Faculty Club

Shirley Ho, Chair, 2024 Joint Art Show

2024 Emeriti Arts

Artist's Statement

"When I retired from the UCLA Psychology Department in Summer 2013 after 32 years, I began thinking about painting. I’d always been interested in art and enjoyed going to museums and galleries, but never pursued anything while I was a busy professor and mom of twins. I began taking watercolor painting classes from an outstanding teacher, Shelley Lazarus, and have found it to be a wonderful creative outlet, tension reducer, and way to explore a looser, freer way of being. In contrast to writing a professional paper or giving an academic lecture which is planned and rigorous, watercolor paints flow into each other, creating unexpected and interesting effects over which the artist has only partial control. My subject matter includes people (mostly from the back since I’m not that great at painting faces), real and stuffed animals, flowers, leaves, landscapes and occasional abstracts. Over time, I have begun exploring different techniques, as well as different types of mixed media, and feel like I still have so much to learn. As I continue to supervise students and see a few clients, I feel that I have become more intuitive, reflective and affectively attuned in my work as a result of painting."

— Jill Waterman

2024 Photos

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