Sylvia Winstein Emeriti Arts & Crafts Exhibit

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For one day in May, the Sylvia Winstein Emeriti Arts and Crafts Exhibit transforms the Faculty Club's Morrison Room into a gallery of earthly delights. UCLA emeriti, retirees, and their spouses are invited to show their original art works at the exhibit. This event is a high point of the Emeriti year and culminates with a champagne toast.

    In 2003 the Emeriti Arts & Crafts Exhibit was renamed the Sylvia Winstein Emeriti Arts & Crafts Exhibit to honor Sylvia's decades-long dedication to this event. Her talent and energy as Chair shaped the art show into a beloved institution.

    The 2025 exhibit is sponsored by two UCLA organizations, the Emeriti Association and the Retirees Association. The event would not be possible without the generous support of the Sylvia Winstein Fund, the Winstein Family, and the Belmont Village Senior Living Westwood as well as contributions from individual donors.

    Interested in Showing Your Work at Future Arts & Crafts Exhibits?

    • Emeriti, retirees, and their spouses as members of the UCLA Emeriti or UCLA Retirees associations are eligible to exhibit their original arts and crafts.
    • Phone the Emeriti/Retirees Center at (310) 825-7456 or email emeriti@errc.ucla.edu, if you are a UCLA emeritus/a or retiree who does painting, drawing, sculpture, or other visual art form and have questions about future participation.

    Tuesday, May 20, 2025 – Emeriti/Retirees Arts and Crafts Exhibit

    The 2025 Sylvia Winstein UCLA Emeriti/Retirees Arts & Crafts Exhibit shows works from twenty-nine (29) emeriti and retiree artists. Their works include a wide range of media from painting, drawing, calligraphy, and sculpture to photography, ceramics, jewelry, weaving, and jigsaw puzzle making.

    This year's Featured Artists are Neil Parker, a photographer artist from the Emeriti Association and Gerald Jackson, a mixed media and collage artist from the Retiree Association.

    Tuesday, May 20, 2025
    UCLA Sylvia Winstein Emeriti/Retirees Arts & Crafts Exhibit
    Faculty Club, Morrison Room
    11 am – 4 pm

    Kati Radics, Chair, UCLA Joint Arts and Crafts Exhibit Committee

    Register online or return card sent with paper invitation

    2024 Sylvia Winstern Arts and Crafts Exhibitors

    Featured Emeriti Artist's Statement

    "My passion is Fine Art photography. I first started using a Kodak Brownie, advanced to a fixed 35mm lens Contax camera and now shoot exclusively digital Mirrorless. The camera brand is unimportant; it is knowing where to stand and time of day that matter most. The best camera is the one you have with you. I have travelled around the world to find intriguing images using natural light especially during the Golden and Blue hours. Significant time is spent on each photo to bring out what I saw and felt, but I do not "photoshop" it. My works are predominantly landscapes and wildlife but love to include portrait, underwater, and macro. I have been fortunate to win a juried competition, shown yearly as part of the Venice Clinic Art Walk, and exhibited at our Art Show for the last five years. I am pleased to be able to display my "art" at Neil ParkerLandscape Photography ."

    — Neil Parker

    Featured Retiree Artist

    Gerald Jackson's artist statement and photos of his works will be published in the Retiree's Associations's newsletter, UCLARA Connections.

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