NEW NEXT WEEK

Designing Places for Happiness: An Exhibit of Student and Faculty Work from the Landscape Architecture Program, Nov. 2 through Dec. 4, in the Art Lounge on the second floor of the Memorial Union. (In conjunction with the Campus Community Book Project.)

The Craft Center presents the eighth annual Staff Show and Silent Auction, your chance to see (and bid on) jewelry, glass work, textiles, ceramics, metalwork, woodwork, photography, painting, drawing, screen printing and mixed media — all by members of the staff. Auction proceeds support Craft Center programs, said Jan Garrison, Craft Center coordinator.

The exhibition is set to open on Nov. 6 in the Craft Center Gallery. Written bids may be placed any time when the center is open; the silent bidding phase closes at 6 p.m. Dec. 4. Then, at 6 p.m. Dec. 7, a live auction will commence for any items with active bidders at the exhibition's closing reception, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.

The Craft Center and gallery are in the South Silo. Hours: 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Friday, and 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday-Sunday.

For more information, call Garrison, (530) 752-3096.

FINAL WEEKEND

The mule deer intarsia is done! An equipment problem in the Craft Center’s woodshop had delayed the project, the centerpiece of the exhibition Odocoileus hemionus in the Craft Center Gallery.

Catherine Yasuda, student manager of the woodshop, created this exhibition of scrolled woodwork, comprising the centerpiece mural (with 13 species of wood, in 292 pieces) as well as 151 hand-shaped mule deer hoofprints, representing a small selection of the world’s wood species. The hoofprints are arranged like a real animal’s tracks around the centerpiece.

Yasuda crafted the mural in the traditional intarsia technique: piecing together different species of wood to create a large wooden mosaic. She created the pattern, then cut each piece on a scroll saw, after carefully selecting the wood (and its grain) for each piece — using her artistic sense to enhance the image. After this, she sanded the pieces; they are free of stains or dyes, covered only with a protective clear finish.

The mural took more than 200 hours to make, and Yasuda has put a $2,920 price tag on it. The hoofprints are not for sale.

The exhibition had been scheduled to close today (Oct. 30), but has been extended through the weekend (Oct. 31 and Nov. 1), to give people more time to see the centerpiece.

The Craft Center and gallery are in the South Silo. Hours: 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Friday, and 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday-Sunday.

ONGOING EXHIBITIONS

African American Quilts — Quilts made by former slaves, plus 21st-century creations informed by time-honored veins of African American quilting. From the collections of Avis C. Robinson of Washington, D.C., and Sandra McPherson of Davis. The latter, a UC Davis professor emerita of English, writes poetry that is rooted in quilting traditions. Through Dec. 13, Nelson Gallery, 124 Art Building. Hours: 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Thursday, by appointment on Fridays; and 2-5 p.m. Saturday-Sunday.

The Art of Athletes — UC Davis student-athletes put on an exhibition Oct. 16-18, and photos from the exhibit are now available for viewing online.

Diversity in the C.N. Gorman Museum Collections — Featuring recent donations: lithographs and sculpture by Salvador Dalí, and paintings and drawings by Florentino Laime Mantilla. Through Dec. 6, C.N. Gorman Museum, first floor, Hart Hall. Hours: noon-5 p.m. Monday-Friday, 2-5 p.m. Sunday.

How to Make a (Political) Play: Behind the Scenes with the San Francisco Mime Troupe — Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the San Francisco Mime Troupe, a political theater group. The exhibition is drawn from script drafts, memos, correspondence, broadsides, graphics, photographs and even old checkbooks — among the troupe’s archives that are housed in the UC Davis General Library’s Special Collections. Fall and winter quarters, first floor, Shields Library. Hours: 7:30 a.m.-midnight Monday-Thursday, 7:30 a.m.-6 p.m. Friday, noon-6 p.m. Saturday and noon-midnight Sunday.

Merch Art — Investigating art as commodity, as in merchandise art, from the collection of Lawrence Banka and Judith Gordon of San Francisco, and from the university’s Fine Arts Collection. Through Dec. 13, Nelson Gallery and Nelson Entryway Gallery, 124-125 Art Building. Hours: 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Thursday, by appointment on Fridays; and 2-5 p.m. Saturday-Sunday.

Typographic Exploration in Hangul: Work by Hyunju Lee and Phil Choo — Their typographic roots began in Hangul, the native script of Korea. Through Dec. 6, Design Museum, 145 Walker Hall. Hours: noon-4 p.m. Monday-Friday, and 2-4 p.m. Sunday.

University Library: Building a Foundation, 1908-2008 — Centennial exhibition. First floor, Shields Library. Hours: 7:30 a.m.-midnight Monday-Thursday, 7:30 a.m.-6 p.m. Friday, noon-6 p.m. Saturday and noon-midnight Sunday.