Second Friday ArtAbout, May 9

Second Friday ArtAbout receptions in Downtown Davis on Friday, May 9, 2008:

The Artery, 207 G Street, Davis, 530-758-8330 www.artery.coop

"California Clay Competition", a statewide juried exhibition of 39 works in clay selected by juror Sandy Simon

April 25-June 6, 2008

Open:  Friday, May 9, 10 am- 9 pm

Gallery Hours: 10-6 Mon-Thurs, 10-9 Fri, 10-6 Sat, 12-5 Sun

Five Figs Couture, 231 E Street Suite 3, Davis, 530-756-3500, 877-955-FIGS www.fivefigscouture.com

"Nothing is square", pictographs and other irregularly-shaped art by Marcia Cary

May 4-June 5, 2008

Artist's Reception: Friday, May 9, 6-9

Gallery Hours:  10-6 Tues-Sat, 11-5 Sun, by appointment Mondays

John Natsoulas Gallery, 521 First Street, 530-756-3938, www.natsoulas.com

"30 Ceramic Sculptors Exhibition"

April 23-May 24, 2008

Open Friday, May 9, 11 am-10 pm

Gallery hours: 11-5 Wed-Thurs, 11-10 Fri; 12-5 Sat-Sun

nestware, 204 G Street, 530-757-6400

"New Works", landscape and still life paintings by Miles Hermann

May 3-June 30, 2008

Open: Friday, May 9, 10 am-8 pm

Gallery hours:  10-6 Mon-Wed, 10-8 Thurs & Fri, 10-6 Sat

Pence Gallery, 212 D Street, 530-758-3370, www.pencegallery.org

UC Davis MFA Exhibit; May 8-June 8, 2008

Artists' Reception:  Friday, May 9, 7-9 pm (open at 6 pm for members)

Also on display: Exploring the Surface:  Ceramic works by members of the American Ceramics and Glass Association (ACGA)  Juried by Peter VandenBerge;  through June 1, 2008

Gallery Hours:  11:30-5 Tues-Sun