Helen Hunt Jackson, a nineteenth century Unitarian who moved from New England to Colorado Springs, was appalled by the U.S. government?s unfair and cruel treatment of the North American Indians. She published two enduring works, the novel Ramona, and the polemic A Century of Dishonor, to bring public attention to her cause. Music Cal State Northridge Women's ChoraleHelen Hunt Jackson, a nineteenth century Unitarian who moved from New England to Colorado Springs, was appalled by the U.S. government?s unfair and cruel treatment of the North American Indians. She published two enduring works, the novel Ramona, and the polemic A Century of Dishonor, to bring public attention to her cause. Music Cal State Northridge Women's Chorale

(One service at 1030 a.m.) Guest speaker Lee Barker, senior minister of Neighborhood Church in Pasadena, writes "New Year?s Eve is a time to express great hopes. It is also a time to be wary when achieving them. On Sunday I will explain." Judith Meyer will be speaking in Pasadena in this annual pulpit exchange. Music Cherise Hall, singer

 Exploring ways to use individual gifts and talents to take a needed stand against all forms of hate, oppression, fear and injustice. In difficult times, people say, "somebody should do something!" Let's be those "somebodies". 

Please join us for our March Art Wall Opening Reception on Sunday, March 4, from noon to 1:30 pm. You won’t want to miss the chance check out the highly celebrated works of Chicana artist Margaret Garcia. Garcia brings her artistic sensibilities gained from a lifetime of living in Los Angeles. The show will run until March 25.

Garcia relates of her childhood and artistic viewpoint: “I grew up in Boyle Heights / East L.A. … the refuge of many displaced residents of Chavez Ravine. Considered a haven for some of the lefties, Jews, Russians, Japanese, African-Americans, and Mexicans, I learned tolerance, which was reinforced by a diversity of teachers as well as my father and grandmother; I flourished and appreciated the differences…Yet with all of that it wasn’t until 1969 that I learned and embraced the term Chicano. The term allows me to embrace all facets of my culture and became like a rebirth of my identity. It doesn’t mean that every work of art I do must be culturally identifiable, political, representational, or even colorful. Though I don’t avoid those things, I define Chicano Art by producing it.”

Margaret Garcia is a practicing and regularly exhibiting artist and teacher in Los Angeles. Her work is represented in museums and collections such as the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, National Museum of Mexican Art, and the Cheech Marin Collection. She received the William Comfort Tiffany Foundation Award, the Feitelson/Lundberg Award, and, California Community Foundation Grant, among others. As a mentor, she nurtures and teaches and has taught a good number of artists in her community.

Contact our Art Director, Beverly Alison, for further information about this show or about exhibiting on our Art Wall. 

Dorothy Anderson is the April Artist

Dorothy’s use of color is strong as her palette plays saturated color with dark and light as well as being sensitive to warm and cool colors. The color moves as line and shape. The repetition of color and line takes on a rhythm of its own. Line can encompass a figure as in stained glass figures, or it may fracture and bounce off an object, creating a moving space. Cubism and Expressionism has been an influence on her work. Her use of figures shows personal facets a n d u n i q u e insights in psychological and spiritual observations.