Artist showcases paintings in gallery

WENDY GROVE

“Brian Ruppel: Paintings and a New Installation,” an exhibition in

the Glendale Community College Art Gallery, continues through March

31.

A reception for the artist will be from 6 to 9 p.m. tonight in the

gallery.

Ruppel uses the vibrant colors of TV, including the color test

pattern, and a collage of icons from daily life and comic-book

culture in his enamel on panel works.

Ruppel exhibits locally and internationally. His work has been

exhibited at Bachofner, Raid, Tamara Bane and the Armand Hammer

Museum among others. His art can be found in many private and public

collections including Warner Bros. Television, Frederick R. Weisman

Foundation and the permanent collection at the Laguna Beach Museum of

Art.

Gallery hours are from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and 5 to 8 p.m. Monday

through Thursday and from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday. Admission is

free. For information, call (818) 240-1000, ext. 5663, or visit

www.glendale.edu/artgallery.

The juried student art show will open May 9. All the art

disciplines are represented in the final exhibition of the academic

year, including painting, ceramics, drawing, sculpture and

photography.

ENERGY CRISIS TOPIC OF NEXT SCIENCE LECTURE

“Managing the Energy Crisis” will be discussed at the next

presentation of the GCC Science Lecture Series on March 22.

Jean Lecuyer, physics professor at the college, is the speaker.

The science lectures are held from noon to 1 p.m. in Room 243 of

the Santa Barbara Building. Admission is free.

There will be two more lectures this spring. On April 26, physics

professor Rick Guglielmino will present “The Search for Einstein’s

Waves.” Instructor Paul Kazarian will speak on “LIGO and LISA to

Andromeda, Virgo and (maybe) Beyond.”

COURSES FOR SENIORS

HELD AT PACIFIC PARK

Several of the classes offered through the college’s Lifelong

Learning Seminars program meet at Pacific Park, 501 S. Pacific.

The classes are open-entry, enabling participants to enroll in a

class at any time during the semester as long as there is space

available. They are also free.

Seating is available in the following courses held at Pacific

Park: contemporary world problems offered from 10 a.m. to noon

Tuesdays; health/exercise Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 9:30

a.m. to noon; aerobic line dancing meets from noon to 2 p.m.

Wednesdays; the psychology course quality of life held from 10 a.m.

to noon Mondays; stitchery meets from 1 to 3:30 p.m. Mondays; and

quilt making meets from 9 to 11:30 a.m. Thursdays.

For more information, call (818) 243-5196.

GCC OFFERS MONEY MANAGEMENT CLASS

For those retired or planning to retire, Glendale College is

offering a successful money management course beginning March 28.

The class meets from 7 to 9 p.m. Mondays through May 16 at the

main campus in Room 114 of the San Rafael Building.

There is no tuition fee for the class, but a $25 workbook may be

purchased from the instructor.

The instructor is Russell Doe, a certified financial planner and

independent registered investment advisor. He covers money

management, reducing taxes, retirement planning, understanding the

stock market and real estate market, reducing insurance costs and

creating a plan to achieve financial objectives.

For more information, call (818) 243-5196.

* WENDY GROVE is the public information coordinator for Glendale

Community College.