Betye Saar at UCLA

Betye Saar will give a talk entitled Fade: The Art of Aging on Thursday, February 27 at 7:30 pm. The legendary Los Angeles artist is a recycler, a conjurer, and one of the great assemblagists of our time. With arrays of found objects ranging from the mystical to the ordinary, Saar has over her long career found ways into the darkest recesses and sweeping hopes of the American experience. For more information about the talk, click here; to read up on Saar before you go, visit the Craft in America Center, where we've got tons of gorgeous books about her life and work available for persual.