November 11, 1996

Upcoming exhibit features works by landscape artist Roy Rydell

California landscape and visual artist Roy Rydell is the subject of dual exhibitions at UCSC and the Santa Cruz Art League. The UCSC exhibit runs from Friday, November 14 through Friday, December 13 at Special Collections in the McHenry Library. A reception is planned from 4 to 6 p.m. on November 15. The reception is free and open to the public.

Rydell has been leaving his verdant mark on the California landscape since the late 1940s. Local spots that have flourished under Rydell's green thumb include the Pacific Garden Mall (which he helped design), the lush surroundings of Santa Cruz City Hall, and Alfred Hitchcock's Scotts Valley estate. A longtime resident of Bonny Doon, Rydell is also an accomplished visual artist.

The exhibit, which is drawn from Special Collections's Roy Rydell Archive, includes such items as sketchbooks, jewelry and landscape designs, photographs, selections of his artwork, and correspondence between Rydell and Alfred Hitchcock. Rydell has designed and installed a special sculpture for the exhibit, which will be unveiled at the November 15 reception. The UCSC exhibit is being presented in conjunction with an exhibit at the Santa Cruz Art League, Distinguished Artists 1996: Roy Rydell and Ted Orland.

For more information, call (408) 459-2547.

--Barbara McKenna