A new art exhibit at Fresno Pacific University is designed to “open your eyes to an America fast-disappearing, or already gone. Replaced by the corporate mono-culture, fast-food drive-ins, chain stores and ‘virtual’ reality of TV…" 

Those words, penned by Lawrence Ferlinghetti, among the most influential Beat poets, aptly describe “GAS Food & Lodging—Images from the Mother Road, U.S. 66,” which continues through December 12 in the McDonald Hall Atrium on the FPU campus.

A faculty member at Fresno Pacific University is part of the next wave of Central Valley artists.

Robin Dolarian will be part of "Next Wave II: Fresno Artists of the New Era" May 16-July 21 at Fresno Art Museum. 'Next Wave' exhibits happen every 10 years and participation is by invitation only. To be invited, artists must be mature in their work, committed to the life and labor of art, have an independent and identifiable style and personally act to advance appreciation of contemporary art, according to the museum.