Arts lecture to benefit shelters, scholarships A...

Arts lecture to benefit shelters, scholarships

A lecture on “Unique Art and Architecture Around the World” at

Orange Coast College on Friday will benefit two homeless shelters and

three OCC scholarships.

During the annual lecture, fine arts professor Irini

Vallera-Rickerson will show slides of hand-painted houses at Ndebele

in Africa, rock-top monasteries in Meteora, Greece, and sculptures in

the Tuscany Tarot Garden of Nikki De Phalle.

Money raised at the lecture will go to two homeless shelters for

people affected by AIDS, in association with the AIDS Service

Foundation of Orange County, and three OCC arts and humanities

scholarships in memory of artists P.J. Freeman and David Torosian.

A food drive is also being held in conjunction with the OCC

Sociology Club and Native American Club. People are asked to bring

nonperishable food to be collected at the door.

The lecture will take place from 8 to 9:30 p.m. Friday in the

Robert B. Moore Theatre on the OCC campus. Tickets may be purchased

at the door at 7:40 p.m. for $10, and additional donations are

welcome.

For more information, call (714) 432-5039.