Keith Plocek

The aerospace industry and surfboarding have a historic connection through technology, and have worked together to popularize the California Dream across the globe.

“Sea Sick in Paradise” is an exhibition of 46 creators, some better known as artists, others as surfers, but all with an appreciation for the ocean.

Kevin Naughton and Craig Peterson photographed their Central American surf adventures in the 1970s, inspiring others to head South to ride the waves.

This year's calendar at The Valley Performing Arts Center, under the helm of director Thor Steingraber, is full of innovative programming aimed at appealing to the university's 40,000 plus students and the larger Valley community.

Matt Black's Geography of Poverty series captures the Central Valley's poverty-stricken regions through black-and-white photography.

Pamela Littky photographed the townspeople and places of Baker, California and Beatty, Nevada, two towns that lay claim to the title "Gateway to Death Valley."