The family of the late author/artist, Leo Politi, along with collectors of Politi’s works, are searching for photographs of Politi’s early work, especially some panels that first hung in the Old Administration Building at what is now Fresno City College.
In 1930 the young artist Leo Politi returned to California from Europe, where he had attended art school. He was invited to decorate the panels of the new “Green Room Theatre” (a name never formally adopted) in the Old Administration Building. His gray and black panel designs used Art Deco style, combining abstract, cubist, and futurist elements. At least one panel was later moved to the current Fresno State campus, but it can no longer be found.
HELP!
Out there somewhere in a drawer or a chest may be pictures of these panels, or maybe even an actual panel. At Fresno City College, the Old Administration Building is being restored, and there is interest in recreating the original designs.
If you have information or photos of these panels, please contact the Arne Nixon Center at (559) 278-8116 or mrianto@csufresno.edu.
At last...the registration information for Oz: The Books Conference (May 14-16, 2010) is now available! Go to Arne Nixon Center's website to download the form, read about the marvelous line-up of speakers, or to see the conference schedule.
Calling all young writers! 
The 2009 ANCA Annual Meeting was a great fun! We had about 140 people RSVPd, and perhaps a bit more attended that day.
Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with author Margarita Engle at the annual meeting of ANCA, the Arne Nixon Center Advocates. The meeting will be held at 6:00 p.m. on Friday, September 25, at the 
The Surrender Tree, about a freed slave who treated the wounded from both sides in Cuba’s 19th-century struggle for independence, won the 2009 Pura Belpré Award, the Americas Award, the Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award, and it is a 2009 Newbery Honor book.
The family of the late author/artist, Leo Politi, along with collectors of Politi’s works, are searching for photographs of Politi’s early work, especially some panels that first hung in the Old Administration Building at what is now Fresno City College. 
Two-time Newbery Medalist, Katherine Paterson, will speak on 'The Stories of Our Lives' at Fresno State Campus on April 17, 2009. Lecture will begin at 7:30 pm at the John Wright Theatre. This event is free and open to the public, however reservations are required at 559.278.8116 or mrianto@csufresno.edu.
