UC White Mountain Research Center Hosting Opening Reception for “Art in Nature” Fundraiser
July 24, 2025

UC White Mountain Research Center (WMRC) will be cohosting an opening reception for its “Art in Nature” art auction on Thursday, August 7th from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the Inyo Arts Council (IAC) gallery at 150 Willow Street in Bishop. This preview will showcase donated art to be auctioned off at WMRC’s Owens Valley Station Open House on Sunday, October 19th, 2025. This event is part of the center’s 75th anniversary programming. The “Art in Nature” preview show will run at IAC from August 7th through the 27th.

The WMRC is a multi-disciplinary, system-wide, research unit of the University of California Natural Reserve System and is currently managed by UCLA. It was established in 1950 by UC Berkeley physiologist Nello Pace and serves as a laboratory for interdisciplinary research and site for college-level courses. Located in eastern California, the Center is now comprised of four separate sites in the White Mountains and Bishop locales: including some of the highest altitude research laboratories in North America.

  https://sierrawave.net/uc-white-mountain-research-center-hosting-opening-reception-for-art-in-nature-fundraiser/

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