An artful take on UC San Diego Library’s popular De-Stress with Pups and Critter Encounters held nearby in Geisel Library's Classroom 1, this exhibit features a collection of campus wildlife paintings by alumna and UC San Diego Extension art instructor Michelle McCunney ’84. In this imaginative series, familiar critters take on the roles of scientists — testing water samples, conducting conservation studies, and engaging in research across campus.

Campus Critters at Work and Play is on view outside of Classroom 1 on the 2nd (main) Floor of Geisel Library from Monday, June 9, through Sunday, December 14, during the building's open hours. Stay tuned for details about an upcoming stressbuster session on Friday, November 7, with the artist, where she’ll guide guests through a hands-on “drawing animals” activity.

About the Artist

Michelle McCunney ’84 is known for her narrative-driven work, which ranges in format from ink and collage books to paper and wood reliefs and larger works painted on canvas. A native of San Diego, Michelle teaches watercolor and illustration for UC San Diego Extended Studies and has taught painting, drawing, and contemporary art courses for the Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Facultad de Artes in Ensenada, Baja California. Michelle graduated from UC San Diego with a degree in anthropology and visual arts in 1984, went to Mexico City to study painting, and completed an MA in visual arts at UNAM’s Escuela Nacional de Artes Plásticas in 1988.