The diverse works of first- and second-year Sacramento City College art students show at the Witt Gallery in Kadema Hall through Friday.

Sacramento City College art teachers submitted their students? best paintings, drawings and sculptures to Chris Daubert, director of the Gregory Kondos Gallery at SCC and curator of the “City at State” show.

Daubert and Elaine O?Brien, an art history professor and the Gallery?s Director at Sacramento State, whittled the 120 submissions down to the 42 pieces now on display.

“We chose the ones that were going to be the most emotionally intense,” said Daubert. “There were some really nice, polite pieces that didn?t make the show.”

The concept for “City at State” came from O?Brien. Daubert enthusiastically accepted when approached with the idea for this invitational exhibition.

“Elaine is working hard to develop the community of Sacramento,” said Daubert. “She?s really trying to make connections across town.”

O?Brien sees another motive for extending this invitation to Sacramento City College: wooing future transfer students.

“It?s kind of an outreach, but it?s also about recruitment,” said O?Brien. “After all, I do want good art students.”

Of all the universities in the California State University system, Sac State enrolled the second-highest number of community college transfer students in the fall 2001 semester.

The Department of Art will hold a closing reception for the “City at State” exhibition on Friday from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Daubert is scheduled to speak at 6:30 p.m., and there will be free tours of the CSUS art studios at 6 and 7 p.m.