This broadcast features the exhibition "Grace Hertlein: Early Digital Artist and Advocate" on view in the A Gallery at Chico State through December 5, 2026. Musical selections include computer and electronic music from the 1960s and 70s.
All works by Grace C. Hertlein:
1st Day of Creation, mid-1960s. Lithograph, 22 ¾ x 29 in. Collection of Muir Hughes
“Charles Branchi demonstrates the 1620 IBM Computer which can solve problems in minutes that once required hours.” The Record, Chico State Yearbook, 1963.
Calcomp 565 drum plotter, courtesy Wikipedia Commons
"Blue-Green City", 1970. Plotter drawing on light grey pastel paper, 11 x 17 ½ in. Anne and Michael Spalter Digital Art Collection
"Beasts in the Forest," ca. 1972. Plotter drawing on mylar and paper, 14 x 20 ¾ in. Museum of Northern California Art (MONCA)
Untitled (Leaf Series)," ca. 1975. Gelatin silver print from original microfilm and acetate transparency, 19 ¼ x 14 ¾ in. Anne and Michael Spalter Digital Art Collection
