The exhibition Semina Culture revolves around Wallace Berman-artist, poet, and, above all else, catalyst for a group of mid-twentieth-century artists, performers, and poets commonly referred to as Beat. Between 1955 and 1964, among his other activities, Berman published nine issues of the unbound magazine Semina, which he printed on a hand press and distributed to friends through the mail.

Organized by the Santa Monica Museum of Art and co-curated by Duncan and McKenna, this is the first major museum examination of the significance of the charismatic Berman — his eclectic worldview and non-nine-to-five lifestyle, Rowe said. It includes the complete loose-leaf run of Semina — a hand-printed, free-form art and poetry journal that Berman published and personally distributed — and artworks by contributors to Semina, as well as by those who were part of the close-knit “Semina Culture” community, largely people from the West Coast.

The Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art on the Utah State University campus opens the new year with a new exhibition and opening reception. Semina Culture: Wallace Berman & His Circle can be been Jan. 10-March 15, with an opening reception Jan. 10. Guest curators for the exhibit are Michael Duncan and Kristine McKenna.