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Artwork of figures in Native costumes in golds and browns

UC Davis Ongoing Art Summer 2025: Gorman Museum of Native American Art, Library, Have Art

by Karen Nikos-Rose, Arts Blog Editor
July 03, 2025

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Image of "three sister" in archival pigment in purplish and blue color scheme

Weekender: Chicana/o Film Series at TANA; 'Cara and Diego' at Crocker

by Karen Michele Nikos
July 03, 2025

Gallery view showing various texts

Weekender: Catch Final Days of ‘Through Their Eyes;’ Grad Students Exhibition

by Karen Nikos-Rose
June 18, 2025

Dancers perform in front of Manetti Shrem Museum, with sign in background

Graduate Artists Honored; Sculptures from ‘BowerHaus’ on View, Visit Cruess for Design Works

by Karen Nikos-Rose, Arts Blog Editor
June 11, 2025

M.F.A. candidate Brenton Haslam's 'Smashed Car' will be on display at the annual Arts & Humanities 2025 Graduate Exhibition at the Manetti Shrem Museum of Art which is opening this Thursday, June 5. (Courtesy of the artist)

Weekender: Start Your Summer with Art, Music, Theatre and Sheep

by Jamie Gelfond, News and Media Relations Intern
June 04, 2025

'Taming the Lightning,' an immersive, interactive, environment that blends live performance with digital and tactile elements, opens June 3rd in the Arena Theatre at Wright Hall.

Elevating the Arts at UC Davis at a Glance: June 2025

by UC Davis Staff
June 04, 2025

'Taming the Lightning,' an immersive, interactive, environment that blends live performance with digital and tactile elements, opens June 3rd in the Arena Theatre at Wright Hall.

Weekender: Students Exhibit Work in Film, Theatre, Art, Recitals, More

by Jamie Gelfond, News and Media Relations Intern
May 29, 2025

symphony orchestra on stage in darkened theater

Weekender: Hum a Gershwin Tune; Listen to Grammy-award Winning Violinist; Visit Gorman Museum

by Karen Michele Nikos
May 20, 2025

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Dancers on white stage dressed in red costumes

Weekender: Wearable Design; Spring Music; Next Season Mondavi Tickets Go on Sale

by Jamie Gelfond, News and Media Relations Intern
May 15, 2025

The Julia Keefe Indigenous Big Band brings charisma, passion, and purpose to the Jackson Hall stage at the Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts this week (Jasz Garrett/ photography).

Weekender: Art, Lectures, Film Explore Structures and Movie Magic

by Jamie Gelfond, News and Media Relations Intern
May 07, 2025

Don't miss the exhibit ‘Community in Bloom’ at Shields Library about the history of the UC Davis arboretum, where a pop-up performance will be happening Wednesday, May 7, from 2-3 p.m. on the Grand Staircase Mezzanine featuring dancers from the Department of Theatre and Dance (courtesy).

Weekender: Student-Created, Curated Art Takes On Davis in Performances, Exhibitions

by Jamie Gelfond, News and Media Relations Intern
May 01, 2025

Gallery view of 'Through Their Eyes: Selections from the Sandretto Re Rebaudengo Collection' on display until June 22. (Courtesy/ The Manetti Shrem Museum of Art)

Ongoing Art at UC Davis: Spring 2025

by Jamie Gelfond, News and Media Relations Intern
April 30, 2025

Two porcelain cast Styrofoam teacups for lecture with Amber Ginsburg and Aaron Hughes (courtesy)

Weekender: Music, New Book, Puppet Master and More

by Jamie Gelfond, News and Media Relations Intern
April 17, 2025

This Picnic Day, spark your creativity and wonder with a stop at the Manetti Shrem Museum from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. by making art with friends, family, and other Davis residents (courtesy).

Weekender: Picnic Day Brings the Art to Davis

by Jamie Gelfond, News and Media Relations Intern
April 10, 2025

Gracianne Kirsch, a UC Davis Art Studio M.F.A. alum, with their work at the Arts & Humanities 2024 Graduate Exhibition held in the Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art. Kirsch won the inaugural Letters & Science Prize for Excellence. (Hung Q. Pham Photography)

Merging the Ethereal and the Tangible

by Maria Sestito, College of Letters and Science
April 07, 2025

This weekend in Circa's "Opus", 10 acrobats and the Debussy String Quartet celebrate the music of Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich in a work of stunning power, virtuosity and physical poetry (Justin Nicholas/ photography).

Weekender: Spring into Spring Arts

by Jamie Gelfond, News and Media Relations Intern
April 03, 2025

Adele Zhang, senior continuing lecturer, prepares a recently donated garment to be added to the Design Collection at UC Davis. (Maria Sestito/ UC Davis)

Adele Zhang Brings UC Davis Textile Collection to London

by Maria Sestito, College of Letters and Science
March 27, 2025

This Sunday at the Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts, Yamato's enticing drum performance features over 40 Taiko drums on stage. You’ll become engulfed in the sound of the Taiko, becoming one with the performers. (Courtesy photo)

Weekender: End the Quarter with Exciting Music and Dance

by Jamie Gelfond, News and Media Relations Intern
March 13, 2025

The choruses of UC Davis — the Concert Choir and the Chamber Singers — join to sing the music that Albert J. McNeil (1920–2022) loved and championed with guest conductor Dr. Jan Taylor this weekend.

Weekender: Start Your March with the Arts

by Jamie Gelfond, News and Media Relations Intern
March 06, 2025

UC Davis Art Lecture Series features Torkwase Dyson whose work explores ecology, infrastructure, and architecture this upcoming week. Picture details: Torkwase Dyson, Liquid A Place (Lance Gerber/ photography, Courtesy of the artists and Desert X).

Weekender: The Sun is Out, New Art is In

by Jamie Gelfond, News and Media Relations Intern
February 27, 2025

Isidore String Quartet brings Juilliard talent to Mozart’s classics this weekend at the Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts. (Courtesy)

Weekender: Experience the Art, Music of Different Cultures

by Jamie Gelfond, News and Media Relations Intern
February 19, 2025

Figures in art work in Native dress in gold and brown

Gorman Museum Features 'Olé Ham Nees: We Call Him Coyote'

by Karen Nikos-Rose
February 19, 2025

This year’s Templeton Colloquium, moderated by UC Davis professor of art and architectural history Heghnar Watenpaugh, features a powerful conversation on cultural heritage on Feb. 21. Join two of the most incisive voices in cultural heritage debates at the 2025 Templeton Colloquium to explore the stakes for its protection worldwide. Photo: The Walled Off Hotel in Bethlehem in August 2017. (Hrag Vartanian, Hyperallergic/ courtesy photo)

Weekender: Celebrate Your Love of Art this Valentine's Weekend

by Jamie Gelfond, News and Media Relations Intern
February 13, 2025

UC Davis Art History professor, Heghnar Watenpaugh, gave lecture “Survivor Objects and Captive Sites: Art and Cultural Heritage in Genocide” at The Getty Center in Los Angeles this past December on the Armenian genocide and the significance of art. (Jamie Gelfond/ photography)

UC Davis Art History’s Watenpaugh Inspires with Her Perspective on Art and Cultural Heritage Destruction

by Jamie Gelfond, News and Media Relations Intern
February 10, 2025

The Bereishit Dance Company is known for their contemporary approach to traditional Korean culture with work that beautifully connects the forms and themes of sports and traditional arts. They will perform at Jackson Hall at the Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts on Thursday, Feb. 20.

Weekender: Soul Music, Drag and ArtMix Bring Fun to the Arts

by Jamie Gelfond, News and Media Relations Intern
February 06, 2025

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