Grad exhibition Thursday will showcase health, technology, art, design
Show on exhibition June 4 through through June 20; prizes given Thursday, Manetti Shrem Museum of Art, UC Davis
From digital data and technology to the environment, healthcare and the body, graduate students from across the College of Letters and Science at University of California, Davis, are pushing boundaries with their experimental research and creative expression. The results, varied in medium and discipline, will be on display at the Arts & Humanities 2026 Graduate Exhibition.
The multidisciplinary showcase runs June 4–20 at the Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art. The opening night reception on June 4, 5:30 to 9 p.m., is free and open to the public. Five student presentations and performances are scheduled.
Four awards will be presented, including three art purchase prizes. In all, 20 Master of Fine Arts, Master of Arts and doctoral students are participating.
At a Glance
- Exhibit opening night Thursday, June 4
- 5:30 to 9 p.m., Manetti Shrem Museum of Art, free and open to the public.
- Five student presentations and performances are scheduled.
“Our graduate students are on the cutting edge of technology, design and the arts,” said Estella Atekwana, dean of the College of Letters and Science at UC Davis. “They create their own techniques and technologies while thinking deeply and critically about everything they do. Now more than ever, we need future leaders like these, who engage across disciplines and media to meet the challenges of our rapidly changing world.”
Museum visitors can expect to encounter multimedia exhibits, installations, sculpture, paintings, drawings and collage as well as performances that will encourage them to engage with art and design in new ways.
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Student chamber ensemble is noon concert
June 4, 12:05 – 2 p.m., Pitzer Center, UC Davis, Recital Hall, Ann E. Pitzer Center, free
Pete Nowlen, coordinator
Program
To be announced.
Last concert of Mondavi season features selections of Beethoven Symphonies
Christopher Taylor, piano, Liszt Transcriptions of Beethoven Symphonies
Jackson Hall, Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts, June 5, 7:30 p.m.; June 7, 2 p.m.
-- Legendary pianist Vladimir Horowitz called the Liszt Transcriptions of Beethoven’s symphonies “the greatest works for the piano.”
During the Mondavi's 21–22 season, Christopher Taylor, a groundbreaking musician “seemingly possessed of superhuman powers” (Los Angeles Times), performed. Due to conflicts, Taylor could only perform the first five of the nine symphonies.
Now, for Mondavi audiences, he tackles the final pieces of these demanding, illuminating works over a riveting two-part concert event.
Sahar Khoury: Weights & Measures closes soon
Less than a month remains to see this critically acclaimed solo exhibition before it closes June 20, Manetti Shrem Museum
Praise for Weights & Measures:
“Sahar Khoury is a bricoleur: an artist who finds material inspiration in depots and warehouses hawking industrial leftovers, recycled goods, and other castoffs. In ‘Weights and Measures,’ the eight works spread throughout four galleries all give the impression of being stripped down to their essential components while also managing to convey an almost baroque sensibility, freely combining found and made elements. “ — Artforum
Ongoing art at UC Davis
Follow the links:
- "Sahar Khoury” continuing at Manetti Shrem Museum
- Design Museum Showcases Village Homes. (Extended through June 19)
- Contemporary Native American Art at Gorman Museum and their latest exhibition on the work of Shelley Niro
- Art Spark at Manetti Shrem:
June: Paper Relief Sculptures
Transform paper into a relief sculpture through casting. Inspired by cast objects in Sahar Khoury: Weights & Measures, this activity invites you to experiment with molds, materials and colors to create playful impressions.
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Arts Blog Editor: Karen Nikos-Rose, kmnikos@ucdavis.edu