Art Content

Victoria Juharyan on the Destruction of Ukrainian Cultural Heritage

Soterios J Johnson — March 31, 2022 - 5:00pm

Victoria Juharyan discusses the destruction and threat of destruction of Ukraine’s cultural heritage during the Russian invasion.

UC Davis Gorman Exhibition Spotlights Artworks by a Leader in Contemporary Native American Art

Karen Michele Nikos-Rose — October 16, 2025 - 9:53am

The Gorman Museum of Native American Art at University of California, Davis, presents a solo exhibition of works by Rick Bartow (1946-2016), a member of the Mad River band of the Wiyot Tribe, indigenous to Humboldt County in Northern California. Bartow primarily created pastel, graphite, and mixed media drawings, wood sculpture, acrylic paintings, drypoint etchings, monotypes and a small number of ceramic works. The installation showcases artworks created from 1979 to 2015.

The exhibition runs through January 18.

UC Davis Artist, Sociologist, Ph.D. Student Reflect on ‘Breathe' Exhibition at Manetti Shrem Museum

Karen Michele Nikos-Rose — October 08, 2025 - 10:21am

The transparent, glass gallery doors of the Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art at UC Davis act as a portal to another world where an echoing, ambient sound can be heard in the distance.

This world is dimly lit and guarded by two large human-like figures, their long hair made of gray and black fibers, dressed in what might be space suits of the future or the casualwear of an alien species, fused together with colorful yarn.

Photography Exhibition Documenting the Lives of California Farmworkers Opens at UC Davis

Karen Michele Nikos-Rose — September 11, 2025 - 1:25pm

A traveling exhibition of nearly 90 works by labor photographer and journalist David Bacon opens on Saturday, Sept. 13, at the University of California, Davis. Organized by the UC Davis Labor and Community Center in partnership with the artist, the exhibition shines a light on the experiences, strength and resilience of farmworkers in Northern California.

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

Karen Michele Nikos-Rose — June 11, 2025 - 10:17am

Annual Arts, Humanities Graduate Exhibition announces prizes at celebration

By Maria Sestito, College of Letters and Science (condensed from original story)

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

Karen Michele Nikos-Rose — June 04, 2025 - 9:32am

Elevating the Arts at UC Davis: at a glance

All events occur at UC Davis, Old Davis Road, Davis.

Weekender: End the Quarter with Exciting Music and Dance

Jamie Sara Gelfond — March 13, 2025 - 10:08am

This week’s free Shinkoskey Noon Concert features Student Chamber Ensembles

Thursday, March 13, 12:05-2 p.m., Recital Hall, Ann E. Pitzer Center

Pete Nowlen, coordinator

Program

Works to be announced.

Annual M.F.A. Open Studios are back

Thursday, March 13, 4:30-6:30 p.m., at TB9 and the Art Grad Building

Weekender: Start Your March with the Arts

Jamie Sara Gelfond — March 06, 2025 - 10:10am

Concert in memory of Albert J. McNeil (music department faculty); Thursday noon concert, music from Hawaii and more.

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

Jamie Sara Gelfond — February 10, 2025 - 3:01pm

Weekender: Ruby Neri and Her Art, Thiebaud Endowed Lecture, New Art Coming to Gorman

Jamie Sara Gelfond — January 30, 2025 - 9:00am

Welcome to the weekend (almost)

In this week’s Arts Blog, you can catch artist Ruby Neri talking about her art at the Manetti Shrem Museum of Art and an opera at The Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts. (Tickets are almost out for the opera though). Also, the annual Betty Jean and Wayne Thiebaud Endowed lecture features Mexican American painter Enrique Chagoya. All these events are free. And there’s much more.