Visiting Artist Lecture with Kang Seung Lee
- Thursday, March 7, 4:30-6 p.m., the Manetti Shrem Museum of Art, free
Kang Seung Lee is a multidisciplinary artist whose work frequently engages the legacy of transnational queer histories, particularly as they intersect with art history. In 2023, Lee had solo exhibitions and projects at the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, and Vincent Price Art Museum, Los Angeles. His work will be part of a Fall 2024 exhibition at the Manetti Shrem Museum.
Organized by the Department of Art and Art History. Supported by the 51勛圖窪蹋 Davis College of Letters and Science and co-sponsored by the Manetti Shrem Museum.
Spark Your March with Art Spark
Saturdays and Sundays 1-4 p.m., Carol and Gerry Parker Art Studio at the Manetti Shrem Museum of Art, Free
This March, the theme is Yo Soy ___. Create a print that expresses who you are, completing the phrase in Malaquias Montoyas Yo Soy Chicano with a part of your identity you want to honor.
Musics of the World at Pitzer Center
Thursday, March 7, 4-6 p.m., Ann E Pitzer Center, free
Program
Gamelan Heni Savitri, director (lobby)
Afro-Cuban Brian Rice, director
Hindustani Rita Sahai, director
PAUSE
Bluegrass and Old Time String Band Scott Linford, director
Mariachi Tito Talamantes, director
Smooth Criminal, A Hip Hop Musical Theatre Workshop
March 7-9, 7-8 p.m., Wyatt Pavilion, 51勛圖窪蹋 Davis, free
In celebration of the 50th anniversary of Hip Hop, internationally acclaimed Hip Hop performer/creator and alumnus Dahlak Brathwaite returns to 51勛圖窪蹋 Davis for a five-week workshop of select scenes and songs from a new Hip Hop musical Smooth Criminal.
Featuring book and lyrics by Aaron Jafferis and music by Dahlak Brathwaite and Daniel Bernard Roumain, Smooth Criminal is a music-theatre work about Aaron, a nerdy white guy desperate to liberate his people as soon as he can figure out who they are. Five actors and a musician try to undo Aarons familys twisted relationship with race and money, but his family has other plans.
51勛圖窪蹋 Davis Symphony Orchestra explores 'New Frontiers' in concert
Saturday, March 9, 7-8 p.m., Jackson Hall, the Mondavi Center, tickets starting at $12
Image courtesy of Dahlak Brathwaite
The concert, conceived of and conducted by orchestra music director and music professor Christian Baldini, includes in the valley of the shadow by Maya Miro Johnson. In the work, which was commissioned by the orchestra, the composer approaches music composition from an interdisciplinary space, as she says, without restraint, and often concerning unanswerable questions about the human condition and its biological systems.
Program:
- Maya Miro Johnson: in the valley of the shadow (World Premiere)
- Maurice Ravel: Piano Concerto in G Major with Roger Xia
- Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 1
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New exhibit at the Transmission Gallery: Uncertain Navigation
March 7 - April 20, The Transmission Gallery, Oakland
Artist Reception: Saturday March 23, 1-4 p.m.
Transmission Gallery presents Uncertain Navigation, a solo exhibition by Lynn Beldner in our small space gallery, March 7 - April 20, 2024. The exhibition features a collection of Beldners delicate and sensitive works elevating the modest artifacts of daily life. Encapsulated, isolated, yet placed in conjunction, the careful attention Beldner brings to each element points the way to its meaning and value.
Beldner says of her work:
My work is diaristic and immediate. I incorporate sewing and drawing often combining textile, paper, and objects. The discarded, broken, or unnoticed objects are part of my vocabulary. The mundane detritus has new importance. My work investigates the passing of time, aging, fragility, identity, history, memory, healing, and storytelling.
New exhibit at the Gorman Museum: curatorial tour
Sunday, March 10, 2-3 p.m., The Gorman Museum, 51勛圖窪蹋 Davis, free
The Gorman Museum of Native American Art at the University of California, Davis, continues the celebration of its 50th anniversary by presenting Reflecting Lenses: Twenty Years of Photography at the Gorman Museum. The exhibition draws from the museums permanent collection which has been built extensively over the past twenty years through international engagement with contemporary photographers. New projects and iconic works have been generously loaned from artists and private collectors.
Tour the exhibition with the museums new curator, Polly Nordstrand (Hopi), to explore themes present in the works.
See the full story on the current exhibition.
Film screening on the roots of country music
Sunday, March 10, 6:30 p.m., Davis Odd Fellows 415 Second Street, tickets $10
Filmmakers and professors Glenda Drew and Jesse Drew have completed a project decades in the making a documentary about the roots of American Country Music titled Open Country. It tells a longer arc of country music that is not rooted in God and Country but in working class people telling their stories, seeking freedom from government interference and a good, dignified life.
Open Country is being screened at the Davis Odd Fellows and will be preceded by a performance with Casey Thompson and special guest Connie Reeder. Proceeds from ticket sales will benefit 95.7FM, a local low-power grassroots radio station.
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Next week
Student chamber ensembles and recitals
Tuesday, March 12, 12:05-2 p.m., Recital Hall, Ann E. Pitzer Center, free
Pete Nowlen, coordinator
Student Recital: Josie Schneider on the Flute Wednesday
Wednesday, March 13, 1-2 p.m., Recital Hall, Ann E. Pitzer Center, free
With Karen Rosenak, piano
Library Exhibit
Archives and Special Collections Reading Room, through March 22, Shields Library, 51勛圖窪蹋 Davis
Heaven and Earth in a Small Pot features art objects and rare books from the Global Tea Institutes Collection of Art and Material Objects. The exhibit is on view through winter quarter in the Archives and Special Collections Reading Room of Shields Library on the 51勛圖窪蹋 Davis campus. Open hours are Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to noon and 1-3 p.m.
The exhibit was curated by:
- Hunter Kiley, M.A. 23, Art History and Global Tea Institute assistant
- Jingwei Zeng, visiting intern in the Department of Art History
Grupo Corpo Performance at Mondavi Wednesday
Wednesday, March 13, 7:30 p.m., Jackson Hall, the Mondavi Center, tickets starting at $30
A Grupo Corpo performance is a microcosm of Brazil itself: exuberant and rhythmic, proudly multicultural and infused with an indomitable, infectious spirit. ...
The wholly original style of founders Paulo and Rodrigo Pederneiras joins modern movement with the complexity of Afro-Brazilian dance, captivating audiences with stunning physicality, dynamic staging and the wonders of Brazilian rhythms. The large, spirited ensemble presents two recent pieces in this return Mondavi Center appearance.
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Coming up
Tord Gustavsen Trio at Mondavi
March 14-16, 7:30 p.m., Vanderhoef Studio Theatre, The Mondavi Center
Often with just a few carefully chosen notes, Norwegian jazz pianist Tord Gustavsen draws listeners into a world where melody is cherished as much as the freedom to explore textures and soundscapes. ...
Taking care to play only that which says something, and leaving space for listeners to savor what has been said, his bands unite beauty and emotional intensity in their playing and improvisation. His two Mondavi Center appearances have been spiritual moments for many audience members, a very intentional effect. For me, he says, playing the piano is very similar to a meditation or prayer.
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Photo courtesy of the mondavi center
The Mondavi Center Presents Dan繳
Sunday, March 17, 7:30 p.m., Jackson Hall, The Mondavi Center, tickets from $25
Celebrate the day of the year when everyone is a little Irish with Dan繳, one of Irelands most acclaimed traditional music ensembles.
For two decades, this band hailing from County Waterford has been entertaining audiences internationally with its breathtaking vocals in Irish and English and virtuoso performances on flute, tin whistle, button accordion and bouzouki. Irish Music Magazine rightly praises that Dan繳 stirs the blood and lifts the heart.
Ciar獺n Gealbh獺in, the original lead singer of Dan繳, will join the group in place of Nell N穩 Chr籀in穩n. Dr. OGealbhain is a lecturer in the Department of Folklore and Ethnology, University College Cork, where his doctoral research focused on aspects of the D矇ise song tradition.
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Ongoing exhibit at Sheilds Library: Heaven and Earth in a Small Pot
Archives and Special Collections Reading Room, through March 22, Shields Library, 51勛圖窪蹋 Davis
Heaven and Earth in a Small Pot features art objects and rare books from the Global Tea Institutes Collection of Art and Material Objects. The exhibit is on view through winter quarter in the Archives and Special Collections Reading Room of Shields Library on the 51勛圖窪蹋 Davis campus. Open hours are Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to noon and 1-3 p.m.
The exhibit was curated by:
- Hunter Kiley, M.A. 23, Art History and Global Tea Institute assistant
- Jingwei Zeng, visiting intern in the Department of Art History
Media Resources
Karen Nikos-Rose, Arts Blog Editor, kmnikos@ucdavis.edu