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Weekender: Left Coast Chamber; Catalyst 'Time Piece' and More Art

Karen Michele Nikos — January 28, 2021 - 12:13pm

The Arts Blog has identified a lot of new free attractions detailed in this blog.

51�ԹϺ�� Davis Artists Honored for Opera, Book

Michelle Alejandra Villagomez — December 11, 2020 - 11:27am

Composer Rohde gets opera grant; Manetti Shrem curator receives book award

By Jeffrey Day, College of Letters and Science, and Laura Compton, Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art

Composer and 51�ԹϺ�� Davis Professor Kurt Rohde and two artistic colleagues have received $50,000 to develop a “floating” opera in New York City. And a Manetti Shrem Museum curator has received a book award.

Manetti Shrem Museum to Explore Thiebaud’s Evolving Influence Through 19 Contemporary Artists

Michelle Alejandra Villagomez — November 23, 2020 - 1:00pm

Editors: Download photos and captions for publicity use here.

As the region celebrates longtime 51�ԹϺ�� Davis art professor Wayne Thiebaud’s 100^th birthday in November, his profound influence on a new generation of contemporary artists will be the focus of an exhibition opening Jan. 31 at the Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art, at the University of California, Davis.

Weekender: Virtual Thiebaud and Mondavi Even as Mondavi Cancels Live Season

Karen Michele Nikos — November 19, 2020 - 8:56am

Manetti Shrem Museum creates ‘Exhibition in Progress’ website and hosts preview of the Thiebaud exhibition

Preview tonight

This blog compiled by 51�ԹϺ�� Davis Media Relations Intern Michelle Villagomez

This story by Laura Compton, Manetti Shrem Museum of Art

Manetti Shrem Museum Creates ‘Exhibition in Progress’ Website

Karen Michele Nikos — November 16, 2020 - 11:18am

Visitors are now able to engage with contemporary art and artists and experience a museum exhibition coming to life via a new website from the Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art at the University of California, Davis. The site, launched Nov. 15, celebrates the centennial birthday of artist and Professor Emeritus Wayne Thiebaud.

An online preview by exhibition curators will be held by Zoom on Thursday, Nov. 19.

Weekender: Submissions Due for Art Walk; Design Lecture; Music; Shakespeare

Karen Michele Nikos — November 05, 2020 - 11:09am

Because next Wednesday is the Veteran's Day holiday, we will include two weeks worth of events in one weekender.

This blog compiled by Michelle Villagomez, News and Media Relations Intern

Weekender: Check Out Finished Murals, Visit Pence, Listen to a Concert

Karen Michele Nikos — October 22, 2020 - 4:59pm

Check out Wide Open Walls murals at 51�ԹϺ�� Davis Health Sacramento Campus

The arts blog covered the mural painting a few weeks ago here. Now, the murals are finished and in full view.

51�ԹϺ�� Davis Talk: Addressing the Power of Untold Stories Through Photography

Karen Michele Nikos — October 19, 2020 - 3:08pm

LaToya Ruby Frazier was in conversation with Sampada Aranke, Manetti Shrem scholar-in-residence, Oct. 8.

Poet, Essayist Claudia Rankine to Address Struggle With Race

Karen Michele Nikos — October 07, 2020 - 9:30am

Claudia Rankine, a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship recipient, National Book Critics Circle Award winner and National Book Award finalist, will read from and discuss her new book, Just Us: An American Conversation, at the University of California, Davis, on Wednesday, Nov. 4.

Published this month, Just Us combines poetry, essays, photographs, art, scholarship, analysis, invective and argument into a passionate and persuasive case about the complex mechanics of race in this country.

Weekender: Plenty Virtually; Imagining America and Creative Writing Series Beginning Soon

Karen Michele Nikos — October 01, 2020 - 11:35am

This week, the Shinkoskey Noon Concert is back, if only virtually, and we encourage you to sign up for any virtual arts events coming up.