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Get a “Last Look” at fall quarter exhibits like Ritual Clay and Entangled Writing at the Manetti Shrem Museum of Art on Saturday, Dec. 28 and Sunday, Dec. 29.

Weekender: A Last Look at Exhibits; Film Screening

by Jamie Gelfond, News and Media Relations Intern
December 12, 2024

Choruses of UC Davis present Seasons of Migration this Friday at the Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts (Courtesy photo).

Weekender: A White Christmas Performance, UC Davis Alum Exhibit, and More!

by Jamie Gelfond, News and Media Relations Intern
December 05, 2024

Glass keychains can be purchased at the Gorman Museum of Native American Art (Gregory Urquiaga/ UC Davis).

The Arts Blog Gift Guide 2024 Offers Gifts for the Art Lover

by Jamie Gelfond, News and Media Relations Intern
December 02, 2024

After a remarkable 44-year tenure, Spring 2025 will bring the retirement of the Alexander String Quartet, following a final, celebratory season. See them on the Jackson Hall stage at the Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts on Sunday, Dec. 1.

Weekender: Open Studios, Musics of the World, Photography Contest, and More

by Jamie Gelfond, News and Media Relations Intern
November 21, 2024

Black and white photo of woman looking in bookstore window of her own book

UC Davis Lecturer Spotlights Overshadowed Women; New Biography Highlights Sanora Babb

by Maria Sestito, College of Letters and Science
November 15, 2024

Portrait of 123 Andrés who will take the stage at the Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts this upcoming Sunday, Nov. 17, at 2 p.m. to bring sensory-friendly bilingual music to Davis. (Photography/ Dario Trevino)

Weekender: Art Jam, Comedy, Book Reading, and More

by Jamie Gelfond, News and Media Relations Intern
November 14, 2024

Press picture from The Devil's Bath, the topic for this year's annual Eugene Lunn Memorial Lecture (Courtesy photograph, Ulrich Seidl Filmproduktion).

The Week Ahead: Two Films, A Memoir and More

by Jamie Gelfond, News and Media Relations Intern
November 12, 2024

Book in sepia tones sitting on wooden chair

UC Davis Historian Wins Award for ‘Suicide by Proxy’ Book Made into Film

by Karen Nikos-Rose
November 07, 2024

Chancellor Gary May attending Unexpected Legends film preview. (Gregory Urquiaga/ UC Davis)

Weekender: Cloud Gate Dance Theatre, String Trio, and More

by Jamie Gelfond, News and Media Relations Intern
November 07, 2024

Sheep in green pasture with blue sky and clouds in background

The Sheepmowers Cut the Grass — and Feed the Lawn and Soul

by Jamie Gelfond, News and Media Relations Intern
November 06, 2024

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Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan at the Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts, "13 Tongues" (Photo by Liu Chen-hsiang)

Weekender: Halloween, Sheepmowers, Jazz, and More!

by Jamie Gelfond, News and Media Relations Intern
October 31, 2024

Installation view of works by Phillip Byrne, left to right: Organ for a Future Body, After the End of the World, Aggregating Cocoon (Metamorphosis), all 2024. Photo: Muzi Rowe

Ongoing Art Exhibits at UC Davis

by Jamie Gelfond, News and Media Relations Intern
October 24, 2024

Sonic Horizons showing projection of nature on walls, 2024 (Maral Salehian)

Weekender: Sonic Horizons Immersive Experience Debuts; Día de los Muertos Art at Artery

by Jamie Gelfond, News and Media Relations Intern
October 24, 2024

"Asian futures, without Asians" by artist Astria Suparak showing artist in front of projected image (Courtesy, Mondavi Center)

Weekender: Mondavi Center's Performance and Talk with SFMOMA Curator

by Jamie Gelfond, News and Media Relations Intern
October 17, 2024

picture from Puffs of three people with wands (Courtesy, Woodland Opera House)

Weekender: Visiting Austrian Composer and Musical Theatre Dance Workshop

by Jamie Gelfond, News and Media Relations Intern
October 10, 2024

Photo of Sean Mason

Weekender: Noon Concert is Back; London Phil Coming to Mondavi

by Jamie Gelfond, News and Media Relations Intern
October 03, 2024

Still from Clarissa Tossin’s Mojo’q che b’ixan ri ixkanulab’ / Antes de que los Volcanes Canten / Before the Volcanoes Sing, 2022, color digital video, sound. Image courtesy of the artist and EMPAC / Rensselaer.

Weekender: New Mobile Moo-seum, Movie Screenings, Art Events

by Jamie Gelfond, UC Davis News and Media Relations Intern
September 25, 2024

Picture of Kurt Rodhe at Composers Conference, 2024

Rohde Awarded Commission from the Koussevitzky Foundation in the Library of Congress

by Jamie Gelfond, UC Davis News and Media Relations Intern
September 18, 2024

Abstract artwork on gold background with figures depicted

Weekender: Fall Exhibits, Open Studios, and New Art!

by Jamie Gelfond, UC Davis News and Media Relations Intern
September 05, 2024

Abstract painting with multiple colors in fashion of Kandisnky

Weekender: Manetti Shrem Museum Opens with Fall Exhibitions Aug. 8; Concert Next Week at Gorman; More Art News

by Karen Nikos-Rose, Arts Blog Editor
August 08, 2024

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Kennedy Center, white building on Potomac River Washington D.C.

Weekender: UC Davis Faculty Perform Throughout the World in August

by Karen Nikos-Rose, Arts Blog Editor
July 25, 2024

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Three people stand in front of library exhibit on Robert Arneson

Lunchable: View the Eggheads Inside the Cool Library

by Karen Nikos-Rose
July 11, 2024

Acoustic guitar, wood, on dark background

Weekender, and More: Peter and the Starcatcher in Woodland, Pianos, Guitars, Music

by Karen Nikos-Rose
June 26, 2024

window display of postcard-type photos and text about the Eggheads

Summer Offers Museum Exhibitions at UC Davis

by Karen Nikos-Rose
June 20, 2024

Three award winners stand with museum in background at a ceremony June 6, 2024

4 Collect Awards in Annual Event Honoring Arts, Humanities Grad Students

by Laura Compton, Manetti Shrem Museum of Art
June 12, 2024

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