Manetti Shrem halts timed tickets; open for all

Whitaker Quintet at Mondavi Friday

Matthew Whitaker: The Hammond B3 organ speaks a language all its own, one that’s rooted in the church, but brings jazz, soul, blues and funk along for a dizzying party. It’s no wonder that special reverence is held for those musicians that truly master the instrument. Whitaker’s love for music began at the young age of 3 after his grandfather gave him a small Yamaha keyboard. At 9 years old, he began teaching himself how to play the Hammond B3 organ. Four years later, he became the youngest artist to be endorsed by Hammond in its 80-plus-year history. But it’s his rich talent, not his youth, that keep audiences coming back to experience Whitaker and his talented bandmates. 

Friday, March 25 - 7:30 p.m.

Find more information and purchase tickets here.

Currently on view at the Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art

William T. Wiley and the Slant Step: All on the Line

Five years in the making, this exhibition features Wiley’s formative early works and is designed to evoke his Mill Valley studio. It also reunites various works inspired by the odd, iconic Slant Step art object, and will debut a brand-new digital Slant Step work by Wiley’s grad student, Bruce Nauman. Curator Dan Nadel worked closely with Wiley before his death in April 2021. Through May 8.

Mary Heilmann: Squaring Davis

California native, Heilmann did an independent study with Wiley and also became friendly with Bruce Nauman in the late 1960s. Although she moved to New York and went on to become a preeminent contemporary abstract painter, her time in California during the 1960s was an important influence on her work. This focus show reunites her rarely seen early sculpture and a series of “Davis Square” paintings she created in 1977. Curator: Dan Nadel. Through May 8.

From Moment to Movement: Picturing Protest in the Kramlich Collection

Drawn primarily from the renowned Bay Area-based Kramlich Collection, the exhibition brings together an international, intergenerational group of artists: UC Davis Professor Art Shiva Ahmadi, Dara Birnbaum, Kota Ezawa, Theaster Gates, Nalini Malani and Mikhael Subotzky. Each work examines a different event grounded in the real world, using specific moments from the United States, China, India and South Africa to explore protest from different angles: resistance; the role of media in our understanding of events; and the power and politics of viewing. Curator: Susie Kantor. Through June 19.

Visit manettishrem.org for more information.

Noon concert next Thursday