UC Davis Granada Artist-in-Residence and Who’s There? director Sinéad Rushe and a crew of six student actors are turning William Shakespeare’s Hamlet inside out.
Alan Templeton is no stranger to the UC Davis campus. The alum spent his undergraduate years exploring the Quad and combing through art history books in Shields Library. Templeton (B.A., art history and psychology, ‘82) has worked as a professional artist, labor union administrator and investor. He’s an art collector and is passionate about helping elevate and grow the arts and humanities at UC Davis.
As part of UC Davis' celebration of 30 years of Eggheads, Trevor Bashaw, creative writing MFA candidate and associate instructor of English, was asked to write a poem inspired by the famous public art. Bashaw shared his poem during the Robert Arneson Eggheads 30th Anniversary Launch Party at the Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art on April 4.
Beginning April 1, the UC Davis campus is celebrating the Year of the Eggheads, marking the 30th anniversary of the campus installation of Robert Arneson’s iconic Egghead sculptures.
Desirée Martín, associate professor of English, makes a case for building bridges between academic and home spaces for students, especially those who identify as first-generation and/or underrepresented minority (URM) students.
Four UC Davis alumni spent the winter learning how to draw from observation at the Royal Drawing School in London with the support of an international scholarship. Applications for the art residency open in the spring.
Professor Emerita Halifu Osumare returns to campus this month to read from and celebrate her new memoir, Dancing the Afrofuture: Hula, Hip-Hop and the Dunham Legacy, with the Department of African American and African Studies.
In exploring the rich tapestry of global cultures, few elements weave as intricate a story as tea. Tracing the spread of tea culture offers a unique lens for art historian Katharine Burnett, professor and co-chair in the Department of Art and Art History, to explore the complex interplay of tradition, globalization, and identity. Burnett’s fascination with tea inspired her to launch UC Davis’s Global Tea Institute for the Study of Tea Culture and Science, which delves into both the cultural and scientific aspects of tea.
Josiah McElheny, a renowned glass artist whose installations, sculptures, paintings and films engage with a wide array of concepts, recently spent a week with UC Davis Department of Art and Art History students and faculty as part of his residency with The California Studio: Manetti Shrem Artist Residencies. McElheny was the spotlight artist for the winter quarter.
