A new exhibition of work by recent University of California alumni highlights UC's artistic legacy and shows California’s world-class public university is ready to step in as art schools across the country disappear.
Twenty-one UC Davis alumni have been selected to exhibit their artistic works alongside other emerging artists from UC Berkeley and UCLA as part of the 'Open Inquiry: UC Arts' exhibit at Sausalito Center For The Arts, March 14 - April 26.
Archana Venkatesan discusses the importance of ancient poetry and her research on as the Alvars, which translates to “those who are immersed in god.” This type of "slow study" resonates with students who, in current times, don't get to do much of it anymore.
UC Davis Professor Emeritus Roland Petersen, known for his Picnic Day paintings, reflects on his life’s work and his personal love story. Petersen, who turned 100 on March 31, still paints every day.
An exhibition on view at the Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art at UC Davis shows in real time the digitization of the university’s Fine Arts Collection. Visitors not only view the art but watch as it’s unpacked, photographed and entered in a database where it will be searchable by the public soon.
In a small Scottish village on the vast estate of King’s Foundation, filled with green grasses, manicured gardens and roaming farm animals, a group of UC Davis design students experienced first-hand what local and sustainable fashion looks like in the U.K.
'The Drowsy Chaperone' tells the story of a man looking back on his life via his relationship to an audio recording of an old musical from 1928. Using his imagination only, "the Man in the Chair,” drawing from old Hollywood and musical theatre tropes and stereotypes, sends the stars of the musical into a mash-up performance wherein hilarity, beauty and chaos ensue.
The Gorman Museum of Native American Art at the University of California, Davis, has on view photographic and multimedia artwork by award-winning artist Shelley Niro. Niro is widely known for her ability to explore traditional stories, transgress boundaries and embody the ethos of her matriarchal culture.
What happens when “efficiency” comes at the expense of people? In his new book, American Carnage, Journalist and UC Davis Writing Center lecturer Sasha Abramsky examines the human cost of DOGE cuts during the second Trump administration. From lost healthcare to erased pensions, Abramsky focuses on the lived experiences behind policy decisions and reflects on empathy, free speech and the state of journalism today.
Winner of two Tony Awards, for Best Book and Best Original Score, The Drowsy Chaperone is a loving send-up of the Golden Age of the Broadway musical. The UC Davis Department of Theatre and Dance presents the hilarious musical in the Main Theatre, Wright Hall, and runs Feb. 26, 27, 28 and March 5, 6 at 7 p.m. and Feb. 28 and March 7 at 2 p.m.
