UC Davis Professor of Art Robin Hill was recently awarded the “Anonymous Was a Woman” Award – a $50,000 unrestricted grant awarded each year to 15 women artists over the age of 40 who are at a critical junction in their career.
Heghnar Zeitlian Watenpaugh, professor of art history at UC Davis, will be discussing "Survivor Objects and Captive Sites: Art and Cultural Heritage in Genocide" at the Getty Research Institute in Los Angeles on Dec. 15.
The imaginative life of 15th century artist, inventor, scientist and engineer Leonardo da Vinci takes center stage in Ken Burns' latest documentary. The two-part documentary titled Leonardo da Vinci premiered Nov. 18 and 19 on PBS stations. UC Davis Associate Professor of Design James Housefield and art studio alumna Julia Couzens (M.F.A. ‘90) led a discussion on da Vinci at an advanced partial-screening of the documentary at PBS KVIE in Sacramento on Nov. 14.
Engineering researchers at the University of California, Davis, have developed a novel method enabling high-resolution optical patterning of semiconducting polymers. Using existing photolithography technology, the technique paves the way for new applications in flexible electronics without requiring expensive new infrastructure.
Students and recent graduates of the College of Letters and Science discuss the 2024 Film Festival at UC Davis, sharing the inspiration behind their films and the films themselves. The festival is produced by students in “CDM 189: Where Do Films Go: Film Festivals and Distribution,” which is taught by Associate Professor of Cinema and Digital Media Julie Wyman.
The Arts & Humanities 2024 Graduate Exhibition features an array of thought-provoking and sensory stimulating displays. Four students were awarded prizes during the exhibition's opening reception. The work is on display through June 24.
In this Q&A, UC Davis alumnus Alan Templeton gives insight on the art trade, his passion for 18th-century European art and the influence attending UC Davis had on him. Templeton, also a philanthropist and art collector, recently returned to campus to give a free public lecture called “Observations of the Art Trade.”
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. The works, installed at five sites on campus during the 1990s, depict Eggheads working, playing, resting and conversing.
Katharine Burnett, professor and co-chair in the Department of Art and Art History, explores the complex interplay of tradition, globalization, and identity through tea culture. Burnett’s fascination with tea inspired her to launch UC Davis’s Global Tea Institute for the Study of Tea Culture and Science.
