The flowers are in bloom, the sun is starting to stay out and, with the start of the spring quarter, comes many events throughout the College of Letters and Science. From lectures and workshops to music, art shows and tea gatherings, there is something to learn, see and do wherever you go in Davis this month.
Non-linear time sounds like something out of a science fiction movie, but what if we could rewrite our histories in ways that feel as if things don’t happen sequentially? Overlapping the concepts of time, memory and the body, Gracianne Kirsch uses many art modalities to explore their own many-sided self.
Damien Mitchell made a splash with his innovative, sustainable, thoughtful and stylish footwear designs during his time as a graduate student in the Design M.F.A. program at UC Davis. Now, as a faculty member himself, he is making an impact on design students in his home state of Louisiana.
Torkwase Dyson, the winter quarter spotlight artist in The California Studio: Manetti Shrem Artist Residencies, is scheduled to speak on campus on Feb. 27. Dyson is a painter working across multiple mediums to explore the continuity between ecology, infrastructure and architecture.
The Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art at the University of California, Davis, unveils the first U.S. presentation of Italy’s renowned Sandretto Re Rebaudengo Collection, and the first solo museum exhibition of artist Ruby Neri.
Using his art to comment on social and environmental issues, Enrique Chagoya’s prints, drawings, collages and multiples offer critical commentary on the global reach of the United States and its cultural, political and historical tensions with Latin America. The artist is speaking on Thursday, Jan. 30, for the 2025 Betty Jean and Wayne Thiebaud Endowed Lecture at UC Davis.
While pursuing a Master of Science degree in mechanical engineering at the University of California, Davis, Erik Contreras, whoalso received a Master of Fine Arts degree from UC Davis' Department of Design felt a need to reconnect with the "why" behind their engineering efforts. In this Q&A, Contreras talks about their venture into the world of design and centering humanity in their engineering research.
Jan Isaac Shrem, whose passions spanned publishing, winemaking, collecting art, and philanthropy, passed away peacefully this month at the age of 94 after a long illness. Shrem leaves a legacy of art at the University of California, Davis, that will live on for generations.
A new exhibition at the Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art marks the first time the museum has commissioned all new work. Titled Phillip Byrne, Beatriz Cortez, Kang Seung Lee, Candice Lin: Entangled Writing, the exhibit is on view at the University of California, Davis museum through December.
A mixed media textile artist and musician, April Camlin brings her experience of grief, pleasure and pain into her work. She is a recent graduate from the M.F.A. in the Maria Manetti Shrem Art Studio Program at UC Davis and the recipient of the graduate fellowship at the Headlands Center for the Arts in Sausalito. Her work is in the university's permanent collection.
