Enjoy the summer: Read on for arts opportunities and remember to view our Arts Blog anytime at /arts/blog.
This will be my last Arts Blog. I am retiring next week after 21 years at University of California. I started the Arts Blog in 2016 to give readers an overview of arts at UC Davis and the region. It was the first blog on campus to include stories about all arts: Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts, Manetti Shrem Museum, the UC Davis departments of music, theatre and dance, and design, and of course the Shields Library exhibitions and the Gorman Museum of Native American Art. Even bugs and butterflies occasionally; sculptures that pop up in the Arboretum: our living museum. And any art that popped up on campus or in the region. Next fall, the Arts Blog will resume under the College of Letters and Science under a rebranding. Look for it. So long for now,
Karen Nikos-Rose
'Dog Bench #3' gifted to Fine Arts Collection at UC Davis and on view now
Dog Bench #3 by a first-generation UC Davis art faculty member sculpted Dog Bench #3. It is a recent gift to the Fine Arts Collection, and will be on view at the Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art when it opens in fall opening Aug. 12 for the 10th anniversary year.
However, you can catch it on view in the lobby today, June 18, and Saturday, June 20 before the museum closes for the summer.
Ongoing art at UC Davis
Follow the links:
- "Sahar Khoury” continuing at Manetti Shrem Museum (through June 20)
- Graduate through June 20
- Design Museum Showcases Village Homes. (through June 19)
- Contemporary Native American Art at Gorman Museum and their latest exhibition on the work of Shelley Niro
- Art Spark at Manetti Shrem:
June: Paper Relief Sculptures
Transform paper into a relief sculpture through casting. Inspired by cast objects in Sahar Khoury: Weights & Measures, this activity invites you to experiment with molds, materials and colors to create playful impressions.
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Arts Blog Editor Karen Nikos-Rose, kmnikos@ucdavis.edu