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Couple in studio with colorful art pieces

IN MEMORIAM: Sandra Riddell Shannonhouse

by Laura Compton, Manetti Shrem Museum of Art
November 10, 2025

Society, Arts & Culture

Hawk depicted in artwork

UC Davis Gorman Exhibition Spotlights Artworks by a Leader in Contemporary Native American Art

by UC Davis Staff
October 16, 2025

Society, Arts & Culture

Artworks in installation view

UC Davis Artist, Sociologist, Ph.D. Student Reflect on ‘Breathe' Exhibition at Manetti Shrem Museum

by Maria Sestito, College of Letters and Science
October 08, 2025

migrant workers under tarps in tent in black and white photo

Photography Exhibition Documenting the Lives of California Farmworkers Opens at UC Davis

by Jessica Nusbaum
September 11, 2025

Society, Arts & Culture

Dancers perform in front of Manetti Shrem Museum, with sign in background

Graduate Artists Honored; Sculptures from ‘BowerHaus’ on View, Visit Cruess for Design Works

by Karen Nikos-Rose, Arts Blog Editor
June 11, 2025

'Taming the Lightning,' an immersive, interactive, environment that blends live performance with digital and tactile elements, opens June 3rd in the Arena Theatre at Wright Hall.

Elevating the Arts at UC Davis at a Glance: June 2025

by UC Davis Staff
June 04, 2025

This Sunday at the Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts, Yamato's enticing drum performance features over 40 Taiko drums on stage. You’ll become engulfed in the sound of the Taiko, becoming one with the performers. (Courtesy photo)

Weekender: End the Quarter with Exciting Music and Dance

by Jamie Gelfond, News and Media Relations Intern
March 13, 2025

The choruses of UC Davis — the Concert Choir and the Chamber Singers — join to sing the music that Albert J. McNeil (1920–2022) loved and championed with guest conductor Dr. Jan Taylor this weekend.

Weekender: Start Your March with the Arts

by Jamie Gelfond, News and Media Relations Intern
March 06, 2025

UC Davis Art History professor, Heghnar Watenpaugh, gave lecture “Survivor Objects and Captive Sites: Art and Cultural Heritage in Genocide” at The Getty Center in Los Angeles this past December on the Armenian genocide and the significance of art. (Jamie Gelfond/ photography)

UC Davis Art History’s Watenpaugh Inspires with Her Perspective on Art and Cultural Heritage Destruction

by Jamie Gelfond, News and Media Relations Intern
February 10, 2025

Artwork of figures in Native costumes in golds and browns

Weekender: Ruby Neri and Her Art, Thiebaud Endowed Lecture, New Art Coming to Gorman

by Jamie Gelfond, News and Media Relations Intern
January 30, 2025

View of Art Exhibition at Gorman Museum of Native American Art at UC Davis

Exhibition Features Work of Brenda Mallory, Citizen of Cherokee Nation, at Gorman

by Karen Nikos-Rose
September 24, 2024

Society, Arts & Culture

Three people stand in front of library exhibit on Robert Arneson

Lunchable: View the Eggheads Inside the Cool Library

by Karen Nikos-Rose
July 11, 2024

Bookhead Egghead shot in front of library at UC Davis with students, in blur, walking by

UC Davis Honors Its Iconic Eggheads and Arts Heritage

by Karen Nikos-Rose
April 01, 2024

Front of Gorman Museum of Native American Art, UC Davis

Visualize the Complexities of Being Native Through Art

by Karen Nikos-Rose
September 28, 2023

Society, Arts & Culture

A white museum sign that reads "Gorman Museum of Native American Art" is pictured in front of the renovated museum.

C.N. Gorman Museum Expected Open in Fall

by UC Davis Staff and Other Sources
March 17, 2023

An abstract painting of white and blue waves crashing on a rugged shoreline.

Abstract Painting Added to UC Davis Cancer Center Lobby

by Stephanie Winn
January 17, 2023

A wall in the ArtSpark studio filled with drawings left by other visitors. The drawings include self-portraits, landscapes, and other abstract shapes.

Get Your Art Spark at the Museum’s Carol and Gerry Parker Art Studio

by Hayley Morris, UC Davis Media Relations Intern
September 06, 2022

A section of a batik panel depicting maple leaves and bunches of grapes.

Historical Artwork with Agricultural Motifs on Display at the Robert Mondavi Institute Complex

by Tiffany Dobbyn, CAES
August 31, 2022

Susie Alexander stands in front of her mural, which features painted rocks, trees, and mountains, as well as rocks and fish in blue water.

Visit New Underwater Lake Tahoe Lounge, Video Exhibits, at UC Davis Tahoe Science Center

by UC Davis Staff
August 18, 2022

two-standing-greyhounds-fleetfield-gallery

Lunchable: Visit the Hounds at the Library

by Maria Martinez Castro, UC Davis Media Relations Intern
July 26, 2022

Neon blue writing on black background

‘Young, Gifted and Black’ Opens July 28 at UC Davis Manetti Shrem Museum

by Laura Compton
June 28, 2022

University

Davis-community-Mural-Painting

Muraling Communities: Davis and Sacramento Efforts Bring People Together

by Wendy Weitzel and UC Davis Staff
May 19, 2022

Rachael Dal Porto with sketchbook on log by Sacramento River

Community Barn Mural Raises Climate Consciousness

by Kat Kerlin
March 18, 2022

Woman standing in front of neuron exhibit

‘Life of a Neuron’: A Collaboration Between Scientists and Artists

by Logan Savidge
December 03, 2021

California golden poppies, on campus

Paint the Regional Landscape with Native California Flora

by Tiffany Dobbyn
October 13, 2021

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