THRU December 23. PETER J. SHIELDS LIBRARY. Exhibit traces the Asian American Activism movement from the 1960s to the present, with a focus on the University of California, Davis campus. Using documents, photographs, and oral histories recordings, this interactive exhibit strives to diversify online sources for Asian American History and ethnic studies.
THRU Feb 10. SHIELDS LIBRARY. Democracy by Participation highlights the life and career of Cruz Reynoso (1931-2021), the first Chicano Associate Justice of the California Supreme Court, former professor at the UC Davis School of Law, and recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
MANETTI SHREM MUSEUM. Hollowell is a rising star in the art world, known primarily for paintings & drawings that map the body through figuration & abstraction. Exhibit features soft pastel drawings. On view until May 8, 2023.
MANETTI SHREM MUSEUM. First-generation art faculty member & UC Davis Professor Emeritus Roy De Forest (1930-2007) is beloved for his colorful narrative figurative paintings, drawings & prints. Exhibition on view until May 8, 2023.
THRU FEB 11. THE BARN GALLERY, WOODLAND. innovative approaches to contemporary and traditional fiber arts, featuring artists: Jane Ingram Allen, Lynn Beldner, Brandy Bennett, Melanie Bown, June Daskalakis, Zen Du, Gioia Fonda, Roberta Monte James, Marjan Kluepfel, Penelope Lenaerts, Tanya Lieberman, Barbetta Lockart, Natalie Nelson, Carole Pirruccello, Elisa Reutinger, Marguerite Schaffron, Abigail Vargas, Susan Broadhurst Werrin & Roxanne Brodeur Young.
THRU JAN 7. John Natsoulas Center for the Arts. A member of the UC Davis studio art faculty and a participant in the Bay Area Funk Movement, Wiley produced an iconic body of work.
THRU JAN 7. John Natsoulas Center for the Arts. A thrilling exhibition of paintings, sculptures, and works on paper by the leading 20th-Century Funk artists from California and Chicago.
“Woven Air: Dhakai Jamdani Textile From Bangladesh,” an exhibition of traditional Bangladeshi textiles noted for a weaving technique that creates surface decorations, opens at the UC Davis Design Museum on Oct. 3. This exhibition features fine-count Jamdani, the ornate textile that has experienced a revival in Bangladesh. Jamdani artisans employ the same weaving techniques of […]
Interwoven is an exhibit by a group of artists who have been meeting for several years to pursue shared questions of making art in our time. Members originate from places as distant as India and Germany, and as near as Davis. Educated in many aspects of art and design, the group shares a deep curiosity […]
Gallery 1855 November Artists! Monday through Friday 8am - 3pm Artist Statement for Marguerite: During my walks in nature, I often see people and creatures. The Mind’s Eye are a “reflection” of this blending – that of humanity and nature. Using the mylars reflections, I photograph how nature and individual(s) merge into one. Neither distinct […]
The John Natsoulas Gallery is proud to present a new exhibition in honor of Robert Arneson (Sept. 4, 1930 – Nov. 2, 1992). Commemorating the 30-year anniversary of the passing of the great artist, this show will offer visitors the chance to see amazing sculptures and works on paper by this artist who shaped the […]
Jan Walker’s paintings celebrate the beauty and freedom of the wild horses who roam the Western states. As an artist, she is deeply inspired by their strength, and the bonds that they form with different generations of their herd. As she writes of their strong connection to the land, “They are as equally of the […]
ARROYO PARK. Rain or shine. All levels welcome. Every Fri, 10a–11a. Free
From our Old Barn—which we lovingly moved from the base of the original water tower—to our seed bank built of walls made of fruit drying trays that are historic to the area, we are weaving history into each moment. Our fields are nourished by compost cultivated on site from our kitchen scraps and garden clippings, […]
Learn how to connect with the beauty of the landscape with watercolors. No artistic talent required. Materials provided but feel free to bring your own if you have them! Runs 11–11:50a on Friday, Nov. 18. Register for this event. Please submit your contact information in the following survey by 5p. on Tuesday, Nov. 15. We will […]
Make holiday shopping easy with art-based goods from Pence Gallery. Open daily, including Mondays, 11:30a–5p during Holiday Market!
WYATT DECK, UC DAVIS ARBORETUM. Folk musicians are invited to bring their acoustic instruments & play together informally during this jam session at Wyatt Deck. All skill-levels welcome. 12p–1p. Free
Chris Froh, director and UC Davis lecturer in music Program Steve Reich: Part I of Drumming John Alfieri: Fanfare for Tambourines James Tenney: “Wake” and “Crystal Canon” from Three Drum Quartets Colin Minigan: Shaped Scattered Paul Engle: Cavities Free
Fri (11/18): Live Music & Miridae Plant Truck Come enjoy free live music from local band, Julie and the Jukes, on Friday from 5-7pm! This band plays pure, classic blues. They bring to life the classic Chicago blues of Muddy Waters, Little Walter and Howlin' Wolf, the Memphis sounds of B. B. King, and the […]
Farm Hours: tu/we 3-8 th/fr 3-9 sa/su 12-9
As usual, you can have all your plant and garden questions answered by the Miridae Mobile Nursery experts! If you don't have any questions, feel free to browse a variety of native California plants.
$10 cover. No one turned away for lack of funds. Doors open @5:30p, performances from 6–8p. — The Library of MusicLandria is a nonprofit music hub in Sacramento that hosts performances and loans out the more than 700 musical instruments in its catalog.
The Fall Show, a devised work inspired by the epic and mundane stage directions of Charles Mee’s plays, will be presented by the UC Davis Department of Theatre and Dance Nov. 18-20 in the Main Theater, Wright Hall. Directed by Erika Chong Shuch with dramaturgy by Sarah-Rose Leonard, the performance uses directions from selected texts […]
Humorist Jean Shepherd’s memoir of growing up in the Midwest in the 1940s follows 9-year-old Ralphie in his quest for a genuine Red Ryder BB gun under the Christmas tree. Holiday fun for the whole family. Every Fri/Sat @7:30p. Every Sun @2p. $9–30
Underwritten by Georgia Paulo. This Alan Menken, Lynn Ahrens musical is based on the classic Dickens tale of evolving Ebenezer Scrooge’s “Bah Humbug” attitude toward Christmas to that of joy for the people and the season by visitations of ghosts of past, present, and future who bring visions of what has been, what is, what […]
A spectacular adaptation of Charles Dickens's most well-known story. Every Fri & Sat @ 7:30p. Every Sun @ 2p. $14-18
Mondavi Center Presenting Program Running Time. 1 hours and 30 minutes, with no intermission During the 2020 lockdown, pianist and composer Emmet Cohen developed "Live from Emmet's Place," a series of weekly performances by his trio and special guests livestreamed from his New York apartment via YouTube. The wild success of the series is based […]
TOMMY J'S. Every Friday with KJ Incubus. 10p.
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