PENCE GALLERY.2025 Emerging Artist Award applications are now open! This award is open to artists with limited exhibition experience & high-quality work. Apply by April 4, 2025 at 9p. $30–$35
The Artery is pleased to present “Citrus Season: A Splash of Color,” a group show that is sure to warm the winter. Step into a vibrant world where the essence of creativity meets the tang of inspiration. Citrus Season: A Splash of Color is an exciting new art exhibition that celebrates bold hues and textures. Interpreted by […]
MANETTI SHREM. Start with dedicated art lovers and philanthropists Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem. Add 15 works from their collection by world-renowned artists — including Salvador Dalí, Vassily Kandinsky, Joan Miró and Francis Bacon. Top off with 30 UC Davis undergraduate and graduate students studying studio art, art history and design. Free
PENCE GALLERY. The artist painstakingly pours discarded household paint into stacks of colorful circles, celebrating found materials in unusual ways. Kehoe views her work as reminiscent of the patterned Korean textiles from her youth, creating a lively ‘quilt’ full of texture and movement that seems to escape from its base.
UC DAVIS DESIGN MUSEUM. An engaging exhibition, which brings together visual journals belonging to students who participated in the UC Davis Design study abroad program. 12p—4p. Free
PEREGRINE SCHOOL. After school enrichment classes for winter trimester (Jan. 21—Mar. 19). Weekly classes featuring art, cooking, spanish, sewing, chess, & more! 3:30p—4:30p or 5p. $250—365
345 L STREET, DAVIS. The "Sound Track of a Coup d 'Etat" was the winner of the 2024 World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award at Sundance Film Festival. It is nominated for an Oscar for best documentary film of 2024. The film chronicles how unbeknownest to the leading black jazz musicians of the fifties, they were employed by the CIA as U.S. ambassadors to newly formed African nations. 7p—9:30p. Free
MANETTI SHREM. This exhibition brings together painting, photography, sculpture and video by some of the most prominent artists working today, as well as rising new voices. Spanning 45 years of art making, Through Their Eyes spotlights the world as experienced by 30 fiercely original and groundbreaking women artists – and is the first presentation of the renowned collection in the United States.
MANETTI SHREM MUSEUM. Ruby Neri: Taking the Deep Dive is the first solo museum exhibition of the artist’s work. An established voice in contemporary ceramics, Neri sculpts brightly colored personal motifs and uninhibited female nudes, playing with familiar forms and monumental scale to challenge our expectations. 10a—4p. Free
NATSOULAS GALLERY. The works in this collection are representative of Friedman’s excellent techniques and abilities to capture diverse subject matter. Figurative and still life paintings are at the heart of this exhibition, but Friedman also pays particular homage to the process of experiencing art as a museum goer or mural enthusiast in her newest works. 11a—5p. Free
WATERMELON MUSIC. This community workshop provides an introduction to the art of attending live music performances, with a focus on classical concerts. The content includes discussions on symphonic form and movements, and an in-depth look at the composers and pieces featured in the performance. The workshop culminates in a live concert experience, allowing participants to apply their knowledge in a real-world setting. For children and adults. 4p—5p. $200 members | $250 nonmembers (includes concert ticket)
PENCE GALLERY. What do you do with an artistic experiment, works of art with small flaws, too many of one item, or overstock that your studio shelves are insisting you take care of? You have a ‘seconds sale’! Find unique works of art (such as ceramics, paintings, textile art, and more) from more than 25 professional artists, including Jennifer Nachmanoff, Tanya Lieberman, Marjan Kluepfel, and Marlene Lee. 11:30a—5p.
Step into a world where color is more than just a visual experience—it’s a force of rejuvenation. Color Boost is an immersive exhibition that explores the transformative power of color as a medium for emotional healing, mental clarity, and personal renewal. Featuring the works of three visionary artists, this show delves into how color can […]
MONDAVI CENTER. Critically acclaimed gender-fluid drag queen, visual artist, speaker, illustrator and author, Sasha Velour has been a force in the international drag scene long before her scene-stealing, rose-petal-filled win on season nine of the Emmy Award-winning RuPaul’s Drag Race. Her first book, The Big Reveal: An Illustrated Manifesto of Drag has been heralded as “a rousing tribute to a revolutionary art form and its practitioners” (Publisher’s Weekly). 7:30p—9:30p. $18.50+
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