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Call to Artists! Slice: A Juried Exhibit of Regional Art 2025

Pence Gallery 212 D Street, Davis

PENCE GALLERY. Open for submission by California artists working in any medium (except video or sound). This is an ‘open theme’ exhibit, which showcases art that is conceptually thoughtful, technically skilled, and representative of contemporary trends in art. Applicants may submit at callforentry.org by May 16th, 9 PM PST. $30-35

$30 – $35
Ongoing

Light into Density: Abstract Encounters 1920s–1960s

MANETTI SHREM

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

FREE

Through Their Eyes: Selections from the Sandretto Re Rebaudengo Collection

MANETTI SHREM

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.

free
Ruby Neri: Taking the Deep Dive

Ruby Neri: Taking the Deep Dive

Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art at UC Davis 254 Old Davis Road, Davis

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

Free

Woodworking Classes for kids

Davis Arts Center 1919 F St.

DAVIS ARTS CENTER. Wood shop and art workshops taught by Viking Workshop, a family owned business that specializes in all types of art. 1:30p—4:30p. $600

$600

Davis Forest School Summer Camp Registration

Davis Forest School Website

DAVIS FOREST SCHOOL. Davis Forest School is a non-profit outdoor education and nature play organization. Our programs are all outdoors in nature, rain or shine, year round! Registration for our […]

Call to Artists! Night Market at the Pence

Pence Gallery 212 D Street, Davis

PENCE GALLERY. Apply now to sell your work at the Pence's Night Market on June 13! This pop-up market during the 2nd Friday ArtAbout invites young visual artists, ages 16-25, to display and sell their artwork inside the gallery, ranging from prints and paintings, to ceramics and jewelry, and more. Artists can apply at bit.ly/pencenightmarket. Deadline is May 23. Free to apply

Free

(Dis)Continuity

Third Space Collective

THIRD SPACE DAVIS. (dis)continuity explores the artists’ relationship to their mixed Mexican and American roots and how they influence how the artists move through the world today. When two cultures collide, there are some things we hold on to, some things we lose, and some things we choose to change. For Elyse and Ro, what we hold on to often shows up in the food we cook, the values we uphold, the labor we perform, and the art that inspires us. The loss may sometimes happen through how our history is taught so narrowly to us in schools, by centuries of systems that forcibly suppressed cultural expression, or just by time passing and things changing. But we are also confronted with the opportunity to change, to choose how we move forward as individuals who are part of a broader cultural exchange. In this show, the artists reflect on their personal journeys of understanding their roots and how they navigate the present. 4p - 8p. 

Biophilia: Our Longing for Nature

Pence Gallery 212 D Street, Davis

PENCE GALLERY. Artists for millennia have reflected upon nature as the inspiration & subject of their work. Our affiliation with animals, plants, & the wild spaces of our world is defined as ‘biophilia,’ or love for living things. Twentieth-century naturalist E.O. Wilson offered the theory that humans are ‘hard-wired’ to build a complex relationship with the natural world in his book Biophilia (1984). In our 21st century world, the question is how do we build relationships with a natural world that is under threat from climate change, habitat destruction, and other forces?

Free

Davis Forest School Family Camp Registration

Bear Valley Y Camp 10425 Forest Rte 18, Nevada City

BEAR VALLEY Y CAMP, NEVADA CITY. Sign up our first-ever 4-day, 3-night Family Camp from August 14—17! Join us for a nurturing and nourishing retreat created for both children and adults to slow down, reconnect, and immerse ourselves in the beauty of nature together. Children 2 and under are free. $250—400

Free – $400

The Fabric of Davis Quilted Art Show

Davis Arts Center 1919 F St.

DAVIS ARTS CENTER. A whimsical tour of local Davis landmarks is captured in Pauline Jackson’s delightful quilted paintings. Her art will be on display at the Davis Arts Center from April 26 through May 3, 2025 culminating in a reception with the artist on May 3 at the DAC from 3-6 PM. 10a - 6p. Free.

Free

Assorted Flavors: The Member Show

Pence Gallery 212 D Street, Davis

PENCE GALLERY. Assorted Flavors is the Pence’s first annual exhibit solely dedicated to the artwork of Pence Gallery Members. It includes work by both emerging & established artists. Visitors will view the diversity in the show as a wonderful sign of how ‘assorted’ we are in how we view the world and make art to reflect that view. 11:30a—5p. Free

Free

Howard Levy, harmonica

Ann E. Pitzer Center Hutchison Dr & Cushing Way, Davis

ANN E. PITZER CENTER. Howard Levy, harmonica | Howard Levy — two-time Grammy Award Winner (Pop Music Performance and Instrumental Composition) — is an acknowledged master of the diatonic harmonica, a superb pianist, innovative composer, educator and producer. At the age of 19, he discovered how to play the diatonic harmonica as a fully chromatic instrument by developing techniques on it that had never existed before. This enabled Howard to take the harmonica out of its usual role as a Folk and Blues instrument, and into the worlds of Jazz, Classical, Middle Eastern music, and more. His discovery unlocked infinite possibilities for the harmonica world. This Shinkoskey Noon Concert is made possible with support from the Joy S. Shinkoskey Series of Noon Concert Endowment. 12p - 1p. Free. 

Free

Valente Lecture: Marié Abe, “The Politics and Poetics of Mishearing and South-South Imaginaries”

Everson Hall, Room 266

EVERSON HALL, ROOM 266, UC DAVIS. Marié Abe is Associate Professor of Ethnomusicology in the Department of Music at UC Berkeley. She is a scholar of music and sound with ongoing ethnographic commitments in Japan, Okinawa, Ethiopia, and the US. She is committed to public ethnomusicology through curatorial practice, media, and community engagement. 4p—5:30p.

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Floral Arranging Experience

U.S. Bicycling Hall of Fame 303 3rd Street, Davis

U.S. BICYCLING HALL OF FAME. Join us for a creative and relaxing evening of floral design, delicious appetizers, and great company. Learn how to arrange your own stunning spring bouquet while supporting a great cause! 5:30p—7:30p. $75

$75

Davis Odd Fellows Thursday Live!

Davis Odd Fellows

DAVIS ODD FELLOWS. Joe Craven & Frisky is an intergenerational acoustic groove, energized trio comprised of 3 fiddlers, a guitarist, mandolinist, 3 vocalists and 1 percussionist...all rolled into 3 musicians. This is an all ages, donation only show. All donations go to the musicians. 7:30p—9p. Free

Free