Brenda Mallory: In the Absence of Instruction

Gorman Museum of Native American Art, UC Davis 181 Old Davis Road, Davis, CA, United States

GORMAN MUSEUM. In the solo exhibition, Brenda Mallory includes prints, multi-media and installation artworks to consider the complex relationships and structures of power and identity. A citizen of the Cherokee Nation who grew up in Oklahoma, lived experience deeply informs her practice, as do the histories of survival inherent to Indigenous peoples.

Free

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

Call for Artists! Pence Gallery Emerging Artist Award 2025

Pence Gallery 212 D Street, Davis, CA, United States

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

$30 – $35

Jordan Hayes: The Little Things

Pence Gallery 212 D Street, Davis, CA, United States

PENCE GALLERY. Jordan Hayes is a figurative painter whose recent work centers on portraying objects with underlying stories and deeper meanings. Her figures engage with these items in quiet scenes, featuring dramatic lighting, eye-catching hues, and attention to detail, to provoke a greater appreciation for life’s subtleties. Free

Free

Stephen Giannetti: All In

Pence Gallery 212 D Street, Davis, CA, United States

PENCE GALLERY. Stephen Giannetti has explored the grid and the circle in various media over his 30-year career. Early in his career, he pioneered a new mode of approaching the modernist grid. For the past 15 years, Giannetti has adapted his method of hand-painting with traditional oil paint to the more contemporary application of acrylic spray paint. 11:30a—5p. Free

Free

Straight Ahead and Underfoot: New Paintings by Jamie Madison

John Natsoulas Gallery 521 1st St, Davis, CA, United States

NATSOULAS GALLERY. This talented painter centers nature and the reaction to nature within each of her works, and she uses a variety of media to capture the beauty of the environment. This new collection of large and small mixed media paintings arises from the consideration of the way walking among trees and along creeks looks and feels.

Contained: The Art of Stillness

The Artery 207 G Street, Davis, ca

THE ARTERY. With a spiritual leaning that bridges Eastern and Western philosophy, each piece in this exhibition contains heart and soul. Art reflects life…a return to decades long practices of meditation, silence and contemplation are reflected in this collection. Between 3D sculptures and framed pieces, it is Louise’s desire that the viewer remember a bit of peace and stillness as they stop into the gallery in the new year.

Free
Event Series Bussie Parker Kehoe: A Curious Garden

Bussie Parker Kehoe: A Curious Garden

Pence Gallery 212 D Street, Davis, CA, United States

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. 

Free

Adult Very Beginning Ballet

Applegate Dance Studio

APPLEGATE DANCE STUDIO. Learning ballet is not just for kids; it's for adults too! This dance class is perfect for you if you have no prior ballet experience or limited previous experience. Curious about learning this beautiful art form? Come join us! 10a-11a. $15

$15

Neighborhood Market

Parkside Bar 330 G St.

PARKSIDE DAVIS. Join a diverse vendor line up of Davis small businesses. Neighborhood Market is known for bringing out the best vintage, art, and crafts vendors that Northern California has to offer. 11a—5p.

Free
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