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Artist Talk Torkwase Dyson

MANETTI SHREM MUSEUM. Torkwase Dyson describes herself as a painter working across multiple mediums to explore the continuity between ecology, infrastructure, and architecture. The artist is speaking as part of The California Studio: Manetti Shrem Artist Residencies in the Maria Manetti Shrem Art Studio Program at UC Davis. Her work was recently exhibited in the 2024 Whitney Biennial: Even Better Than the Real Thing. 4:30p—6p. Free

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Valente Lecture: Jayson Beaster-Jones

EVERSON HALL. The soundtrack to the film Dil Chahta Hai (2001) was arguably the first hit soundtrack in Bollywood created by a rock band. In this presentation, Prof. Beaster-Jones illustrates how the collaborative approach for this Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy soundtrack generated momentum for a new kind of Indian film song. Beaster-Jones is a professor of music in the Global Arts Studies Program at UC Merced. He is author of three books, a co-edited volume, and numerous articles; his research focuses upon the popular music and media industries of India, with a particular emphasis on the Hindi film industry and linguistic/semiotic approaches to musical/social analysis. 4p—6p. Free

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Betty Jean and Wayne Thiebaud Endowed Lecture: Enrique Chagoya

MANETTI SHREM MUSEUM. Using his art to comment on social and environmental issues, Enrique Chagoya juxtaposes secular, popular, and religious symbols to address the ongoing cultural clash between the United States, Latin America and the world as well. The artist is the 2025 Betty Jean and Wayne Thiebaud Endowed Lecturer at UC Davis. Chagoya is a Mexican-born American painter, printmaker and educator. His prints, drawings, collages and multiples offer critical commentary on the global reach of the United States and its cultural, political and historical tensions with Latin America. 4:30p—6p. Free

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Lecture: Dr. Mysia Anderson on Performing Black Sustainability

DELLA DAVIDSON PERFORMANCE STUDIO. Anderson earned her PhD from Brown University’s Theatre Arts and Performance Studies department and BA from Stanford University’s African and African American Studies program; Her forthcoming manuscript, “Black Miami in the Eye of the Storm: Performing Black Sustainability,” is an ethnography that examines performances of Black sustainability in the city of Miami. 4p—5:30p. Free

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Valente Lecture: Hannes Dufek, composer

This talk is made possible with support from the Austrian Consul General of Los Angeles.​ October 10, 2024 – 4:10 pm – 5:30 pm Room 101 (“Sound Lab”), Art Annex Visiting Austrian composer Hannes Dufek will have his work a black heart, the death of a friend and the end of a place: some lessons in falling apart, premiered

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Gallery Talk with Brenda Mallory

GORMAN MUSEUM. Join us for an Gallery Talk with Brenda Mallory. Discussing her portfolio of works included in the solo exhibition: In the Absence of Instruction on view at the Gorman Museum. 2p-4p. Free

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From Photo Repatriation to Totem Pole Rematriation: Developing the Work of Tsimshian Photographer B.A. Haldane through Community-Based Research

This discussion highlights the main developments of a twenty-year research project focused on the images produced by 19th Century photographer B.A. (Benjamin Alfred) Haldane. B.A. (1874-1941) was proud member of the Laxgyibuu (wolf clan) of the Tsimshian Nation of Metlakatla, Alaska. One of the earliest professional Indigenous photographers in North America, he opened a Victorian-style

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