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
Join juror Chris Daubert on July 30 for an in-depth discussion and walkthrough of Slice at the Pence Gallery. Slice is our annual juried exhibit of regional art. Now in its 9th year, this year’s Slice exhibit showcases a broad range of innovative and thought-provoking work by 31 California artists. Chris Daubert is an artist,
Curator’s Talk: Assemblage in Northern California Saturday, June 11, 2-3 PM | Free, suggested donation $10 Natalie Nelson shares a short history of the practice of assemblage, or found object sculpture, followed by an exhibit tour of Found. Found June 10 – August 14, Reception: June 10, 6-9 PM Artists from the Sacramento region to
Join Pulitzer Prize-winning author Richard Powers converses with local author Kim Stanley Robinson in Davis, CA.
Join the Pence Gallery for an Artist Talk with Marsha Schindler on Saturday, April 2. For her talk, she will discuss how the installation process is a dialogue between her ideas and the mediums involved. The long evolving process of creating an immersive installation is different than creating individual works for her, and about the
Art History Lecture Series: Dr. Letha Ch’ien (via Zoom) Is it Ok to Still Like it? Racism, Art, & the Museum Join us for the final talk in our free, virtual Art History Lecture Series on April 9th! Dr. Letha Ch’ien, Assistant Professor of Art History at Sonoma State University, looks at how museums
Art History Lecture Series: Elaine O’Brien (via Zoom) She Laughs Back: Feminist Wit in 1970s Bay Area Art Join us for the next talk in our free, virtual Art History Lecture Series on March 5! Elaine O’Brien, Professor of Modern & Contemporary Art at California State University, Sacramento, explores feminist wit and humor in
‘Til Death Do Us Part: How the Victorians Kept Love Alive from Beyond the Grave Join us for the next talk in our free, virtual Art History Lecture Series on February 5th! Caitlin Schwarz (MA’ 19, UC Davis), Curatorial Assistant at the Crocker Art Museum, explores Victorian mourning culture with a focus on how the
Join us at the Pence Gallery on January 15, 1-2 PM, for an Artist Talk with Sean Free Alcala. In this in-person talk, Alcala will discuss his creative process of working with glass and the environmental concept behind his exhibit, Under the Surface. He is the recipient of the Pence Gallery Emerging Artist Award 2021.
Join us for a walk-through of the Roy De Forest exhibit at the Pence Gallery on December 12th, 2-3 PM. Curator Natalie Nelson will lead the walk-through. She will discuss Roy De Forest’s early prints, developed during his student years in the 1950s, on into his mature work as a printmaker while teaching art as
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