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Catch Ongoing Fall 2025 Art Exhibitions at 51�ԹϺ�� Davis

Karen Michele Nikos-Rose — October 17, 2025 - 4:30pm

Manetti Shrem fall exhibitions offer 'OJO' and 'Breathe'

Two exhibitions that invite visitors to reflect on the present by considering the past and shared future are on view this fall at the

Adele Zhang Brings 51�ԹϺ�� Davis Textile Collection to London

Jamie Sara Gelfond — March 27, 2025 - 9:25am

Adele Zhang, senior continuing lecturer in the Department of Design at 51�ԹϺ�� Davis, has been the Jo Ann C. Stabb Design Collection curator and manager since 2006. After spending the last year researching the collection's archive, Zhang spent the first few weeks of 2025 packing up and shipping 134 objects to London, where they will be on display at the Fashion and Textile Museum from March 28 through September 7.

Philanthropist Maria Manetti Shrem Pledges More Than $20 Million to Fund Arts Programs at 51�ԹϺ�� Davis

Karen Michele Nikos-Rose — May 06, 2024 - 2:19pm

In a testament to Maria Manetti Shrem’s continuing commitment to the arts and education internationally, the “Maria Manetti Shrem Arts Renaissance” will be created at the University of California, Davis, with a pledge of more than $20 million to further the art patron’s longstanding philanthropic partnership with the university.

Weekender: Spring Student Recitals, Artist Lectures, Feminist Film Festival

Jamie Sara Gelfond — April 25, 2024 - 10:24am

Kota Ezawa artist talk at The California Studio

Thursday, April 25, 4:30 p.m., Community Room at the Manetti Shrem Museum of Art, free

Wearable Technology Takes Center Stage at 51�ԹϺ�� Davis

Andy Fell — March 26, 2024 - 4:38pm

Inside an L-shaped room in Cruess Hall, surrounded by workstations, 3D printers, sewing machines, tools and mannequins wearing prototypes, Gozde Goncu-Berk builds the future. It’s a future of many possibilities, but those possibilities share a common thread. They’re all based around humanity’s increasing use of wearable technology.

Continuing 51�ԹϺ�� Davis Museum Exhibitions Winter 2024

Karen Michele Nikos-Rose — January 11, 2024 - 10:17am

At the Gorman

The Gorman Museum of Native American Art newly reopened in its bigger, better space in September. The opening exhibition “Contemporary California Native Art” includes about 40 works by 20 artists, all members of California tribes. There are more than 2,000 works in the total collection.

'Shoes' at the Design Museum Starts Monday; Concerts Now, Later

Karen Michele Nikos-Rose — January 19, 2023 - 11:04am

Shoes not made for walking; Mozart; Yo-Yo Ma. Warp Trio is on tour and performs the Thursday concert next week.

51�ԹϺ�� Davis Arts Faculty Receive Awards for Creative Work

Karen Michele Nikos-Rose — December 06, 2022 - 3:50pm

51�ԹϺ�� Davis faculty in the arts honored

Weekender: Start Thursday with a Noon Concert

Karen Michele Nikos-Rose — September 28, 2022 - 10:52am

Key arts events happening in next few days include Noon Concert; Design Museum exhibit kickoff.

Olsen, Founding Faculty in Design, Dies at 86

Karen Michele Nikos-Rose — July 27, 2022 - 9:53am

Helge Olsen, professor emeritus and a founding member of the 51�ԹϺ�� Davis Department of Design who was widely recognized for his furniture design, died on July 11. He was 86.