Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art Content

Weekender: A Horse Trots Across Campus; Art Blends with Music in Noon Concert; ‘Drowsy Chaperone’ in Theatre

Karen Michele Nikos-Rose — February 26, 2026 - 10:11am

Bow Tie, a Deborah Butterfield sculpture of a horse, was relocated from its long-time

Weekender: Music; Bread and Art at Museum; Murals at Biodiversity Day

Karen Michele Nikos-Rose — February 19, 2026 - 10:30am

This week, the Arts Blog illustrates that art, music, food and biodiversity all go together. Read on. Have a great weekend, and sample these arty, foody, events. Karen Nikos-Rose, Arts Blog Editor

Weekender: Art and Music Together; Mural, Jazz and a Valentine

Karen Michele Nikos-Rose — February 12, 2026 - 8:18am

Welcome to the �鶹��ý Arts Blog as everyone prepares for the President's Day weekend and Valentine's Day. There is a lot of great art and music, as well as cinema, in store. And you can get ready to paint a mural on campus — a project that lets anyone be an artist. I leave you with a Valentine box of candy. It's porcelain, but oh-so-real down to the untouched paper cradles. I also consider it a Valentine tribute for a wonderful �鶹��ý alumna and artist who died this past fall, Sandy Shannonhouse. She left us so much beauty.

'Fertile Ground' �鶹��ý Faculty, Alumni Works on View at Paul Thiebaud Gallery

Karen Michele Nikos-Rose — February 04, 2026 - 4:09pm

Fertile Ground: U.C. Davis Faculty & Alumni, at Paul Thiebaud Gallery through Feb. 28

645 Chestnut Street, San Francisco, 94133

Paul Thiebaud Gallery has opened Fertile Ground: �鶹��ý Faculty & Alumni. On view are paintings, and ceramic sculpture by Robert Arneson, William Theophilius Brown, Roy De Forest, April Glory Funcke, Robert Hudson, Grace Munakata, Manuel Neri, Cornelia Schulz, Sandra Shannonhouse, Wayne Thiebaud, Michael Tompkins, William T. Wiley, and Paul Wonner.

Weekender: Indigenous Woman Artist at Gorman, Manetti Shrem Museum Opening Event, Dance at Mondavi

Karen Michele Nikos-Rose — January 29, 2026 - 10:05am

This week: The Gorman Museum of Native American Art begins a new exhibition, the Manetti Shrem celebrates their exhibitions with a Sunday event and featured artist speaker. Catch NewMusic at the Pitzer and dance at the Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts. Many events are free. Karen Nikos-Rose, Arts Blog Editor

Weekender: Music of Mendelssohns with �鶹��ý Symphony; Prepare for Tea Symposium, and More

Karen Michele Nikos-Rose — January 22, 2026 - 9:51am

‘Music with the Mendelssohns:’ �鶹��ý symphony begins 2026 season Saturday

Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts, Saturday, Jan. 24, 7 p.m., �鶹��ý

(There is no noon concert this week)

Sculptor Sahar Khoury, Collection Exhibition at the Manetti Shrem Museum Offer New Views of California Art

Karen Michele Nikos-Rose — January 05, 2026 - 10:03am

Two exhibitions of California art that consider complex ideas of cultural origins and legacy — from a sculptor’s deliberate choice of materials and creative process to collection and preservation of art for posterity — open in January at the Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art at University of California, Davis.

Weekender: Last Weekend for Manetti Shrem; Art Gift Guide; Concerts

Karen Michele Nikos-Rose — November 25, 2025 - 9:46am

Today, in light of the Thanksgiving weekend, the Arts Blog is publishing on Tuesday to give you a head start on the holiday. And look for another Weekender next Thursday. Karen Nikos-Rose, Arts Blog Editor

Weekender: New Dance Performance; 'Paradise Lost' Concert; More Concerts

Karen Michele Nikos-Rose — November 20, 2025 - 12:00am

Catch 'Control/Shift' this week

Center for the Performing Arts, continuing Nov. 20, 21; 7 p.m.; Nov. 22, 2 p.m.

Weekender: See New Choregraphies; Catch Last Weeks of Manetti Shrem Exhibition

Karen Michele Nikos-Rose — November 12, 2025 - 11:28am

�鶹��ý dancers explore new choreographies at Mondavi Center next week; get tickets now

Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts, Nov. 19,20,21; 7 p.m.; Nov. 22, 2 p.m.