Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art Content

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.

2025 CAMPOS and CAMPSSAH Faculty Welcomed

Jose Antonio Vadi — November 12, 2025 - 9:27am

At a reception held at the Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art on Nov. 5, the Office of Advancing Mentoring and the Professoriate welcomed a new cohort of �鶹��ý faculty into two programs that epitomize the university’s commitment to inclusive excellence.

IN MEMORIAM: Sandra Riddell Shannonhouse

Karen Michele Nikos-Rose — November 10, 2025 - 1:58pm

Sandra Riddell Shannonhouse — an artist and University of California, Davis, alum whose generous contributions and advocacy for public art and historic preservation helped shape vibrant art communities — has died. Known as Sandy to friends and family, she was instrumental in sustaining the legacy of her late husband, the artist and professor Robert Arneson. She died Oct. 30 in Benicia, California.

Weekender: Poet Laureate Reads; Stamping at TANA; Philharmonia Orchestra

Karen Michele Nikos-Rose — October 16, 2025 - 10:59am

Poetry, Gorman art talk, concerts, TANA stamping and much more on tap this weekend.

�鶹��ý Artist, Sociologist, Ph.D. Student Reflect on ‘Breathe' Exhibition at Manetti Shrem Museum

Karen Michele Nikos-Rose — October 08, 2025 - 10:21am

The transparent, glass gallery doors of the Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art at �鶹��ý act as a portal to another world where an echoing, ambient sound can be heard in the distance.

This world is dimly lit and guarded by two large human-like figures, their long hair made of gray and black fibers, dressed in what might be space suits of the future or the casualwear of an alien species, fused together with colorful yarn.

Weekender: Mondavi Season Opens With Rock and Jazz; 1st Noon Concert includes Music from Johannes Brahms

Karen Michele Nikos-Rose — October 02, 2025 - 10:37am

Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts opens Thursday with Talking Heads film and talk

The University of California, Davis, Robert and Margrit Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts this 2025-26 season includes a diverse array of artists, from classical, to jazz, to global and everything in between for music. Performers include rising stars and old favorites, and plenty of dance. There’s ample family entertainment too, as well as prominent speakers.

Weekender: Grand Opening of Manetti Shrem Exhibition with Artists; Gorman opens with Bartow

Karen Michele Nikos-Rose — September 25, 2025 - 2:05pm

Manetti Shrem fall celebration this weekend for 'OJO' and 'Breathe'

Museum Opening Celebration Sunday, Sept. 28, 2-5 p.m.