Professor Heghnar Watenpaugh is participating in a
forum exploring issues of heritage — antiquities,
landscapes, sites, ancestral remains, or immaterial cultural
expressions – as “cultural assets” in Istanbul, Turkey from
Oct. 3-4, 2024.
Join PBS KVIE for a
screening of Leonardo
da Vinci, a new film by Ken Burns, followed by a
conversation with art studio alum Julia Couzens (M.F.A. ‘90) and
design Professor James Housefield as they discuss
the towering achievements of Leonardo da Vinci.
Recently gifted works to the Manetti Shrem
Museum from dedicated art lovers and philanthropists Jan
Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem are the focus on a new exhibition
curated and designed by UC Davis students.
Carnegie Institute, established in Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania during the great age of museum building in the
United States, took shape between 1895 and 1907. Financed
solely by Andrew Carnegie, it stood as an oddity in having no
founder’s collection leading some to interpret Carnegie’s
role as that of a silent financial partner who turned over
creative control to others.
Professor Diana Strazdes has published an article in
Panorama: Journal of the Association of Historians of
American Art on the artist William James Stillman that
explores the varied career of the artist.
Professor Alexandra Sofroniew will present her paper, “Did Votive
Offerings Stop Working? The End of the ‘Votive Habit’ in
Republican Italy,” at a conference at the University of
Michigan, Ann Arbor, on May 23.
Jingwei Zeng, Visiting Scholar in art history, has just
published “Some Contributing Factors to the Modernity of
Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century’s Chinese Calligraphy
and Paintings” in the journal Art Frontier.
The journal, Art Frontier, is co-edited by another
Visiting Scholar in art history Junping Liu.
Caroline Riley is a research associate with a
Ph.D. in the History of Art and Architecture from Boston
University (2011-2016). She is currently a National Endowment for
the Humanities Fellow working on her second book Thérèse
Bonney and the Power of Global Syndicated Photography.
Even though Margaret Culuris-Harp (M.A., ‘24) is nearing
completion of a first M.A. in art history, she is already looking
ahead at her next scholarly enterprise: continuing her
studies at Hebrew University with a Fulbright
Fellowship.
Professor Katharine Burnett’s recent publication, “UC Davis
Global Tea Institute Professional Tea Certificate Program,
2023–2024,” was published in the World Green Tea Association
bulletin Ryokucha
Allison Grenda (M.A., ‘20) will give a public lecture at the
Pence Gallery as part of their Art History Lecture Series.
“The Parthenon Through the Ages: From Ancient Rituals to Modern
Controversies” is scheduled for Saturday, March 23 from 1-2 pm
via Zoom
Congratulations to Emily Szasz (M.A., ‘22) on her new position as
Program Coordinator, Volunteer Services at the Museum of Tolerance and
Simon Wiesenthal Center.
A special exhibition of Japanese tea ware features both art
objects and rare books from the UC Davis’s Global Tea Institute
Collection of Art and Material Culture.
The Art and Art History Club is open to all art studio and art
history majors, minors, and friends. Our purpose is to learn
about and discuss all things relating to art and art history. We
do this through open discussions at meetings, going on field
trips to art museums and galleries, watching art-related movies,
selling student-made art, and promoting art education. We are
working hard to create an art community among UC Davis
undergraduates.
