We, the faculty, stand with our community of students,
faculty, staff, researchers and colleagues to uphold our
commitment to listen, learn and to take action against social
injustice. We pledge to act in solidarity with those
who seek to end racism and achieve equity and justice for
all.
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Art studio class instructors will receive cards for their classes
in the second week of each quarter, automatically (there is no
need to submit a request).
Alum Mercy Hawkins is featured in the group show “Packing and
Cracking: The Art of (and Response to) Gerrymandering” at
Saint
Joseph’s Arts Foundation in San Francisco.
This quilting focused show was inspired by Rich Silverstein
and curated by Martin Strickland.
It presents works by thirteen Bay Area artists
alongside six original quilts commissioned by Rich Silverstein.
A new two-person exhibition at Commonwealth and
Council in Mexico City features the works of UC
Davis Professors of Art Beatriz Cortez and Fidencio
Fifield-Perez.
Clarissa Tossin works with moving-image,
sculpture and installation to propose alternative narratives for
places defined by histories of colonization. Through a mix of
research, storytelling, and gestures of mapping and layering,
Tossin places seemingly disparate elements into conversation,
generating unexpected moments of interconnectedness across time
and space.
Community Education Room, Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art, Davis, CA
Eungie Joo is Curator and Head of
Contemporary Art at the San
Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Prior to SFMOMA, Joo
was Keith Haring Director and Curator of Education and
Public Programs at the New Museum in New York (2007 to
2012).
Community Education Room, Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art, Davis, CA
Fernando Palma Rodríguez combines his training
as an artist and mechanical engineer to create robotic sculptures
that utilize custom software to perform narrative choreographies.
Central to Palma Rodríguez’s practice is an emphasis on
indigenous ancestral knowledge, both as an integral part of
contemporary life and a way of shaping the future.
Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art, Old Davis Road, Davis, California