Art Studio Events

Art Studio at UC Davis hosts numerous public lectures, events and exhibitions every academic year. Art Studio is home to two speakers series, the Visiting Artist Lecture Series and the Betty Jean and Wayne Thiebaud Lecture Series. Art Studio also hosts a group of visiting artists annually in The California Studio: Manetti Shrem Artist Residencies. The program brings leading artists to UC Davis for student-focused residencies that present contemporary forms of practice and approaches to studio art education.  

Throughout the academic year, undergraduate students organize student-run exhibitions at the Basement Gallery. Graduating MFA students present their work in the Arts & Humanities Graduate Exhibition, an hosted annually by the Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art and held at the end of spring quarter. The Arts & Humanities Graduate Exhibition is a long-running and storied tradition at UC Davis that showcases the work and research of graduate students across numerous disciplines, including art history, art studio, design and music.