Maria Manetti Shrem Art Studio Events

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Maria Manetti Shrem Art Studio Program

The Maria Manetti Shrem Art Studio Program hosts numerous public lectures, events, and exhibitions every academic year. The program hosts The California Studio: Manetti Shrem Artist Residencies, the Visiting Artist Lecture Series and the Betty Jean and Wayne Thiebaud Lecture Series. The California Studio 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 M.F.A. students present their work in the Arts & Humanities Graduate Exhibition, 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. 

Event

Art Walk and End of Year Celebration

Please join us  as we wrap up the academic year and celebrate student accomplishments during our spring quarter Art Walk and End of Year Celebration on Friday, June 5. 

Event

Opening Celebration: 2026 Graduate Exhibition
Arts & Humanities

Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art

About the Opening Celebration

The free public opening features performances by master’s and doctoral students, as well as the presentation of the LeShelle and Gary May Art Purchase Prize, the Keister and Allen Art Purchase Prize, the Letters and Science Prize, and the Savageau Award in the Department of Design.

Explore new ways of seeing and understanding the past, present and future. Works by graduate students in the Department of Design, Performance Studies Graduate Group, Art History Program, and the Maria Manetti Shrem Art Studio Program at UC Davis are represented in this multidisciplinary exhibition.

Schedule of Performances

5:30–5:55 p.m.
Events Plaza

Sean Olmstead, M.F.A. Art Studio
I Know I Am Here, But Where Is Here?

 

5:40–5:55 p.m. (Part 1)
7:05–7:20 p.m. (Part 2)
Art Studio

Elmira M. Sultan Rashid, Ph.D. Performance Studies,
in collaboration with Samira Danesh
Grape Blood

 

7:20–7:50 p.m.
Collections Classroom

Erika Tsimbrovsky, Ph.D. Performance Studies
Diary as Score: Asemic Embodied Citation

 

7:50–8:15 p.m.
Courtyard

Melinda Marks, Ph.D. Performance Studies,
in collaboration with Adam Magill
Excerpt: The Annotated Macbeth

 

8:15–8:45 p.m.
Community Education Room

Gino Robair, Ph.D. Performance Studies, in collaboration with Gabriel Aguilar, Sepehr Jafari Jozani, Madeline Lazarus, Esther Shih and Sam Tillett
Radical Divination (for two papermakers and musical ensemble) 

 

Exhibition Participants

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Arts & Humanities 2026 Graduate Exhibition

Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum

Explore new ways of seeing and understanding the past, present and future. Works by graduate students in the Department of Design, Performance Studies Graduate Group, Art History Program, and the Maria Manetti Shrem Art Studio Program at UC Davis are represented in this multidisciplinary exhibition.

Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum, Davis, CA
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