The California
Studio was established in 2020 through the generosity of
longtime UC Davis arts education benefactors Jan Shrem and Maria
Manetti Shrem. The California Studio builds on the Department of
Art and Art History’s legacy as home to a top-ranked
art studio program that, since its founding in 1958, has trained
individuals that inspire communities and culture. The California
Studio presents contemporary forms of practice and approaches to
education that expand upon this history.
The California Studio welcomes a group of visiting artists
annually to the Department of Art and Art History. Visiting
artists come to UC Davis in one of two types of
residencies:
Spotlight artist residencies. The
California Studio supports three to four spotlight
artists each academic year. Spotlight artists are in residence
for seven to 10 days and receive a generous honorarium,
accommodations while at UC Davis and a travel stipend.
While at UC Davis, each artist participates in and contributes
to the life of the Art Studio program through departmental and
public programming. Spotlight artist residencies are by
invitation only, and residency programming is created in
conversation between visiting artists and departmental faculty.
Teaching artist residencies. The
California Studio hosts two teaching artists in the Department
of Art and Art History. Teaching artists design an advanced
undergraduate studio course and a graduate-level seminar for
the department’s graduate students. Each artist is in residence
for one academic quarter, or ten weeks, and receives a salary,
benefits, a travel stipend, a materials stipend and studio
space. Teaching artists are active members of UC Davis’
artistic and scholarly communities. As such, they are
encouraged, and provided with the administrative support, to
collaborate with the UC Davis community and to take advantage
of Northern California’s immense resources.
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Kota Ezawa is a media artist known for
creating computer animations that explore the mediation of
cultural and historical events. His work has been featured
in solo exhibitions at the Georgia Museum of Art in 2021 and the
Baltimore Museum of Art. Ezawa has received a number of
fellowships, awards, grants, and residencies, including the Louis
Comfort Tiffany Foundation Award in 2003; a SECA Art Award from
SFMOMA in 2006 and a Eureka Fellowship in 2010.
Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art, Old Davis Road, Davis, California
Katya Grokhovsky is a Ukrainian born, New
York City-based multidisciplinary visual artist. Her work
explores cultural identity, labor, body, history and the
self in installation, sculpture, painting, drawing, fiber,
video, and performance.
Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art, Old Davis Road, Davis, California
Hito Steyerl is a filmmaker, visual artist,
writer, and innovator of the essay documentary. Her prolific
filmmaking and writing occupies a position between the fields of
art, philosophy and politics.
Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art, Old Davis Road, Davis, California
Josiah McElheny is an expert glassblower whose
installations, sculpture, paintings and films engage with the
history of his medium and the history of ideas, with a particular
interested in the fields of literature, architecture, music
theory, and astronomy.
Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art, Old Davis Road, Davis, California
The California Studio: Manetti Shrem Artist Residencies at UC
Davis presents contemporary forms of practice and approaches to
studio art education. The program brings a group of visiting
artists to the Department of Art and Art History every year.
