Event Date
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.
- Zahra Baxi, M.F.A., Design
- Rafael Bertacini, M.F.A., Design
- Nick Block, M.F.A., Studio Art
- Tara K. Daly, M.F.A., Studio Art
- Elieza Delaney-Lewis, M.F.A., Design
- Nathalia Guimaraes, M.F.A., Design
- Levi Keatts, M.F.A., Studio Art
- Elmira M. Sultan Rashid, Ph.D., Performance Studies
- Davion Mack, M.F.A., Studio Art
- Madeline Madrid, M.A., Art History
- Melinda Marks, Ph.D., Performance Studies
- Nidhi Mittal, M.F.A., Design
- Sean Olmstead, M.F.A., Studio Art
- Megan Plunkett, M.F.A., Design
- Gino Robair, Ph.D., Performance Studies
- Lena Sakkab, M.A., Art History
- Emily Tonnos, M.F.A., Design
- Erika Tsimbrovsky, Ph.D., Performance Studies
- Marjorie Williams, M.F.A., Studio Art
- Grace Wu, M.A., Art History
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
Events Plaza
Sean Olmstead, M.F.A. Art Studio
I Know I Am Here, But Where Is Here?
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
Collections Classroom
Erika Tsimbrovsky, Ph.D. Performance Studies
Diary as Score: Asemic Embodied Citation
Courtyard
Melinda Marks, Ph.D. Performance Studies,
in collaboration with Adam Magill
Excerpt: The Annotated Macbeth
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
- Zahra Baxi, M.F.A., Design
- Rafael Bertacini, M.F.A., Design
- Nick Block, M.F.A., Studio Art
- Tara K. Daly, M.F.A., Studio Art
- Elieza Delaney-Lewis, M.F.A., Design
- Nathalia Guimaraes, M.F.A., Design
- Levi Keatts, M.F.A., Studio Art
- Elmira M. Sultan Rashid, Ph.D., Performance Studies
- Davion Mack, M.F.A., Studio Art
- Madeline Madrid, M.A., Art History
- Melinda Marks, Ph.D., Performance Studies
- Nidhi Mittal, M.F.A., Design
- Sean Olmstead, M.F.A., Studio Art
- Megan Plunkett, M.F.A., Design
- Gino Robair, Ph.D., Performance Studies
- Lena Sakkab, M.A., Art History
- Emily Tonnos, M.F.A., Design
- Erika Tsimbrovsky, Ph.D., Performance Studies
- Marjorie Williams, M.F.A., Studio Art
- Grace Wu, M.A., Art History
Art History M.A. Graduate Colloquium
Room 157, Everson Hall
Get to know this year’s UC Davis Art History master’s degree candidates through the presentation of their thesis work:
- Madeline Madrid, M.A., Art History
- Lena Sakkab, M.A., Art History
- Grace Wu, M.A., Art History