Galleries and Museums

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Galleries and Museums

August 30, 2013

Here we list museums affiliated with Arts departments, and others that serve as resources for UC Davis instructors and students. By clicking on a museum’s name you will be redirected to its website.

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Enhancing the teaching and research activities of the Department of Design, the UC Davis Design Museum explores how design shapes, improves and makes economically viable the objects, technology and environments we use, inhabit and experience every day.

Wendy Red StarEnit, 2010Lithograph with photograph

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Gorman Museum

September 6, 2013

The Gorman Museum is committed to the creative expressions of Native American artists, and artists of diverse cultures and histories. Changing exhibits feature contemporary artwork in a wide range of media, reflecting the canon in which Indigenous artists are working today. Founded in 1973 by the Department of Native American Studies, the museum is named in honor of retired faculty member, Carl Nelson Gorman, Navajo artist, WWII code-talker, cultural historian, and advocate for Native peoples.

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Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum

September 6, 2013

The Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art at the University of California, Davis, is a contemporary art museum for today, committed to honoring the past and shaping the future while making art accessible and approachable to all. It builds on UC Davis’ legacy of exceptional teaching and practice of the arts to offer engaging experiences, exhibitions and educational programs that reflect and serve the community. The museum is a hub of creative practice for today’s thinkers, makers and innovators, now and for generations to come.

One-third of the museum’s 50,000-square-foot space is devoted to instruction, including a 125-seat lecture hall, classroom space and the drop-in Carol and Gerry Parker Art Studio. Opened in November 2016, the museum has earned LEEDv3-NC Platinum status and was named one of the 25 Best Museum Buildings of the Past 100 Years by ARTnews.

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TANA
Taller Arte del Nuevo Amanecer

September 6, 2013 1224 Lemen Ave. Woodland. 95776

Taller Arte del Nuevo Amanecer (TANA) is a collaborative partnership between the Chicana/o Studies Program at the University of California, Davis and the greater Woodland community.

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