Manetti Shrem Art Studio

Deirdre White opens solo show at Natsoulas Gallery

Alum and painting instructor Deirdre White (M.F.A. '93) will open her new solo show "Out of Place" at the John Natsoulas Gallery in Davis. "Out of Place" presents recent work that continues White's dialogue with paintings from history as well as paintings by her contemporaries.

"Out of Place" is on view from Setp. 30 to Oct.. 24, 2026. A reception is scheduled for Oct. 9 from 7-9 pm.

Hearne Pardee in solo show at the Bowery Gallery

Professor emeritus Hearne Pardee's new solo show Landscaping features a selection of recent paintings and collages reflecting on his transition from the West Coast to the Hudson Valley. It also culminates fifty years of work from landscape, abstraction and collage.  Combining work from observation with photographs, Pardee maps his new surroundings, locating himself in views from different cardinal points and at different seasons.

Professor Cortez receives ICA StarAward

Congratulations to Professor Beatriz Cortez, recipient of an ICA San Diego Star Award! Professor Cortez, along with artist Ashish Subedy, was recognized at the Institute of Contemporary Art San Diego’s Future Forward Gala as an artist whose work and vision shape the cultural and creative landscape in meaningful ways.

Alum in two-person show

Telematic’s new show “Diagenesis” features the work of two artists, Brian Bartz and alum Kelley O’Leary (M.F.A. ‘22) who examine the impact of extractive technology on the environment and landscape. “Diagenesis” presents a landscape made alien by technology that nonetheless can be reconstituted and invested with newfound wonder.

Opening Reception:  Saturday, April 18th, 6 – 9 pm
Closing Reception: Saturday, June 13th, 2 – 4 pm

Alum’s show explores the psychology of flight or fight

Alum Seongmin Yoo’s (MFA ‘ 24) newest exhibition show “Seongmin Yoo: Pulses of Experience” explores the intense physiological moment of attentive immobility, a reaction that premeditates a fight or flight response. Pulses of Experience functions as a metaphor for contemporary life. Many people exist in an attentive immobility state and the consistent tensions between movement and the absolute stillness that is emblematic of this physiological state.

Professor Cortez in “New Humans: Memories of the Future”

“New Humans: Memories of the Future” inaugurates the New Museum’s expanded building with an exploration of artists’ enduring preoccupation with what it means to be human in the face of sweeping technological changes. New Humans traces a diagonal history of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries through the work of more than 150 international artists, writers, scientists, architects, and filmmakers, highlighting key moments when dramatic techno