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“Faced with so many challenges and so much uncertainty, how do we break through to lasting change? October is National Arts & Humanities Month, an opportunity to recognize the critical role of culture in our lives.”
Plenty of opportunities to welcome culture into our lives in the UC Davis Arts Blog. Read on.
Arturo O'Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra at the Mondavi tonight
The long-awaited new Mondavi season is here! Tickets are still available at this writing.
Fandango at the Wall with special guests the Villalobos Brothers and the Conga Patria Son Jarocho Collective. Opening Mondavi concert this season, 7:30 p.m., Thursday. See videos below.
Each year since 2008, around Memorial Day, a transnational jam session happens on both sides of the wall at the Tijuana-San Diego border. This Fandango Fronterizo Festival inspired Grammy-winning musician and composer Arturo O’Farrill to launch a three-part project (album, book and film) under the title Fandango at the Wall to explore the close connections between Mexico and the United States. For this concert O’Farrill and his special guests tear down musical walls, exploring jazz, classical, Broadway, hip hop and son jarocho.
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Ongoing Exhibitions, Virtual and In-person
The fall schedule includes a diverse roster of exhibitions at UC Davis
- " celebrates the legacy of the 100-year-old UC Davis professor emeritus by highlighting 19 contemporary artists who have been inspired by Thiebaud as a fellow painter, including a selection of his former students. On view through Nov. 12.
- " This solo exhibition of four works by the Chicago-based artist features paintings, sculpture and photography that asks us to consider the sensorial gestures that form the self and a people, the personal and the political, the historical and the present. On view through Nov. 12.
- " Drawn from the university’s Fine Arts Collection, numerous printing “proofs,” many worked by hand, underscore the importance of printmaking in Professor Thiebaud’s artistic practice. On view through Nov. 12.
- is inspired by the beloved Folsom gallery that operated from 1962-92 and gave many greater Sacramento area artists their start. On view through Oct. 24.
“Waiting for Spring,” 2018, monotype on paper, 30”x22” is part of the "Feathered Relations" exhibit. (Courtesy image)
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C.N. Gorman Museum (virtual)
“Feathered Relations” explores sacred Indigenous beliefs around birds and their link to nature. Begaye's prints and paintings place a variety of birds in the foreground, depicting them naturally, but also existing on a higher plane. This exhibition is based on his show that was on display at the Gorman when the pandemic forced its closure. Begaye (Diné) includes prints, wood blocks and multimedia works to create a conceptual homage to birds. For the artist, birds are about our relationships — to nature, to one another, to culture.
'Guardians'
Design Museum, live, on view through April 24
“Guardians: Spirits of Protection,” a poignant exploration of the creative relationship between tragedy and design, reopened the UC Davis Design Museum on Oct. 4.
The installation showcases a series of sculptures created by design professor emerita Ann Savageau. Made from found objects and flotsam that washed up on the beach coming from unknown places, the sculptures created by Savageau are composites of the disparate castoffs in response to the tragic events in her life and to the pandemic.</