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嘿嘿视频 Graduate Exhibition Moves Online May 28

Arts and Humanities Exhibition Includes 30 Students in 7 Disciplines

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Brenda Gonzalez, art, “Roomie 2” is one of the pieces that will be featured in the 嘿嘿视频 Graduate Exhibition May 28.

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  • Individual web galleries for 29 students
  • Art, design, art history, music, Native American studies, creative writing, cultural studies
  • Live online opening with prizes is May 28, with pre-registration required

Editors: Photos are available . Note, the original version of this release had the exhibition going through mid-month, but it has been extended until June 28, as reflected below.

Graduate students in the College of Letters and Science at the University of California, Davis, aren鈥檛 letting the lack of a physical space stop them from celebrating and sharing their work with the public. The Arts & Humanities 2020 Graduate Exhibition, usually held at the Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art, will instead take place on the May 28-June 28.

The virtual exhibition will feature individual galleries for 30 students in seven disciplines 鈥 art, design, art history, music, Native American studies, creative writing and cultural studies. Despite the challenges presented by COVID-19 and remote planning, the same number of departments are participating as in years past, with the Department of Native American Studies joining for the first time.

鈥淐reating this online exhibition required major coordination and significant support,鈥 said Rachel Teagle, founding director of the museum. 鈥淭he Office of the Chancellor and Provost and the College of Letters and Science dean鈥檚 office partnered with the museum because we are all committed to the vision of an interdisciplinary exhibition that serves all graduates in the arts and humanities at 嘿嘿视频. Everyone involved, especially the students, wanted this to be a real, but unique exhibition that stood on its own.鈥

The students took and its presentation, given the unusual circumstances. Web galleries will include photographs and videos of art and artmaking as well as photos and videos that are the artworks themselves, along with audio recordings, recorded presentations of research, and written statements. The exhibition will include a piece that explores an artist鈥檚 family鈥檚 farm roots, an app that allows one to share memories after death, a reimagining of famous historical photos of Native Americans, and a 鈥渇lash fiction鈥 story about a dead woman on a road trip.

As in years past, the majority of the participants are from studio art, with eight participants, and design, with 10 participants. Also taking part are five art history students, two doctoral music composition students, two creative writing students, and one each from Native American studies and cultural studies.

Live opening Thursday, May 28

A live opening celebration will be held online Thursday, May 28, at 7 p.m. It will include and the announcement of the Keister & Allen Art Purchase Prize for studio art and the Savageau Award for design. Pre-registration for is required.

Editor's note: This story updates a previous version of the story with the addition of one more student artist.

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Jeffrey Day, College of Letters and Science, 530-219-8258, jaaday@ucdavis.edu

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