/ Jane Garritson Content for ºÙºÙÊÓƵ en /arts/blog/uc-davis-first-generation-art-faculty-jane-garritson-dies <h2 class="heading--underline">Attended art exhibition of work of first art faculty in newly opened museum in 2016</h2> <p>Jane B. Garritson, who was in the first art master's degree class at ºÙºÙÊÓƵ and was the first woman hired by the art department, died in October. One of only two women among the original 12 art faculty (the only other woman was Ruth Horsting), she made her name among the impressive roster hired by the late Richard Nelson, who started the university's art department in 1959. Garritson was one of the commonly known "first-generation" art faculty at ºÙºÙÊÓƵ.</p> November 02, 2018 - 4:06pm Karen Michele Nikos /arts/blog/uc-davis-first-generation-art-faculty-jane-garritson-dies /news/uc-davis-jan-shrem-and-maria-manetti-shrem-museum-art-unveils-inaugural-exhibitions-november <p><em>Editors: High-resolution images related to these exhibitions are available at&nbsp;</em><a href="https://photos.ucdavis.edu/bp/#/folder/1645674">https://photos.ucdavis.edu/bp/#/folder/1645674</a></p> <p>The Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art at the University of California, Davis, announces the four opening exhibitions that will inaugurate its new, architecturally significant museum building beginning Sunday, Nov. 13.&nbsp;</p> October 03, 2016 - 3:39pm Karen Michele Nikos /news/uc-davis-jan-shrem-and-maria-manetti-shrem-museum-art-unveils-inaugural-exhibitions-november