Arts Content / Arts Content for ٺƵ en Karima Bennoune on Helping Artists, Cultural Workers Escape Taliban-Ruled Afghanistan /news/podcasts-and-shows/the-backdrop//karima-bennoune-helping-artists-cultural-workers-escape-taliban-ruled-afghanistan With the end of the U.S. military mission in Afghanistan and the quick takeover of that nation by the Taliban, advocates fear a terrible backslide in human rights and civil society there. In this episode, ٺƵ Law professor Karima Bennoune discusses her work in the international effort to help evacuate vulnerable cultural workers from Afghanistan, religious fundamentalisms as political movements and how human rights advocates can move forward in a country ruled by the Taliban. September 07, 2021 - 12:02pm Soterios J Johnson /news/podcasts-and-shows/the-backdrop//karima-bennoune-helping-artists-cultural-workers-escape-taliban-ruled-afghanistan Manetti Shrem Museum Presents 20th Century Collection, California Artists in Expansive Fall Season /news/manetti-shrem-museum-presents-20th-century-california-artists-expansive-fall-season <p><span>Two new exhibitions opening Sept.</span></p> September 04, 2024 - 9:53am Karen Michele Nikos /news/manetti-shrem-museum-presents-20th-century-california-artists-expansive-fall-season Alumni in the Arts: Passing Along a Native Tradition; Alum Working in City Arts Program /art/blog/alumni-arts-passing-along-native-traditiion-alum-working-city-arts See how alumni artists are serving their communities. January 30, 2024 - 11:21am Karen Michele Nikos /art/blog/alumni-arts-passing-along-native-traditiion-alum-working-city-arts For the Art Lover on Your Gift List, Check out These ٺƵ and Regional Sources /arts/blog/art-lover-your-gift-list-check-out-these-uc-davis-and-regional-sources <p><span><span><strong><span><span>The ٺƵ Gorman Museum of Native American Art</span></span></strong><span><span>, newly reopened this fall in a larger venue than previous years, offers Native American- made and sourced gifts.&nbsp; They specialize in art cards from across North America by known and emerging Native American and First Nations artists.&nbsp; They also offer blankets, throws and pillows from Eighth Generation and Totem Design House; cards and basketballs by Trickster; balms, salves, soaps and&nbsp;lotions by Medicine of the People and Bison Naturals; notebooks and journals;</span></span></span></span></p> December 04, 2023 - 1:33pm Karen Michele Nikos /arts/blog/art-lover-your-gift-list-check-out-these-uc-davis-and-regional-sources Weekender: Visual Artist Speaks on the Digital World; A Procession About Earth and Sky /arts/blog/weekender-visual-artist-speaks-digital-world-procession-about-earth-and-sky-and A speaker on digital world and arts; a game and procession; upcoming holiday events section. November 30, 2023 - 10:36am Karen Michele Nikos /arts/blog/weekender-visual-artist-speaks-digital-world-procession-about-earth-and-sky-and Weekender: Flute Concerts, AI in Art, Free Film in Davis /arts/blog/weekender-flute-concert With concerts, talks and exhibitions, there is much to do now through the weekend at ٺƵ and the region. November 02, 2023 - 11:06am Karen Michele Nikos /arts/blog/weekender-flute-concert Lunchable: Visit 'Young, Gifted and Black' Exhibition at Manetti Shrem Museum /arts/blog/lunchable-young-gifted-and-black-exhibition-manetti-shrem-museum Young, Gifted and Black — with 51 contemporary artworks made in the last 35 years — arrived this summer at the Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art at a moment of unprecedented visibility for Black artists September 07, 2022 - 2:50pm Karen Michele Nikos /arts/blog/lunchable-young-gifted-and-black-exhibition-manetti-shrem-museum ٺƵ Humanities Graduate Show Shines Light on Excellence from Art to Music to Political Science /news/uc-davis-humanities-graduate-show-shines-light-excellence-art-music-political-science <p><span><span><span><span lang="EN"><span>University of California, Davis, College of Letters and Science graduate students will share their work with the public again as the multidisciplinary “Arts &amp; Humanities 2022 Graduate Exhibition” returns to the</span></span><a href="https://manettishremmuseum.ucdavis.edu/"> </a><a href="https://manettishremmuseum.ucdavis.edu/"><span><span>Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art</span></span></a><span lang="EN"><span> in June following two years of virtual exhibitions due to COVID-19.</span></span></span></span></span></p> May 23, 2022 - 1:00pm Karen Michele Nikos /news/uc-davis-humanities-graduate-show-shines-light-excellence-art-music-political-science Mondavi Center Announces 20th Anniversary Season /news/mondavi-center-announces-20th-anniversary-season-september-through-may <p><span><span>The Mondavi Center announces its 2022-23 season of performing arts, celebrating 20 years of presenting the finest in music, dance, speakers and theater. The season, supported by the Nancy and Hank Fisher Family Fund, begins in earnest Oct. 6 with a performance by the San Francisco Symphony almost 20 years to the day that the symphony appeared at the Mondavi Center’s Opening Gala. </span></span></p> May 06, 2022 - 11:34am Karen Michele Nikos /news/mondavi-center-announces-20th-anniversary-season-september-through-may ‘The Backdrop’ Podcast Features Scholar on the Destruction of Ukrainian Cultural Heritage /arts/blog/backdrop-podcast-features-scholar-destruction-ukrainian-cultural-heritage <p><span><span><span><span><span>The Russian invasion of Ukraine is causing untold suffering and devastation, with thousands of civilians killed and injured and millions of Ukrainians now refugees fleeing for their lives.</span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span><span><span>On top of the human toll extracted from Ukraine is the destruction and threat of destruction of Ukraine’s cultural heritage.</span></span></span></span></span></p> April 06, 2022 - 2:42pm Soterios J Johnson /arts/blog/backdrop-podcast-features-scholar-destruction-ukrainian-cultural-heritage