Arts and Entertainment

Whether you want to participate, be entertained or be inspired, an abundance of musical, theater, art, design and dance offerings take place on campus all year long.

UC Davis Presents

• 200 B Street, Suite A
  530-757-3199; http://ucdpresents.ucdavis.edu

UC Davis Presents brings a wide variety of world-class performing artists to UC Davis to serve the campus and surrounding communities. During the academic year, UC Davis Presents offers concerts and recitals by classical, jazz and folk music artists; drama; classical, modern and ethnic dance; and lectures by eminent public figures. Tickets for UC Davis Presents events may be purchased at the Campus Box Office (Freeborn Hall, 530-752-1915) or any BASS outlet.

Music

• Department of Music
  530-752-0888; http://musdra.ucdavis.edu

The Department of Music sponsors the UCD Symphony Orchestra, Chorus, Chamber Singers, Early Music Ensemble, Gospel Choir, Concert Band, Jazz Band and small ensemble groups. Music majors and other interested students can receive credit for participating in these groups, which perform at concerts and recitals open to the university community. The department sponsors artists-in-residence who give concerts, recitals and lectures. Free noon concerts featuring individual performers and ensembles--both professional musicians and music students--are a favorite weekly event during the school year. The Empyrean Ensemble and the UCD Wind Quintet are in residence on campus. The Department of Music sponsors nearly 100 public concerts each year.

Dramatic Art and Dance

• Department of Theatre and Dance
  530-752-0888; http://theatredance.ucdavis.edu

The Department of Theatre and Dance has one of the finest theater facilities in California, with an unusually good stock of scenery, props, costumes and state-of-the-art lighting and sound equipment. Facilities are complemented by an excellent faculty, the Granada Artists-in-Residence program (which brings a major British artist to the department each quarter), and graduate students working on Master of Fine Arts degrees in acting and Ph.D. degrees in 20th Century Performance and Culture, all of whom contribute to the fine quality of UC Davis drama and dance productions.

Each year's schedule includes University Theatre Season (five major productions of established plays); Dance Concert (student and faculty choreographed dance numbers); and Studio Season (four to six productions). Studio Season features premiere performances of new plays written at UC Davis, productions of established plays, and performance projects conceived and produced for the first time at UC Davis. These productions are part of the academic program of the department and serve an important purpose in the study of theatre and dance. Participation is open to all students.

Art Galleries

• The MU Art Gallery (second floor of the MU; 530-752-2885) features a changing series of contemporary and historical art exhibits throughout the academic year. Works by professional artists as well as students are on display for periods of approximately six weeks. The gallery sponsors print sales, special programs and lectures, and offers internships for those interested in career work in an art gallery or museum.

• The Design Gallery (first floor of Walker Hall; 530-752-6150) explores diverse topics and media with an emphasis on ethnographic arts and consumer cultures. The gallery is internationally known, with innovative exhibitions based on design from a global perspective. Historical cultural artifacts, contemporary functional objects and creative installations are presented in changing spaces designed specifically for each exhibit.

• The Richard L. Nelson Gallery (first floor of the Art Building; 530-752-8500), named in honor of the first chair of the Department of Art, organizes regularly changing exhibitions of historical and contemporary works of art. The gallery's program reflects and complements the teaching program of the Department of Art and brings art to the university community and the Northern California area at large.

• The Fine Arts Collection (Art Building, adjacent to the Nelson Gallery; 530-752-8500), representing various historical periods and cultures, is the Davis campus's major collection of art.

• The Basement Gallery (Art Building basement) is a student-directed gallery that exhibits the artwork of advanced UC Davis art majors. The exhibitions change biweekly throughout the academic year.

• The Carl Gorman Museum (first floor of Hart Hall; 530-752-6567, Native American Studies) was established in honor of Carl N. Gorman, an artist, advocate and former faculty member of Native American Studies. The museum features changing exhibitions of works by Native American and diverse artists.

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