Eggheads Birthday Celebration
Thursday, April 4
All day
Various locations
Celebrate the 30th birthday of Robert Arneson’s iconic Egghead sculptures with activations throughout the UC Davis campus featuring Egghead-inspired food, music, trivia, activities and deals for students, and much more. Join in the fun all day as the university kicks off the Year of the Eggheads.
Find more details and information here, and register on Eventbrite for the day's festivities here.
Stop by the museum to check out "Hatched: The Making of Robert Arneson's Eggheads," our pop-up display of Egghead maquettes in the museum lobby, and a window installation of Aggies’ Egghead memories. For more information about these displays and the shop, visit our Year of the Eggheads page.
Picnic Day
Saturday, April 20
10 AM–5 PM
Include a stop at the Manetti Shrem Museum as part of your Picnic Palooza adventures!
Get egg-cited for public art — see the models Robert Arneson created while developing the Eggheads, share your memories of the iconic sculptures, and explore what kind of Egghead you would design as a public artwork.
Plus, play lawn games, listen to live music by katgrüvs, and cool off inside as you visit current exhibitions reflecting UC Davis’ diverse creative legacy: Deborah Butterfield: P.S. These are not horses; Malaquias Montoya and the Legacies of a Printed Resistance; Shiva Ahmadi: Strands of Resilience; and Pyro Futures.
As always, the museum is Free for All!
Arts & Humanities 2024 Graduate Exhibition
Opening Celebration
Thursday, June 6
5:30–9 PM
UC Davis graduate students in the Arts and Humanities present their work at the Manetti Shrem Museum. You’ll experience new ways of seeing and understanding the past, present and future in this multidisciplinary exhibition. The opening celebration features performances by master’s and doctoral students, as well as the presentation of the LeShelle & Gary May Art Purchase Prize, the Keister & Allen Art Purchase Prize and the Savageau Award in the Department of Design.
The 2024 Annual Art History Graduate Colloquium
Friday, May 31
3–6 PM
Learn about this year’s UC Davis Art History master’s degree candidates through the presentation of their thesis work. Lectures are followed by the 2024 Art History Undergraduate Awards and a light reception.