Art Spark
Saturdays and Sundays, 1-4 PM
Drop in for an afternoon of art making at the museum’s Carol and Gerry Parker Art Studio inspired by this fall’s exhibitions. Each month, we offer a different activity that explores ideas, materials and processes connected to works of art on view.
In addition to weekend activities, this season the museum is featuring special guests from across UC Davis on select dates for a mashup of science and art. Learn something new at Art Spark+ and explore the galleries through a new lens, delving deeper into the themes from Breath(e): Toward Climate and Social Justice and making new connections to campus research and collections.
August: Sculpt like a Bee
Switch up your perspective and create a unique structure with wax and other natural materials. Appreciate bee handiwork in Garnett Puett’s apisculptures.Art Spark + Bees
August 23
Learn about native bees and explore bee nest construction strategies with the Vannette Lab from the Department of Entomology and Nematology.*September: Glowing Words
Practice your calligraphy (or decorative swooshes) with a black light art-making session inspired by Julio Cesar Morales’ neon artworks.October: Woven Connections
Illustrate connections through collaborative weaving with wool and other soft materials. Follow the threads between fiber artworks in the galleries that explore relationships, including Sarah Rosalena’s milestones of space exploration, Roxy Paine’s mycelium networks, and Tiffany Chung’s maps of global dynamics.Art Spark + Outer Space
October 18
Art and science collide at the Center for Space Exploration Research. Learn about the center’s research on living in space using the Human Robotics Vehicle Integration and Performance Lab, and the ways the center’s artist-in-residence program connects scientific and creative exploration.*November: Botanical Monoprints
Print yourself a garden! Make a unique print that colorfully captures plants’ silhouettes and textures. Find more ways of documenting, preserving and memorializing species in works by Clarissa Tossin and Brandon Ballengeé.Art Spark + Specimens
November 1
Get to know your local fish with the Sacramento-Davis Student Subunit of the American Fisheries Society and see specimens from the Fish and Wildlife Museum up close. Plus, learn how the Center for Plant Diversity preserves specimens for its Herbarium — a reference library of pressed, dried plants, mosses, lichens and algae that serve as reference tools for identification and future research needs.*
* The regular monthly Art Spark activity will also take place on Art Spark + dates.
All ages and skill levels are welcome! Making art is for everyone. All activity supplies provided.
Questions? Call (530) 752-8500 or email manettishremmuseum@ucdavis.edu
