UC Davis graduate students in the Department of Design, Performance Studies Graduate Group, Art History Program and the Maria Manetti Shrem Art Studio Program are represented in this multidisciplinary exhibition. Explore new ways of seeing and understanding the past, present and future.
LeShelle & Gary May Art Purchase Prize: Levi Keatts
The Savageau Award in the Department of Design: Rafael Bertacini
Keister & Allen Art Purchase Prize: Tara K. Daly
The Letters & Science Prize for Excellence: Sean Olmstead
Design Honorable Mention: Nathalia Guimaraes
Read more about the opening celebration in Letters & Science magazine and in Hyperallergic
Opening Celebration
Thursday, June 4
5:30–9 PM
Manetti Shrem Museum
The free public opening 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, the Letters & Science Prize and the Savageau Award in the Department of Design.
Student Presentations
5:30–5:55 PM – Events Plaza
Sean Olmstead, M.F.A. Art Studio
I Know I Am Here, But Where Is Here?
5:40–5:55 PM (Part 1) & 7:05–7:20 PM (Part 2) – Art Studio
Elmira M. Sultan Rashid, Ph.D. Performance Studies, in collaboration with Samira Danesh
Grape Blood
7:20–7:50 PM – Collections Classroom
Erika Tsimbrovsky, Ph.D. Performance Studies
Diary as Score: Asemic Embodied Citation
7:50–8:15 PM – Courtyard
Melinda Marks, Ph.D. Performance Studies, in collaboration with Adam Magill
Excerpt: The Annotated Macbeth
8:15–8:45 PM – Community Education Room
Gino Robair, Ph.D. Performance Studies, in collaboration with Gabriel Aguilar, Sepehr Jafari Jozani, Madeline Lazarus, Esther Shih and Sam Tillett
Radical Divination (for two papermakers and musical ensemble)
Art History M.A. Graduate Colloquium
Friday, June 5
2–5 PM
Everson Hall Room 157
Learn about this year’s UC Davis Art History master’s degree candidates through the presentation of their thesis work.
Arts & Humanities 2026 Exhibition news release