After more than 40 years of teaching and service at 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis, centenarian Wayne Thiebaud continues to create art and inspire others. His influence will be felt by many future generations thanks to a $500,000 endowment from the Wayne Thiebaud Foundation. The gift will build upon and rename the already popular Betty Jean and Wayne Thiebaud Endowed Lecture to the Betty Jean and Wayne Thiebaud Lecture in the Theory, Practice and Criticism of Painting, Drawing and Sculpture.
With the expanded name comes a broadened focus and array of visiting speakers. Going forward, the lecture series 鈥 hosted by the Department of Art and Art History 鈥 will feature, along with practicing artists, more critics, curators, writers, historians and museum professionals to provide cultural insights and context for contemporary art. The Thiebaud endowment also aims to bring more than one guest per year and extend the length of their 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis engagement.
The Wayne Thiebaud Foundation shared in a statement that 鈥渋t is proud to enhance its support for the Betty Jean and Wayne Thiebaud Lecture Series at 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis. It is important for students, teachers and the general public to be engaged with intellectual and cultural context that artists, critics, historians and museum professionals can provide. Hopefully, this series will continue to inspire and promote the creative spirit.鈥
新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis founding art department chair Richard Nelson originally created a popular lecture series that has evolved through the years. Nelson came to 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis in 1952 and hired the first art professors 鈥 among them Robert Arneson, Manual Neri, William Wiley, Roy De Forest and Thiebaud, all artists who developed international reputations.
The series was further developed by Thiebaud over his years of teaching at 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis from 1961 to 1991. Thiebaud, who celebrated his in November 2020, will help shape the goals and themes for the expanded series, which is set to launch in fall 2021.
Thiebaud is known for his colorful works depicting commonplace objects 鈥 pies, lipsticks, paint cans, ice cream cones, pastries 鈥 as well as for his landscapes and , his luscious paint application and extensive work in printmaking. His art is in the collections of nearly every major art museum in the United States and many other countries.
Thiebaud鈥檚 latest gift complements a larger 鈥渁rts renaissance鈥 taking shape within the College of Letters and Science, and is part of the 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis five-year Expect Greater comprehensive campaign. From and , to a and more, this arts renaissance is positioning 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis as a leader among public universities in the arts.
鈥淲e鈥檙e incredibly grateful for this gift, which will have a transformational impact on the way future generations think about the theory and practice of art in different media,鈥 said Interim Dean Ari Kelman.
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Kristin Ede is the director of strategic communications in the College of Letters and Science. She can be reached by email or phone, 530-752-8778.
Photo: 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis Art Professor Emeritus Wayne Thiebaud explains in 2016 that he donated an unfinished painting he did of his wife, Betty Jean Thiebaud, to the Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem of Museum of Art so that students could see how a painting comes together. A lecture series named for the couple has been expanded with funding from the Wayne Thiebaud Foundation so that their legacy continues. (Gregory Urquiaga/新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis)