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Weekender: Local Gallery Events, Openings; Thiebaud Coming Soon To Crocker

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Pies, Thiebaud
Pies, Pies, Pies. 1961, Wayne Thiebaud, is among the works scheduled to be exhibited at Crocker Art Museum in the fall. Oil on canvas, 20 x 30 in. Crocker Art Museum, gift of Philip L. Ehlert in memory of Dorothy Evelyn Ehlert, 1974.12. © 2020 Wayne Thiebaud / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY.

Not everything is virtual (anymore). Local galleries (see below), and Pence鈥檚 auction starts Tuesday. All are hoping that museums can open locally in time for the Crocker鈥檚 Wayne Thiebaud exhibition in commemoration of his 100th birthday. (新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis鈥 Manetti Shrem Museum hopes to have a celebration and exhibition in the new year.) Stay tuned.

Also, 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis Theatre Festival starts next week.

Compiled by 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis Media Relations Intern Leigh Houck

Axis Gallery is open again

Axis Gallery in Sacramento is reopening. You must comply with safety guidelines and make an appointment to visit the gallery. 

  • If a virtual visit is still more your speed, you鈥檙e also in luck. For every two weeks the Axis Gallery has been closed, they have uploaded a virtual exhibit to their under the heading 鈥淧ast, Present, and Future, a Celebration of Axis Gallery.鈥
  • The exhibits include words from the artists, photos and even videos. Click to learn more and view the virtual exhibits. 

Verge has class Thursday evening

The Verge Center for the Arts remains closed, but offers an online class today and an in-person class in October. 

  • It鈥檚 not too late! Today, Aug. 27, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., join Kate Farrall for the online class 鈥淗ow to promote and sell your work on Instagram and Facebook Live.鈥 Register . 
  • Click to register for the in-person class 鈥淪lab Building: DIY Wall Hanging鈥 that will take place on Oct. 4. Masks are required. 
  • For the 15th year, the Verge Center for the Arts is presenting Sac Open Studios. The Sac Open Studios event typically allows you to view local art and meet local artists in their own studios. This year Verge is making their event virtual 鈥...so you can see art and meet our region鈥檚 talented artists all from the comfort of your own home. Mark your calendars for Sept. 10-13 and 17-20.鈥 Check vergeart.com for updates. 

SFMOMA offering online materials

While the SFMOMA remains closed, the museum continues to offer a wealth of online materials. 

  • Learn about the history of photography by watching charming animated videos . 
  • Participate in artist Mark Bradford鈥檚 art activity 鈥淩E-RE-Process: Rearranging the familiar鈥 . While the prompt is designed for high school students, use your imagination to adjust it to your situation. 

Pence Gallery open Tuesday through Friday, Art auction starts Tuesday

  • The Pence Gallery is now open Tuesday through Friday, 11:30 to 5 p.m, and Sunday 11:30 to 5 p.m. No appointment necessary. Visitors must wear a mask and practice social distancing. 
  • The Pence Gallery is hosting their Art Auction 2020 from Sept. 1-26. Go to their website pencegallery.org on Tuesday, Sept. 1 to view the 150-plus available pieces and place your bids. 

Coming soon...

新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis theatre festival goes virtual in early September

The 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis Department of Theatre and Dance has announced that 鈥淐atalyst: A Theatre Think Tank鈥 (formerly the 鈥淕round and Field Theatre Festival鈥) will be virtual this year. Catalyst will take place online on Sept. 2, 10, 11, and 19. 

  • As in previous years, 鈥...playwrights, composers, and lyricists will develop new works under the guidance of the festival鈥檚 co-artistic directors Mindy Cooper, 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis professor of theatre and dance, and alumna Lisa Quoresimo (Ph.D., performance studies, 鈥18), assistant professor of theatre and dance at Southern Utah University.鈥 This year, highlights of Catalyst include a webinar and readings of two new plays. Click for more information. 

Celebrate Thiebaud: Crocker Museum presents retrospective for  artist鈥檚 100th birthday 

Wayne Thiebaud, a world renowned artist and professor emeritus of the 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis Art Department, celebrates his 100th birthday this Nov. 15. In honor of this occasion, The Crocker Art Museum is planning a special exhibition:

The Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento presents Wayne Thiebaud 100: Paintings, Prints, and Drawings, an extensive, celebratory retrospective featuring the full range of the Sacramento artist鈥檚 achievements on canvas and on paper in an exhibition at the Crocker from Oct. 11 to Jan. 3, if the COVID-19 regulations allow the museum to open. 

Opening shortly before Thiebaud鈥檚 100th birthday, the career-spanning exhibition of 100 objects made over more than 70 years (1947-2019), is the largest survey of Wayne Thiebaud鈥檚 work in in two decades. Works drawn from the Crocker鈥檚 holdings and the collection of the Thiebaud Family and Foundation, many of which have never been shown publicly, as well as the artist鈥檚 newest body of work, circus clowns, reveal an extraordinary, expansive practice. Accompanied by a full-color, richly illustrated publication with fresh scholarship by Crocker Art Museum鈥檚 Associate Director & Chief Curator Scott A. Shields and others asserts that Thiebaud鈥檚 body of work is singular and visionary, informed by memory, tradition and imagination.

鈥淲ayne Thiebaud is a national treasure, Sacramento is his hometown, and we are delighted to celebrate his 100th birthday with an exhibition that honors the vitality, vibrancy, and wit of his art and civically engaged life,鈥 says Lial A. Jones, the Museum鈥檚 Mort and Marcy Friedman Director & CEO. 鈥淲ayne Thiebaud 100 continues a Crocker tradition of organizing an exhibition of the artist鈥檚 work in every decade since 1951, when the Crocker accorded him his first solo museum show. We will recognize his achievements through an important publication alongside virtual exhibition tours and programs, fresh and archival interviews with the curator and the artist himself, plus fun and engaging digital activities for all ages.鈥

Click to read the full news release describing the exhibition and the new scholarly publication/catalog.

Record birthday wishes for 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis

新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis Art Studio is creating a compilation video to celebrate 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis Art Professor Emeritus Wayne Thiebaud, whose 100th birthday is on Nov. 15, 2020. You are invited to create a five-second long video to be included in the compilation. The deadline for submissions is Oct. 1. For more information and to submit your well wishes, click . 

Art Tweet for Fun

Find a fun art tweet out of 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis Biological Sciences . (It's from July, but it's still a great sculpture). 

Bio Sci Sculpture

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