After two years of virtual Picnic Day, the annual UC Davis event (picnic lunch optional) takes place Saturday, April 23. Bring a blanket and sit to enjoy the parade, then move on to all the arts you can handle. We feature the highlights. There's plenty of other activity too. See the story and full schedule of Picnic Day here. See arts highlights below.
Manetti Shrem offers shade activities, art in the AC; Design Museum open
Stop by the Manetti Shrem Museum on Picnic Day for art viewing and art making! Gather under the Grand Canopy for games and creative activities in the shade. Make a colorful composition of your own or bring a sketch to life with flipbook animation. Head inside to cool off and experience From Moment to Movement: Picturing Protest in the Kramlich Collection, and the final few weeks of Mary Heilmann: Squaring Davis and William T. Wiley and the Slant Step: All On the Line.
The museum is Free for All!
Arboretum art and design — a festival of color
See the story in the Arts Blog about what Design students have built in the arboretum. On view through Sunday. The Design Museum is open, too. See that separate story here.
Picnic Day: 'Musical Expedition' offered
10:30 a.m. – noon
Meet-the-Instruments, 10:30 a.m.
Come meet samba and mariachi musicians! Get to know them and their instruments, and then watch them perform!
Mariachi Performance, 10:30 a.m.
Mariachi UC Davis, directed by Tito Talamentes, a UC Davis lecturer in music, performs in the many traditions, among them including Són Jalisciense, Canción Ranchera, Corrido, and some contemporary styles.
Samba Performance, 11:15 a.m.
Samba School at UC Davis, directed by Brian Rice, a UC Davis lecturer in music, performs in the traditional music of Carnaval!
Jazz Combo Performance, 12:45 p.m.
One of UC Davis’s student jazz combos will perform selections from the Great American Songbook.
Percussion & ‘All That Jazz,' at Recital Hall
, Noon-1:30 p.m.
Percussion Ensemble, Noon
UC Davis percussion students directed by Chris Froh, a UC Davis lecturer in music, will demonstrate the versatility of the modern percussion ensemble repertoire.