Arts & Culture

Join us to support Arts & Culture during Give Day 2025

The Robert and Margrit Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts, the Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art and the Gorman Museum of Native American Art are vibrant cultural resources dedicated to ensuring community access to world-class art and performing arts.

This Give Day support a campus community where the arts are an indispensable part of everyday life for all!

The Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum 

The Manetti Shrem Museum is committed to making art accessible and Free For All. Offering engaging experiences that reflect and serve the UC Davis community, the museum shares the university's core values of innovative research, interdisciplinary experimentation, and a dedication to educational programming while building on its legacy of exceptional teaching and artistic practice.

Presenting free exhibitions and programs year-round and with public art like Robert Arneson’s Eggheads in the Fine Arts Collection, the Manetti Shrem Museum provides an unparalleled cultural resource for students, faculty, visitors and the extended community. Our dedicated supporters make all of this possible.

Make Art & Culture at UC Davis part of your Give Day to support a campus community where the arts are an indispensable part of everyday life for all!

Robert and Margrit Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts  

The performing arts play a vital role in the growth of young minds, providing opportunities for creative exploration, critical thinking, collaboration and belonging. Arts participation fosters empathy and promotes the appreciation of diverse cultures and perspectives. Since 2002, the Mondavi Center has connected students and artists through unique experiences that enrich their education and cultivate a sense of community.

Donations to our annual fund meaningfully impact UC Davis and the region by directly funding the programming of diverse and high-quality musicians, dancers, speakers and thinkers who nurture the next generation of artists and art lovers, creating robust opportunities for students to experience the arts. Artists participate in educational outreach activities, including school matinees, master classes, and in-school artist residencies.  Every gift to our annual fund also helps to sustain initiatives like the Community Ticket Program, which provides UC Davis student groups, and partner community groups, with free tickets to Mondavi Center performances.

What we do at the Mondavi Center would not be possible without direct funding from individuals who believe in our mission. Thanks to our annual fund donors, transformative experiences are happening right here in our community, at no charge to the participant. Please consider supporting our work with a gift to the Mondavi Center annual fund. Together, we can inspire creativity, foster talent, and build a vibrant cultural future.

The Gorman Museum of Native American Art

For fifty years, the Gorman Museum of Native American Art has been dedicated to the creative expressions of Native American artists and artists of diverse cultures and histories. The Museum's reputation of artistic excellence is proven by its company of exhibiting artists, including some of the most established Native artists as well as the next generations of emerging Indigenous artists. The Gorman Museum is unique for its commitment to exhibiting works by living Indigenous artists, particularly within an educational institution.