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From Concept to Creation: Inspired Shoe Design by Chris Francis

University of California Davis Davis

JAN 23 THRU APR 23. UC DAVIS DESIGN MUSEUM. Showcases the colorful & imaginative footwear created by Los Angeles-based shoe designer Chris Francis. His work combines global shoemaking traditions & techniques, with references to the built environment such as industrial design & brutalist architecture as well as 20th-century art movements & punk rock. Opening reception Jan 24 @ 6:30p. Gallery open weekdays, 12p–4p. Free

free

Gallery 625: Shonna McDaniels, The Black Woman Experience

Gallery 625 625 Court St, Erwin Meier Admin Building, Woodland

FEB 3 THRU APR 4. McDaniels is a visual artist, teacher, muralist, community activist. She is the founder & Executive Director of The Sojourner Truth African Heritage Museum in Sacramento. 

Karen Fess-Uecker

Logos Books 513 2nd Street, Davis

FEB 4 THRU MAR 3. LOGOS BOOKS. “A little bit of Davis, a lot of California,” plein air & studio oil paintings. Fess-Uecker’s work has been shown in numerous juried shows & in the galleries in the many states in which she has resided. She has a strong passion for color dynamics & continues to study color theory with oil painter & colorist Elio Camacho. ArtAbout reception.

Ongoing

Figurative Exposé: Art from the California Art Club

Pence Gallery (Pence) 212 D St., Davis

FEB 10 THRU APR 2. PENCE GALLERY. Each year, the California Art Club (est. 1909) holds a juried exhibition promoting artists who follow in the tradition of realism & craftsmanship established by the Club’s founders. This year, the Pence will display the Club’s juried exhibit of figurative paintings by select CAC artists, as juried by master painter Dan Schultz. Reception Feb 10.

Free

Bingo Mondays

G STREET WUNDERBAR. Games, fun, prizes. 8p.

CAFF’s 35th Annual California Small Farm Conference

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ONLINE. A hybrid event with four days of virtual workshops followed by state-wide in-person gatherings. Admission is on a sliding-scale & provides access to all events. Sun-Wed 8:30a–6p, Thurs 8:30 a–3p, Fri 10a–2p. $11.18–$204.79

$11.18 – $204.79

Return to Chibok World Premiere

Cruess Hall 375 California Avenue, Davis

CRUESS HALL. Branwen Okpako, associate professor of cinema & digital media, has adapted Helon Habila’s The Chibok Girls into an experimental documentary, Return to Chibok. The film re-enacts the journey to visit those left behind after the shocking kidnapping of 276 girls from Chibok Girls School (Nigeria) in 2014.
Screened by the Center for the Advancement of Multicultural Perspective on Social Sciences, Arts & Humanities (CAMPSSAH). Actor Wale Ojo plays Habila alongside the community in Gombe State, who re-enact the original interviews. Reception to follow. 5p. Free

Free

Karaoke Night

G STREET WUNDERBAR. Pick a song & sing along.10p.