Manetti Shrem

Mike Henderson Portrait

"By Any Means Necessary, I Will Keep Being an Artist."

Painter. Bluesman. Filmmaker. Educator. After retiring in 2012 from UC Davis, where he was an art professor for 43 years—and on the eve of a solo show at the Manetti Shrem Museum—Mike Henderson reflects on shining shoes as a young man in Missouri, seeing his soul in Van Gogh's Potato Eaters, believing he had lost decades' worth of paintings in a fire, and securing his place in one of the greatest university art departments ever assembled.

Hillary Louise Johnson,

Blue Dancer by Tunji Adeniyi Jones

True Colors

A new exhibit at the Manetti Shrem Museum explores identity and representation through the works of young Black artists.

Leilani Marie Labong,

Colescott, Artistry And Reality

A Lasting Impression

The Manetti Shrem Museum celebrates Sacramento painter Wayne Thiebaud’s remarkable legacy with a group exhibit featuring works by the longtime UC Davis professor alongside those by former students and other artists influenced by him.

Leilani Marie Labong,