From an empty room to a beautiful space that features thought-provoking and multimedia exhibitions, the UC Merced Art Gallery has become a vibrant place for aesthetic, cultural and intellectual exchanges on our campus. Founded in 2011 by UCM Professor ShiPu Wang, the UC Merced Art Gallery began a program with the intention of making art more accessible to the local and campus community. Since then the gallery has hosted countless exhibitions featuring the art of local, national and international artists. Under the guidance of the gallery’s executive director (2014-16), Tonya Lopez-Craig, UC Merced student curators and gallery interns assist in installation and promotion of the exhibitions.
Hours: Mon-Thurs, 11-3pm
Location: The UCM gallery is located in north campus in the Social Sciences & Management building (SSM) in room 106.
Parking: Visitor parking permits may be obtained from the permit dispensing machine in Lake Lot 1 and 2, Evolution Valley lots and visitor spaces in Library Lot 1. Visitor permits are only valid in the lot from where they are purchased. Once parked, place your permit in your car window, and then walk up Scholars Lane. After you pass the New Beginnings statue and cross Ansel Adams road, you will see our building SSM (Social Sciences and Management) on your right. The second entrance is the gallery.
To connect with the gallery, receive future updates, and see more photos of past events, click on the exhibits or visit us on Facebook. Here is a list of shows and events:
| EXHIBIT DATES | EXHIBIT TITLE |
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| 2016-2017 Academic Year (subject to change) | |
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April 10-May 4, 2017 Feb 6-March 23, 2017 Sept 8-Nov 3, 2016 |
12th Annual Bobcat Art Show Presentation and workshop by Artist in Residence Olga Diego (specific date and location TBA) Olga Diego: Artist in Residence Exhibition Atul Bhalla: You Always Step into the Same River Presentation and workshop by Visiting Artist Guan Zhi (specific date and location TBA) Guan Zhi: Water and Ink |
| 2015-2016 Academic Year | |
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April 4 to May 3, 2016 Nov 16 to Feb 11, 2016 |
11th Annual Bobcat Art Show |
| 2014-2015 Academic Year | |
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April 6 to May 5, 2015 Feb. 9 to March 20, 2015 |
10th Annual Bobcat Art Show Public seminar by Visiting Artist Ann Johnston: Intro to Dye on Fabric The Contact: Quilts of the Sierra Nevada by Ann Johnston Sita Kuratomi Bhaumik: Selfie Determination Luis Roberto Vasquez: Self Conquest Karen LeCocq: Nature Abiding |
| 2013-2014 Academic Year | |
| April 7-May 7, 2014 March 11, 2014 Nov 4-March 11, 2014 |
9th Annual Bobcat Art Show Public lecture by Professor Kathleen Cleaver: Black Power, Black Panthers & Community Revolution Black Power*Flower Power. Photographs by Pirkle Jones and Ruth-Marion Baruch |
| 2012-2013 Academic Year | |
| April 1- May 2, 2013 Feb 7, 2013 Feb 7-Feb. 28, 2013 Nov 5, 2012 Nov. 5, 2012-Feb. 1, 2013 |
8th Annual Bobcat Art Show Lecture by Artist Noritaka Minami Noritaka Minami: Future Anterior: Selected Works from '1972' Living with the Memory: A Colloquium Living with the Memory. Photographs by Susan Latham |
| 2012-2013 Academic Year | |
| March 19-April 27, 2012 Feb 7- Feb. 23, 2012 Nov 14-Dec. 8, 2011 Oct 3-Oct. 28, 2011 |
7th Annual Bobcat Art Show A Participatory Art Project: Dreams Photographs by UCM Students: Our Merced Select art from UCM Art Faculty and Art Students: UC Merced Art Gallery Inaugural Exhibition |
