OFF CAMPUS

Recent Work by UC Davis Faculty Artists — This two-day show is taking place at The Lofts, a Davis complex of apartments and commercial space—including art studios for UC Davis faculty members. Participating faculty: Tom Bills, Stella Ebner, Matthias Geiger, Mike Henderson, Robin Hill, Carlos Francisco Jackson, Darrin Martin, Hearne Pardee, Annabeth Rosen, Youngsuk Suh, Bryce Vinokurov and Gina Werfel. Revised hours: 5:30-9:30 p.m. Dec. 11 and 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Dec. 12, The Lofts, 109 E St. Reception and open studios, 6-8 p.m. Dec. 11. Free admission.

A Seed Planted: A Tribute to Robert Arneson — Featuring works by the late UC Davis professor and his students. Jan. 8-Feb. 5, Tsao Gallery in the Davis Art Center, 1919 F St. Public reception during the ArtAbout, 7-9 p.m. Jan. 8. Gallery hours: 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Tuesday-Friday; and 1-5 p.m. Jan. 9 and 30. Free admission.

Wayne Thiebaud Collection — California State University, Sacramento, is showing all 150 works in its Wayne Thiebaud collection. The collection comprises works from 1948 to 2004, when two anonymous donors gave the collection to the university. Thiebaud is a professor emeritus of art at UC Davis and a graduate of Sacramento State. Through Jan. 23, Library Gallery (open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday). Free admission.

ON CAMPUS

African American Quilts — Quilts made by former slaves, plus 21st-century creations informed by time-honored veins of African American quilting. From the collections of Avis C. Robinson of Washington, D.C., and Sandra McPherson of Davis. The latter, a UC Davis professor emerita of English, writes poetry that is rooted in quilting traditions. Through Dec. 13, Nelson Gallery, 124 Art Building. Hours: 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Thursday, by appointment on Fridays; and 2-5 p.m. Saturday-Sunday.

The Art of Athletes — UC Davis student-athletes put on an exhibition Oct. 16-18, and photos from the exhibit are now available for viewing online.

Campus Perspective: Photos by University Photographer Karin Higgins — Through Jan. 3, Buehler Alumni and Visitors Center, Old Davis Road at Mrak Hall Drive. Hours: 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday and 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday.

Diversity in the C.N. Gorman Museum Collections — Featuring recent donations: lithographs and sculpture by Salvador Dalí, and paintings and drawings by Florentino Laime Mantilla. Extended viewing, Jan. 4-15, C.N. Gorman Museum, first floor, Hart Hall. Hours: noon-5 p.m. Monday-Friday, 2-5 p.m. Sunday.

How to Make a (Political) Play: Behind the Scenes with the San Francisco Mime Troupe — Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the San Francisco Mime Troupe, a political theater group. The exhibition is drawn from script drafts, memos, correspondence, broadsides, graphics, photographs and even old checkbooks — among the troupe’s archives that are housed in the UC Davis General Library’s Special Collections. Fall and winter quarters, first floor, Shields Library. Fall quarter hours conclude today (Dec. 11): 7:30 a.m.-6 p.m. Intersession hours, Dec. 12-Jan. 3: 7:30 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday-Friday (with the exception of Dec. 21-23, 7:30 a.m.-5 p.m.), closed Saturday and 1-5 p.m. Sunday.

Merch Art — Investigating art as commodity, as in merchandise art, from the collection of Lawrence Banka and Judith Gordon of San Francisco, and from the university’s Fine Arts Collection. Through Dec. 13, Nelson Gallery and Nelson Entryway Gallery, 124-125 Art Building. Hours: 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Thursday, by appointment on Fridays; and 2-5 p.m. Saturday-Sunday.

Prison Works — From the art workshop at the California Medical Facility, Vacaville. Dec. 9- March 21, Buehler Alumni and Visitors Center.

University Library: Building a Foundation, 1908-2008 — Centennial exhibition. First floor, Shields Library. Fall quarter hours conclude today (Dec. 11): 7:30 a.m.-6 p.m. Intersession hours, Dec. 12-Jan. 3: 7:30 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday-Friday (with the exception of Dec. 21-23, 7:30 a.m.-5 p.m.), closed Saturday and 1-5 p.m. Sunday.