Also see Urban Art and Art Galleries. Art on the UC Davis campus can be found at Campus Art,
The town of Davis is home to all sorts of city-sanctioned art such as murals and sculptures. But there's also a lot of impromptu sort of art lying around there. Some of it, on the whole, is pretty awful. But some pieces are hidden treasures. Here we collect a little of both.
2012 saw a dramatic surge in new town art to create the Transmedia Art Walk.
- A Street Bridge Mural
- Albino Bigfoot outside ACE Hardware
- Alluvium in Walnut Park
- Ancient Shadows by Oakshade Town Center
- Arroyo Park UFO
- The Bicycle Statue on Russell Blvd.
- Blue Blaze is a bench shaped like a dog in front of the vacant 407 G Street building.Blue Turns
- Butterfly Pillar
- Butterfly and Hummingbird mosaic vase in Central Park Gardens
- Arroyo Avenue Ceramic Bench
- Caterpillar Sculpture
- Circus
- Clepsydra in the E Street Plaza
- Cloaked Skateboarder outside ACE Hardware
- Cnawan Stone sculpture of dancing people in Central Park Gardens
- Columbus Cafe mural by Carousel Stationery
- Collaboration sculpture at the southwest corner of the intersection of 4th Street and G Street.
- Color Study for Cyclists in the bike tunnel of Richards Underpass
- Covell Greenbelt Dog Sculptures
- Cow Fountain at The Marketplace
- Cycle Back in Time along the side of Odd Fellows. It looks like a tribute to the Davis Arch Mural
- "Davis '88" tile mural at the DMV
- Dehlia
- New Again, aka the "Davis Family Mural"
- The Dancing Pigs at The Marketplace
- The Dominoes
- Driven to Davis
- Flutter and Hum
- Great Angel
- Guardian Cats
- Guardians of the Grape is the mural on the front of Valley Wine Company
- Hidden Treasures, mural on the side of KetMoRee
- It Can Happen Now…TO YOU, mural on a wall of the E Street Alley
- The Joggers aka "The Eyesore" in Downtown
- Jack of Diamonds and Queen of Hearts
- The Keeper
- Ken's Bike & Ski's south wall is painted with a mural
- The L and 2nd Garden
- The Lamplighter Players
- LandMarks
- The Locomotive Hedge
- The Mace Ranch Community Tile Project
- Mediation sculpture of hands in Central Park Gardens
- Medusa's Mirror Image is a sculpture behind Pence Gallery
- Museum View
- The N Street Park mural - Dinosaur Cloud Parade
- N Street Community Street Mural
- The Phoenix
- The Main Post Office Historic Places Mural
- Plant Plaza between Thai Nakorn and the USDA building on G Street
- Polly
- Portrait of a Plump Tomato at the Davis Food Co-Op Shopping Center
- The Quantum Sea
- Royal Dance Stairwell at Palm Court
- Send My Roots Rain, a series of metal gateways in the Northstar Nature Trail
- The Signs and Wonders of an Interdimensional Warrior
- Splash Back of Ace Housewares, facing the train tracks.
- Stan, the Submerging Man in front of John Natsoulas Art Gallery
- Standing Wave
- Stealth Angel
- Stevenson Bridge located west of Davis
- Straw Bale Bench at the train depot
- Taking the Scenic Route
- The Ugliest Statue outside of Save Mart
- The Loneliness of Integrity between the Library and the Veterans Memorial Building
- Solar Intersections on the south side of 2nd Street, where it ends at the Train Station (used to be a mini traffic circle)
- Through the Looking Grass 4th and Alleyway on Ace California Natives Building,
- Tidal Play sculpture of dolphins and an otter in Slide Hill Park
- Title to Come in Tim Spencer Alley
- Tribute to Pieter Brugel, the Elder mural on the northern exterior wall of Original Steve's
- Tribute to Giuseppe ArcrimboldoOn front of Yoloberry, C street entrance.
- Utility Boxes
- Village Farm is the mural behind Village Pizza's outdoor fountain.
- Wheel Dome
- Windows 2nd and G Street on Historic Anderson Building.
- Wolf Pipe
- Woman On Balance Beam on the North East corner of 5th Street and Pole Line Road at Fifth Avenue Place
- The X Mural
Art at the Train Station
Look for temporary public art installations and events April 9 - June 30, 2007 at the Train Station Plaza and the former police Substation nearby.
Art that is no more
- Davis Arch mural
- What happened to the naked man in a box statue that was in the shopping center downtown(Ben & Jerrys, Borders, etc)?
I thought for sure this was removed and reconfigured as Woman On Balance Beam but I'd love to know for certain. Seems it must at least be by the same artist — EdHenn
For more information about the City's Art in Public Places Program, you can visit http://www.cityofdavis.org/pb/cultural/
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