Maria Sestito

Davis

Writer and Journalist at Freelance

Freelance writer + journalist. Passionate about increasing access to health care and decreasing stigma around mental health, aging and cat ladyship.

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Articles

Graduate Artists Honored; Sculptures from ‘BowerHaus’ on View, Visit Cruess for Design Works

2 weeks ago | ucdavis.edu | Maria Sestito |Karen Nikos-Rose

Annual Arts, Humanities Graduate Exhibition announces prizes at celebrationBy Maria Sestito, College of Letters and Science (condensed from original story)The annual Arts & Humanities 2025 Graduate Exhibition is on view at the Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art, at UC Davis through June 22.
UCD Graduate Exhibition showcases next generation of artists, thinkers

1 month ago | davisenterprise.com | Maria Sestito |Laura Compton

Arts and humanities students at UC Davis engage with the world in new, thoughtful and imaginative ways. In the upcoming Arts & Humanities 2025 Graduate Exhibition, students from across the College of Letters and Science are creating public spaces for connection and storytelling, questioning long-held assumptions and histories, and using artistic expression and design to suggest new pathways to a more sustainable future.
UC Davis Graduate Exhibition Showcases Next Generation of Artists, Thinkers

1 month ago | ucdavis.edu | Maria Sestito |Laura Compton

Arts and humanities students at the University of California, Davis, engage with the world in new, thoughtful and imaginative ways. In the upcoming Arts & Humanities 2025 Graduate Exhibition, students from across the College of Letters and Science are creating public spaces for connection and storytelling, questioning long-held assumptions and histories, and using artistic expression and design to suggest new pathways to a more sustainable future.
Merging the Ethereal and the Tangible

2 months ago | ucdavis.edu | Maria Sestito

Non-linear time sounds like something out of a science fiction movie, but what if we could rewrite our histories in ways that feel as if things don’t happen sequentially? Overlapping the concepts of time, memory and the body, Gracianne Kirsch uses many art modalities to explore their own many-sided self.
Adele Zhang Brings UC Davis Textile Collection to London

Mar 27, 2025 | ucdavis.edu | Maria Sestito

Adele Zhang, senior continuing lecturer in the Department of Design at UC Davis, has been the Jo Ann C. Stabb Design Collection curator and manager since 2006. After spending the last year researching the collection's archive, Zhang spent the first few weeks of 2025 packing up and shipping 134 objects to London, where they will be on display at the Fashion and Textile Museum from March 28 through September 7.
How Do UC Davis Scholars Tackle Antisemitism and Islamophobia?

Mar 12, 2025 | lettersandsciencemag.ucdavis.edu | Maria Sestito

Quick Summary Developed a course on antisemitism and Islamophobia It was still early days of the recent conflict between Israel and Gaza when, seeing strong emotions and division erupting on their campus, two scholars at UC Davis decided to come together and take action. To some, it may seem impossible to have a respectful public discourse on issues related to Israel and Palestine, but that is exactly what Associate Professors Sven-Erik Rose and Mairaj Syed set out to do.
A different kind of grave robber

Feb 11, 2025 | napavalleyregister.com | Maria Sestito

With its green lawn and canopy of trees, Tulocay Cemetery appears as an idyllic resting place for Napa’s dead, yet thieves sometimes prowl even here. The cemetery was hit hard one weekend near the end of January when memorial flowers, vases and even plants were reported missing from grave sites. Napa Police took reports of nearly $12,000 worth of brass and plastic vases stolen, said police Capt. Jeff Troendly. Peter Manasse, Tulocay’s funeral director, said the scope of the thefts was unprecedented.
Family seeks answers from Petco in dog's death

Feb 11, 2025 | napavalleyregister.com | Maria Sestito

Every week, three times a week, weather permitting, Joe Eaton would grab his headphones, his iPod and his two dogs – Skip and Lucy – and head to the park. The two dogs from the same litter were never apart, and Skip was the leader. Lucy, who is deaf and blind, depended on Skip to protect and guide her. Now Skip is gone. Skip died on Dec. 30. Although Skip was a 14-year-old Jack Russell, the death was untimely and what caused it still remains a mystery.
UC Davis Lecturer Spotlights Overshadowed Women; New Biography Highlights Sanora Babb

Nov 15, 2024 | ucdavis.edu | Maria Sestito

Telling women’s stories is what excites writer Iris Jamahl Dunkle. Since 2019, the biographer, poet and creative writing instructor has been shedding light on these previously underappreciated women in two books as well as a weekly online newsletter, Finding Lost Voices, via Substack. Her latest book, Riding Like the Wind: The Life of Sanora Babb, is about a female writer who, while living among Dust Bowl refugees in California, was asked to share her notes with author John Steinbeck.
Engagement Ring Dispute

Nov 7, 2024 | jonesborosun.com | Maria Sestito

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