News/Events
Upcoming Events & News
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Winter 2025 Drop in Figure Drawing
Drop In Figure Drawing Wednesday nights 7pm-9pm. January 8 – March 12, 2025 Location: UCSC Art Department room L-101 Drop-In Draw provides a live model and room monitor.There is no formal lesson; the sessions are free and open to the public.Only dry media allowed (no paints). Notice to attendees: these events contain mature content and nudity. […]
Past Events & News
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New exhibition honors groundbreaking artist and professor emeritus Doyle Foreman
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SENIOR SHOW: Carolee Hagey
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SENIOR SHOW: Irwin Pineda
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SENIOR SHOW: Anjolie Serna De Leon
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SENIOR SHOW: Vincent Wenzler
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SENIOR SHOW: Pascual Martinez
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SENIOR SHOW: Ares Atlas
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A Solo Exhibition by Ulises Peralta: Facades
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SENIOR SHOW: Elijah Grey Dalley
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Fall 2024 Drop in Figure Drawing
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- Two cutting-edge research projects led by the University of California, Santa Cruz have been awarded funding through the University of California’s Multicampus Research Programs and Initiatives (MRPI). This underscores the university's leadership in advancing creative and impactful solutions to global challenges.
- The Arts Division’s new AI lab on campus, A4, has an inaugural director. Professor Elliot Anderson, who is also the chair of the Art Department, is using his years of experience bridging art and technology to run the new lab.
- The foundry on the University of California, Santa Cruz campus has a long tradition of inviting guests to watch their spectacular bronze pour. This year’s pour is especially significant given it is the 50th anniversary of the Foundry.
- UC Santa Cruz Humanities Professor Gina Athena Ulysse was invited to participate as a featured artist for the prestigious Dakar Biennale (Dak'Art), which the New York Times called “Africa’s hottest art event” and “Africa’s most prominent cultural gathering.”
- The CITRIS Interdisciplinary Innovation Program (I2P) provides UC Santa Cruz Principal Investigators with funding for projects focussed on developing information technology solutions to significant societal challenges.
- Derek Conrad Murray, Professor of History of Art & Visual Culture (HAVC), has recently been appointed editor-in-chief of Art Journal. After previously serving on the journal’s editorial board, Murray will be taking on an expansive position where he can shepherd the journal’s distinguished mission for the next three years.
- As a new quarter starts, the Arts Division is welcoming eight new faculty members who represent the creativity, diversity, and thoughtfulness that are key pieces of the division’s identity.
- As part of the Mary Sesnon Porter’s Sesnon Art Gallery’s goal to place a greater emphasis on faculty, students, and alumni, they are opening the new school year with an exhibition featuring the work of Doyle Foreman.
- Clinch Fuentes, founder and president of nonprofit organization Chance to Excel, supports UC Santa Cruz’s ArtsBridge program, which connects university faculty and scholars with classroom teachers and diverse student populations across Santa Cruz County.
- The annual Arts Division Convocation brings together the community to celebrate the new school year. The Distinguished Banana Slug Awards in the Arts is given every year to an honoree who exemplifies excellence and a dedication to the Arts Division. This year’s recipients are (posthumously) former professor Eduardo Carrillo, and […]