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Monsters under the microscope
An exploration into UC Santa Cruz’s Center for Monster Studies.
News
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Modern politics reexamined through classic play ‘Inspector General’
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Smithsonian curator Theodore Gonzalves give talk about his most recent work
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Fourth Annual Convocation Outlines Dean Celine Parreñas Shimizu’s Vision for New Academic Year, Highlighting Increase in Underrepresented Faculty and Staff
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New AI-driven multimedia lab bridges art and technology
Featured Faculty
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Professor A.M. Darke creates groundbreaking work in Black representation
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UC Santa Cruz professor Anna Friz wins international prize in radio
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UC Santa Cruz professor Derek Conrad Murray appointed Editor-in-Chief of leading arts publication
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New Faculty Member – Yolande Harris, Assistant Professor of Music and Creative Technologies
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The Art of Change Podcast
Take a look at the latest news and events happening throughout the Arts Division at UC Santa Cruz.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
We will not experience the full power of the arts unless access to the means of representation is available to all. And we will not realize the full power of the arts if our iconographies and methodologies are dictated by the very few. So, I am driven to expand access so that authorship, critique and the shaping of what we know can be driven by all, and what we take for granted or natural can shift, and to keep our definition of the arts, fervently open.