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David Cope, Godfather of A.I. Music, Is Dead at 83
David Cope, a beloved former professor of Music at UC Santa Cruz, passed away recently. Cope is known for the early use of A.I. used to generate code that could create music which mimicked the stylings of classical musicians like Mozarts. Read Article
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John Jota Leaños selected as new Interim Dean of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion for the UC Santa Cruz Arts Division
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Campus secures funding for innovative research projects addressing climate action and linguistic diversity
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Professor Elliot Anderson named the inaugural director of the new AI lab for the Arts Division
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Professor A.M. Darke creates groundbreaking work in Black representation
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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.