Art Department
Welcome
The Art Department approaches art making as a rigorous creative practice, which can reflect upon, intervene and transform the world in which we live. Building upon the rich intellectual history and culture of UCSC, our faculty and staff are dedicated to and believe in the transformational potential of the creative arts.
Student Works
Thomas Fallis: Recent Paintings
Art Department alum Thomas Fallis is a San Diego native. He began drawing through the influence of his older brother, Ryan. In 2003, Thomas was…
David Harris: Edges of Color
Edges of Color, by Digital Arts and New Media MFA student David Harris, is a series of individually programmed pieces on an 8’ square, 16×16 grid…
Jocelyn Lozano: “Hold You”
Art Department alum Jocelyn Lozano uses photographic series and other artworks as a visual diary — to navigate through areas of her psyche…
Thomas Fallis: Recent Paintings
Art Department alum Thomas Fallis is a San Diego native. He began drawing through the influence of his older brother, Ryan. In 2003, Thomas was…
David Harris: Edges of Color
Edges of Color, by Digital Arts and New Media MFA student David Harris, is a series of individually programmed pieces on an 8’ square, 16×16 grid…
Jocelyn Lozano: “Hold You”
Art Department alum Jocelyn Lozano uses photographic series and other artworks as a visual diary — to navigate through areas of her psyche…
Gallery
Lorem Ipsum, 2022 by John Smith
Lorem Ipsum, 2022 by John Smith
Lorem Ipsum, 2022 by John Smith
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.
Faculty Interviews
Video
Dee Hibbert Jones on Individuals, Systems and Art
“I started with the issue of the way in which individuals have a sort of disconnect from the larger systems that we vote, and the way that we have these big systems…
Video
Prof. Jimin Lee on Research Themes
“My recent work expands on my previous theme of the body relationship to individual and private and personal objects….”
Stay Up to Date
The latest news and events happening throughout the Arts Department at UC Santa Cruz.
News
Performance, Play & Design
The African American Theater Troupe Featured on KAZU/NPR
For more than 20 years, the African American Theater Arts Troupe at UC Santa Cruz has provided a place for students of color to find community in the performing arts. The actors visit local high schools to speak with younger students — some of whom have never considered attending college — about their experience at a university.
Sir Isaac Julien, Distinguished Arts Professor, Featured in UC Santa Cruz Magazine
Sir Isaac Julien, acclaimed filmmaker and artist, is having a blockbuster summer—he received a knighthood, opened a new exhibition, and was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, highlighting the importance of the arts in a current climate of social transformation.
SocDoc Alum Melanie Ho Selected as Part of HBO Documentary Development Initiative
The Gotham Film and Media Institute and HBO Documentary Films have set the inaugural cohort and mentors for their Documentary Development Initiative, first announced in June.
Dean Celine Quoted in The Nation Cover Article
Sex, Death, and Empire: The Roots of Violence Against Asian Women The line from America’s earliest empire in the Philippines to Japan, Korea, Vietnam—and anti-Asian violence at home—is straight, clear, and written in blood.
Joseph Erb Honored by the First Americans Museum
The First Americans Museum is celebrating its first anniversary Friday by hosting the inaugural
Tribal Nations Gala.