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Upcoming Events
Pesticides Impacts In and around Monterey Bay Lecture
January 29, 2026
Institute of the Arts and Sciences
Climate Justice and the Moss Landing Battery Fire Panel
February 5, 2026
Institute of the Arts and Sciences
California Firefighter Cancer Research Study Panel
February 11, 2026
Institute of the Arts and Sciences
Electroacoustic Performance and Artist Talk with the Whale Liberation Front
February 26, 2026
Institute of the Arts and Sciences
Unexpected Returns: The Historic Entanglements of Fire, Settlement, and Stewardship in the Santa Cruz Mountains
March 4, 2026
Institute of the Arts and Sciences
Exhibitions & Ongoing Events
Arts Division Event Highlights
UCSC News
Arts, Music
Legendary Jamaican percussionist Larry McDonald to deliver MLK keynote
Artist who recorded with Bob Marley, Lee “Scratch” Perry, Taj Mahal, and Gil Scott-Heron to discuss his seven-decade career in reggae, ska, dub, jazz, soul, and other genres
Anthropology, Arts, Biomolecular Engineering
Nine major wins worth celebrating for 2025
From amazing research discoveries to high-impact new education and fundraising initiatives, UC Santa Cruz created significant positive change, despite headwinds
Arts
Photo Field Research Quarter: An art-filled road trip across California
Each summer, UC Santa Cruz students spend three weeks on the road in Photo Field Research Quarter, traveling across California to camp, connect with community partners, and create art shaped by the places they visit.
Featured In The News
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How the Grinch went from a Yuletide bit player to a Christmas A-lister
“The economy is in big trouble, our political situation is chaotic, there’s a lot of hate — it’s no wonder that we would seek to express that through the embodiment of a monster like the Grinch,” said Michael M. Chemers, director of the Center for…
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‘Monster studies’ is a real thing — and it could help you through holiday anxiety
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Pianist Benny Green takes the stage alongside UC Santa Cruz Jazz Big Band on Dec. 7
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‘The SpongeBob Musical’ soars to great heights at UC Santa Cruz’s main stage
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UC Santa Cruz takes audiences under the sea with ‘SpongeBob Musical’
Division News
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Arts Division Welcomes New Faculty Members
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Shaping tomorrow’s visionaries: local high school students experience Art for All at UC Santa Cruz’s Institute of the Arts and Sciences
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These six documentaries are bringing social issues to light
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UC Santa Cruz foundry marks 50 years with bronze pour and celebration of legacy
Featured Faculty
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Arts Division Welcomes New Faculty Members
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UC Santa Cruz Division of Undergraduate Education appoints Soraya Murray as new Provost of Porter College
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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
Featured Alumni
Featured Students
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Newsletter Archive
- May 22, 2025
- Fond Farewell | Joyful Graduations
- April 23, 2025
- Welcome to Spring!
- March 18, 2025
- Dean Celine’s Important News | Sesnon Gallery Acquisition | Spring Events….and More!
- February 24, 2025
- Grad Slam | Arts Events…and more!
- January 23, 2025
- Welcome to the New Year! | SO TO SPEAK Premieres | Arts Events…and more!
- December 6, 2024
- Ken Corday’ Piano Donation | Squiggle Turns 50 | Arts Events & More
- November 21, 2024
- Dean Celine on New AAPI Council | Fall Season Events, and More
- October 2024
- Welcome to the New Academic Year! | FDM Celebrates 25 Years | New AI Lab
- May 23, 2024
- Iolanthe | Print Sale’s 50th | Spring Events & More…
- April 24, 2024
- Spring Events | Student Exhibitions | And more…
- March 20, 2024
- Dean’s Book Launch | AGPM in Top Rankings | Spring Events
- February 22, 2024
- Arts Retreat | Grad Slam | Upcoming Events and Much More
- January 26, 2024
- Welcome to the New Year in the Arts!
- December 13, 2023
- Bittersweet Holidays | Gratitude to Rowland Rebele | Arts News
- November 15, 2023
- KEN CORDAY on 11/17 and CONVOCATION on 11/29
- October 12, 2023
- Welcome to Fall in the Arts!
- May 23, 2023
- The Little Prince | AATAT Story Wins Murrow Award | Many Live Events on Campus…and More!
- April 25, 2023
- FDM Professors Awarded Guggenheims | Sir Isaac Julien at the Tate | Spring Events…and more!
- March 20, 2023
- Charles Hamilton in Jazz Hall of Fame, 80 Years Later Gets SF Honor, and much more!
- February 15, 2023
- PIPELINE Opens 2/24 | Patty Gallagher in LITTLE HEART | And much more…
- December 2, 2022
- October 26, 2022
- June 10, 2022
- May 26, 2022
- April 29, 2022
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- February 22, 2022
- January 13, 2022
- December 10, 2021
- November 16, 2021
- October 6, 2021
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