Arts
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Are Art History Majors More In Demand Than Computer Scientists?
T.J. Demos, a professor of art history at the University of California, Santa Cruz says, “there’s growing evidence that art history graduates possess distinctly marketable skills, including in critical thinking, visual analysis, foreign language training, and wide knowledge of cultural heritage, which employers across sectors are highly interested in.”
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Santa Cruz’s Stripe welcomes artist Rhia Hurt for its July exhibition
“The emotional tension in the work between quiet beauty and planetary emergency echoes the way we experience nature on a human scale,” said Jennifer A.González, professor of art history and visual culture at UC Santa Cruz.
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Bikini Bottom meets redwoods: SpongeBob musical hits stage at UCSC this fall
Lookout Santa Cruz announced a forthcoming production of SpongeBob square pants at UC Santa Cruz, led by Assistant Professor of Performance, Play & Design Rebecca Wear.
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David Cope, Godfather of A.I. Music, Is Dead at 83
His EMI algorithm, an early form of artificial intelligence that he developed in the 1980s, prompted searching questions about the limits of human creativity.
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New exhibit combines art and climate science, Monterey courts international visitors
The Institute of Arts and Sciences at UC Santa Cruz recently opened a new exhibition, Weather and the Whale. It uses art as a medium to explain how weather patterns affect the aquatic mammals and the environment.
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‘Science is a human endeavor’: astrophysicist uses art to connect Black and brown kids to the STEM fields
So begins a chapter about our closest star in Painting the Cosmos, a recent book by UC Santa Cruz astrophysicist Dr. Nia Imara. The book blends science and art in an ode to the diversity of the cosmos. While touching on astronomical tidbits, such as the fact that scientists measure the rate of the sun’s…
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UC Santa Cruz’s New Play Festival features experimental work by students
The New Play Festival, curated by Lisa Marie Rollins, a professor of Performance, Play and Design, featured stage readings of new and innovative works from students. These one of a kind performances will be running through June 1.
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UC Santa Cruz’s Theater Arts gives a heartfelt performance of ‘Just Like Us’
“UC Santa Cruz’s Mainstage production of Just Like Us offers an opportunity to reflect on the importance of community and education, especially to vulnerable groups of people in this country,” says Jake Thomas in his rave review of the recent performance. He praises the cast and creative team for putting together a heartfelt performance.
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Isaac Julien’s gorgeous shots reclaim authorship of history
Filmmaker’s first major Bay Area exhibition beholds Harlem Renaissance queer culture, James Baldwin, blaxploitation.
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Albert, the white peacock of Boulder Creek, a symbol of resilience and peace, memorialized in downtown mural
The rare bird survived a BB gun shooting and all manner of predators and speeding vehicles before being felled by a natural predator
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The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco Raise a Record-Breaking Sum for Exhibitions and Education
At the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco Annual Gala on April 10, $1.7 million were raised the largest sum ever for a single FAMSF event, all to benefit exhibition and educational programming for the de Young and Legion of Honor. This includes the de Young’s most recent exhibition, I Dream a World, a multimedia collection from…
