History of Art & Visual Culture
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At the Crossroads of Language and AI
As technology advances in English, a UCSC professor is making sure Indigenous languages don’t get left behind.
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Arts Division Welcomes New Faculty Members
For the 2025-2026 academic year, the UC Santa Cruz Arts Division is welcoming two new faculty members who bring fresh energy, ideas, and expertise that will enrich our academic and creative community.
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UC Santa Cruz professor Derek Conrad Murray appointed Editor-in-Chief of leading arts publication
Derek Conrad Murray, Professor of History of Art & Visual Culture (HAVC), has recently been appointed editor-in-chief of Art Journal. After previously serving on the journal’s editorial board, Murray will be taking on an expansive position where he can shepherd the journal’s distinguished mission for the next three years.
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Welcome the new faculty in the Arts Division
As a new quarter starts, the Arts Division is welcoming eight new faculty members who represent the creativity, diversity, and thoughtfulness that are key pieces of the division’s identity.
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New internship program gives high school students a hands-on education in art
A first for high school students in Santa Cruz County, the Institute for Arts & Sciences just wrapped up its inaugural youth program, Art For All. Funded by the Monterey Peninsula Foundation,The program brings together high school juniors and seniors from around the Santa Cruz area to give them a hands-on, behind-the scenes look at…
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The UCSC Arts Division presents Los Mejicas annual Spring show ‘Grupo Folklorico’
As one of the oldest organizations on campus, Los Mejicas has over half a century of bringing people together to celebrate their Mexican heritage. Their upcoming annual spring show, which marks the 52nd anniversary of the groups existence, celebrates traditional dance forms from six different regions in Mexico.
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UC Santa Cruz Arts Division Presents ‘Find Your Path!’
Find Your Path! is a two-day experience that guides students through potential career pathways through both in person and online events.
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UC Santa Cruz Arts Division presents “An Iliad”
Professor Patty Gallagher, in collaboration with other UCSC faculty, arranged an upcoming of ‘An Iliad,’ a retelling of Homer’s classic. The show represents years of work, and has been showing around the world since 2022.
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UC Santa Cruz Arts Division presents “Search Party”
The Environmental Art & Social Practice (EASP) MFA looks at the intersection of the arts in terms of climate change and other systemic conflicts. This year’s MFA show is the second ever and features work from seven artists.
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April in Santa Cruz Creative Music and Arts Festival 2024: “A Time For Change”
The annual month-long celebration of the arts is back at UC Santa Cruz. There will be a dozen performances by talented professionals in art forms including dance, animation and much more.
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Dean Celine Parreñas Shimizu launches her new book: “The Movies of Racial Childhoods”
To celebrate, Shimizu will be hosting a book launch on the University of California, Santa Cruz Campus at the Sesnon Gallery, where the book will be available for purchase from Two Birds Books. The book will be discussed in conversation with Shimizu and the Sesnon Gallery director Valeria Miranda.
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The Center for Creative Ecologies presents “Nuclear Nows: Contemporary Art, Radiation, and Militarized Ecologies”
This two-part symposium is the work of Zoe Weldon-Yochim, a Ph.D. Candidate in Visual Studies, in collaboration with T.J. Demos, Professor in the Department of the History of Art and Visual Culture and Director of the Center for Creative Ecologies, and will discuss the intersection of contemporary art, militarized ecologies, and nuclear nationalism.