Arts
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Santa Cruz Film Festival spotlights UCSC faculty on May 30
The Santa Cruz Film Festival will spotlight works by faculty of the UC Santa Cruz Film and Digital Media Department on Friday, May 30, at 7:30 p.m. at the Media Theater on the campus. Admission is $8 general, $7 students. The program will include selected personal films by department chair Chip Lord, Associate Professor Lawrence…
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UC Santa Cruz honors 2003 Irwin Scholars at Sesnon Art Gallery
Julia DeGuzman decided to apply to UC Santa Cruz four years ago during a trip down from Oakland to visit friends on campus. “I saw the Art Department and I thought to myself, this is where I’d like to create my work,” the 21-year-old senior recalled. Apparently, she made the right decision. DeGuzman has been…
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Spring celebration of the arts at UC Santa Cruz on May 18
Jazz, opera, dance, sculpture, 3-D art, literary readings, Latin American songs, and Shakespearean theater will emanate from the tranquil gardens of the UC Santa Cruz Arboretum on Sunday, May 18, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. It’s all part of “Art in the Arboretum,” the annual spring celebration of creativity held on the university campus.…
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Art history professor awarded Fulbright-Hays research grant to study in Africa
Elisabeth L. Cameron, assistant professor of art history, has been honored with a Fulbright-Hays research grant to study African culture for the 2003-04 academic year. She is one of only 33 faculty nationwide to receive this prestigious award. Cameron will travel to Zambia in September to examine the visual culture, gender roles, and power relationships…
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Kodak grants help keep film alive at UC Santa Cruz
A $2,000 grant from the Eastman Kodak Company will help keep film alive in the UC Santa Cruz digital arts program. The grant, which takes the form of Kodak motion picture camera film, was awarded in recognition of the overall program quality of the UCSC Film and Digital Media Department. This marks the third consecutive…
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UCSC to present Pacific Rim Festival April 2-30 featuring works of over 40 distinguished composers
UC Santa Cruz will present the work of more than 40 distinguished composers April 2-30 at the 2003 Pacific Rim Music Festival, a month-long international celebration of the contemporary music of the Pacific Rim. The festival will include 12 performances of seven different programs that will take place at the Music Center Recital Hall on…
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Folksinger Rosalie Sorrels to give free concert at UC Santa Cruz Library
Folksinger, storyteller, and social activist Rosalie Sorrels will present a free public concert, Friday, February 14, at 4:30 p.m. at the UC Santa Cruz Library’s Special Collections. Social activist will donate peace quilt to archives in Special Collections During the event, Sorrels will officially present the Peace Quilt to her growing archive at UCSC. Since…
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Actress/professor to direct award-winning Mexican play at UC Santa Cruz
Between Pancho Villa and a Naked Woman, a play by one of Mexico’s most vital modern playwrights, has been a huge success story for Mexican theater. Its premiere production earned seven awards from the Mexican Critics Association in 1994, including Best New Play of the Year, and the show was eventually made into an award-winning…
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UC Santa Cruz art exhibition to feature distinctive works by new faculty
The Sesnon Art Gallery at UC Santa Cruz will kick off the new year with Faculty Works: 2003, an exhibition featuring the distinctive work of three new members of the art faculty. This diverse show, running January 15 through February 15, will include contemporary photography, painting, and installation by Melissa Gwyn, Lewis Watts, and Elliot…
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Banana slug inspires new children’s book dedicated to UC Santa Cruz campus mascot
A chance encounter with a banana slug on a rainy-day visit to UC Santa Cruz has inspired the plot of a brand-new children’s book dedicated to the campus mascot. Sally Slug, written by Anne Neufeld Levin and illustrated by Patricia Rebele, explores a day in the life of a colorful banana slug family that lives…
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Two UCSC faculty members receive Fulbright Scholar Awards
Two faculty members at the University of California, Santa Cruz, have been honored with Fulbright Scholar Awards for the 2002-03 academic year. Kathy Foley, professor of theater arts, and Hi Kyung Kim, associate professor of music, join approximately 800 U.S. faculty and professionals who will travel abroad to 140 countries over the next year through…
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UCSC Wind Ensemble to perform in Australia at Sydney Opera House
The UCSC Wind Ensemble has been invited to represent the United States at the 2003 International Music Festival to be held next June at the renowned Opera House in Sydney, Australia. An offshoot of the 1986 World Expo held in Brisbane, the festival brings a variety of concert bands, choirs, orchestras, jazz, and string ensembles…