Events & Exhibitions on 08/18/2018

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Bechdel, A. (2006). Fun home : A family tragicomic. Boston: Houghton Mifflin
Wonder Women: Finding Women’s Voices in U.S. Comics
  • Wed, 09/27/2017 - 8:00am to Sat, 09/15/2018 - 5:00pm
Location: Third Floor Gallery, Ocean Side
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Thanks in part to Hollywood’s insatiable desire for superhero blockbusters, the nearly 100-year old comic book industry in the United States has seen a major resurgence in sales and public interest since 2010. Despite the rising mainstream attention, the comic book industry remains largely...

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James Bay Cree
The James Bay Cree in 1973
  • Thu, 01/18/2018 - 8:00am to Thu, 11/15/2018 - 5:00pm
Location: Art & Architecture Collection
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Hours for Art & Architecture differ from regular UCSB Library hours.  Please check before visiting.

A photographic study of the James Bay Cree taken in four Cree villages in northern Quebec in 1973 at a time when the Cree were starting their negotiations with the...

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Garimpeiros: The Wildcat Gold Miners of the Amazon Rainforest
  • Fri, 02/09/2018 - 8:00am to Fri, 08/31/2018 - 5:00pm
Location: Ocean Gallery
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Visit the online exhibition here. 
 

The UCSB Library presents an exhibition of photographs of gold mines in the...

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El Pilar House
Teaching Exhibition: Pre-Columbian Arts of the Americas
  • Mon, 04/02/2018 - 8:00am to Thu, 09/20/2018 - 5:00pm
Location: Art & Architecture Collection
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On view at the UCSB Library in collaboration with UCSB’s Art, Design, & Architecture (AD&A) Museum and the UCSB MesoAmerican Research Center (MARC), the UCSB Library is pleased to present this exhibition as part of MARC's outreach to expand the knowledge of the Arts of Pre-...

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Coneotus Splendidulus
Art of Science, 2018
  • Fri, 07/06/2018 - 8:00am to Thu, 12/20/2018 - 5:00pm
Location: Mountain Gallery
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This exhibition features the winners of the annual Art of Science competition organized by UCSB’s Schuller Lab and Center for Science and Engineering Partnerships at the California NanoSystems Institute. The UCSB Library is proud to showcase these eye...

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Anna Blake School
The Anna S. C. Blake Manual Training School: The Remarkable Antecedent of UC Santa Barbara
  • Fri, 07/06/2018 - 8:00am to Thu, 01/03/2019 - 5:00pm
Location: Mountain Gallery
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In 1892, Anna S. C. Blake, a wealthy Bostonian who relocated to Santa Barbara, founded the Santa Barbara Sloyd School in the city’s downtown. Sloyd schools emphasized manual training and were closely linked to European folk art traditions and the Arts and Crafts movement. Renamed the Anna Blake...