Events & Exhibitions on 11/21/2025

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Creative Currents Archival Image
  • Mon, 12/02/2024 - 12:00pm to Tue, 03/17/2026 - 12:00pm
Location: Sara Miller McCune Arts Library
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The study of the arts is an essential element of a classical education. With world-renowned faculty in Art & Architecture, Dance, Film & Media Studies, Music, Studio Art, and Theater, and the nation’s only Bachelor’s degree in the field of Book Arts, UCSB enables students of all...

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Offset grid of undergraduate research posters
  • Mon, 07/14/2025 - 8:00am to Fri, 12/12/2025 - 5:00pm
Location: Mountain Gallery
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This exhibition showcases fifteen research posters selected by a jury of UCSB librarians during the UCSB Office of Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities’ 2025 Poster Colloquium. Outstanding undergraduate research from the humanities and fine arts, social sciences, and science,...

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Weaved dust jackets
  • Mon, 09/15/2025 - 8:00am to Fri, 03/13/2026 - 5:00pm
Location: Ethnic & Gender Studies Collection
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UCSB Library presents an art installation by artist Elena Yu, exploring histories of the Ethnic and Gender Studies Collection (EGSC) and space in celebration of its 30th anniversary. 

In Fall 2023, Yu was invited to create artworks in response to the history of the EGSC. The artist was...

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Five triangles with detail images of Art of Science Competition entries
  • Mon, 09/22/2025 - 8:00am to Fri, 03/13/2026 - 5:00pm
Location: Ocean Gallery
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Art and science are often seen as distinct, yet both thrive on creativity. Scientists, like artists, seek new perspectives, experiment with ideas, and push boundaries to reveal something novel. The Art of Science competition at UCSB celebrates this shared spirit of innovation, transforming...

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The Act Poster
  • Mon, 10/06/2025 - 8:00am to Fri, 12/05/2025 - 8:00am
Location: Mountain Gallery
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This exhibition showcases historic Broadway posters from collector Richard C. Norton, a comprehensive selection of musical theater posters 1972 to the present ranging from the famous to the obscure, from the celebrated to the damned. These posters offer insight into the evolution of American...

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A globe divided into 16 parts each with a detail of a mouth on a yellow background
  • Wed, 10/15/2025 - 9:00am to Fri, 06/12/2026 - 4:00pm
Location: Special Research Collections
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"Through most of our lives and work, Cedric and I have had deep commitments to collaboration, internationalism, and solidarity movements."

–Elizabeth Robinson, 2024

This exhibition documents the life’s work of Cedric J. Robinson and Elizabeth Peters...