Today's Events & Exhibitions

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A Powerful Voice: Nurturing Creativity--Female Book Artists at the College of Creative Studies
  • Thu, 04/06/2017 - 8:00am to Fri, 08/11/2017 - 5:00pm
Location: Special Research Collections
Exhibition

This exhibition exposes the intimate power of women’s voices through book arts. As scholar and printer Johanna Drucker reminds us: “Women create authority in the world by structuring a relation between enclosure and exposure. The women who make books out of the materials of their lives and...

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Upcoming Events & Exhibitions

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Banks Florilegium
Botanical Illustrations and Scientific Discovery-- Joseph Banks and the Exploration of the South Pacific, 1768-1771
  • Wed, 09/20/2017 - 8:00am to Fri, 02/23/2018 - 5:00pm
Location: Special Research Collections
Exhibition

The UCSB Library presents Botanical Illustrations and Scientific Discovery – Joseph Banks and the Exploration of the South Pacific, 1768-1771, an exploration of the impact of 18th century botanical illustrations.

Join British Botanist, Sir Joseph Banks, on a journey of...

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Exhibition Opening for Botanical Illustrations and Scientific Discovery-- Joseph Banks and the Exploration of the South Pacific, 1768-1771
  • Thu, 10/12/2017 - 5:00pm
Location: Special Research Collections
Event

A reception and talk to celebrate the opening of the UCSB Library's new exhibition Botanical Illustrations and Scientific Discovery-- Joseph Banks and the Exploration of the South Pacific, 1768-1771. Details to follow.

Event is free and open to the public.