On April 8, a computational origami exhibit will be on display at the Eloise Pickard Smith art gallery in Cowell. Computational origami lies in the realm of computer science, where geometry plays a vital role creating new origami designs.
Natural Selection, a site-specific installation by UCSC alumni Katarina Lanfranco, opens in the Sesnon Gallery Feb 2. The piece discusses issues of culture and nativity through a ikebana paper-cut forest.
With burgeoning internship opportunities in rural Guatemala, UCSC students can now work with ‘Ayudame A Pintar Mi Futuro,’ a program that aims to alleviate poverty and promote education through art.
While it may be difficult to envision a time when the notoriously liberal town of Santa Cruz actively supported a war, it is precisely this sentiment that the Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History (MAH) will be remembering. The MAH, along with the McPherson Center and the UC Santa Cruz History of Art and [...]
The Sesnon Gallery at Porter College celebrates its 40th anniversary this month with an art exhibition, Time Lapse. The exhibit features never-before-displayed art by artists who had previously had works exhibited at the gallery.
This Friday, late author Paul Bowles’ writing and music will be honored. Unique performances of short stories, spoken word, opera, ensemble pieces and personal anecdotes will celebrate the 20th century modernist thinker.
A visit to the Santa Cruz Art League reception reveals a deep community, characterized by lively people and interpretations of the “Local Essence.”
Recently graduated from UC Santa Cruz with a degree in the Fine Arts, Cahill Wessel takes a unique approach at his art by combining familiar objects at random, and is a fresh new addition to this month’s First Friday art exhibitions. While Wessel’s work may be provocative and sometimes even shocking, it also gives the viewer a space for his or her own interpretation.
At the Santa Cruz Art League gallery, the local artistic community delivers unique depictions of the area they live in.
From watercolor paintings to lithography, there’s a conglomerate of artists in Santa Cruz who have opened their doors to let people in on their creative process.