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What a blast! Our welcome events this week were an What a blast! Our welcome events this week were an incredible way to kick off the academic year! Thanks to everyone who stopped by to celebrate with us 🎉 we are so grateful to amazing clubs and organizations who came to share opportunities with our students! And a big thank you to the fantastic staff who made it all possible 😄
Starting off F’23 at the Glassbox with a show fe Starting off F’23 at the Glassbox with a show featuring ceramics by 3rd year MFA student @dannahmari_art made during her residency with @venturapotterygallery at @claystudiosb đŸȘ©
🎉 Join us for an exciting Welcome Fair, Lunch, 🎉 Join us for an exciting Welcome Fair, Lunch, and Art Lab Open House on Wednesday, September 27th! 🎹 Welcome Fair: 10 AM - 12 PM in the Arts Building Courtyard 🎉 Undergrads, this one's for you! Explore clubs and campus resources, including Figure Drawing Club, Gaucho Graphics, Isla Vista Arts, the SB Creative Lab, and more! Enjoy some music and grab a slice of pizza at noon as we kick off the new academic year! Let's come together and celebrate! Art Lab Open House: 1 PM - 4 PM Students and faculty, discover our fantastic labs! Meet the staff and learn about the exciting changes. 👉 Swipe for more details! We can't wait to see you there! đŸ„ł
New CCS course by 2023-24 CCS Fellow and Alumnus @ New CCS course by 2023-24 CCS Fellow and Alumnus @kevinclancy.studio (MFA 23): BITS + ATOMS: SCULPTURE AND EXTENDED MEDIA IN THE DIGITAL AGE Course Number: Art CS 120, Section 1 Enrollment Code: 71407 Instructor: Kevin Clancy Date & Time: MW 11:00AM-12:50PM Location: Bldg 494, Room 136 Course Description: This studio art course will focus on new hybrid forms of interdisciplinary practice enabled by the tools and conditions of the Internet, Digital Fabrication, Computer Graphics, and Extended Reality. Students will experiment with a range of methods of capture, augmentation, glitch, and dissemination; combining traditional sculpture and mold-making techniques (silicone, alginate, and plaster) with new forms of photogrammetry, digital fabrication (laser cutting and 3D printing), 3D modeling, and Virtual Reality to explore generative translations between material and digital realms. Students are encouraged to reflect critically on their own relationships with technology and to take an interdisciplinary, experimental, and conceptually rigorous approach to their projects.
The Glassbox Gallery is now accepting applications The Glassbox Gallery is now accepting applications for the fall quarter! For any more questions, please email Lyra Purugganan at lyrapurugganan@ucsb.edu
Today is the last day to see “Tributaries” @ad Today is the last day to see “Tributaries” @adamuseum open 12-5 pm #raywu
Selection of fantastic final projects from @kimwan Selection of fantastic final projects from @kimwantscoffee ‘s Art 12 class Spring 23 đŸ’„
The Department of Art and the UCSB Art, Design, an The Department of Art and the UCSB Art, Design, and Architecture Museum are delighted to announce “tributaries”, an end-of-the-year exhibition showcasing and celebrating some of the finest work of our current undergraduate students. Reflecting a wide range of materials and approaches, the artwork is not unlike the tributaries of a river that reaches together to create a synthesis of expression. This exhibition includes mixed media, sculpture and installation, video, painting and drawing, photography, digital media, print, and book arts. Saturday, June 10, 2023 to Sunday, June 18, 2023 Closing Reception: Saturday, June 17th, 2:30-4:30 pm (following the UCSB Art Department Graduation Ceremony) Located in the courtyard behind the Art, Design, and Architecture Museum. @adamuseum #adamuseum #undergraduate #tributaries #ucsb
Repost from @matttjjjohnson with new photos of his Repost from @matttjjjohnson with new photos of his thesis installation: Paranoia, The Destroyer, 2023 . Dimensional lumber, plywood, house paint, dish soap stencil, spray paint, corrugated steel, hardware . Auxiliary material: 2500w Carvin power amp, 2x Yamaha SV12 speakers, 2x12 Carvin bass speaker, 15-reverse avalanche oscillator box, Korg monophonic, Ableton Push, MacBook, Harbinger LV-7 mixer, cables, Rat ProCo, TC Electronics Ditto, Shure SM-58 . Work made for my MFA thesis at UC Santa Barbara, installed at the “gravel pit” overlooking the lagoon outside the AD&A Museum . This work was heavily influenced by the concept of superimposed realities, Philip K. Dick, the architecture of Harder Stadium, UCSB’s former life as a U.S. Marine Air Base, and my experiences growing up on various U.S. Navy bases, particularly Guantanamo Bay. . The towers house sound producing equipment, both purchased and self-designed, which reference the Havana Syndrome, a series of sonic attacks suffered by US diplomats in Cuba. The CIA has concluded these attacks to be a case of mass delusion. . Photos are courtesy of Troy Small . Thank you to my thesis committee Shana Moulton, Alex Lukas, and Colin Gardner
This Thursday, Rita McBride will give the final le This Thursday, Rita McBride will give the final lecture in our Spring 2023 Visiting Artist Speaker Series! Thursday, June 8th, 5 pm at Embarcadero Hall 935 Embarcadero del Norte, Isla Vista, CA 93117 Free and open to the public Rita McBride was born in Des Moines, Iowa in 1960. She currently lives and works in DĂŒsseldorf, Germany and Los Alamos, California. She received a BA from Bard College and an MFA from the California Institute of the Arts. In 1987, she began to explore architectural and sculptural form in works ranging from small scale objects to large public commissions. She is the recipient of the Lee Krasner Award for lifetime achievement (2021-23). Her major public commissions include Practicing (in collaboration with Jeanne van den Horst) (2022); National Chain 2020 / Social Practices (in collaboration with Alexandra Waierstall and Fontys Dance Academy), De Pont Museum, Tilburg, Particulates, Dia Art Foundation, New York (2017); Portal, Liverpool Biennial of Contemporary Art (2016); Obelisk of Tutankhamum, Cologne (2017); Donkey!s Way, Mönchengladbach (2016); Artifacts (C.W.D), P.S. 315, Queens, New York (2015); Bells and Whistles, The New School, New York, (2014); Mae West, Munich (2011); and Arena, Kunstinstituut Melly (formerly Witte de With), Rotterdam (1997). Institutional solo exhibitions include Particulates, Hammer Museum (2023); Arena, Bauhaus Museum Dessau; Explorer, Wiels, Brussels (2017); gesellschaft, Kestner Gesellschaft, Hannover and Kunsthalle DĂŒsseldorf (2015–2016); Public Tilt, Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego (2014); TransacciĂłn pĂșblica, Museo Tamayo, Mexico City (2013–14); Public Tender, Museu d!Art Contemporani de Barcelona (2012); Previously, Kunstmuseum Winterthur, Switzerland (2010); and Public Works, Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach (2008).
THIS THURSDAY June 8 at 7pm in the Multicultural c THIS THURSDAY June 8 at 7pm in the Multicultural center theater. Come see "From the Heart into the Mouth" a showcase of original written work, performed by the artists themselves! It features both solo and group pieces. You will laugh, you may cry... you don't want to miss it!!
@kevinclancy.studio constructs delicate, entangled @kevinclancy.studio constructs delicate, entangled relics of human-computer interactions ablaze in the ominous, yet ethereal, glow of an uncertain future. See his installation “Screen Time Paradox” in the Jewel Box as part of the 2023 MFA show “Chaotic Good”, up now - June 4th at the @adamuseum
Artist and part-time geologist @danikwan surveys Artist and part-time geologist @danikwan surveys the landscape of California through scientific research methods, bridging the divide between the white cube and the geosphere. See their installation at the 2023 MFA show “Chaotic Good” up now - June 4th at the @adamuseum
@johnnyonionseed solidifies his multiverse of exis @johnnyonionseed solidifies his multiverse of existence, offering a glimpse into another world, another realm, and another state of being with the heads, bodies, and words of strangers as your copilot. See his work at the 2023 MFA show “Chaotic Good” up now - June 4th at the @adamuseum. Photos by Troy Small.
Great review of the 2023 MFA thesis show @adamuseu Great review of the 2023 MFA thesis show @adamuseum by Josef Woodward in @sbindependent: “Living up to a historic reputation, this year’s MFA brigade has engineered a mostly benevolent takeover of the University’s Art, Design & Architecture Museum. It’s a short run, guerrilla theatre–style, through June 4. Don’t miss it.” https://www.independent.com/2023/05/30/post-post-modern-chaotic-funhouse/
NOW - 06/10 @ THE GLASSBOX ROOM B á‘Œâ“œïœ‚â„đ’¶l Stefanie Rodriguez & Jossilete Serrano. "Umbral" delves into the enigmatic concept of thresholds, immersing viewers in a world of intricate connections between passion and pain, the convergence of physical and spiritual realms, and the profound boundaries within ourselves, evoking contemplation on the complexities of relationships and the transformative power of thresholds. Jossilete’s artwork in “Umbral” helped her create a positive perception of shame. They attempted to overcome feeling uncomfortable in their body by using it as an object, alluding to the objectification of female bodies in media and entertainment. They cross the threshold between art and sex, exploring sexuality as something human and normal rather than something shameful, in doing so they challenge the taboo of keeping intimacy private. They also address shame about not feeling American or Latine enough, and how guilt pertaining to religion and sexuality is conflicting and painful, but addressing it proves to be the beginning of the path to freeing ones heart and soul from the shackles of that same guilt. Stefanie explores Latin American culture and it’s cosmovisions. Their artistic expression draws inspiration from the art of storytelling, utilizing a blend of fabricated and organic landscapes, symbolism, and dialectics. Within their work, they traverse the realms of the real and the imaginary, exploring both physical and spiritual realms.
This Thursday at 5:00pm in Embarcadero Hall: Organ This Thursday at 5:00pm in Embarcadero Hall: Organizing as Practice, a conversation with Karen Galloway (Sow & Tailor) Paulina Lara (LaPau Gallery) and Ezequiel Olvera (Court Space) on new spaces and budding modalities for supporting the arts in Los Angeles. From commercial galleries to artist-run spaces and community organizations, each participant has cultivated a creative practice that builds and holds space for emerging artistic practices. Their ongoing work, integral to the robust cultural landscape of Southern California, questions and expands the historical canon of how art is viewed and displayed, redefining our understanding of what an exhibition space can entail. @sowandtailor @lapaugallery @court_space
DIEGO BECERRA This week - June 9th in GlassBox Roo DIEGO BECERRA This week - June 9th in GlassBox Room A. By employing multimedia sculptures, crafted fine furniture, drawings/paintings, photography, and select writings, this exhibition explores themes of identity, memory, and sense of home. Under this umbrella, subspecific concepts such as transitory movement/growth, trauma, and psychological states will be investigated. Apart from subject matter and content, these notions will be reinforced by means of transitional space, tactile qualities, and dimensions of light/sculptural forms. Opening reception Wednesday, May 31st 2023 - 5:30-8pm.
One more week to see “Chaotic Good” MFA exhibi One more week to see “Chaotic Good” MFA exhibition at UCSB Art Design + Architecture Museum. 6/4 is last day - open Wed-Sun, noon to 5pm.
Videos by MFA student Maja SkjĂžth Hegelund, curre Videos by MFA student Maja SkjĂžth Hegelund, currently on view in the UCSB MFS thesis exhibition: Chaotic Good
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