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Theater arts professor receives NEH fellowship plus UC President's grant for book on dance legend Martha Graham

May 28, 2010 UC Santa Cruz theater arts professor Mark Franko has received a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship to complete a book on legendary dancer, choreographer, and modern dance pioneer Martha...

UCSC to celebrate Grand Opening of Digital Arts Research Center on April 29

Apr 19, 2010 UC Santa Cruz will celebrate the arts and a commitment to collaboration, innovation, and community on Thursday, April 29, when the campus officially opens its new Digital Arts Research Center. ...

Professor's documentary on folklórico premieres Saturday

Feb 28, 2010 As a Merrill College undergraduate, Olga Nájera-Ramírez discovered Mexican folklórico dance and was immediately captivated. It has become a lifelong interest. Now, the UC Santa...

'UCSC Celebrates Pixar'--a week of lectures and film screenings in Santa Cruz--Oct. 20-23

Oct 2, 2009 “UC Santa Cruz Celebrates Pixar”—a week of lectures and film screenings—takes place October 20-23, in downtown Santa Cruz and on the UCSC campus....

UC Santa Cruz names new dean of the arts

May 7, 2009 David Yager--an innovative visual artist with a wide expertise in exploring how the arts can be applied to directly address social problems--has been appointed the new dean of the UC Santa Cruz Arts...

New book dedicated to work of international literary scholar/founding UCSC faculty member

Mar 4, 2009 A Touch More Rare: Harry Berger, Jr. and the Art of Interpretation (Fordham University Press, 2009) celebrates more than four decades of groundbreaking work by UC Santa Cruz emeritus professor...

UCSC professor to showcase hi-tech interactive art project in Prague

Feb 24, 2009 UCSC assistant art professor Jennifer Parker has brought a unique, high-tech, multi-media/multi-sensory exhibit to the Czech Republic....

Alumnus-lecturer creates Renaissance-style paintings for Wisconsin church

Apr 11, 2008 For the past year, UCSC alumnus and Art Department lecturer Noah Buchanan has been working to create two larger-than-life paintings for a new Renaissance-style church recently built in Wisconsin....

Emeritus academics reflect on 41 years of McHenry Library

Nov 11, 2007 The past and the present merged at McHenry Library last Tuesday when three emeritus professors and a founding librarian joined together to reflect on the 41-year history of the UCSC library....

UCSC Arts & Lectures season opens Oct. 7 with acclaimed one-man show

Sep 23, 2007 UC Santa Cruz Arts & Lectures kicks off its 2007-08 season on Sunday, October 7, with Emergence-See!, a provocative one-man show created by award-winning actor Daniel Beaty. Beaty portrays...