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color photograph of art students working on a mural
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Yumiko Glover
UCSB ART 100 students working on the Lane Room Mural, summer 2026

Student artists produce themed mural for Department of Political Science

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A woman in a cloak and with snakes for hair sings on a blackened stage
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Luca Meyers
In their new musical, 'A Legacy of Stone,' student-run Shrunken Heads Production Company explore how Medusa became a symbol of female rage.

Student theater company offers new view of Medusa with musical, ‘A Legacy of Stone’
a painting of festively dressed men and women at Fiesta
A student work at the "Finding Fiesta" museum exhibit at Casa de la Guerra

Young students tap UCSB archive to reflect on century-old Fiesta celebration
Black and white 1970s era portrait of Luis J. Rodriguez
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Courtesy UCSB Library
Luis J. Rodriguez is a pivotal artist and public figure whose life and work illuminate the modern history of Chicanismo

Luis J. Rodriguez Papers at UCSB Library document life and work of the renowned author and activist
color photograph of artist Jackie Amezquita working on a mural
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Gina Clyne, courtesy of the artist, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, and Los Angeles Nomadic Division
The AD&A Museum show by Guatemalan-born artist Jackie Amézquita (center) will include "Gemidos de la Tierra (Wailings of the Land/Soil)," a public activation of her work on Día de los Muertos (Nov. 1)

Fall arts abound across campus and community
Dolly Parton the icon with platinum blond hair helmet, blue eye shadow and yellow chiffon dress
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Harry Langdon; Copyright Rock Negatives / MediaPunch 2026
Dolly Parton in 1977

We’ll always love Dolly Parton, Dollyologist explains
A white building with blue steeples and red doors lit up at night
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Courtesy Ensemble Theatre Company
The New Vic Theatre in downtown Santa Barbara

UCSB’s LAUNCH PAD, Ensemble Theatre Company partner on new play readings at the New Vic
Artist in black clothing in front of monumental textile work in red, blue, white and black
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Damien Maloney
Associate Professor of Art Sarah Rosalena with "Threading the Infinite: Omnidirectional Terrain" in LACMA's new Geffen Galleries.

Sarah Rosalena creates monumental textile work for LACMA’s new galleries
An illustration of two fishes with the skin unwrapped to reveal the internal anatomy: skeleton on the left and organs on the right.
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Jessica Eggers
With its fantastical illustrations and offbeat humor, "Gonzo Ichthyology" leads readers through topics in fish biology and other flights of fancy.

Ichthyology meets ‘Through the Looking Glass,’ in pen and ink
scene from ucsb student theatrical production of animal farm
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Jeff Liang
Scene from UCSB Department of Theater and Dance production of "Animal Farm," February 2026

UCSB student-produced plays collect theater awards
A book titled The Correspondence of Henry D. Thoreau: Volume 3: 1857–1862 is propped on a stone wall with a building marked Library blurred in the background.
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Courtesy UCSB Library
A copy of "Correspondence Volume 3" photographed in front of UCSB Library's Paseo West entrance.

UCSB’s Thoreau Edition publishes final volume of Henry David Thoreau’s correspondence
book cover inside abstracted image of book cover as blurry background

New collection examines the lasting effects of purity culture
small model house with blue light
Alexis Childress, Experienced Isolation: Home, 2025, Digital Sculpture

MFA students featured in exhibition at AD&A Museum
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