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blue lights in shape of trees and roots
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Ethan Turpin & Naomi Tague
"Tree Water," detail, 2024

How an artist and a scientist uncovered hidden landscapes  

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The beauty of thinking differently, reflected in art
blue infinity pool rectangular shape overlooking the hills
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Tycho Saariste
Helena Arahuete, Interior of the Roscoe house ("House above the Morning Clouds"), 2009

Modernists defined organic architecture, Helena Arahuete is making it current 
Painting of a friend by Lyra Purugganan

Take a friend to an artist’s studio
Graham Feyl and Sylvia Faichney
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Debra Herrick
Graham Feyl and Sylvia Faichney

‘Love and care outside normativity’ — a new art show immerses viewers in queer placemaking
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Making change, and creating justice, through art
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Artist residency merges hands-on creativity and cutting-edge science
Alex Lukas
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Debra Herrick
Artist and assistant professor Alex Lukas in his studio

Documenting names crafted in public places with nails, tar, bark and bubblegum, artist Alex Lukas releases 12th edition of his fanzine
Art, Design & Architecture Museum
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Ruben Diaz
Art, Design & Architecture Museum, UC Santa Barbara

An art museum with a defining collection of Southern California architecture & design
Artist collage by Angela YT Chan
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Angela YT Chan
Angela YT Chan's collage series is featured in the "Holding Sway" collection of photo essays

The curious histories and lives of seaweeds, revealed in stories and photos
Installation view of ceramic and weaving exhibition
Photo Credit
Ruben Diaz
Sarah Rosalena, "Pointing Star," Installation, Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara

Art professor and artist Sarah Rosalena draws inspiration from the stars, technology and her ancestors
A woman seen from behind standing a window that opens to a brick wall
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Courtesy photo
The piece "Hope," by an anonymous artist, is part of the exhibition "Woman. Life. Freedom."

A gesture of solidarity, by way of art, with the struggle for Iranian women’s rights
Ceramic reproduction of a meat market store front.
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Ruben Diaz
Christopher Suarez, La Gaviota Meat Market, detail, 2022, ceramic

To lionize his Long Beach barrio, Christopher Suarez turns to clay
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