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A student looks at images of bees in the library corridor.
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Harrison Tasoff
Natural history collections like the one housed at UCSB’s Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration hold valuable data accumulated over 100 years.

Take a microscopic look at our native bees at the UCSB Library

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Ceramic reproduction of a meat market store front.
Photo Credit
Ruben Diaz
Christopher Suarez, La Gaviota Meat Market, detail, 2022, ceramic

To lionize his Long Beach barrio, Christopher Suarez turns to clay
Harmonia Rosales, Birth of Oshun, detail, 2017, oil on canvas
Harmonia Rosales, Birth of Oshun, detail, 2017, oil on canvas

Harmonia Rosales recasts the Renaissance with West African tales from the same period
Orange glass bottle mosaic structure with dolls and miscellanea
Inside one of the unique dwellings by California folk artist Tressa "Grandma" Prisbrey.

Bottle Village and the impact of transportation on midcentury folk art
Installation views of Sandy Rodriguez — Unfolding Histories: 200 Years of Resistance
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Ruben Diaz
Installation views of Sandy Rodriguez — Unfolding Histories: 200 Years of Resistance

Artist Sandy Rodriguez illuminates forgotten pasts of the Central Coast
wavy symmetrical pattern in black and white
From "Phantom Waves" by George Legrady

George Legrady's Phantom Waves, new algorithmic art
Lukas Kraak and Noah Weiss stand with their art piece "Anthroterra"
Photo Credit
Jeff Liang
Lukas Kraak, left, and Noah Weiss, right, are the artists behind “Anthroterra.”

New library installation attempts to spark serious thinking about human impacts on the environment

Gallery ‘Game Day’
Dancers posing dramatically in a group on stage

Delight in the Arts
ten foot tall leather jacket on display in an art gallery

Contemporary Art, Historical Resonance

Mapuche Voices

Revealing Images of a Revolutionary Era

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