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European Renaissance painting of Black woman blowing bubble gum in a gold frame on a blue wall with highlighted images of other Black Renaissance figures
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Connecting the past to the present, the documentary "We Were Here" sparks conversations about representation, belonging and historical memory.

Europe’s hidden Black Africans of the Renaissance

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Carsey-Wolf Center to screen Iraq War drama “Our River ... Our Sky”
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New Carsey-Wolf Center initiative shines a light on influence, impact of Black artists
The words "BRINGING BACK OUT WETLAND" over the wetland
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Michael Love

The story of restoring the North Campus Open Space documented in film
Multiple faces of young people and the movie poster for Hiding in Plain: Youth Mental Illness Sight

UCSB Arts & Lectures resumes its Justice for All series with examination of mental health
Diego Ratto turns knobs on a controller in front of a laptop with a guitar strapped to his shoulder
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Davide Sciaky
Diego Ratto

Graduate student receives award in international acousmatic music composition
Gerardo Aldana wears a suit and stands in front of a Wakanda Forever poster which features King Namor
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Gerardo Aldana at the world premier of Wakanda Forever. Among other things, he consulted on King Namor's headdress and spear, pictured in the poster.

Historian Gerardo Aldana, an expert in Mesoamerican civilizations, consults on “Wakanda Forever,” propelling his research into the MCU — and ending up on screen
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A 35-millimeter landscaped portrait from the "Get Shorty" press kit, as seen in "Still Film"

Experimental ‘Still Film’ interrogates cinematic memory
Jill Beale standing in front of garden

What Water Wants

Visionary Exhibitions

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indian man and woman on a dinner date

A Ray of Light
Dancers posing dramatically in a group on stage

Delight in the Arts
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