What's Current in

Arts

Dolly Parton the icon with platinum blond hair helmet, blue eye shadow and yellow chiffon dress
Photo Credit
Harry Langdon; Copyright Rock Negatives / MediaPunch 2026
Dolly Parton in 1977

We’ll always love Dolly Parton, Dollyologist explains

Read Article

Channing Peake-Pablo Picasso

Art, Design & Architecture Museum Focuses on War, Friendship, and Architectural Visions Unrealized

Music Students Take First Place in Performing Arts Scholarship Competition

Book by UC Santa Barbara Music Professor Studies Noise Music in Japan

Music Professor's Book Examines Composer Charles Ives and the Shifting American Identity

Composing America

Art, Design & Architecture Museum Showcases the Work of MFA Students

Theater Troupe to Premiere Medieval — and Bawdy — French Farces at UCSB

Exhibition at Art, Design & Architecture Museum Highlights Work of Architects Whitney Smith and Wayne Williams

Icelandic Novelist and Poet Sjón to Speak at UCSB

Religious Studies Scholar Receives Guggenheim Fellowship

Television Producer Marcy Carsey Named Chair of UC Santa Barbara Foundation

UCSB Theater Arts Scholar Wins Prestigious Book Prize
Subscribe to Arts