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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

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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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Courtesy UCSB MCC
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
700 Palms, Venice, CA
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Ehrhard Pfeiffer
700 Palms, Venice, California, Ehrlich Architects

Archive of multicultural modernist architect Steven Ehrlich adds to UCSB art museum collection
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
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

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Elaine Reichek, "Blue Men" (1986)

Hierarchies in the Arts

Key Contributors

Reinventing Work

Preserving the Personal

A Building Scholar

‘Right at the Equator’
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