UCSB’s Department of Music, Department of Theater and Dance, Department of Art, College of Creative Studies, Art, Design & Architecture Museum, MultiCultural Center and Library will host the 2nd Annual UCSB Arts Walk. Kicking off at 4:30PM on Wednesday, April 17 students, faculty, staff and community members are invited to visit galleries and studios, watch preview performances and behind the scenes rehearsals, and participate in programming designed to highlight the artistic creativity and talent of the UCSB community. 

Highlights include:

LIBRARY

• In Her Own Image exhibition, curator-led tours / 4:30-6 pm: Art & Architecture Collection (1st Floor, Mountain Side) 
• Anguish, Anger & Activism: Legacies of the 1969 Santa Barbara Oil Spill exhibition, curator-led tours / 4:30-6 pm: Special Research Collections (3rd Floor, Mountain Side)

COLLEGE OF CREATIVE STUDIES

• How We Develop Ideas: The Intersection Between Art and Science sculpture exhibition with Gil Torten / 5-7:30 pm: (Room 120), College of Creative Studies
• Original works and performances / 5-7:00 pm: Old Little Theater, College of Creative Studies
• Interactive letter press demonstration with College of Creative Studies Book Arts Students / 6-8 pm: Print Shop (Room 107), College of Creative Studies

 DEPARTMENT OF ART

• Student Art Exhibit / 4:30-8 pm: Glass Box Gallery, Arts Building, Room 1328
• Graduate Student Open Studios / 4:30-8 pm: Harder Stadium Studios, Building 580

DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC

• Faculty and student performances and open rehearsals / 5-8 pm: Music Building
• ​Flute Choir Performance / 6-6:30 pm: Art, Design & Architecture Museum

DEPARTMENT OF THEATER AND DANCE

• 4:30 - 8:00 pm - Student Design Exhibition / Performing Arts Theater Lobby
• 4:30 - 8:00 pm - Interactive Student Playwright Showcase Stations / Theater/Dance Plaza
• ​4:50 - 5:00 pm - Site-specific dance impov / Theater/Dance Plaza
• 5:15 - 5:30 pm - Dance Showcase / HSSB Ballet Studio
• 5:45 - 6:00 pm - Site-specific dance impov / Bike path in front of Humanities & Social Sciences
• 6:00 - 6:15 pm - Dance Showcase / HSSB Ballet Studio
• 6:00 - 8:00 pm - "Into the Beautiful North" open rehearsal / Hatlen Theater
• 6:15 - 6:30 pm - Site-specific dance impov / Theater/Dance Plaza
• 6:45 - 7:00 pm - Site-specific dance impov / Theater/Dance Plaza
• Stay a little longer and see a free dance concert! 
  8:00 - 9:00 pm - “Learning Looking Wanting Meaning” - a dance concert with choreographies by Alex Kmak and Jordan Curiel / HSSB Ballet Studio 

MULTICULTURAL CENTER

• Art Exhibition: Owise Abuzaid’s Diversity of Arab and Muslim Diasporas in the U.S. MultiCultural Center Lounge
• The Feminist On CellBlock Y screening and post-film discussion by Richard Edmond-Vargas / 6-7:15 pm: MultiCultural Center Theater

ART, DESIGN & ARCHITECTURE MUSEUM

• Common Bonds: Artists and Architects on Community / 4:30-8 pm: Art, Design & Architecture Museum
• A Day's Labor: Portraits by John Sonsini / 4:30-8 pm: Art, Design & Architecture Museum
• ¡Chicanismo!: The Sanchez Collection / 4:30-8 pm: Art, Design & Architecture Museum
• Vest Pocket Pictures: Julius Shulman / 4:30-8 pm: Art, Design & Architecture Museum
• The Illuminated Imagination: The Art of C.G. Jung / 4:30-8 pm: Art, Design & Architecture Museum