Category: Arts Research News

Stacy Kamehiro Awarded Funding from The National Endowment for Humanities (NEH) Stacy L. Kamehiro (Associate Professor, History of Art and Visual Culture) received funding from the prestigious National Endowment for Humanities (NEH) to support her work on Objects of the Nation: Hawai’i at the World’s Fairs, 1855–1899. Her research and writing reflect how representation at the world’s fair reflected…

Huge congratulations to Film and Digital Media’s Sharon Daniel and Anna Friz who were awarded 2023 Guggenheim Fellowships! Huge congratulations to Film and Digital Media’s Sharon Daniel and Anna Friz who were recently awarded 2023 Guggenheim Fellowships! Chosen from a rigorous application and peer review process out of almost 2,500 applicants, these successful applicants were appointed on the basis…

University of California Santa Cruz, Arts Division’s, Arts Research Institute Announces Fall 2021 grant and fellowship awardees Santa Cruz MAH SANTA CRUZ, CA (October 26, 2022) — The Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History (MAH) is pleased to announce that it has been selected as one of ten recipients of this year’s Hewlett 50…

Sound Health Network Launches to promote research and public awareness about the impact of music on health and wellness. https://www.arts.gov/initiatives/sound-health-network The Sound Health Network (SNH) is partnership of the National Endowment for the Arts with the University of California, San Francisco in collaboration with the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the John F. Kennedy Center…

Associate Chair Dr. micha cárdenas has been named the 2022 Anzaldúa Prize co-winner alongside Dr. Rana Jaleel at University of California Davis. Please join us in celebrating Associate Chair Dr. micha cárdenas as she has been named 2022 Anzaldúa Prize co-winner alongside Dr. Rana Jaleel at UC Davis! cárdenas was awarded this prize for her book Poetic Operations: Trans of Color…

Unseen California an arts initiative uses NRS reserves as canvas, connecting both artists and UC students with reserves. By Kathleen Wong, UC Natural Reserve System  https://ucnrs.org/unseen-california-arts-initiative-uses-nrs-reserves-as… The reserves of the UC Natural Reserve System are best known for fostering science teaching and research. But that long-standing reputation is broadening. A new arts initiative from UC…

University of California Santa Cruz earns the prestigious Seal of Excelencia certification for work as a Hispanic-Serving Institution September 30, 2022, Abby Butler, UCSC News Center https://news.ucsc.edu/2022/09/seal-of-excelencia.html In recognition of intentional campuswide efforts to serve Latinx students, UC Santa Cruz has earned the Seal of Excelencia, following a thorough data-driven review by Excelencia in Education.  “Receiving the seal is…

Associate Professor of Music at University of California Santa Cruz, Ben Leeds Carson Releases “By a Moment and a Word” on Sideband Pulitzer-nominated LA Times music critic Mark Swed called the first piece “a kind of acoustic acupressure” (Critic’s Notebook, October 12, 2018) Patricia Alessandrini (Stanford University) called the album “startlingly, starkly beautiful – a…

GROW from UCSC’s Online Education, releases new video series that showcases creative and critical studies of art and culture across campus. UCSC Online Education Watch the full video here The Arts Division offers both creative and critical studies of art and culture at the undergraduate and graduate levels. The division is committed to creating a…

University of California Santa Cruz Distinguished Professor of the Arts Isaac Julien knighted by Queen Elizabeth during her Platinum Jubilee. By Nina Sazevich UCSC News Center On the occasion of her Platinum Jubilee, Queen Elizabeth released her 2022 Birthday Honours List on June 1, and among those to receive special honors was UC Santa Cruz Distinguished Professor of…