NEW Exhibit at the Seymour Center, Grand Opening June 13 – 14

Seymour Marine Discovery Center 100 McAllister Way, Santa Cruz

See More HQ is the next evolution of the Seymour Center—a brand-new, bilingual interactive hub designed to bring real-time coastal science directly to you.

Join us on June 13 and 14 from 10 AM – 4 PM to celebrate our grand launch! We’re pulling out all the stops with a jam-packed schedule of interactive activities:

💥 HQ Exploration Stations • 🦈 Aquarium Feeding • 🥾 Guided Outdoor Tours • 🎨 Santa Cruz Maker Studios Pop-Up • 📚 Seaside Storytime
Don’t miss out on the fun and be among the very first to experience the new See More HQ!

All activities are included with admission and are free for members.

$12

Spring Exhibitions at the Institute of the Arts and Sciences

Institute of the Arts and Sciences 100 Panetta Ave, Santa Cruz

Visit the IAS, UCSC’s premier art galleries, for our spring exhibitions. On view April 10–August 16, 2026 are three diverse and interdisciplinary shows: Libia Posada: Everything is Going Right, the first US solo exhibition by the Colombia-based artist and medical doctor; Gina Athena Ulysse: A Redwoods Rasanblaj, a site-specific and immersive exploration of the Haitian […]

Visualizing Abolition Screening Series: Beyond Access

Visualizing Abolition
Institute of the Arts and Sciences 100 Panetta Ave, Santa Cruz

On view in the IAS Screening Room is a selection of short films curated by Visualizing Abolition Visiting Faculty Fellow Dr. Pooja Rangan. Prisons deny and censor the access of those trapped inside them—to information, to intimacy, to community, to meaningful work, to nourishment of all kinds, and perhaps most cruelly, to care. This program […]