• NOIZ—April in Santa Cruz festival opening

    Digital Arts Research Center 407 McHenry Rd, Santa Cruz, CA

    NOIZ: An Evening of Words, Sounds + Ideas is a live gathering at the intersection of Hip Hop, activism, and the spoken word—a space where music meets testimony. Hosted by assistant professor and hip hop artist akua naru, the evening features live student performances, a DJ set, and an intimate conversation with guest artist/performer Edd […]

    FREE and open to UCSC affiliates
  • Arts & Ecology Festival: Creative Resistance

    Digital Arts Research Center 407 McHenry Rd, Santa Cruz, CA

    On Earth Day, UC Santa Cruz launches the inaugural Arts & Ecology Festival: Creative Resistance, a campus-wide gathering that refuses to treat climate change as a problem of carbon alone. Instead, it brings together artists, scientists, students, and community partners to engage the deeper conditions of the crisis, and to open space for cultural, political, […]

  • Slug48—Student Film Competition, Screening, and Awards Ceremony

    The third annual Slug48 returns with a 48-hour film competition—open to all UC Santa Cruz students. A 48-hour film is one that is written, shot, edited, and all music composed within a 48-hour time period. Teams and strategies for filming may be formed ahead of time, but nothing can be written, and no footage can […]

    FREE and open to UCSC affilates
  • Opening Reception: Envisioning Health for All Photo Exhibit!

    McHenry Library 1156 High St, Santa Cruz, CA

    Please join us for an Opening Reception of two student photo exhibits, focusing on health justice.  Students across all divisions, undergrad or grad, visually explore global and community health. Photography […]