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UCSB presents the inaugural UCSB Arts Walk on Wednesday, April 11, from 4:30-8 p.m. at various locations across the campus. The event gives students, faculty, staff and community members the opportunity 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. Best of all, everything is free of charge.<\/p>\n
The Art, Design, & Architecture Museum has several exhibitions on display, including Chiura Obata: An American Modern<\/a>, UCSB Campus Architecture: Design and Social Change<\/a>, Jane Gottlieb Photographs France<\/a>, and Keith Puccinelli<\/a>. In addition, the museum hosts a Kitchell Architecture and Design lecture<\/a> at 6 p.m., featuring UCSB Associate Campus Architect, Dennis Whelan<\/a>. Whelan recounts the history of UC Santa Barbara campus planning and design, in conjunction with the Museum\u2019s exhibition.<\/p>\n Image by Jane Gottlieb, currently on view at UCSB Art, Design & Architecture Museum.<\/p><\/div>\n Highlights from the Department of Music include an open rehearsal of a faculty duet featuring cellist Jennifer Kloetzel<\/a> and pianist Robert Koenig<\/a>, plus performances by members of the Chamber Choir, Music of India Ensemble, Flute Choir, Jazz Combos, Middle East Ensemble, Chamber Players, Clarinet Choir, Gamelan Ensemble, and more. Guests can interact directly with performers during Q&A sessions following several of the events, such as a performance of scenes from UCSB Opera Theatre’s February production of Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro<\/em> and composition graduate student Brandon J. Rolle’s electro-acoustic music exhibition.<\/p>\n The Department of Theater and Dance also presents a wide variety of performances, open rehearsals, and exhibitions, including an open rehearsal for the department’s upcoming production of Cabaret<\/em> (May 25-June 3), as well as performances by UCSB Dance BFA students in outdoor spaces surrounding the Theater and Dance buildings. The UCSB Dance Company and Freshmen Dance Company presents a special concert in the Old Ballet Studio (HSSB), while exhibitions showcasing puppets and work by UCSB Design students are also on display. Interactive playwright showcase stations will give guests the unique opportunity to work with student playwrights to compose novelty pieces on the spot.<\/p>\n On view from the Department of Art are multiple exhibitions of student work in the Art Building #534 and at the Red Barn Project Space in the Old Gym, Building #479, (near the bus loop by the Pollock Theater). Highlights include an exhibit of senior artwork in the GlassBox Gallery in Arts 1328, and from 7 p.m. on, Windows<\/em>\u2014a sampler of videos from Maya Gurantz\u2019s \u201cIntermediate Digital Video\u201d class projected from the second story windows of Arts 2220, overlooking the bike path. In the Red Barn Project Space, UCSB Womanhouse Collective presents SHE-DEN<\/em>, an intersectional, multi-media group exhibit exploring the place of women in contemporary art and culture.<\/p>\n The MultiCultural Center\u2019s lounge features an exhibition by UCSB graduate student Andrew Morrison, entitled “Indian Heritage,” a Native American art exhibition that compliments his film, Great Walls of Indian Heritage<\/em>. This exhibit speaks to all walks of life, its genesis is from the red road, and the American Indian Student Association inspires its vitality. The exhibit is on display in the MultiCultural Center Lounge through June 15, with an opening reception on April 12 at 6 p.m.<\/p>\n The College of Creative Studies (CCS)<\/a>, which is celebrating its 50th Anniversary during the current academic year, offers a glimpse into the work of the College’s Art, Music Composition, and Writing and Literature students in the CCS Gallery and the Old Little Theater. An exhibition of student artwork fills the CCS Gallery, while the Old Little Theater’s programming includes performances of Music Composition students’ original pieces as well as readings from Writing & Literature students and faculty.<\/p>\n Event link: https:\/\/www.library.ucsb.edu\/artswalk<\/a><\/p>\n Directions and parking information: https:\/\/www.library.ucsb.edu\/directions-parking<\/a><\/p>\n Campus map: http:\/\/www.aw.id.ucsb.edu\/maps\/ucsbmap.html<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014Leslie Dinaberg<\/a><\/p>\n Originally published in Santa Barbara Seasons<\/em><\/a> on April 9, 2018.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n![\"Image](\"http:\/\/sbseasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Jane-Gottlieb-image-704x469.jpg\")
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