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  • Info
    • 🔹 Giving Opportunities 🔹
    • Artists Resources
    • Contact Information
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    • Diversity Statement
    • Intellectual Challenge Policy
    • News and Events
    • Schedules
  • MFA
    • MFA Program Information
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      • Application Procedures
      • FAQ
      • Academic Resources
      • Graduate Requirements
      • Post Grad & Professionalism
      • Program Statistics
      • Research & Creative Practice
    • Current Graduate Students
      • FAQ
      • Academic Resources
      • Graduate Handbook
      • TA Handbook
      • MFA Thesis Exhibition Catalog
  • BA
    • Two ways to major in Art
    • Prospective Students
      • FAQ
      • Major Requirements
      • Undergraduate Courses
      • Undergraduate Major Packet
    • Current Students
      • FAQ
      • Undergraduate Courses
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  • People
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    • 3D Digital Fabrication Lab
    • Atrium
    • Drawing Lab
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Dear Art Department Community, We are pleased to a Dear Art Department Community, We are pleased to announce that this week’s speaker in our Spring 2026 Arts Colloquium is artist James Gobel. @jamesgobel James Gobel (b. 1972, Portland, OR) is a contemporary artist based in Los Angeles and San Francisco. With a BFA from the University of Nevada and an MFA from the University of California, Santa Barbara, Gobel has cultivated a unique artistic voice that resonates with themes of identity and craft. Gobel has had solo exhibitions in New York, Los Angeles, and San Francisco, most notably at the UCLA Hammer Museum. His work has also been included in significant group exhibitions at the Leslie+Lohman Museum of Art, Des Moines Art Center, Asian Art Museum in San Francisco, Akron Art Museum, Parrish Art Museum, and the New Museum in New York. His paintings of zaftig male figures, along with abstractions and text works composed of cut felt and yarn, have been featured in prominent publications such as Artforum, Art in America, Flash Art, the New York Times, and the Los Angeles Times.In recent years, Gobel has showcased his work in solo exhibitions like “Helbent For” at de boer Gallery (2026) and “The Charles Laughton Papers” at Patricia Sweetow Gallery (2024). His contributions to the contemporary art landscape reflect a commitment to exploring complex narratives around identity and community. Please join us at 5:00pm in ILP 2101. Open to the public.
Dear Art Department supporters, Thank you so much Dear Art Department supporters, Thank you so much for supporting us on Give Day 2026—it truly means a great deal and will have a direct impact on our students. We’re grateful for the strong showing from our community and look forward to sharing final numbers once we receive them. THANK YOU for showing up for Art at UCSB!
Today is GIVE DAY at UCSB! We’re calling on our in Today is GIVE DAY at UCSB! We’re calling on our incredible network of alumni, parents and art lovers to support the Department of Art and help us provide the specialized resources that make our program world-class. From Art lab upkeep to essential materials, your gift empowers our students to speak their truth through their work. Every unique donation counts, and if we get the most unique donations in the Humanities & Fine Arts Division, we will win additional prize money!—Anything helps, please consider donating 10$ if Art at UCSB has meant something to you. link to donate in our bio! #UCSBGiveDay #UCSBArt
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