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Tiffany Chung and Zoe Butt come together for our w

Tiffany Chung and Zoe Butt come together for our weekly Spring 2021 Colloquium, this Thursday, April 22 @ 5 PM PST.

For the first part of the event, Chung will present her diverse repertoire of projects that both utilize and subvert some of the institutions of power – the map, archive, and official history – to unpack and remap memories of wars, nation building, progress, and disasters that induce displacement and forced migration. Tiffany Chung and Zoe Butt will then discuss Chung’s biographical journey of transformative events that shaped her visual language, interdisciplinary and research-based practice, and commitment to amplifying the memories and histories of disenfranchised and invisible groups. They will also delve into the conundrums of figuring out the roles of aesthetics in civic work, as well as questioning whether art ceases to exist when it yields to functioning as social practice.

Zoom link: https://ucsb.zoom.us/s/86297946614

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This Thursday: Collectivity | Connectivity, organi

This Thursday: Collectivity | Connectivity, organized and moderated by department alumni Tiffany Chung, is joined by Naiza Khan, Merv Espina and Grupo Contrafilé on April 15 @ 5pm PT.

This panel discussion features artists with individual practices but also work collectively and collaboratively. The invited speakers will discuss different models of collectivity, collaboration or partnership across the global south and in the U.S., present their artworks as the visual reflection of their social engagement and civic responsibility, and unpack how commonality and mutual aid are forms of political participation that can transform and sustain communities including the arts. The speakers will trace the formation of their associated collectives/initiatives that responded to particular historical moments or specific needs of their communities, reflecting on the experiences that can be learned from and re-imagined in different cultural and socio-political contexts, across time and terrain.
Zoom Link: https://ucsb.zoom.us/s/86297946614

Bios:

Naiza Khan was trained in the UK and is based between London and Karachi. Khan’s visual practice is built on a process of critical research, documentation and mapping-based exploration. Through a range of media, including drawing, archival material and video, she brings together ideas of embodiment and ecology.

In 2000, Khan co-founded the Vasl Artists’ Collective, Pakistan which has worked to foster creative collaborations between artists in Pakistan, South Asia and beyond over the last two decades. Khan represented Pakistan at the inaugural pavilion of Pakistan, 58th Venice Biennale, 2019. Her work has been exhibited widely, including her retrospective, Karachi Elegies, Broad Art Museum, Michigan (2013), the Lahore Biennale 02 (2020), the Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, Brisbane (2018); Kochi Muziris Biennale (2016); Shanghai Biennale (2012); and Cairo Biennale (2010). Khan received the Prince Claus Award (2013) in recognition of her work in the field of art and culture. She is currently a research candidate at the Centre for Research Architecture, Goldsmiths and works between London and Karachi.

Art is now parked in a two-car garage here in our

Art is now parked in a two-car garage here in our Santa Barbara Riviera. UCSB Art Dept faculty Alex Lukas and his work, ‘Town Website’, will be on exhibition this weekend only (today by appointment @ www.rivieraparkingp.com). Welcome to the neighborhood, artists/curators, Alex Heilbron and Niko Chodor - here now from Berlin and LA, opening their gallery in January. Riviera Garage will be presenting different artists each weekend with works created during Covid. Richard and Cissy Ross pulled up in person at the same time at a safe distance - are we finally waking up from this bad dream on the other side of the pandemic portal? The contemporary art world instead of cars in a paved parking lot in paradise is paradise...

Alex Lukas, Town Website, open this Sunday 4.11 @

Alex Lukas, Town Website, open this Sunday 4.11 @ Riviera Parking by appt. www.rivierparking.com

Join us with Alisha Wormsley (@alishabwormsley) th

Join us with Alisha Wormsley (@alishabwormsley) this Thursday, April 8 at 5:00 PM PST for our Remote Arts Colloquium.

Alisha B. Wormsley (Pittsburgh, PA, USA) is an interdisciplinary artist and cultural producer. Her work is about collective memory and the synchronicity of time, specifically through the stories of women of color, more specifically Black Women in America. Wormsley is an artist who has worked in communities around the world, helping to develop artistic ideas, celebrate identities, and organize public art initiatives for national and international audiences. Wormsley’s work has received a number of awards and grants to support programs namely the Children of NAN film series and archive, and There Are Black People In The Future. Her work has exhibited globally. Over the last few years, Wormsley has designed several public art initiatives including Streaming Space, a 24 foot pyramid with video and sound installed in Pittsburgh’s downtown Market Square, and AWxAW, a multimedia interactive installation and film commission at the Andy Warhol Museum. Wormsley created a public program out of her work, “There Are Black People In the Future”, which gives mini-grants to open up discourse around displacement and gentrification and was also awarded a fellowship with Monument Lab and the Goethe Institute. In 2020, Wormsley launched an art residency for Black creative mothers called Sibyls Shrine, which has received two years of support from the Heinz Endowments. Wormsley has an MFA in Film and Video from Bard College and currently is a Presidential Post Doctoral Research Fellow at Carnegie Mellon University to research and create work rooted in matriarchal leadership and mysticism in the African-American community.

https://alishabwormsley.com

https://ucsb.zoom.us/s/86297946614

I hope everyone was able to have a restful and rev

I hope everyone was able to have a restful and revitalizing Spring Break! We are looking forward to beginning our Spring 2021 Remote Arts Colloquium with you this week.

Join us this Thursday, April 1 from 5:00-6:50 PM for our first colloquium in the series, featuring Nick Crockett.

Nick Crockett is an animator and game developer from the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains. His lovingly crafted virtual worlds use tropes from fantasy and science fiction to reinterpret and reimagine America’s national myths about whiteness, pioneers, progress, and the relationship between society and nature.

He has an MFA from the Carnegie Mellon School of Art and has been a long time member of the UCLA Game Lab. He has exhibited games and animation at venues including the Victoria and Albert Museum, London; The Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh; Northern Spark Festival, Minneapolis; Now Play This Festival, Somerset House, London; and the UCLA Game Art Festival at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles.
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https://ncrockett.com

Inaugural virtual remote opening for Safe 2 by Luc

Inaugural virtual remote opening for Safe 2 by Lucas Murgida - VR collaboration with Kevin Clancy

The UCSB Department of Art stands with our Asian-A

The UCSB Department of Art stands with our Asian-American and Pacific Islander communities at this difficult moment of reckoning, as our nation confronts yet another destructive act of racism and gun violence. As artists, faculty, students, staff and colleagues, we hold vigil in support of all those suffering and grieving from this recent surge in senseless violence and loss in our community.

The UCSB Department of Art believes in the power of our art and artists to create a more just and inclusive society, however, with these escalating acts of inhumanity that are defining this country, we must push back as a community of care who pledges to dismantle systemic racism and violence at their roots and to build upon our shared values for a just and thriving future for all.

We recognize our individual and collective campus responsibility in acknowledging the recent and historical events as a call to arms to build cross-sector and intersectional coalitions that break the insidious cycle that normalizes hostile behavior towards Asian-Americans, Pacific Islanders and all of our BIPOCQT communities. No one deserves to live in fear.

In alignment with Creative Capital, a national arts alliance that seeks to amplify the voices of artists working in all creative disciplines and catalyze connections to help them realize their visions and build sustainable practices, we share their compiled list of arts-focused AAPI resources - calling attention to some of the organizations and efforts that are leading the charge to raise awareness and to support others.

Creative Capital: Ways to Support AAPI
https://creative-capital.org/2021/03/18/resources-ways-to-support-aapi/

Pleased to present Transmissions from Planet Pande

Pleased to present Transmissions from Planet Pandemic II:
Videos by students in Shana Moulton's Intermediate Video Art class at the UCSB department of Art.
https://vimeo.com/showcase/8264608
Password: Art132

For the final project in @alexlukas’ Lower-Divis

For the final project in @alexlukas’ Lower-Division Print and Publication class (Art 14), students created a public text for a site of their choosing. Because the quarter was conducted remotely, our print lab remained inaccessible. This assignment tasked students with using materials available at home, thinking creatively about the medium and application technique for presenting their text. Finally, this project required the class to critically examine the placement of their text, potential audiences, and the impact when unexpected words are set loose in the world. /// Moxie Bright's (@moxiebrightcrafts) laboriously hand-cut typeface was wheat-pasted on rocks below the tide line in the San Francisco Bay. Visible from the Albany Bulb's tip, Bright's simple text reflects the artist's thankfulness for public space and encourages viewers to reflect on the sources of personal gratitude. /// Melinda Xu (@beepboopbopbeeep) enacted a single-person protest outside of various busy restraints, cafes, and liquor stores in central Isla Vista. Referencing @dudewithsign, Xu's "Social Inappropriateness Saves Lives" text reminds us of how important it is to remain distant, avoid gatherings, and refrain from casual small talk. Here, the artist insists that it is imperative to be a little rude now. /// Gabriella DiCarlo's (@gratefulgabriella) project encouraged balance & gratitude by presenting the word "BREATHE" alongside written guidance for mindfulness & connection to one's breath. This installation was located at a well-known gathering spot overlooking the Pacific in Isla Vista. /// Isabel Ivancovich (@isabel_ivancovich) hung a mirror on a telephone pole near her apartment. Adorned with the text "You Look Good Today," the work was intended as an IRL selfie filter and positive affirmation amidst the stress of impending finals and the ongoing pandemic. /// (Continued in the comments)

Beyond Protest: Considering the UC Strike – with

Beyond Protest: Considering the UC Strike – with Dmitri Vilensky (Chto Delat) and Brian Holmes. In March of 2010, Dmitri Vilensky and Brian Holmes considered the upcoming March 4 UC strike and its repercussions for the state of California education. Vilensky joined Alejandro Casazi and Harry Reese on March 4 at the UCSB print studio for a ‘print-in’ on copies of the DAILY NEXUS student run newspaper in conjunction and solidarity with the UC Strike. Hosted by the UC Institute for Research in the Arts [UCIRA], the only systemwide multicampus arts research network of the University of California @ UCSB campus from 2005-2014.

Looking over; looking up?!

Looking over; looking up?!

Assistant Professor Sarah Rosalena Brady’s solo

Assistant Professor Sarah Rosalena Brady’s solo show Above Below opens at Blum and Poe! @blumandpoe #computationalcraft #textile #ceramics

In conjunction with UCSB Reads 2021, UCSB Library

In conjunction with UCSB Reads 2021, UCSB Library and the Department of Art presents a talk by Tia Blassingame, a book artist and printmaker whose work explores the intersection of race, history, and perception. The talk will be followed by audience Q&A moderated by Iman Djouini, Assistant Teaching Professor in College of Creative Studies and UCSB Department of Art.

Register for the event here: https://ucsb.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_NcVCWAirSNWg6yGo6JNlxw @ucsblibrary

Next Uproot Artist Talk: Jeremy Dennis! All are we

Next Uproot Artist Talk: Jeremy Dennis! All are welcome! Link @uprootucsb

Jeremy Dennis (b. 1990) is a contemporary fine art photographer and a tribal member of the Shinnecock Indian Nation in Southampton, NY. In his work, he explores indigenous identity, culture, and assimilation. Dennis was one of 10 recipients of a 2016 Dreamstarter Grant from the national non-profit organization Running Strong for American Indian Youth. He was awarded $10,000 to pursue his project, On This Site, which uses photography and an interactive online map to showcase culturally significant Native American sites on Long Island, a topic of special meaning for Dennis, who was raised on the Shinnecock Nation Reservation. He also created a book and exhibition from this project. Most recently, Dennis received the Creative Bursar Award from Getty Images in 2018 to continue his series Stories. In 2013, Dennis began working on the series, Stories—Indigenous Oral Stories, Dreams and Myths. Inspired by North American indigenous stories, the artist staged supernatural images that transform these myths and legends to depictions of an actual experience in a photograph. Brook University, NY. He currently lives and works in Southampton, New York on the Shinnecock Indian Reservation.

What is UPROOT COALITION?

Uproot is a BIPOC and Queer student-led art coalition at the University of California, Santa Barbara. We are focused on providing space, opportunity and equity for students in the UCSB art department. We emphasize the importance of decolonial pedagogy, dismantling historically Euro-centered art practices and providing support with an attention on community. This includes hosting artist talks, workshops and spaces that are centered on that goal this coming winter and spring 2021.
Our coalition recently received the Craft Futures Grant from the Center of Craft, thanks to efforts of Professor Sarah Rosalena Brady. With this we hope to continue to bring our mission to fruition. #uprootucsb @jeremynative
@uprootucsb @centerforcraft

link to talk at @uprootucsb, going to be good! @li

link to talk at @uprootucsb, going to be good! @lisesilva

@uprootucsb for more information!

@uprootucsb for more information!

Pleased to present Transmissions from Planet Pande

Pleased to present Transmissions from Planet Pandemic:
Videos by students in the Intro to Video class at the UCSB department of Art. TA: Maja Skjoth Hegelund.
https://vimeo.com/showcase/7920372
Password: art32

Emily is a third year art student at UCSB with an

Emily is a third year art student at UCSB with an emphasis in illustration and digital media. She has a strong passion for pop and East Asian culture and takes inspiration in incorporating its elements within her artwork. @primarycolor__

Image 1
Us Against the Starlight
August 2020
Digital

Image 2
Poppin’ Party
October 2020
Digital

See more of Emily’s work in our Intern show! https://glassbox.arts.ucsb.edu/glassbox-gallery-interns-fall-2020/

Soopreme is in her third year in UCSB as a transfe

Soopreme is in her third year in UCSB as a transfer student. She still hasn’t figured out what kind of Art to major in but has passion for painting and pencil sketching. She is interested in inspiring people and giving people happiness. @soopremeshin

Image 1
Self Portrait
Medium: acrylic painting
Made in 2020 January 14th

Image 2
The Little Mermaid
Medium: Watercolor, Pastel
Made in 2020 April 17th

See more of Soopreme’s work in our Intern show! https://glassbox.arts.ucsb.edu/glassbox-gallery-interns-fall-2020/

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