Events

Friday, June 3

50 years of wonder, Natural History at UCSC

Join the Norris Center for Natural History June 3–5, 2022 under the redwoods in the Santa Cruz Mountains to celebrate 50 years of natural history education...

Strange Weather: Contemporary Art from the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation

A print exhibition, including a selection of prints by Glenn Ligon, showing at the Mary Porter Sesnon Art Gallery at UC Santa Cruz, with a concurrent showing...

(artwork by Miki Saito)

Learn how the members of the Grateful Dead and the global Dead Head community took inspiration from one another in creating an image-rich, worldwide art...

Summer Session Visiting Student Registration Open

Anyone can take classes at UC Santa Cruz over the summer, but visiting students need to register to enroll. Registration is open now until June 15. Choose...

UCSC Print Sale (back in person!)

Hundreds of original prints will be for sale in a variety of media at this two-day event, including: woodcuts, lithographs, etchings, photo-based prints,...

Produce Pop-Up stand

Low-cost produce stand with fresh fruits & veggies from the UCSC Farm & Santa Cruz Farmers' Market. The Produce Pop-Up aims to increase access to fresh,...

Art Department Open Studios Spring 2022

Open Studios features student art work in a variety of media, including: drawing, painting, print media, sculpture, intermedia, photography, environmental...

Digital Arts New Media Open Studios Spring 2022

DANM (Digital Arts New Media) M.F.A. Open Studios features graduate work in digital media including: performance, virtual reality, installation, games,...

Image credit: Lucien Jacobs, Untitled #1, 2021. Pigment on paper.

The Mary Porter Sesnon Art Gallery presents Irwin 2022: Emulsion, the 36th annual Irwin Scholarship exhibition, showcasing the work of a select group of UC...

PLANETARY INDIGESTION: Public Conversation Series (online)

PLANETARY INDIGESTION is a year-long series of conversations and performative lectures about food, ecology, and biotechnology between the Center for Genomic...

12pm
Virtual Event
UCSC Class of 2022 Almost Alumni BBQ. Friday, June 3 @ 4-6 PM at the Quarry Amphitheater. UC Santa Cruz Alumni Logo. Graphic features illustrated picnic blankets with individuals sitting on a hill, trees, sun, and a banana slug.

Commencement is right around the corner, and the Class of 2022 are almost alumni! Soon, graduates will join a new community of 140,000+ Banana Slug Alumni...

Background photo shows amusement park rides at sunset, including a log flume, roller coaster, and umbrellas. There is a blue circle overlay with white and yellow text.  White text reads: Exchange Student Mingle. Yellow text reads: June 3 @ Santa Cruz Boardwalk

Current international exchange students, and UCSC slugs who are about to go abroad, are invited for a round of mini-golf with exchange students from or going...

6/3 First Friday: The Art of Nature

First Fridays are back at the Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History! Join us for monthly after hours events on the First Friday of the month. Enjoy free...

Celebrating the Humanities: Spring Awards 2022

We hope you will join us for our annual celebration recognizing student and faculty academic achievement in the Humanities Division at UC Santa Cruz. Friends...

Friday, June 3