Arts Division
2011-12 General Catalog
Porter College, D Building,
(831) 459-4940
http://arts.ucsc.edu
The Arts Division offers both creative and critical studies of art and culture at the undergraduate and graduate level. The Division is committed to building a sustainable model for excellence in the arts. Instruction in the arts inspires and develops the capacity for individual and collaborative creative thought, analysis, and action within and beyond the university. Our faculty consists of artists, historians, critics, and theorists working across the arts in a global context. Undergraduate education in the arts includes programs in the departments of Art, Film and Digital Media, History of Art and Visual Culture, Music, and Theater Arts. Established graduate programs include the interdisciplinary digital arts/new media Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) program, the music composition Doctor of Musical Arts (D.M.A.), the music Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), the music Master of Arts (M.A.) and the fifth-year certificate in theater arts. New Ph.D. programs in film and digital media and in visual studies will admit their first classes in 2010-11, while graduate programs in art and theater arts are currently in development.
The Arts Division provides students with access to quality work spaces, including a new digital-arts research facility with two experimental media labs, along with a state-of-the-art music recital hall, practice rooms, electronic music studios, and recording facilities, three theaters for dramatic productions, filmmaking studios and editing suites, surround-sound screening theaters, drama and dance studios, painting and printmaking studios, a foundry, photography and computer laboratories, and specialized lecture and seminar classrooms. McHenry Library houses an extensive collection of books and periodicals on the arts, as well as an analogue and digital slide collection, music scores and recording, and one of the largest collections of films and DVDs in the University of California system. Exhibition space in the arts includes galleries for students and faculty shows; the Sesnon Gallery presents curated exhibitions to the university community and the general public. The Center for Art and Visual Studies, a focus for interdisciplinary exhibitions, conferences, symposia, and seminars is currently in development.
The departments and majors in the Arts Division are listed in detail under Art, Film and Digital Media, History of Art and Visual Culture, Music, Theater Arts, and Digital Arts and New Media.
Among the Division’s many performing and fine arts programs, Shakespeare Santa Cruz is an internationally recognized, professional, repertory company. The campus hosts several film festivals each year, including the Women of Color Film and Video Festival and Cine Maiz. Student work is regularly broadcast on SCTV, and Eyecandy publishes student writing on film, television, and digital media. The Music Department hosts an annual Festival of Contemporary Music in April and presents a variety of solo and ensemble concert programs throughout the year. The History of Art and Visual Culture Department hosts a series of speakers and seminars each year on rotating topics that are supported by the Rebele Chair. The Art Department sponsors regularly scheduled public presentations as well as quarterly open studios and a print and photo sale in the spring. The digital arts and new media M.F.A. program regularly sponsors digital arts events, such as festivals, symposia, visiting speakers, and exhibitions of student work, both on and off-campus, culminating in an annual exhibition of graduate thesis research.
Revised: 8/13/12
