Events & Exhibitions on 09/06/2026

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Collage of UCSB Reads badges from 2007 to 2026
Creating Community Through Books: 20 Years of UCSB Reads
  • Mon, 01/05/2026 - 8:00am to Tue, 01/19/2027 - 4:00pm
Location: Ocean Gallery
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Since 2007, UCSB Reads has fostered a shared sense of belonging by bringing the UCSB campus and Santa Barbara communities together to read a common book that explores compelling issues of our time. Conceived by then Executive Vice Chancellor Gene Lucas, the award-winning...

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The Catalyst in front of Legos
The Catalyst Printshop: RELICS – A New World Rises
  • Mon, 03/30/2026 - 9:00am to Tue, 09/15/2026 - 9:00am
Location: Makerspace
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This exhibition features a custom built LEGO® printshop and the UCSB Story Printer. Visitors are invited to engage with the display by taking a magazine or printing a short story or poem to take with them.

The project is set in a world long abandoned by humanity and exhausted of its...

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Offset grid of undergraduate research posters
Library Showcase of Undergraduate Research
  • Wed, 07/15/2026 - 9:00am to Sat, 12/12/2026 - 4:00pm
Location: Mountain Gallery
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This exhibition showcases fifteen research posters selected by a jury of UCSB librarians during the UCSB Office of Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities' 2026 Poster Colloquium. Outstanding undergraduate research from the humanities and fine arts,...

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Creative Currents Archival Image
Creative Currents
  • Mon, 07/20/2026 - 9:00am to Sat, 03/20/2027 - 4:00pm
Location: Sara Miller McCune Arts Library
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The study of the arts is an essential element of a classical education. With world-renowned faculty in Art & Architecture, Dance, Film & Media Studies, Music, Studio Art, and Theater, and the nation’s only Bachelor’s degree in the field of Book Arts, UCSB enables students of all...

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Women's Basketball game in Harder Stadium with cheering fans
Gaucho Spirit: Stories of UCSB Athletics & Community
  • Wed, 08/26/2026 - 9:00am to Wed, 07/07/2027 - 4:00pm
Location: Special Research Collections
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On a Tuesday morning in September 1934, Coach “Spud” Harder stood before the student body to announce a “New Deal” for athletics, rallying the campus around the bold new emblem: “El Gaucho.” To spread the word, he introduced a football schedule tire cover similar to the one displayed below to...