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The Art Department presents programming in art that builds on the unique intellectual reputation of UCSC as a leader in promoting social justice, ecological thinking, and inventive explorations of the nature/culture interface, and that contributes to this history through the world-transforming potential of creative practice. The department administers an Interdisciplinary Studio Art BA Program sup

ported by all faculty in the art department with affiliated faculty from the Theater Art and Film & Digital Media (FDM) departments. The Art BA program teaches a unique combination of technical skill development and conceptual understanding of contemporary art practices through creative experimentation with a special emphasis on social and environmental art practice. In addition a to the BA program the department supports and contributes to an interdepartmental Digital Arts and New Media MFA Program [DANM] and aims to administer a new interdisciplinary Art MFA program in Environmental Art and Social Practice in 2018.

06/16/2026
This year we are celebrating the 52nd anniversary of our legendary print sale! Friday & Saturday June 5&6, 2026 10am – 6...
06/06/2026

This year we are celebrating the 52nd anniversary of our legendary print sale!

Friday & Saturday June 5&6, 2026 10am – 6pm

The event runs in conjunction with the Art Department’s Spring Open Studios

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, screen prints, & more!

All proceeds benefit art students: 80% of proceeds go to the individual artists, 20% goes to support the Print Studio (and thereby back to printmaking students)!

This once-a-year event presents an extraordinary opportunity for students to display and sell their work to the public. The event also offers an opportunity to see the exceptional quality of the printmaking program and facilities at UC Santa Cruz.

This program is open to UC Santa Cruz affiliates and all members of the public consistent with state and federal law

PARKING
Purchase a permit in advance at the TAPS office or use the ParkMobile app
The closest parking lot to the Baskin Visual Arts Center is Lot #126.
See Transportation & Parking Services (TAPS) for visitor parking information, ParkMobile instructions, and a campus parking map.

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Santa Cruz, CA
95064

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