Annual Theme (2008-2009)
Activism and the Arts - click here for a full schedule of events.
Call for Proposals:
(2009-2010 Annual Theme)
A year-long theme will be selected in late January 2009 for the following academic year - click here for more information on how you can be involved.
Director
Laurie Monahan, History of Art and Architecture
Associate Director
Holly Unruh, IHC/UCIRA
Advisory Board
Sabine Frühstück, East Asian Languages and Cultural Studies
Lisa Jevbratt, Art
Harry Reese, Art/College of Creative Studies
Sven Spieker, Germanic, Slavic, Semitic Studies
Jeffrey Stewart, Black Studies
Kim Yasuda, Art/UCIRA
We are pleased to announce the formation of the UC Santa Barbara Arts Research Initiative (ARI). In keeping with the mission of the IHC’s original Visiting Artist program, the Arts Research Initiative will continue to work to facilitate campus residencies, workshops and master classes with distinguished arts practitioners.
ARI is committed to engaging new areas of research and inquiry though the interaction and participation of people from a range of disciplines and seeks to provide a much-needed central point of connections so that faculty and students can benefit fully from events in the arts.
Each year ARI will develop arts-related programming around a chosen theme as well as work with interested faculty to link courses and curriculum to the year’s visiting artists. The 2008-2009 theme is ‘Activism and the Arts’. Speakers, visiting artist residencies and special events have been organized to encourage and help develop a sustained dialogue over the year from a variety of artistic and disciplinary perspectives. If you would like to participate in any of the seminars of residency activities, or have ideas that might complement the program, please be in touch with either Laurie Monahan (monahan@arthistory.ucsb.edu) or Holly Unruh (hunruh@ihc.ucsb.edu).
