In this new 8-week art series insired by MCASD

The Patricia D. Klingenstein Library is pleased to present an ongoing rotation of installations in the Pine Tree Foundation of New York display cases in the Reading Room. Please note: the Reading Room is open Saturdays–T…

September 4 – November 15, 2026 Supported by MACLA and the Creative Work Fund, this solo exhibition features a new site-specific, immersive installation by San Francisco–based mixed-media artist Viviana Paredes. The mult…

“Prince Caspian,” the beloved tale in a collection of stories called The Chronicles of Narnia is coming back to the World Stage Theater!

Exhibition on view September 4, 2026 – January 31, 2027.

Jeffrey E. Gundlach Building

Curated by Bridget R. Cooks, Ph.D. Repossessions is a group exhibition inspired by the concept of reparations: the effort to repair the economic and psychol...

This exhibition honors the deep legacy of ceramic art in Santa Cruz County and the broader Northern California, while celebrating the new community of…

Exhibition on view September 4, 2026 – February 8, 2027.

Todd Hido (American, born 1968), “#11176-7589,” 2014

Name any Jean-Luc Godard film, from his early or late period, and you will find a work that opens the eyes to a new way of thinking about cinema through its inspired use of elliptical structure, jump cuts, close-ups, Bre…

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