Exhibitions
Current Exhibitions
There are currently no exhibitions on view.
Upcoming Exhibitions
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Cut/Woven/Spoken
Works by Pilar Agüero-Esparza 01/08/2026-02/07/2026 Cut/Woven/Spoken surveys the work of UCSC Art Department Alumna Pilar Agüero-Esparza. Her artistic inquiry begins with the materials and processes inherent in growing up within a shoemaking family. In the craft tradition of huarache-making (Mexican indigenous sandals), her current practice revolves around repetitive gestures like the weaving of leather, the…
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The One with the Manes
“The one with the manes” 02/19/2026-03/14/2026 is a multimedia exhibition exploring a shared history between Morocco, Brazil, and Portugal through video installations, photographs, and watercolors. Inspired by a forced exodus across the Atlantic, the exhibition explores rituality, memory, archives, and embodiment. The installations offer subtle gestures that defamiliarize the art space and bear witness to…
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Environmental Art + Social Practice MFA 2026
4/1/2026-5/2/2026. The culminating exhibition of the Environmental Art and Social Practice MFA program at UCSC presents new projects developed through concentrated inquiry over a two-year period and offers a window into the artists unique long-term research projects that expand beyond the gallery space. Opening Celebration – Thursday, April 2 – 5-7pm
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Contact: Mary Porter Sesnon Gallery
Porter College, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95064
Email: sesnon@ucsc.edu
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