Past Exhibitions
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Irwin Scholars Annual Exhibition
May 14 – June 14 Opening Celebration: May 14, 5-7pm Referents presents selected artwork from the recipients of the 38th annual Irwin Scholarship, featuring Elijah Dalley, Rory Gershen, Nathan Casey, Alison Nesbitt, Lola Lankford, Jaden Anderson,…
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Céline Grenier: R/Evolution
9/30/2025-10/25/25 2025 marks Céline Grenier’s 50th graduation anniversary from the Art Department at UCSC. This retrospective celebrates the Santa Cruz-based alumna’s vast body of work in a diverse range of media. Grenier is both inspired by…
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Cobija de Tripas EA+SP MFA
4/2-5/3/2025. 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…
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Cruz Zamarrón: Chicano Trickster
2/19-3/15-2025. Mary Porter Sesnon Gallery & Museo Eduardo Carrillo present the collected works of Chicano artist and UCSC alumni Cruz Ortiz Zamarrón. Through the artist’s unique style, this collection of paintings and drawings captures the cultural…
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Ukupupuka: An Exploration of Transcendence
1/8-2/8/2025 Ukupupuka, translated from Bemba (the most spoken language in Zambia) to English, means flight. In Ukupupuka: An Exploration of Transcendence, Zambian multi-disciplinary artist and scholar Aaron Samuel Mulenga explores various visual avenues of elevation and flight which…
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Sculptures by Doyle Foreman: A Retrospective
Sculptures by Doyle Foreman: A Retrospective celebrates the career of metal sculptor and UC Santa Cruz Professor Emeritus Doyle Foreman. Throughout his seven-decade career, Foreman sculpted visceral reflections of his experiences with metal and the American landscape,…
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EASP Grad Exhibition: Search Party
Dates: Fri, Apr 19, 2024 to Sun, May 19, 2024 Location: Sesnon Gallery Search Party The culminating exhibition for the UCSC 2024 EASP MFA cohort FREE and open to the public Opening Celebration: 4/19/2024 – 5-7pm (SANTA CRUZ, Calif.) March…
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Remove by X: UC Santa Cruz Protests in Print
Dates: Tue, Feb 28, 2023 to Sat, Apr 29, 2023 Location: Porter Faculty Gallery This exhibition brings together an archive of documents, posters, and photographs of 20th century organizing at UC Santa Cruz. From protesting the Vietnam War to organizing against…
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Remove by X: UC Santa Cruz Arts Ephemera from the 20th Century
Dates: Tue, Feb 28, 2023 to Sat, Apr 29, 2023 Location: Sesnon Gallery Appearing overnight and often disappearing the next, posters advertising senior recitals, art exhibitions, and performances form the dynamic visual backdrop to life on the UC Santa Cruz…
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Flora: Lucie Noël Thune
Dates: Tue, Sep 20, 2022 to Sat, Dec 3, 2022 Location: Porter Faculty Gallery For over a decade, Lucie Noël Thune has created seductive, challenging, and poetic works of art that highlight our relationship to the artificial. Found objects, chemical…
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Frames Per Second
Dates: Tue, Sep 20, 2022 to Sat, Jan 28, 2023 Location: Sesnon Gallery 1/2/2023 Update: Frames Per Second has been extended through January 28, 2023! The Mary Porter Sesnon Art Galleries are pleased to announce Frames Per Second, a rotating exhibition of exemplary films…
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Archive & Collections Hub
Dates: Wed, Jul 27, 2022 to Sat, Dec 31, 2022 Location: Sesnon Gallery MARY PORTER SESNON ART GALLERIES ARCHIVE & COLLECTIONS HUB Visit our Archives & Collections Hub to browse the Charles Griffin Farr Collection and some of our exhibition ephemera. The Exhibition…