2026 Events

Join us at the gallery for a hands-on session exploring archival materials featured in the exhibition, Cosmic Synastry: Collective Codes and Personal Readings. Led by American Religious Collection (ARC) Curator David Gartrell, this interactive event offers a unique opportunity to open the case and handle historic artifacts from UC Santa Barbara Library’s American Religions Collection up close.

Presented by the UC Santa Barbara Department of Music: 

Join us for A Legacy of Stone, an original, entirely student-run musical presented by Shrunken Heads Production Company with support from the UCSB Department of Music. Featuring an original story and music, captivating performances and dance, and a live orchestra of UCSB student musicians, the production brings Medusa's story to the stage. Performances take place October 16–18 at Lotte Lehmann Concert Hall.

A Legacy of Stone - The Musical

The College of Creative Studies (CCS), and the UCSB Library invite you to a group art exhibition hosted at the CCS Gallery, Cosmic Synastry: Collective Codes and Personal Readings. This exhibition, led by the UCSB Metaphysical Project, brings together eight artists exploring the intersections of personal identity, symbolism, and the celestial.

11 AM-1PM

The exhibition is on view at the CCS Art Gallery from October 1-30, 2026. FREE event. Open to all.  Come mingle with CCS and UCSB Library leadership over appetizers and drinks. 

On display from October 1 - October 31, 2026

A critique for Haley Harcke's Burrow of the Habitual Self will be held tomorrow, Wednesday, June 10th at 3:15 PM in the CCS Gallery, followed by a closing reception held from 5:00 - 7:00 PM.

From Spectrum Literary Journal Editorial Team:

On behalf of Spectrum Literary Journal and the CCS Writing & Literature community broadly, I would like to cordially invite you to the Spectrum Vol. LXIX  Launch Party, taking place on Friday, June 5th, in the CCS Courtyard!

Spectrum is our campus’ nearly seventy-years-running literary magazine—making it the longest running lit mag in the UC system. Join us to grab your copy of this year’s volume, as well as to celebrate the end of the ’25-’26 academic year.

Hi friends, 

I’m excited to invite you to my first solo show, This is She, in the College of Creative Studies Gallery. The show will be open from May 30th to June 3rd, with a reception from 5-7 pm on June 3rd. I’d love for you to join me in celebrating with wine and refreshments!

From Dr. Sharon Tettegah, CCS Faculty, Department of Black Studies Director for the Center for Black Studies Research, Department of Black Studies Professor:

This year marks a significant milestone for the Center for Black Studies Research. To celebrate eight years of leadership and growth under her direction, we cordially invite you to a special presentation by our Director, Dr. Sharon Tettegah.

Sound Transformed is a senior recital by Cameron Kennedy '26 (CCS Music Composition) featuring the use of purely digitally composed music. Inspired by various tools a composer can use when crafting music with technology, Cameron has created an original set for the evening combining both organically and digitally created sounds. Progressing from purely organic sounds to a musical collage of splicing, reverb, and MIDI effects, we hope attendees will be inspired to combine a wider range of sounds within their own music.