2026 Events

Phoebe Brunner ’72 (CCS Art) will be celebrated with an opening reception for her sixth solo exhibition at Sullivan Goss Gallery on Thursday, February 5, from 5–8 p.m. A Radiant Solitude will be on display from January 30–March 23, 2026.

Current College of Creative Studies (CCS) students: 

From the UCSB Affiliates:

The UCSB Affiliates are excited to continue our Profs at the Pub series with an immersive look into the intersection of technology and artistry.

Please join us for an evening with composer [and CCS Music Composition Faculty] Andrew A. Watts as he pulls back the curtain on his creative process. In this talk, Professor Watts will explore the digital frontier of modern music through topics like data sonification, glitch, and multimedia applications of artificial intelligence (AI). 

Join us for a concert highlighting the work of six College of Creative Studies (CCS) Music Composition majors!

Ellie Hsueh '28 

The College of Creative Studies Art Gallery and Feminist Studies at UC Santa Barbara would like to invite you to the closing event for Visiting Artist Christine Hudson’s exhibition, "tabi-tabi po".

Hosted by UCSB Library:

 https://www.library.ucsb.edu/events-exhibitions/creating-community-through-books-20-years-ucsb-reads?utm_source=reads&utm_medium=campuscalendar_link&utm_campaign=2026CommunityThroughBooks

CCS Writing & Literature Faculty Wendy Eley Jackson will debut a world premiere of her film, "The Other Roe', at the 2026 Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF).

World Premiere: Feb. 11 at 8:40 pm
Encore Screening: Feb. 13

Learn more here.

The College of Creative Studies Art Gallery is pleased to invite you to the soft opening of tabi-tabi po, a solo exhibition by Christine Hudson, on Wednesday, January 28, 2026.

We also warmly invite you to join us that same afternoon at 3:30 PM in the Old Little Theater for an artist talk, where Hudson will speak about their practice and the work currently on view in the gallery.

Faculty are encouraged to bring their classes or offer extra credit for student attendance.

From UCSB Library: 

UCSB Library is pleased to announce the launch of the new speaker series, AI in Action: Conversations with UCSB Researchers, and cordially invites you to the inaugural event on Feb. 9, which features a reception, moderated discussion and short presentations on innovative AI applications in research by: 

From UCSB Library: