Join us for the sixth annual CCS Research & Creative Activities Conference (RACA-CON) on Saturday, November 5th, 2022.

A tradition since the establishment of the College in 1967, the annual All College Meeting occurs on the day prior to the beginning of the academic school year. All CCS Students, Faculty, and Staff are invited to meet and greet colleagues, hear important information about the coming year, be part of the 2022 CCS All-College Photo, and enjoy the catered light breakfast and sandwich lunch!

Andrew Freund will share his background in sumo, and life experiences, from his legendary days as a College of Creative Studies student, to his time working in Japan, his teaching career, and the past 25 years, as a pioneering producer of international sumo events worldwide.

As Part of the Summer 2022 Culture and Community Grant Program, invited by Professor Ernest Freund of the UCSB Physics Department, the UCSB campus will be visited by three (3) Sumo Champions, including “YAMA”, the Heaviest Japanese Human Being in History! He’s also the multi-time World Sumo Champion, and has made appearances in 30 countries, worldwide.

This event has been cancelled. 

Sound Painting is the universal multidisciplinary live composing sign language for musicians, actors, dancers, and visual artists. Come join our class in our end-of-quarter performance as we share what we've learned in this improvisatory performance experience. Each Sound Painting performance is creative, unique, and unrepeatable: you don't want to miss this!

Learn about the collaborative research projects between undergraduate students and their graduate mentors.

Grace Fisher ’22 (CCS Music Composition) will present her senior music composition recital on May 22nd, 2022 at 7:30pm at Lotte Lehmann Concert Hall. The program will include some of Grace Fisher’s orchestral compositions, performed by a combination of USCB music students and community members.

Kailee Lencioni '22 (CCS Music Composition) will present Let Me Be Where You Are, a senior music composition recital, on May 20, 2022 at 7pm in the Old Little Theatre. 

Cassandra Chow '22 (CCS Music Composition) will present Always Yours, a CCS Music Composition senior recital, on May 14, 2022 at 1:30pm in the Music Building Room 1145. 

Gina Pletschet '22 (CCS Music Composition) will present Graphically Personal, a CCS Music Composition senior recital, on May 15, 2022 at 5:00pm at the Music Bowl.