Alumni Artist Biographies

April 21, 2021 by adamuseum

The AD&A Museum presents alumni artists and their work held in the Fine Arts Collection during April’s All Gaucho Reunion month. Thirty-four alumni and faculty artist biographies were produced by the Museum’s interns during Winter quarter 2021. Under the guidance of Leticia Cobra Lima, Internship Program Coordinator, and Susan Lucke, Collections Manager and Registrar, the undergraduate interns researched and wrote the pieces, exercising their art historical skills and contributing scholarship to further enrich the Collection. We will be sharing the alumni and faculty artist biographies and their […]

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UCSB On-Campus Public Art: Part Two

April 6, 2021 by adamuseum

With spring underway and California on the verge of returning to some normalcy, please enjoy the second part of the Art, Design & Architecture Museum’s guide to UC Santa Barbara’s outdoor art. We previously focused on figural and kinetic sculptures, and now highlight works ranging from abstract steel creations to three-dimensional murals. Please take this virtual opportunity to explore the outdoor artistic treasures of our University. The UCSB campus map detail presents locations of the public art discussed in this guide. […]

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UCSB On-Campus Public Sculptures: Part One

December 10, 2020 by adamuseum

Some in plain sight and some tucked away in the hidden corners of our campus, outdoor sculptures on the grounds of UC Santa Barbara offer a moment of culture in nature. Both the artwork and its surrounding architecture offer an intriguing visual experience as visitors traverse the campus. Whether you are going to study at the library, heading to chemistry class, or biking into Isla Vista, many of these works of art may have caught your eye.  Even though these activities […]

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A Short History of the ADC, Part 2

September 11, 2020 by adamuseum

Click here for Part 1. Sadly, David Gebhard died of a heart attack in 1996, leaving behind a wife and two daughters. Two years later, the first staff curator, Kurt Helfrich, was hired to continue the collecting and exhibition of ADC materials. Helfrich, an architectural historian and Certified Archivist, received his PhD from the University of Virginia. Building upon the acquisitions of the previous years, new collections included Walter White, Kenneth Wing, Jim Charlton, Victor Cusack, as well as the […]

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A Short History of the Architecture and Design Collection, Part 1

September 1, 2020 by adamuseum

The Architecture and Design Collection (ADC) was founded in 1963 by Professor David Gebhard, who was hired to be Director of the university Art Gallery and as faculty in the Art History department. Gebhard (1927-1996) was an architect, architectural historian, and avid collector of architecture and design. After receiving his PhD in architectural history from the University of Minnesota, Gebhard was a curator at the University of New Mexico art gallery, and then Director of the Roswell (NM) Museum and […]

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In the Nude

August 17, 2020 by adamuseum

In the Spring quarter of 2020, the interns in the AD&A Museum Internship Program were invited to curate online exhibitions utilizing the Museum’s Fine Arts Collection and Architecture & Design Collection. We are proud to present the work of guest curator Noelle Barr, a senior at UC Santa Barbara, with majors in Art History and Music. Moses Soyer (b. Russia, 1899-1987), Thoughtful Nude, 1970, Oil on canvas, 25 x 20 in. Gift of David and Jane Soyer In the Western […]

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The Waiting Room: Beyond Our Control

August 11, 2020 by adamuseum

In the Spring quarter of 2020, the interns in the AD&A Museum Internship Program were invited to curate online exhibitions utilizing the Museum’s Fine Arts Collection and Architecture & Design Collection. We are proud to present the work of guest curator Olivia Thompson, who is in her third year at UC Santa Barbara. Her major is Anthropology with an emphasis on Archaeology, and her minor is Museum Studies. Keith Puccinell (b. United States, 1950 –2017), One Pillow, 2012, Ink and dirt on […]

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Museum Lessons and Crafts for Kids: Renaissance Frescoes

July 2, 2020 by adamuseum

While some public spaces are reopening, many of us are still looking for ways to entertain and teach our kids at home. The Education Outreach Interns at the Art, Design & Architecture Museum, UCSB, have designed five lessons and crafts that you can share with your aspiring artists and historians at home! This lesson, taught by Haylee Rosso, is about frescoes, a type of painting used to apply images to walls, used during the Renaissance, a time filled with important […]

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Behind the Scenes: Masks in the Non-Western World

June 25, 2020 by adamuseum

The COVID 19 pandemic has introduced many challenges including mandatory mask-wearing. This got me to thinking about the concept of a mask. In western cultures, a mask is defined as a noun as something you wear but can also be used as a verb “to conceal”. But in non—Western cultures, their function is more than to simply cover and conceal but to celebrate long-standing rituals and traditions.  The AD&AM at UC Santa Barbara houses a strong collection of masks from various regions of the […]

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