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The Visiting Artists Program
(VAP) at UCSC hosts public presentations by artists each
year in lectures, symposia, performances and screenings as well
as studio art courses taught by a Visiting Artists in Residence
twice a year. It is a diverse new program that showcases artists
working in all media including sound, video, performance, painting,
sculpture, print media and photography, in addition to the work
of curators and art critics.
The primary mission of the Visiting Artists Program is to educate
and foster a greater understanding and appreciation of contemporary
art through discourse. VAP curates a theme-based lecture series,
“Issues and Artists” each winter quarter, hosting visiting artists
on a weekly basis. In curating programs for the course, VAP maintains
a commitment to ethnic and gender diversity that supports socially
engaged and theoretically informed aesthetic dialogue.
The Visiting Artists in Residence Program invites an art professional
for a 10-week residency during fall and spring quarters. During
the residency the artists teach two unique and originally-themed
courses, enabling students to work collaboratively with the visiting
artists. These courses are designed by the artists and approved
by the art department as a means to create a dynamic culture of
community through active research within the studio art program
at UCSC.
The Art Department, in collaboration, with the new Center for
Art and Visual Studies, is committed to bringing national and
international artists and curators to UCSC to teach, lecture and
involve students in theories and practices surrounding current
and shifting topics of interest within the art world. The lectures
are free and open to the public.
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