JOIN US for The Humanities Institute’s annual Night at the Museum featuring Amending Worlds, a panel discussion about speculative fiction and a multi-media exhibition by UCSC graduate and undergraduate students and alumni winners of the Coha-Gunderson Prize in Speculative Futures. The panel will feature Micah Perks (UC Santa Cruz), Cathy Thomas (UCSB), and Kim Tallbear […]

The Coha-Gunderson Creativity Workshop, housed in The Humanities Institute at UC Santa Cruz, presents a multi-media exhibition by UCSC graduate and undergraduate students and alumni winners of the Coha-Gunderson Prize in Speculative Futures. The Amending Worlds exhibition includes installations, performances, visual art, film & video, and a computer game, distributed throughout the museum’s spaces. Prizewinners […]

In partnership with The Diversity Center (TDC) and The Humanities Institute, the Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History (MAH) is proud to present the Threads of Love: The AIDS Memorial Quilt—a powerful exhibition that reflects on the profound impact the HIV/AIDS epidemic had on the LGBTQ+ community. It celebrates the enduring resilience, love, and […]

With support from Santa Cruz County and The Humanities Institute, the Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History (MAH) is proud to present Accidentally Wes Anderson: Adventures in Santa Cruz—an exhibition that pays tribute to the world of travel photography, community, and adventure, where architecture, design, and aesthetics converge in stunning symmetry reminiscent of the […]

Do you know about the three Hawaiian princes coming to Santa Cruz in 1885 and introducing surfing to the mainland? They didn't come here by accident. Join historians Geoffrey Dunn and Kim Stoner and learn about Antoinette Swan and her ties to Hawaiian royalty. This talk is a sneak peek of more hidden stories we […]

Join us for The Humanities Institute’s annual Night at the Museum featuring Watsonville is in the Heart and highlighting Sowing Seeds: Filipino American Stories from the Pajaro Valley, a community-driven exhibition that uplifts stories of Filipino American migration and labor in Watsonville and the greater Pajaro Valley of the Central Coast. The exhibition brings together […]

The Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History presents Sowing Seeds: Filipino American Stories from the Pajaro Valley -- A community-driven exhibition that preserves and uplifts stories of Filipino migration and labor in Watsonville and the greater Pajaro Valley of Central California. The exhibition culminates a four-year research initiative between community members, UC Santa Cruz […]