Artist Chico MacMurtrie explores culture and Fronterizx identity in the exhibition "Border Crossers," on display with the UC San Diego Qualcomm Institute (QI) from Thursday, October 5 through Friday, December 8. QI hosts a free opening night event Thursday, Oct. 8.
The group exhibition How We Gather investigates the notion and enactment of solidarity across various contemporary artists’ practices through the lens of the pandemic.
Hosted entirely in Spanish, this event seeks to bring to campus Indigenous voices for a day of lectures and poetry readings; to celebrate and build bridges between Chicanx/Latinx students and Indigenous intellectuals from Guatemala and Mexico; and to celebrate Latin American heritage and create strong relationships.
CARTA's "Comparative Anthropogeny” (CompAnth) gathers transdisciplinary, global experts to explore distinctly human traits in comparison with the great apes, as well as other approaches to human origins. Nov. 3, 1:00PM at Salk & Livestreaming: FREE.
The Center for Marine Biodiversity and Conservation at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego is hosting a Seaweed Speakeasy as part of the 2023 California Seaweed Festival.
There are many ways to tell our stories, to respond to discrimination in an Italy that still considers itself “white.” Rap is a global storytelling language that reaches from the Bronx to the peripheries of the world. It is an activist tool, accessible to all, that works to liberate us from stereotypes and prejudices, to clarify issues of identity and citizenship, and to make change. It is a therapeutic tool that helps us to work through anger, frustration, and personal family traumas. And it is an inclusive pedagogical voice in struggles for justice and equality.
Learn about the work of artists new to the Visual Arts MFA program: Jamil Baldwin, Rahul Basu, Sophia Cleary, Walker Hewitt, Izzai Martinez Angulo, Aambr Newsome, erika roos, and Andrew Wharton.
The UC San Diego women’s volleyball team will host CSU Bakersfield at 7 p.m., Friday, Nov. 3 at LionTree Arena. Watch on ESPN+. Live stats will be available.
The Kreutzer Affair is an immersive theatrical concert program created by the Tesla Quartet with pianist David Kaplan, exploring how music was captured into words and then rebottled into music again. The Tesla Quartet is known the world over for their “superb capacity to find the inner heart of everything they play, regardless of era, style, or technical demand” (International Review of Music). From cutting edge contemporary works to established masterpieces, the Tesla Quartet’s emotive and thoughtful interpretations reveal the ensemble’s deep commitment to the craft and to their ever expanding repertoire.
