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Looking for something to do at home — perhaps with a virtual Zoom date? Take a stroll through one of UC’s many online galleries, explore curator-designed programs and even watch avant-garde films without changing out of your PJs.

Berkeley

  • Art Practice Department: Virtually meet current students and check out art on their portfolio pages.
  • Made at Berkeley: View artwork, writing and design projects created by the Berkeley campus community.
  • The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life: View digital exhibit photos and mark your calendar for upcoming Arts & Ideas events.
  • UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive: Watch-from-home streaming videos, virtual exhibitions and online events.

Davis

Irvine

Los Angeles

  • Fowler Museum: Mark your calendar for upcoming virtual events covering hip-hop culture, Thai cooking lessons, ancestral belonging — plus explore more online exhibits.
  • Hammer Museum: Watch videos of past programs, check out video artist profiles and explore the digital archives.
  • UCLA Library Film & Television Archive: If you’re a film buff, there’s no better place to virtually spend the afternoon. Watch and listen online.

Merced

Riverside

  • UCR Arts: California Museum of Photography & Sweeney Art Gallery: View the digital collections, plus visit the UCR Arts YouTube channel for artist, scholar and curator interviews, gallery tours and arts programming for kids.

San Diego

  • Adam D. Kamil Gallery: View an array of art created by UC San Diego undergraduate students.
  • MFA exhibitions: The in-person MFA art exhibition was canceled due to COVID-19, but you can explore MFA projects virtually here.

San Francisco

  • J. Michael Bishop Art Collection: Select each artist’s name from the left menu on the UCSF Art Collection website to view photographs of their work and learn more about each artist.

Santa Barbara

  • 2020 undergraduate exhibition: View the gallery.
  • Art, Design, & Architecture Museum: A variety of online exhibits includes the 2020 MFA thesis exhibition, photography from the Santa Barbara Solstice Festival and the colorful history of makeup artist legends, the Westmore family.
  • Arts & Lectures: Upcoming events include concerts, films, author conversations and more.

Santa Cruz

Look out for gardens, libraries, performing arts and science-themed museums in future issues of UCnetwork!

Did we miss a UC fine arts institution with virtual content? Please email a link to our editors at ucnetwork@universityofcalifornia.edu.

Note: Article image is from UC Berkeley’s “The Languages of Berkeley” exhibition, designed by Aisha Hamilton.

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