Theater Newsletter: Week of 4/7
Kavan Wijeratne
Theater Arts Newsletter
April 10, 2025
CREATIVE INTERVENTIONS: A COLLOQUIUM IN ARTS, DESIGN, AND MEDIA.
Creative Technologies is thrilled to announce the Spring 2025 guests for Creative Interventions: A Colloquium in Arts, Design, and Media.
Creative Interventions is a community colloquium in contemporary creativity and creative practices.
Our speaker series raises questions of import to contemporary creative workers in media and technology. How do creative workers address their most challenging problems? How does creative labor intersect with other forms of labor to nurture the world views and cultural practices of our democracy?
Creative Interventions addresses the interconnected work of artists, designers, activists, and knowledge workers—and the intrinsic and transformative capacity of that work to cultivate a just society.
We invite members of the UCSC community to attend these talks. All talks take place on Tuesdays, via Zoom. RSVP links are below, as well as on the CT website.
play as transformative technology
April 15, 11:40a - 1:15p
Sofia Crespo & Feileacan Kirkbride McCormick
Entanglements: Exploring Artificial Biodiversity
May 6, 11:40a - 1:15p
Discernment: Generative Images, Synthetic Media and Evolving Critical Impulse
May 20, 11:40a - 1:15p
MAY PORTER SESNON SALON:
Department of Performance, Play & Design
COME SHOW SUPPORT FOR PPD!
Dean Celine and the Arts Division welcome students, faculty, staff, and the general community to a salon-style gathering presenting the work of UC Santa Cruz's Department of Performance, Play & Design.
Thursday, May 1, 3:45pm
Outdoors by the Porter College Koi Pond.
Light refreshments will be served.
Free and open to the public.
The 3rd Thursday Sesnon Salon Series continues throughout the academic year:
ACCELERATE YOUR CAREER USING LINKEDIN
Zoom workshop presented by Career Success
April 25, 12-1 PM online, Handshake registration link here.
ARTS PROFESSIONAL PATHWAYS INTERNSHIP SCHOLARSHIP
The Arts Professional Pathways Internship Scholarship helps make internships more accessible by supporting living, moving, and travel expenses. Open to undergraduate and graduate Arts students in good academic standing, this needs-based scholarship offers up to $1000 per month during an accepted internship. Priority is given to students identified as high need by UCSC Financial Aid, those needing to relocate, or those who must leave current employment to accept the internship.
APPLICATION DEADLINE: May 9, 2025.
THEATER & AGPM STUDENTS INVITED TO
PARTICIPATE IN FILM + DIGITAL MEDIA EVENT
2nd Annual Slug 48 Film Competition
April 25-27 + Screening + Awards Night on April 30
This 48-hour film competition is open to ALL UCSC students!
OVERVIEW:
Students must sign up through a Google Form that opens on Monday, April 7:
INFO AND SIGNUP: https://slug48.ucsc.edu
Instructions and guidelines will be given on Friday April 25 at 5 pm including details such as a theme, a prop, a line of dialogue that must be in the film to ensure nothing was shot ahead of time.
You will then have until Sunday, April 27 at 5 pm to submit your finished film.
Finished films should be 4 min or less in running time.
ACTORS: the weekend will be a quick and fun way to get some on-screen acting experience that could be used for your reel, etc.!
On April 30, there will be a Screening + Awards Night with guest judges!
UCLA ARCHITECTURE AND URBAN DESIGN SUMMER PROGRAM IN ARCHITECTURE/DESIGN
JumpStart
Summer 2025: June 23 – July 18, in-person
JumpStart is a 3.5-week summer studio open to students from all backgrounds who are contemplating careers and ideas in architecture, design, and related fields.
This year’s program will be delivered in person and carries six quarters of University of California credit. To participate in JumpStart, students must hold a high school diploma (or equivalent).
The program is led by Julia Koerner, a distinguished architect who also designs 3D printed fashion and costumes for Ruth Carter and Black Panther, for Paris Fashion Week and haute couture houses, and for her own line, JK3D.
Over the course of the program, students will learn to:
Produce architectural representation via both orthographic and parallel projections
Build analog models using manual and digital fabrication tools
Develop digital models of existing and original designs
Learn to use 2-D and 3-D modeling and drawing software: Rhinoceros and Adobe Illustrator (individuals with prior modeling experience will be challenged to expand and advance their skill set through technical workshops)
Communicate architectural ideas effectively across formats
At least one day will be devoted to a field trip/site visits in Los Angeles.
"As someone with zero academic or professional architecture experience, this program was the perfect entry point. I learned so much… and got to design a whole house in less than four weeks."
(Ivy Moore, JumpStart 2024)
Catch-up, Keep-up, Excel! Tutoring & Success Programs
NEED HELP WITH WRITING OR OTHER ACADEMICS?
Use Learning Support Services in Spring quarter!
Learning Support Services is UCSC's undergraduate tutoring center serving over 3000 students per quarter and employing 150 undergraduate students as successful, certified tutors each year!
Tutoring is Available for 100+ Classes!
Students sign up on TutorHub - UCSC's Tutor Portal.
Want tutoring but the class is not specifically supported? Check out these other programs!:
Help with any writing work (assignment or personal) they encounter.
Students will have access to 30-minute meetings with a writing tutor who is trained to help students become better writers, not edit.
Help with math questions in the following subjects, algebra, trigonometry, calculus, and vector calculus. (The tutors are math majors and may have the capacity to tutor higher levels of math)
Students are encouraged to work with other students who may be in the same class or can work individually. The tutor roams the room checking in on students individually and providing support.
45-minute workshops that teach tools to be successful at UCSC. Workshop topics are science-backed best practices for effective, durable learning!
Topics include: Study Skills, Goal Setting, Productive Struggle, Note-Taking, Understanding your Syllabus, Time Management
The coaching program connects interested students with peer coaches. In those private, one-on-one meetings, students can reflect on their experience at UCSC, learn new study strategies, and get connected to resources and opportunities.
SOME NON-PPD EVENTS THIS QUARTER!
APRIL PORTER SESNON SALON – Music Department
Dean Celine and the Arts Division welcome students, faculty, staff, and the general community to a salon-style gathering presenting the work of UC Santa Cruz's Music Department.
Thursday, April 17, 3:45pm
Outdoors by the Porter College Koi Pond.
Light refreshments will be served.
Free and open to the public.
The 3rd Thursday Sesnon Salon Series continues throughout the academic year:
April 17: Music Department
May 15: Creative Technologies
51ST ANNUAL UCSC PRINT SALE
Friday & Saturday, June 6 & 7
10am – 6pm both days
UCSC Art Department, Room G-101 Print Studio
The Print Sale runs in conjunction with the Art Department’s Spring Open Studios, which take place on Friday only, from 12–4pm.
This popular once-a-year event presents an extraordinary opportunity for students to display and sell their work to the public and to showcase the exceptional quality of the printmaking program and facilities at UC Santa Cruz.
DETAILS: https://calendar.ucsc.edu/event/51st-annual-ucsc-print-sale
Exclusive Student Lunch with
Author & Choreographer Phil Chan
– RSVP REQUIRED
PPD students are invited to an exclusive student lunch meet & greet with Phil Chan—co-founder of Final Bow for Yellowface and a leading advocate for inclusive storytelling in the arts.
This is a unique opportunity to engage with Phil in an informal setting, learn more about his work to eradicate Yellowface from ballet and opera, and discuss ways to build a more inclusive future in the performing arts.
The first 25 students to arrive will receive a signed copy of Phil Chan’s book, Final Bow for Yellowface: Dancing Between Intention and Impact (2020).
Date: Tuesday, May 6, 2025
Time: 1:00–2:00 PM
Location: Cervantes and Velasquez Conference Room (BayTree Bookstore, 3rd Floor)
Space is limited! – RSVP Required, here: https://forms.gle/RctHpAoWL5fZbLWR8
NEWS & EVENTS
Keep an eye on the PPD News & Events page for all Theater Arts, Dance, AGPM events!
https://play.ucsc.edu/news-events