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García, class of 1955, made positive impacts as an educator and as an arts lover.

How Toni Morrison helped an economics professor turn grief into art

Explore six exhibitions at the California Museum of Photography and Culver Center of the Arts with new measures ensuring guest safety

The open call marks the first time the California Museum of Photography has solicited art from the public at this scale

A new exhibition at the California Museum of Photography explores the iconic work of documentary photographer Bruce Davidson and the evolution of meaning in photographs

Fifteen UCR faculty members and staff offer tips on keeping a creative spirit in the age of COVID-19

Experience 360-degree exhibition tours, artist interviews, hands-on activities, and more from the comfort of home

‘Facing Fire’ explores the beauty, threat, and devastation of California’s growing wildfires

Photographer Amir Zaki highlights the unique architectural spaces and their place in California culture

The gift from Jim and Georgia Steinhart marks the art center’s inaugural born-digital collection and first-ever endowment

California Museum of Photography exhibition explores how artist Robert Cumming exposed the truth and trickery of photography

“Reflection Eternal,” on view at the Culver Center of the Arts Aug. 31-Jan. 19, unpacks the iconic horror film figure

“STRATUM” and “Clive Wearing’s Dilemma” are on view at the California Museum of Photography May 11-Sept. 8

Although the Black Panther Party dissolved nearly 40 years ago, the movement’s legacy endures — largely through the iconic imagery created by former party member Emory Douglas. As the minister of culture for the Black Panther Party and graphic artist for the organization’s newspaper, Douglas was charged with establishing the...

Douglas McCulloh is not a man ruled by fate, but rather, chance. In fact, McCulloh, who joined UCR ARTS as the new senior curator for the California Museum of Photography, or CMP, in July has made chance his primary modus operandi. He traces his preoccupation with chance back to his...

“How do you show that he’s bulletproof?” asks artist and University of California, Riverside professor John Jennings, while discussing Marvel superhero Luke Cage. “You have to shoot him. You have to have a black man during the Black Lives Matter movement shot every episode to prove that he’s bulletproof. And...

The California Museum of Photography has received a robust donation of American field view cameras, filling a significant gap in the museum’s collection. Donor Larry Pierce, a mineralogist and majority owner of Phoenix-based Fiberquant Analytical Services, gifted his collection of more than 500 cameras, as well as hundreds of related...

“Painting Architecture” will open at the Barbara and Art Culver Center of the Arts on Sept. 1

“Red Carpet in C” will open at the Barbara and Art Culver Center of the Arts on Aug. 18

The newly renamed arts institution will bring enhanced programming and scholarship to downtown Riverside