Art 1A Artist Talk Featuring KeyShawn Scott on Wednesday, March 11

Untitled (2025). Courtesy of KeyShawn Scott

 Who: KeyShawn Scott

What: Art 1A Artist Talk

When: Wednesday, March 11

Where: Ellison 2626

Website: www.keyshawnscott.com

Instagram: @sklamar_

Artist Bio: 

KeyShawn Scott holds a BA in Art Studio from UC Davis and is currently an MFA candidate at the University of California, Santa Barbara. His artworks have been featured in exhibitions such as "What You Give" at the Latino Center of Art & Culture in Sacramento, CA, "Larger Than Life: Murals in the Making" at The Barn Gallery, Woodland YoloArts, CA, and at the Glassbox and Red Barn Galleries at UCSB. He is also recognized for his contributions as a Recreational Leader at the Greater Vallejo Recreation District, where he mentored and engaged with young artists. KeyShawn’s practice spans drawing and installation, exploring how systems of visibility, order, and control shape everyday experience. His work examines vulnerability, identity, and the educational, commercial, and social structures that influence how we move, see, and are seen.

Art 199 Cohort Glass Box Gallery Exhibition & Art 1A Artist Talk

What: Art 199 Cohort Glass Box Gallery Exhibition

When: March 2 - March 6

Reception: Thursday, March 5 from 4-6

Who: Bethany Close, Elyse Harris-Crayton, Payton Gomez, Kelly Andrade, Maddie Cupples, Sarah Howard, Arpie Hakobyan

ART 1A ARTIST TALK: Monday, March 9 12:30-1:45

Who: Bethany Close, Elyse Harris-Crayton, Payton Gomez, Kelly Andrade, Maddie Cupples, Sarah Howard, Arpie Hakobyan

Where: Ellison 2626

Art 1A Artist Talk Featuring Eric Beltz on Monday, March 2

Who: Eric Beltz

What: Art 1A Artist Talk

When: Monday, March 2 from 12:30-1:45

Where: Ellison 2626

Website: ericbeltz.com

Instagram: @poisonoakman

About Eric Beltz,

Eric Beltz is a pencil artist who lives in Buellton and works in Santa Barbara. He teaches drawing at UC Santa Barbara where he also received his MFA in 2004. Beltz has shown extensively across the United States including at the Museum of Arts and Design (NY), the Mint Museum (NC), the Contemporary Arts Museum (TX), the Frye Museum (WA), and both the Santa Barbara Museum of Art and the Art, Design, and Architecture Museum at UCSB. His work has been featured in Art in America, the LA Times, the Village Voice, the New York Times, Juxtapoz Magazine, and other publications. Beltz has had numerous solo shows in Los Angeles and New York.

Art 1A Assignments to Clear Unexcused Absences

If you have missed a lot of classes, with unexcused absences throughout the quarter, then you should do these assignments to clear them. As you know, 5 or more unexcused absences will result in failing the class. However, if you had emergencies, and can provide me with a note from your doctor, from Student Health, or from your CAPS, DSP, CARE Counselor (for the specific dates in question)– then those absences will be excused. These are not extra credit assignments to improve your grade. These papers are due no later than Friday, March 13 by 5:00 PM. Submit them to KeyShawn via email.

Please note: If you did not go on the museum field trips, or the alternate museum field trip, then you have 2 unexcused absences for each of the trips, and you will also be missing the graded weekly assignment those weeks.

To clear unexcused absences: Watch the recorded Arts Colloquium Artist Talks found below, and write a 2-page Artist Talk response. Each talk and written assignment clears a single absence. Therefore, if you need to clear more than one absence you will need to do more than one of these assignments. 

You may submit up to 3 assignments total:

1) Tia-Simone Gardner: Recorded Talk

2) Nicholas Galanin: Recorded Talk

3) Alisha Wormsley: Recorded Talk

HONORS GLASS BOX GALLERY ART 1A TALK ON WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25

WHAT: Honors Cohort Glass Box Gallery Art 1A Talk

WHEN: Wednesday, February 25 from 12:30-1:45

WHERE: Glass Box Gallery (Arts  Building 534, Room 1328)

WHO: Tyler Alexander, Cameron Bibas, Bethany Close, Alex Edrozo, Payton Gomez, Elyse Harris-Crayton, Tomiko Osawa, Gaby Smith, Açúcar Viana Araujo and Jennette Wolfe

WHAT ELSE TO KNOW: The reception is from 4:00-6:00PM.

N.B.: Make sure to meet at the Glass Box Gallery, not Ellison Hall. Please arrive on time.

UCSB AD&A Museum Field Trip: Tiffany Chung Indelible Traces on Wednesday, March 4 from 12:30-1:45

What: AD&A Field Trip: Tiffany Chung: Indelible Traces exhibit.

When: Wednesday, March 4 from 12:30-1:45

Where: UCSB AD&A Museum

We are meeting in front of the museum, please arrive on time. The museum is adjacent to the University Center and Storke Plaza/Tower.

Department of Art Honors Open Studios on Wednesday, January 28 from 4:00-6:00

What: Honors Open Studios

When: Wednesday, January 28 from 4-6pm

Where: Arts 0242 & Arts 1352

Who: The Department of Art Honors Cohort