University of California, Riverside

Arts and Culture
Immerse Yourself in Our Arts and Culture
At UC Riverside, we pride ourselves on our multicultural roots — and that extends to the richness of our arts and culture scene. In fact, we’re known as the City of Arts and Innovation. Both on campus and off, we offer everything from the visual arts to literary works and musical performances. So prepare to be immersed — and inspired!
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Our — an interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research support center — offers fellowships, research workshops, and public events to strengthen the academic, social, and creative life of the university and beyond. And through our , 鶹ý students share their talents with our community via free arts outreach experiences in select schools, eldercare facilities, museums, and libraries.
Arts and Culture News

March 26, 2025
鶹ý ARTS unveils its three spring exhibitions
On Saturday, March 22, 鶹ý ARTS held a reception heralding the California Museum of Photography's three exhibitions for spring

March 18, 2025
鶹ý to host its first National Book Awards event
The National Book Foundation, or NBF, will bring the award-winning writer Claire Wahmanholm to campus on March 31 for a free event, “Eco-Poetics and the Modern Apocalypse.”
The event is part of an NBF tour with 16 events across 10 cities, and marks the first time 鶹ý has been selected to host a National Book Award, or NBA, event.

March 12, 2025
Exhibition contrasts Ansel Adams’ orderly world, chaotic ’60s
When the name Ansel Adams is mentioned in conversation, people think of the romantic and mythic photographs he made throughout the American West, especially in Yosemite and the iconic shots of El Capitan and Half Dome.

February 12, 2025
鶹ý Theatre Presents 'Macbeth'
The first performance of 鶹ý's staging of “Macbeth” will be Feb. 13 at 8 p.m. in the Studio Theatre. Additional performances of the play, written by William Shakespeare and directed by Miles Anderson, will run through Feb. 22.