Revel in a New Season of Sensational Programming

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UCSB Arts & Lectures Announces its 65th Anniversary 2024-2025 Season Featuring More than 47 Events

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FREE Summer Films at the Santa Barbara County Courthouse Sunken Garden 

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UCSB A&L

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2023-2024, Another Adventurous, Must-See Season for UCSB Arts & Lectures

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UCSB Arts & Lectures Kicks off its 2023-2024 Season with Five-Time Grammy-winner Jacob Collier

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UCSB Arts & Lectures’ 2023-2024 Season

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UCSB Arts & Lectures

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FREE Summer Cinema: Out of this World!

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UCSB Arts & Lectures presents Isabella Rossellini in Conversation with Pico Iyer at The New Vic

Model, film star and philanthropist will share the story of her illustrious family and multifaceted career UCSB Arts & Lectures (A&L) […more…]

2022-23, an Incredible Run For UCSB Arts & Lectures

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‘Creating Hope’ with UCSB Arts & Lectures

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A Cultural Gift to the Community

If you had told Celesta M. Billeci, UCSB Arts & Lectures’ Miller McCune Executive Director, in March of 2020 that […more…]

We’ve Got This, Santa Barbara

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UCSB Arts & Lectures

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artsandlectures.ucsb.edu
(805) 893-3755
Senior Director of Development & Special Initiatives: Stacy Cullison

Mission

To educate, entertain and inspire.

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We know you care about where your money goes and how it is used. Connect with this organization’s leadership in order to begin to build this important relationship. Your email will be sent directly to this organization’s Director of Development and/or Executive Director.

Enriching Program at Santa Barbara’s Doorstep

Arts & Lectures brings our community, the University, and its students an incredible array of artistic offerings that are unequaled in any other community of our size in this country. A&L always manages to present the kind of material that appeals to thousands – I don’t know how they do it! Their robust education outreach, presented to both English and Spanish-speaking audiences, enriches younger students immeasurably. We are incredibly fortunate to have such a varied and stellar program right here on our doorsteps!
Sara Miller McCune
A&L Advisory Council Member & former co-chair, pictured with Tony-winning soprano Audra McDonald

Help UCSB Arts & Lectures Educate, Entertain, and Inspire Onstage and Off

With over 30,000 students and lifelong learners engaged in educational opportunities in the past year, UCSB Arts & Lectures brings arts, ideas, and stimulating conversations to every corner of Santa Barbara County annually. This year, it looks to do even more. 

When you join the Arts & Lectures Producers Circle with a contribution of $2,500 or more, you signal that you wish to become a leader in the effort to create a better, more thoughtful and creative community for all. Your gift will not only have an impact on the young people and families who benefit from Arts & Lectures’ education program, it will also propel the organization to even greater heights of achievement in bringing the world’s greatest artists and thinkers to Santa Barbara.

Key Supporters

Advisory Council members and leaders who have helped make A&L a vibrant part of Santa Barbara:
John & Jody Arnhold
Paul & Patricia Bragg Foundation
Marcy Carsey
Audrey & Timothy O. Fisher
G.A. Fowler Family Foundation
Connie Frank & Evan Thompson
Martha Gabbert
Eva & Yoel Haller
Luci & Rich Janssen
Dorothy Largay & Wayne Rosing
Kath Lavidge & Ed McKinley
Patty & John MacFarlane
Manitou Fund
Sara Miller McCune
Jillian & Pete Muller
Natalie Orfalea & Lou Buglioli
Maxine Prisyon
Sage Publishing
Heather & Tom Sturgess
Anne Smith Towbes
Sherry Villanueva
Lynda Weinman & Bruce Heavin
Merryl Snow Zegar & Chuck Zegar
Dick Wolf