Arts
Your support for UC San Diego's dynamic and growing arts ecosystem allows us to connect students, faculty, artists, families and friends through inspiring programs and education, cultivating diverse communities dedicated to creativity and innovation. Together, we can foster an enriching arts environment on campus that stimulates empathy, well-being and a commitment to the common good.
School of Arts and Humanities
Department of Theatre and Dance
Foster a community that allows artists and scholars to realize their full potential and reimagine the way we understand our world through the performing arts.
Department of Music
Ensure the continued excellence of the Department of Music through advanced technology, robust learning and engaging events.
Department of Visual Arts
Support innovative and collaborative education in the practice and understanding of art — from residencies to exhibitions to interdisciplinary creation.
Mandeville Art Gallery
Enhance our ability to provide engaging exhibitions, student learning opportunities, and other gallery programs.
Kamil Gallery
Sustain the Kamil Gallery’s efforts to provide opportunities for undergraduates to explore media and film production and ensure the longevity of the gallery.
Suraj Israni Center for Cinematic Arts Endowment
Help bring speakers, film festivals and symposiums to the center while offering robust learning opportunities for students.
Campus Collections
The Stuart Collection
Help grow the world-renowned Stuart Collection with a gift that enables us to commission new artists to create new permanent artworks on campus.
Campus Performances and Events
Epstein Family Amphitheater Program
Provide support for live performances that unite unique perspectives, interdisciplinary art and entertainment, and research and education that embody our campus culture.
ArtPower Discovery
Support performing and media arts that engage, energize and transform the diverse culture life of our campus and San Diego.
Craft Center and Glass Center
Craft Center Programmatic Support
Allow students, faculty, staff and community members to come together for exciting workshops, classes and demonstrations.
Creatively Realizing Art and Fun Together (C.R.A.F.T.) Endowment
Give students low to no-cost access to leading-edge craft classes, workshops, events and exhibitions.
Marko Wolfinger Surfboard Shaping Studio
Help recruit experts in surfboard shaping and the supplies needed to ensure students enjoy the art of creating their own surfboards for many years to come.
Division of Extended Studies
UC San Diego Park & Market Arts and Culture
Bring together education, innovation, technology and creativity at this important cultural nexus in downtown San Diego.
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute Theater Program
Ensure the longevity of the Theater World Program through support for guest artists and materials needed for quarterly shows.