Art, Design and Architecture Museum at UCSB
The Art, Design and Architecture Museum[1] (branded as AD&A Museum) is a museum within the University of California, Santa Barbara, located in Santa Barbara County, California, United States. Built in 1959, the facility was originally a gallery for art education at UC Santa Barbara.[2] Faculty member and architectural historian David Gebhard served as its director for twenty years.[3] It was formally accredited by the American Alliance of Museums in 1977.[4] Today the AD&A contains a fine art collection of over 8,500 original works. Reflecting its name, the museum often highlights the intersections between art, design, and architecture.[5]
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The Art, Design and Architecture Museum[1] (branded as AD&A Museum) is a museum within the University of California, Santa Barbara, located in Santa Barbara County, California, United States. Built in 1959, the facility was originally a gallery for art education at UC Santa Barbara.[2] Faculty member and architectural historian David Gebhard served as its director for twenty years.[3] It was formally accredited by the American Alliance of Museums in 1977.[4] Today the AD&A contains a fine art collection of over 8,500 original works. Reflecting its name, the museum often highlights the intersections between art, design, and architecture.[5]
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• Name — Art, Design and Architecture Museum • Established — 1959 • Location — University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California • Type — Art, design, architecture museum
Early Exhibitions
Early Exhibitions
• Max Beckmann - German painter and sculptor (1959)
Exhibitions during the 2010s
Exhibitions during the 2010s
• Amy Cutler - contemporary American painter and illustrator (Jul 14-Sep 16, 2012)[8][9] • Francisco Goya - Spanish romantic painter and printmaker (Sep 13-Dec 22, 2013) • Andy Warhol - American photographer and filmmaker (Feb 16-May 12, 2013)[10] • Michael Westmore - American film industry makeup artist (Jan 14-April 30, 2017) • Chiura Obata - Japanese American painter and teacher (Jan 13-Apr 29, 2018)[11] • Firooz Zahedi - Iranian American photographer (Jul 14-Sep 2, 2018) • Ja’Tovia Gary - American filmmaker (Jul 14-Sep 2, 2018)[12] • Julius Shulman - American architectural photographer (Jan 12-Apr 28, 2019) • John Sonsini - American oil painter (Jan 12-Apr 28, 2019)[13] • Carl Jung - Swiss psychiatrist, psychotherapist, and psychologist (Jan 12-Apr 28, 2019)[14] • Lee Mullican - American painter, curator, and art teacher (Jul 13-Sep 1, 2019) • Ila Bêka - contemporary Italian artist, filmmaker and producer (Sep 28-Dec 8, 2019) • Louise Lemoine - French video artist and filmmaker (Sep 28-Dec 8, 2019) • J.R. Davidson - American architect (Sep 28-Dec 8, 2019)
Exhibitions during the 2020s
Exhibitions during the 2020s
• Harmonia Rosales - Cuban-Jamaican-Jewish American painter (Jan 19-May 1, 2022)[15][16] • Ishi Glinksy - Tohono O’odham and German artist of Indigenous craft and contemporary art (Sep 1, 2022-Jan 22, 2023)[18] • Sandy Rodriguez - American interdisciplinary artist (Feb 25, 2023 Mar 3, 2024)[19][20] • Keith Puccinelli - American artist of drawing, sculpture, and interactive installation (Sep 7-Dec 16, 2024)[21][22] • Tomiyama Taeko - Japanese visual artist and writer (Jan 18-Apr 28, 2025)[23] • Jackie Amézquita - Guatemalan American performance artist (Aug 26-Nov 29, 2026) • Bonnie Ora Sherk - American landscape-space, performance artist, and educator (Aug 26-Nov 29, 2026) • Tiffany Chung - Vietnamese American contemporary cartography and installation artist (Jan 17-Apr 26, 2026)[24]
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Art, Design and Architecture Museum at UCSB is associated with United States. Recorded from 1959.
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Institutional history
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1959
Art, Design and Architecture Museum at UCSB established.
1959
Art, Design and Architecture Museum at UCSB is recorded from 1959.
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Other than the original works, the AD&A also possesses over 1,000,000 architectural drawings, historic photographs, writings, scrapbooks, and three-dimensional objects in the Architecture and Design Collection. From it inception, the museum was one of few institutions collecting architectural design materials, and thus today holds collections that include the papers of Rudolph Schindler, Irving Gill, Lutah Maria Riggs, Steven Erlich,[6] Barton Myers, and George Washington Smith. The museum's digital collections were enhanced with online exhibitions during the COVID-19 crisis so that audiences could continue to enjoy its resources while quarantine was in place.[7]
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- 1.University of California Humanities Research and Scholarship Opportunities. University of California Office of the President.
- 2.UAM Website
- 3.About. AD&A Museum.
- 4.Herrick, Debra. An Art Museum with a Defining Collection of Southern California Architecture & Design. Santa Barbara Independent. 12 August 2023.
- 5.Johnson, Frank. Art Design and Architecture Museum Santa Barbara: Unveiling Hidden Gems and Shaping Creative Futures. Wonderful Museums. 6 September 2025.
- 6.Herrick, Debra. UCSB Art Museum Collection adds Archive of Modernist Architect Steven Ehrlich. Santa Barbara Independent. 15 March 2024.
- 7.Grega, Josh. UCSB's Art, Design, & Architecture Museum enhancing online exhibits while gallery is closed due to coronavirus. Santa Barbara News-Press. 2020-04-28.
- 8.Donelan, Charles. Amy Cutler at UCSB’s AD&A Museum. Santa Barbara Independent. 29 August 2012.
- 9.Hatje Cantz. Turtle Fur. Amy Cutler. 2011. 9783775728096.
- 10.Donelan, Charles. Warhol About to Pop. Santa Barbara Independent. 12 July 2007.
- 11.Yee, Michelle. Exhibition Review - Chiura Obata: An American Modern. Panorama: Journal of the Association of Historians of American Art. 5. 2. Fall 2019.
- 12.Hernandez, Jasmin. Artist Ja’Tovia Gary and Her Films Are a Force to Be Reckoned With. Cultured Magazine. 20 February 2019.
- 13.Vessels, Stephen. John Sonsini, The Santa Barbara Project. Santa Barbara Independent. 18 October 2007.
- 14.Donelan, Charles. The Art of Carl Gustav Jung. Santa Barbara Independent. 4 February 2019.
- 15.Herrick, Debra. Harmonia Rosales recasts the Renaissance with West African tales from the same period. University of California News. 20 April 2023.
- 16.Herrick, Debra. ‘Harmonia Rosales: Entwined’ Inspires a Show in Memphis. Santa Barbara Independent. 21 April 2023.
- 17.Donelan, Charles. African Gods Meet Greek Mythology in Harmonia Rosales’s ‘Entwined’. Santa Barbara Independent. 7 April 2022.
- 18.Woodard, Josef. Review ‘Ishi Glinsky: Upon a Jagged Maze’ at UC Santa Barbara’s AD&A Museum. Santa Barbara Independent. 14 September 2022.
- 19.Woodard, Josef. Rebellion in the Margins, in the Region at UC Santa Barbara AD&A Museum. Santa Barbara Independent. 16 March 2023.
- 20.Jacobs, Tom. Unfolding Histories: 200 Years of Resistance. The Current. 14 March 2023.
- 21.Heller, Marcia. Art, Design & Architecture Museum Features Works of Keith Puccinelli. Noozhawk. 12 August 2024.
- 22.Dinaberg, Leslie. A Dotty Good Turnout for ‘Pooch’ at UC Santa Barbara AD&A Museum. Santa Barbara Independent. 10 September 2024.
- 23.Herrick, Debra. Japanese Artist Tomiyama Taeko Exhibition on View at UC Santa Barbara AD&A Museum. Santa Barbara Independent. 31 January 2025.
- 24.Cacchione, Orianna. Tiffany Chung: Indelible Traces. Hirmer. 2025. 978-3-7774-4686-8.
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