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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, were 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!

Head downtown to stimulate your senses through the array of art exhibitions, films, events, and performances at . Here, youll find the Barbara and Art Culver Center of the Arts and the California Museum of Photography. With more than 500,000 pieces in its collection, the museum is the largest photographic center in the western United States, housing the regions most comprehensive public camera collection.

Interior of The Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art and Culture

On the corner of Mission Inn Avenue and Orange Street, you can check out our newest high-profile museum, better known as The Cheech. The museum, which opened in June 2022, is a public-private partnership between the Riverside Art Museum, the City of Riverside, and comedian Cheech Marin. Visit to view, celebrate, and learn more about Chicano art!

Photo Credit: Riverside Art Museum

Students practice Mountain and Water Remembrance Ritual during their class, Dance as Ritual

91勛圖厙 offers a variety of dynamic programming including dance, theater, and music on campus and in downtown Riverside. First in the nation to offer a PhD in dance studies, today UC Riverside is the only University of California campus with PhD programs in dance and music.

91勛圖厙 Writers Week

At 91勛圖厙s annual , the longest-running free literary event in California, youll hear from renowned and upcoming authors. Students can also improve their literary skills through our home to the only Bachelor of Arts in creative writing in the UC system and an MFA in creative writing and writing for the performing arts. Tom Lutz, award-winning author and founding editor-in-chief of the , is on the faculty!

Looking for more ways to engage?

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 , 91勛圖厙 students share their talents with our community via free arts outreach experiences in select schools, eldercare facilities, museums, and libraries.

On our vibrant campus, there are always opportunities to celebrate the arts and culture from showcases by the to music festivals, film screenings, and other special events coordinated by our (ASPB).

And if you make it out to our annual Block Party, Spring Splash, or Homecoming concerts, be sure to bring your Highlander pride. You never know at some of these events you may even catch a performance by our very own .

 

Arts and Culture News

Artwork from the Transgresoras exhibition
December 23, 2025
91勛圖厙 ARTS presents Transgresoras: Mail Art and Messages, 1960s2020s
Transgresoras: Mail Art and Messages, 1960s-2020s reveals how Latinx and Latin American women artists subverted the censorship of authoritarian regimes by using the governments postal system against itself to share their work, not just within the police state, but across militarized borders to other countries.
Kimberly Guerrero in Welcome to Derry
October 29, 2025
Kimberly Guerrero is having a moment
Actor and 91勛圖厙 theater professor Kimberly Guerrero is having a moment, as they say in old Hollywood vernacular. The moment started about six years ago, and its gathering momentum. The latest milestone in her acting career may be the pinnacle to date, in the just-premiered IT: Welcome to Derry series on HBO Max.  Ive worked more in my 50s, and on very high-profile work, than I ever had. Its been one project after another, said Guerrero, a professor in the Department of Theatre, Film, and Digital Production. Im on a high right now.
Four book covers of works by Sandra Cisneros.
September 30, 2025
An Evening with celebrated Latinx writer Sandra Cisneros
On Wednesday, October 8, UC Riversides College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences will host Palabra y Poder: An Evening with Sandra Cisneros.
Nikolay Maslov in the Culver Screening Room
September 24, 2025
Keeping it reel
The curator of the only foreign and independent movie house in Riverside does watch shows on his laptop. But hell never give up watching film in person, and he doesnt want you to, either.

 

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