Digital Artist Talk — LABSCAPES: DIORAMAS OF RESEARCH

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Digital Artist Talk — LABSCAPES: DIORAMAS OF RESEARCH

Date:: Thursday, January 29, 2026
Time:: 1:00pm - 2:30pm
Location:: Digital Scholarship Commons
Location:: McHenry Library
Categories:: Digital Scholarship > DSC Events

Join us for this digital media showcase and Adobe Photoshop demo with artist Saul Villegas. This event highlights Villegas's work as Artist in Residence at the Center for Coastal Climate Resilience (CCCR) and the Institute of Marine Sciences (IMS). The showcase presents photography, video, and experimental digital media that document research environments, fieldwork, and laboratory processes as immersive visual dioramas.

The program includes a live Adobe Photoshop demo focused on digital workflow, image refinement, and practical strategies for capturing subjects in the field and lab—including observation, lighting, composition, and documentation techniques.

The session concludes with an open Q&A and informal discussion.

The event is sponsored by the University Library Center for Digital Scholarship, the CCCR, and the IMS.

Saul's digital exhibit will be on display on the VizWall in the Digital Scholarship Commons for duration of Winter Quarter 2026.

Land Acknowledgement

The land on which we gather is the unceded territory of the Awaswas-speaking Uypi Tribe. The Amah Mutsun Tribal Band, comprised of the descendants of indigenous people taken to missions Santa Cruz and San Juan Bautista during Spanish colonization of the Central Coast, is today working hard to restore traditional stewardship practices on these lands and heal from historical trauma.

The land acknowledgement used at UC Santa Cruz was developed in partnership with the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band Chairman and the Amah Mutsun Relearning Program at the UCSC Arboretum.