UCSB Arts & Lectures - The Lynda and Bruce Thematic Learning Initiative

The Lynda and Bruce Thematic Learning Initiative is a multi-year educational project from Arts & Lectures that brings experiential and contextual lifelong learning opportunities to UCSB and Santa Barbara.

This year's themes:

Creating a Better World: Social Justice, Human Rights, Economic Security

Creative Culture: The Intersection of Art, Technology and Design

With thanks to our visionary partners, Lynda Weinman and Bruce Heavin

Coming This Spring

Apr 5

Colson Whitehead
National Book Award-winning author of The Underground Railroad

Apr 12

Terry Tempest Williams
John Muir Award winner and environmental activist

Apr 22

Paul Hawken
Pioneering environmental entrepreneur

Apr 26

Roomful of Teeth
Grammy Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning vocal project

Apr 27

Laila Lalami
Influential writer on Islamophobia and award-winning author

May 9

Chip Kidd
Award-winning book jacket designer and art director

May 13

Lynsey Addario
MacArthur fellow and photojournalist who documents humanitarian crises

Arts & Lectures Spring 2017 Book Selection

Register online at AandLspring17book.eventbrite.com to reserve your FREE copy of Paul Hawken’s Drawdown. Offer available to Paul Hawken lecture ticketholders and UCSB students while supplies last. Pick up at the Apr. 22 event at Campbell Hall.