Megan Fisher

June 5, 2014

Parting Words from Graduating Artsweek Staff, Part 2

By Demi Anter, Audrey Bachelder, Megan Fisher, Michael Hafford, Madison Medeiros, Sio Tepper, Tina Petrosian

INCOMING EDITOR ‘HELLO’: AUDREY BACHELDER Dear Gauchos, I am so happy and honored to be your Artsweek Editor for the 2014-2015 year. I pledge to fill up these Thursday pages with clever stories on local bands...

May 30, 2013

MFA Students Debut Impressive Thesis Show

By Megan Fisher

This past Friday evening, the UC Santa Barbara Art, Design & Architecture Museum opened a new exhibition called “Inside Out,” which features the thesis work of the graduating Master of Fine Arts class of 2013: Er...

May 23, 2013

Getting Acquainted With the AlloSphere, MAT: How Art and Tech Collide on Campus

By Megan Fisher

With new discoveries in the scientific field happening every day, research collaborations that bring science, engineering and technology together with the arts are currently being facilitated on UCSB’s campus. This cro...

May 9, 2013

Drag Gets Serious: A Thrilling Show at Campbell

By Megan Fisher

This past Thursday evening, Campbell Hall experienced a complete makeover as it welcomed stars Willam Belli and Detox from “RuPaul’s Drag Race” to host a professional drag show for UCSB’s Pride Week, put on by UC...

April 24, 2013

Coachella 2013: Two Takes on Two Weekends

By Audrey Bachelder, Megan Fisher

Weekend 1: A Love Letter From a First-Time Festivalgoer   Audrey Bachelder, Assistant Artsweek Editor   There’s a certain kind of magic that surrounds the festival called Coachella. It’s the magic of unadul...

April 18, 2013

Things That Turn Your Brain To Mush

By Megan Fisher

A New Show at CAF Explores Our Precarious Relationship with New Media Every day we are bombarded with new technological advancements, internet trends and messages from the media that cause our language and culture to evo...

March 7, 2013

AD&A Museum Presents Four New Exhibits

By Megan Fisher

Megan Fisher Staff Writer The Art, Design & Architecture Museum of UC Santa Barbara is currently featuring four new exhibitions that are open until mid-May. The museum opened the shows two weeks ago, displaying artwo...

February 21, 2013

Foreign Films Reach Santa Barbara Audiences

By Megan Fisher

Over the past two weeks in Pollock Theater, the film series “For Your Consideration: The 2013 Oscar Nominees for Best Foreign Language Film” has screened all five of the 2013 Oscar-nominated foreign feature films. Ad...

February 7, 2013

MFA Art Student Raises Funds for Thesis Project

By Megan Fisher

MFA student Chris Silva is currently working on his thesis project, 24 Hours of Le Mans, a Kickstarter-funded sculptural installation and performance created with the U.K.-based artist Benedict Radcliffe. The project cen...

January 31, 2013

Group Show ‘A Handful of Dust’ Debuts at CAF

By Megan Fisher

This past weekend, the Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum opened their two newest exhibits of the year, “A Handful of Dust” and Molly Smith’s “Root.” Located in the downtown Paseo Nuevo shopping center, CAF ...