|                                                                                                      ![]()                                                                          narrative  |  community  |  play  |  ecology                                                                                                                                         Please join UCSC’s Digital Arts and New Media MFA Program                                       for our annual Master of Fine Arts graduate exhibition.                                                                                                                                                                          Eleven emerging artists push back against prevailing ideas                                       and definitions of digital art. Undercurrents of information and                                       meaning run through the exhibition, connecting themes of                                       conservation, activism, and representation through repurposed                                      technology, telematic performances, video installations, playable                                      media, electronic sculpture, and interactive experiences.                                                                                                                                                                          Don’t miss the opening reception where you’re invited to                                       interact with ecosystems, drink tea and participate in digital                                       storytelling. Experience and participate in the latest digital                                       technologies and experimental performance. Play unpredictable                                      games highlighting UCSC’s award-winning gaming program.                                                                        For more information, visit danm.ucsc.edu/mfa14                                                                                                                                                                          ABOUT DANM                                                                                                                                                                          The Digital Arts and New Media MFA Program (DANM) at                                       UC Santa Cruz serves as a center for the development and                                       study of digital media and the cultures they have helped create.                                                                                                                                                                          Faculty and students are drawn from a variety of backgrounds                                       such as the arts, computer science, the humanities, the sciences,                                       and the social sciences to pursue interdisciplinary artistic and                                        scholarly research and production, in the context of a broad                                      examination of digital arts and cultures.                                                                                                                                                                                                          The MFA is a terminal degree in the arts and qualifies graduates                                       for a variety of career paths including university-level teaching                                       and research. Two years of intensive study culminate in the                                       development of individual thesis papers and projects, which                                      premiere in an annual MFA exhibition.                                                                                                                                         danm.ucsc.edu                                                                                                                                                                         |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  ![]()                                             Exhibition:                      April 26 - 27, 2014                      May 1- 4, 2014                      12:00 - 5:00 p.m.                      Reception:                       May 1, 2014                      6:00 – 9:00 p.m.                      Reception sponsored by  Bonny Doon Vineyard and UCSC Arts Division.                      Location: The Digital Arts Research Center (DARC) located off Meyer Drive near the Music Recital Hall and Theater Arts.                       Map & Parking                      Questions: Email danm@ucsc.edu                      Give to the                       Arts at UC Santa Cruz.                                            ![]()                                                                                                              |