What Is the Cultural arts & diversity center?The Cultural Arts and Diversity (CAD) Resource Center strives to enhance the cultural climate of the University of California, Santa Cruz, and its surrounding communities by first, celebrating diversity. We work to foster the spirit of unity between cultures by providing outlets for the creative talents of the members of various cultural backgrounds through a series of lectures, presentations, workshops and productions. By gaining access to resources and services that support these endeavors, we strive to provide cultural awareness and diversity, build collaborative partnerships and community outreach, enhance retention and recruitment efforts, and provide opportunities for leadership and educational development. Our resource center, among many other things, houses two student-based theatrical organizations, four academic courses, professional quality student productions, a series of lectures and workshops, two outreach teams and a series of professional productions. These services are available year around, working to provide our community with art, culture and most of all, diverse education. 
The Cultural Arts and Diversity Center promotes the following programs:
"Thank you for sharing your stories with our students. They saw themselves in the narratives you have to share...Many of them walked away with a new perspective of what college can be and provide them. Rainbow, Rainbow!"
- Alexandrea Ramirez (Outreach Participating School Instructor) |
"If you want to be truly blessed, learn to uplift someone higher than yourself"
- Don Williams |
Look out! Up and Coming Events!
Click on our "Live Calendar" tab above to see the many shows to come
For the month of may, come join us for a variety of events that will open your mind to a new way of thinking
- May 24th."Souldiers Overwriting Limitation In Definitions" SOLID. - A student collaborative production on Arts and Education @ Stevenson Event Center.
- May 31st and June 1st. Multicultural Theater Festival @ Stevenson Event Center
- June 8th CAD Commencement - 1PM, @ Evergreen Picnic Area, Harvey West Park.
For future upcoming events, please click here
If you have any questions, concerns, or comments about any of the events, please feel free to call the Cultural Arts & Diversity Office @ (831) 459 - 1861
Souldiers Overwriting Limitation In Definitions
Written by: The SOLID. Collective
Directed by: Marlene Priscilla Martinez
Produced by: The Cultural Arts and Diversity Resource Center, Rainbow Theater, and UCSC Community Studies Department
Friday, May 24th, 2013
UCSC Stevenson College, Stevenson Event Center
The entire performance is comprised of two parts: a Visual Arts Showcase and a Live Performance following immediately after the showcase event
Doors open at 6:30pm and the performance will commence at 7pm (Minimal Late Seating)
This performance will be FREE and open to the public
About the show:
SOLID. is a Community Studies Senior Project that strives to exemplify the importance and impacts of visual and performing arts in conjunction with an educational career. The production itself will be written, created, choreographed and performed by the SOLID. Collective, who will utilize spoken word, poetry, music, dance, song, performance art, and monologues as a portrayal of how visual and performing arts have empowered and influenced their personal and educational lives.
About the performers:
The SOLID. Collective consists of nine current UCSC students and an alumni whom found a common desire to demonstrate the vital necessity of visual and performing arts in public educational systems.
About the Director:
Marlene Martinez is a fourth year Community Studies Major with an emphasis on Arts and Education. Throughout her academic career she has found a great interest in the arts regardless of her educational course of study. After endeavoring her field study in New York, she realized that the intersectionality of both the arts and education provides metacognitive skills that builds confidence through multiple forms of learning and expression for students to attain current and future academic achievements. She hopes that this production will illustrate these factors from the perspective of the SOLID. Collective.
Directed by: Marlene Priscilla Martinez
Produced by: The Cultural Arts and Diversity Resource Center, Rainbow Theater, and UCSC Community Studies Department
Friday, May 24th, 2013
UCSC Stevenson College, Stevenson Event Center
The entire performance is comprised of two parts: a Visual Arts Showcase and a Live Performance following immediately after the showcase event
Doors open at 6:30pm and the performance will commence at 7pm (Minimal Late Seating)
This performance will be FREE and open to the public
About the show:
SOLID. is a Community Studies Senior Project that strives to exemplify the importance and impacts of visual and performing arts in conjunction with an educational career. The production itself will be written, created, choreographed and performed by the SOLID. Collective, who will utilize spoken word, poetry, music, dance, song, performance art, and monologues as a portrayal of how visual and performing arts have empowered and influenced their personal and educational lives.
About the performers:
The SOLID. Collective consists of nine current UCSC students and an alumni whom found a common desire to demonstrate the vital necessity of visual and performing arts in public educational systems.
About the Director:
Marlene Martinez is a fourth year Community Studies Major with an emphasis on Arts and Education. Throughout her academic career she has found a great interest in the arts regardless of her educational course of study. After endeavoring her field study in New York, she realized that the intersectionality of both the arts and education provides metacognitive skills that builds confidence through multiple forms of learning and expression for students to attain current and future academic achievements. She hopes that this production will illustrate these factors from the perspective of the SOLID. Collective.
Multilcutural Theater Conference
The Cultural Arts and Diversity Resource Center Presents:
A Multicultural Theater Conference
Breaking Barriers and Building Bridges
For Student Artists of Color
Friday, May 31st, 2013 - 7:00pm to 10:00pm
Keynote Speaker: Adilah Barnes
Solo Performance: Joe Hernandez-Kolski
Saturday, June 1st, 2013 - 11:00am to 5:00pm
Workshops 11:00am to 3:30pm
Panelist 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Stevenson Event Center, UCSC Stevenson College
About the Conference:
The Cultural Arts and Diversity Resource Center will be hosting its first two-day mini Multicultural Theater Conference on Friday, May 31st and Saturday, June 1st, 2013. The conference will focus on providing information about the world of theater to young people and students of color and to promote creativity through the transformation of culture in all disciplines, including acting, directing, stage managing, writing, publishing and producing, film, the technical world of theater and more. We strive to encourage students, community members and people of all cultures, backgrounds and ethnicities to pursue career opportunities in the arts and network with established artists in the fields of their interests. The conference will consist of a Keynote speech by Alumni Adilah Barnes, a solo performance by Joe Hernandez-Kolski and a panel discussion by various theater artists. Prior to the panel discussion, the conference will be hosting a multitude of various workshops which will include a guide to acting techniques, play writing skills, tips on pursuing a career in Hollywood, résumé building and other important elements of the theater world.
Keynote Speaker:
The conference will also feature a keynote address by Adilah Barnes, a UCSC Cowell College alumni and the founder of the first black theater troupe on campus. Barnes’ speech will open the festival on May 31st at 7:00pm to speak about her experiences, struggles, and her success as an actress, writer, and playwright of color. Barnes will also host a workshop on Saturday, June 1st, 2013 entitled “So You Think You Can Make it in Hollywood.” Adilah Barnes is one of few veteran actors in Hollywood that have not only mastered the art of successfully marketing herself, but also utilizing her many creative skills – all the while staying true to herself and maintaining her integrity. In addition to her 40 years of acting experience, she toured her one-woman play, I AM THAT I AM: WOMAN, BLACK, a historical journey into the lives of seven renowned women: Sojourner Truth, Harriet Tubman, Mary McLeod Bethune, Zora Neale Hurston, Lorraine Hansberry, Angela Davis and Maya Angelou. Barnes is also the Co-Founder of the Los Angeles Women’s Theatre Festival, an annual, multi-cultural festival that showcases female artists in the disciplines of dance, music, theatrical performances, spoken word and comedy that has produced well over 400 artists and is now in its seventeenth year. Both The Los Angeles Women’s Theatre Festival and Ms. Barnes, individually, were honored with the prestigious Women in Theatre Award in 2006. In 2010, Barnes was honored with the establishment of the 1st Annual Adilah Barnes Arts and Literary Achievement Scholarship for Minneapolis, MN inner city youth. A few of Ms. Barnes additional successes include, the publishing of her first book, On My Own Terms: One Actor’s Journey, an internet radio show entitled “Adilah” and other achievement awards such as the Black Theater Network’s Winona Fletcher Award and more. For more information please visit www.adilahbarnes.com
About the Performer:
A two-time HBO Def Poet, Joe Hernández-Kolski is an actor/poet/comedian who is constantly in demand, known for his live performances that are hard-hitting, truthful and incredibly funny. Originally from Chicago, Joe is a graduate of Princeton University where he worked closely with such respected academics as Dr. Cornel West and Nobel Prize Winner Toni Morrison. His first solo show “You Wanna Piece of Me?” was recently published by the University of Michigan Press as part of an anthology entitled “Say Word! Voices of Hip Hop Theater.” As a stand-up comedian/poet, he travels to colleges performing his two shows “Refried Latino Pride” and “Cultural Collisions.” For over ten years, he has run an open-mic for high school performers called “Downbeat 720”. He received an Emmy as producer/host of the televised version. For more info: www.pochojoe.com.
About The CADRC:
The Cultural Arts and Diversity (CAD) Resource Center strives to enhance the cultural climate of the University of California, Santa Cruz, and its surrounding communities by first, celebrating diversity. We work to foster the spirit of unity between cultures by providing outlets for the creative talents of the members of various cultural backgrounds through a series of lectures, presentations, workshops and productions. By gaining access to resources and services that support these endeavors, we strive to provide cultural awareness and diversity, build collaborative partnerships and community outreach, enhance retention and recruitment efforts, and provide opportunities for leadership and educational development. Our resource center, among many other things, houses two student-based theatrical organizations, four academic courses, professional quality student productions, a series of lectures and workshops, two outreach teams and a series of professional productions. These services are available year around, working to provide our community with art, culture and most of all, diverse education.
For further information: Please contact the Cultural Arts and Diversity Resource Center by calling us at (831)459-1861, via email at culturalartsanddiversity@gmail.com, or at our website, www.cadrc.org.
A Multicultural Theater Conference
Breaking Barriers and Building Bridges
For Student Artists of Color
Friday, May 31st, 2013 - 7:00pm to 10:00pm
Keynote Speaker: Adilah Barnes
Solo Performance: Joe Hernandez-Kolski
Saturday, June 1st, 2013 - 11:00am to 5:00pm
Workshops 11:00am to 3:30pm
Panelist 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Stevenson Event Center, UCSC Stevenson College
About the Conference:
The Cultural Arts and Diversity Resource Center will be hosting its first two-day mini Multicultural Theater Conference on Friday, May 31st and Saturday, June 1st, 2013. The conference will focus on providing information about the world of theater to young people and students of color and to promote creativity through the transformation of culture in all disciplines, including acting, directing, stage managing, writing, publishing and producing, film, the technical world of theater and more. We strive to encourage students, community members and people of all cultures, backgrounds and ethnicities to pursue career opportunities in the arts and network with established artists in the fields of their interests. The conference will consist of a Keynote speech by Alumni Adilah Barnes, a solo performance by Joe Hernandez-Kolski and a panel discussion by various theater artists. Prior to the panel discussion, the conference will be hosting a multitude of various workshops which will include a guide to acting techniques, play writing skills, tips on pursuing a career in Hollywood, résumé building and other important elements of the theater world.
Keynote Speaker:
The conference will also feature a keynote address by Adilah Barnes, a UCSC Cowell College alumni and the founder of the first black theater troupe on campus. Barnes’ speech will open the festival on May 31st at 7:00pm to speak about her experiences, struggles, and her success as an actress, writer, and playwright of color. Barnes will also host a workshop on Saturday, June 1st, 2013 entitled “So You Think You Can Make it in Hollywood.” Adilah Barnes is one of few veteran actors in Hollywood that have not only mastered the art of successfully marketing herself, but also utilizing her many creative skills – all the while staying true to herself and maintaining her integrity. In addition to her 40 years of acting experience, she toured her one-woman play, I AM THAT I AM: WOMAN, BLACK, a historical journey into the lives of seven renowned women: Sojourner Truth, Harriet Tubman, Mary McLeod Bethune, Zora Neale Hurston, Lorraine Hansberry, Angela Davis and Maya Angelou. Barnes is also the Co-Founder of the Los Angeles Women’s Theatre Festival, an annual, multi-cultural festival that showcases female artists in the disciplines of dance, music, theatrical performances, spoken word and comedy that has produced well over 400 artists and is now in its seventeenth year. Both The Los Angeles Women’s Theatre Festival and Ms. Barnes, individually, were honored with the prestigious Women in Theatre Award in 2006. In 2010, Barnes was honored with the establishment of the 1st Annual Adilah Barnes Arts and Literary Achievement Scholarship for Minneapolis, MN inner city youth. A few of Ms. Barnes additional successes include, the publishing of her first book, On My Own Terms: One Actor’s Journey, an internet radio show entitled “Adilah” and other achievement awards such as the Black Theater Network’s Winona Fletcher Award and more. For more information please visit www.adilahbarnes.com
About the Performer:
A two-time HBO Def Poet, Joe Hernández-Kolski is an actor/poet/comedian who is constantly in demand, known for his live performances that are hard-hitting, truthful and incredibly funny. Originally from Chicago, Joe is a graduate of Princeton University where he worked closely with such respected academics as Dr. Cornel West and Nobel Prize Winner Toni Morrison. His first solo show “You Wanna Piece of Me?” was recently published by the University of Michigan Press as part of an anthology entitled “Say Word! Voices of Hip Hop Theater.” As a stand-up comedian/poet, he travels to colleges performing his two shows “Refried Latino Pride” and “Cultural Collisions.” For over ten years, he has run an open-mic for high school performers called “Downbeat 720”. He received an Emmy as producer/host of the televised version. For more info: www.pochojoe.com.
About The CADRC:
The Cultural Arts and Diversity (CAD) Resource Center strives to enhance the cultural climate of the University of California, Santa Cruz, and its surrounding communities by first, celebrating diversity. We work to foster the spirit of unity between cultures by providing outlets for the creative talents of the members of various cultural backgrounds through a series of lectures, presentations, workshops and productions. By gaining access to resources and services that support these endeavors, we strive to provide cultural awareness and diversity, build collaborative partnerships and community outreach, enhance retention and recruitment efforts, and provide opportunities for leadership and educational development. Our resource center, among many other things, houses two student-based theatrical organizations, four academic courses, professional quality student productions, a series of lectures and workshops, two outreach teams and a series of professional productions. These services are available year around, working to provide our community with art, culture and most of all, diverse education.
For further information: Please contact the Cultural Arts and Diversity Resource Center by calling us at (831)459-1861, via email at culturalartsanddiversity@gmail.com, or at our website, www.cadrc.org.
