Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery

Cool projects from the last two weeks!! Tomorrow will be our LAST Art Friday of the school year. We will be doing screen-printing and a celebration party! Some tote bags will be provided but feel free to bring your own tote or shirt or whatever to print on. The design is around 8 x 9 inches, and will be printed with blue ink !! If you got any stamps this quarter, make sure to come and claim your prize. Also if you signed up to exhibit your Art Fridays artwork in the case please bring your stuff as well. See everyone tomorrow !!

The faces behind our gallery!

Buttons from last friday !!! Today we are making felt character collages AND it is the reception for our spring exhibition! Pull-up for fun crafting and food and games and art till 4 pm.

We are hosting another Games of the Oppressed workshop! Join us Wednesday, May 20th at 3 pm to play more games, make more games and discuss more observations and ways to fight oppression.

Applications are open for this research position working on the project “Exhibiting History (History, Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery)” with Professor Gregory O’Malley for 2026-2027 as part of the Humanities EXPLORE program!

Deadline to apply is May 24.

More details at the link below:

https://humanities.ucsc.edu/employing-humanities/2026/05/humanities-explore-research-fellowship-with-professor-gregory-omalley/

Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery presents: Rules are Not Neutral: Play as Sense-making, Acts of Resistance, and Imagining Otherwise.

Reception: Friday, May 15th 1-4pm

Gallery hours: 12-5pm Monday-Saturday

Cross stitch 🪡🧵 !!! Swipe to see before and afters. Also please return our hoops this week if you borrowed one!!! Tomorrow we are doing cyanotype dice bags (if weather allows ☀️☀️), feel free to bring objects to expose with !! 12-4 pm drop in whenever :)

Lego prints from last Friday🧱! Swipe to see the prints and their plates. Pull-up tomorrow from 12-4 for cross stitch. 🧵🪡

Join us for a reading of the 1942 Civilian Exclusion Order #16 next week on Thursday from 4-5:30 pm! Come learn about the history of the Civilian Exclusion Orders and play the game The Things She Carried, on display at the gallery. Refreshments will be provided.