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The Container Project is not run by any one individual -- rather it is a collaborative effort involving artists, institutions, students and community members interested in issues of design and re-use, the arts and accessibility. The following contact list refers to the principal organizers at UC Santa Barbara who are happy to put you in touch with their community partners at any time.

 
Contact Us
  • Kim Yasuda: Professor of Art, Spatial Studies, UC Santa Barbara. Co-Director of the UC Institute for Research in the Arts (UCIRA), a systemwide program of the University of California Office of the President. Phone: 805.893.3138. email: yasuda@arts.ucsb.edu

  • Holly Unruh: Associate Director, UCIRA. Santa Barbara County Arts Commission. Phone: 805.893.7799. email: hunruh@ucira.ucsb.edu

  • Tracey Morris: Program Coordinator UCIRA. Santa Barbara Performing Arts League. Phone: 805.893.3098. email: tmorris@ucira.ucsb.edu

 
The University of California Institute for Research in the Arts

The University of California's Institute for Research in the Arts (UCIRA) supports UC artists dedicated to innovative approaches to form and content in the performing, media, and visual arts. Our goal is to support imaginative projects that transcend boundaries, or that fall outside the present confines of arts practice. We have a special interest in projects that are collaborative in nature and that benefit two or more UC campuses. A program of the UC Office of the President, UCIRA is committed to diversity in all its forms.

The UCIRA provides grants to arts faculty and students for projects with the potential for significant artistic and cultural impact. We support projects that are innovative, experimental, and risk-taking in their approach to form and/or content. These may include exhibitions, performances, symposia, outreach efforts, and projects that are multidisciplinary in approach. As artistic endeavors of the highest professional caliber, UCIRA projects frequently reach audiences outside the university and involve artists and scholars from around the world. As the only state-wide organization representing the arts on the nine campuses of the UC system, UCIRA also provides information and advocacy for university-based arts education and research.