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SUMMARY
- UCSB Reads presents Your Brain on Art with Susan Magsamen and Ivy Ross
- Wed, May 8 | 7:30 p.m. | Campbell Hall
- Join Susan Magsamen, the founder and director of the International Arts + Mind Lab, Center for Applied Neuroaesthetics at Johns Hopkins University and Ivy Ross, the vice president of hardware design at Google, as they explore the link between the brain and art
- UCSB Reads is an award-winning campus-wide and community-wide “one book” program of the UCSB Library, sponsored by the UCSB Library and the Office of the Executive Vice Chancellor with additional support from UCSB Arts & Lectures and a variety of campus and community partners
- FREE event (registration recommended)
- Tickets & Info: www.ArtsAndLectures.UCSB.edu
“Your Brain on Art explores the new science of neuroaesthetics, a way of reimagining how to live that includes art as an essential part of the human experience and an unexpected doorway to healing.” – Mark Hyman, No. 1 New York Times bestselling author of Young Forever
SANTA BARBARA — UCSB Reads presents a FREE author event with Susan Magsamen and Ivy Ross, authors of the UCSB Reads 2024 selection, Your Brain on Art on Wednesday, May 8, at 7:30 p.m. at Campbell Hall. Can visiting a museum help someone conquer feelings of loneliness, or even stave off the advent of dementia? In Your Brain on Art, authors Susan Magsamen and Ivy Ross explore the wide variety of connections that contemporary neuroscience has established between artistic practice, aesthetic experience and optimal cognitive functioning. Susan Magsamen is the founder and director of the International Arts + Mind Lab, Center for Applied Neuroaesthetics at Johns Hopkins University. Ivy Ross is the vice president of hardware design at Google.
How a blend of science and art is improving neurological health (PBS NewsHour)
ABOUT SUSAN MAGSAMEN
Susan Magsamen is the founder and director of the International Arts + Mind Lab, Center for Applied Neuroaesthetics at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, where she is a faculty member. She is also the co-director of the NeuroArts Blueprint. Susan works with both the public and private sectors using arts and culture evidence-based approaches in areas including health, child development, education, workforce innovation, rehabilitation, and social equity.
ABOUT IVY ROSS
Ivy Ross is the Vice President of Design for hardware product area at Google, where she leads a team that has won over 225 design awards. She is a National Endowment for Arts grant recipient and was ninth on Fast Company’s list of the one hundred Most Creative People in Business in 2019. Ross believes that the intersection of arts and sciences is where the most engaging and creative ideas are found.
ABOUT UCSB READS
UCSB Reads is an award-winning campus-wide and community-wide “one book” program. Each year an advisory committee of UCSB faculty, staff, students and community partners convenes to select an intellectually stimulating, interdisciplinary book by a living author that appeals to a wide range of readers and can be incorporated into UCSB curriculum. UCSB Reads is presented by the UCSB Library, the Office of the Executive Vice Chancellor and additional campus and community partners. Additional support provided by UCSB Arts & Lectures.
ABOUT UCSB ARTS & LECTURES
Founded in 1959, UCSB Arts & Lectures (A&L) is the largest and most influential arts and lectures organization between Los Angeles and San Francisco. A&L annually presents more than a hundred public events, from critically acclaimed concerts and dance performances by world-renowned artists to talks by groundbreaking authors and film series at UCSB and Santa Barbara-area venues. With a mission to “educate, entertain and inspire,” A&L also oversees an outreach program that brings visiting artists and speakers into local classrooms and other venues for master classes, open rehearsals, discussions and more, serving K-12 students, college students and the general public.
UCSB Reads: Your Brain on Art is co-presented by UCSB Arts & Lectures and UCSB Library as part of UCSB Reads 2024, with support from the Office of the Executive Vice Chancellor.
A program of the UCSB Library, UCSB Reads brings the UCSB and Santa Barbara communities together by reading a common book that explores compelling issues of our time.
Tickets FREE with registration
For tickets or more information, call UCSB Arts & Lectures at (805) 893-3535 or register online atwww.ArtsAndLectures.UCSB.edu
UCSB Arts & Lectures gratefully acknowledges our Community Partners the Natalie Orfalea Foundation & Lou Buglioli for their generous support of the 2023-2024 season.