UCSC Art students, UC Big Creek Natural Reserve. Prof. Karolina Karlic and Prof. Norman Locks.

Black-and-white group photograph of thirteen people posing together outside a rustic wooden building, with several seated on a bench and others standing or crouching nearby.

Name: UCSC Art students, UC Big Creek Natural Reserve. Prof. Karolina Karlic and Prof. Norman Locks.
Description: Arts Field Research Course
Founder: Art photography classes at the UC Natural Reserve System reserves were established through the long-running efforts of UCSC Art Professor Norman Locks and later expanded by Associate Professor Karolina Karlic through Unseen California, an arts research initiative launched in 2021 that brings students and professional artists into the reserves for field-based research, teaching, and creative work engaging California’s cultural histories and ecological landscapes.