UCR/California Museum of Photography
UCR/California Museum of Photography provides a cultural presence, educational resource, community center and intellectual meeting ground for the university and the general public. The museum’s explorations of photographic media through exhibition, collection, publication, and the web examine the history of photography and showcase current practice in photography and related media. To serve an audience that is multicultural, young and old, general and specialized, the museum presents programs that recognize the variety and complexity of cultural experience and explore the relationship between traditional expression and contemporary practice. The museum is vitally concerned with the intersection of photography, new imaging media, and society. Located off campus in downtown Riverside, UCR/CMP is committed to bringing the most challenging art to the widest possible audience.
UCR/CMP Relationship to the Academic Program
UCR students from across the university are involved in every aspect of the museum’s program from curatorial research through collections management to exhibition installation and administration. The museum offers many opportunities for professional museum work and both UCR graduate and undergraduate students have held career staff positions. The Graduate Division, in conjunction with UCR/CMP funding, provides the Department of Art History with an annual CMP Graduate Student Fellowship. Other UCR students work with the museum under the aegis of independent course status, internships, work-study, and as volunteers. Still other students utilize the museum as a library-like resource or as a site for art production and experimentation.
Classes in Art, Art History, and History are taught on occasion in the museum. Students from Dance, History, Art, and Art History have produced MA Thesis exhibitions at the museum in conjunction with major research in the museum’s collections.
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