Staff

The staff of the Graduate Division serve potential, current, and alumni graduate students and postdoctoral scholars. We work with many campus units to accomplish our mission of supporting graduate student and postdoctoral scholar success, during and after their time at UCSC.

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Janina Arianna Larenas

Biography, Education and Training

Janina A. Larenas is a printmaker and book artist who works with a variety of mediums to create narrative imagery. Her pieces range from stickers and posters to science illustration, embroidery to zines, often merging technical crafts with fine art presentation. She is a trained California Naturalist and AAUS Certified diver, founder of Print Organize Protest and the Little Giant Collective.

Selected Exhibitions

Relics: Collections and Curiosities
Caffe Bene
June, 2017

Relics: Collections and Curiosities
Stripe Men
August 2016

North American Birds
Stripe
April 2014

Field Notes: A Cloud Watchers Guide to UFOs
Stripe Men
May 2013

Cemetery Polka: Art Inspired by the Music of Tom Waits
Felix Kulpa
February 2013

Fitcher’s Feathered Bird: Needlepoint Illustration
Cafe Delmarette
July 2012

Curiosities
Metavinyl
January 2012