Open the Case!



October 15, 2026
5:00pm - 6:30pm

College of the Creative
Studies Gallery
UC Santa Barbara

Free and open to the public.
Join us at the gallery for a hands-on session exploring archival materials featured in the exhibition, Cosmic Synastry: Collective Codes and Personal Readings. Led by ARC curator, David Gartrell, this interactive event offers a unique opportunity to open the case and handle historic artifacts from UCSB Library’s American Religions Collection up close.


David Gartrell

David Gartrell is Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts at UCSB Library's Special Research Collections. He has been working with the American Religions Collection, which holds a wide variety of astrological materials, since 2001.