Something unique most the University of California San Diego is that the school is highly invested in the arts and has an extensive outdoor gallery with over xviii pieces that y'all can explore on campus. I but got to encounter four pieces when I went because I was pressed for time (you need ii-3 hours to see them all), simply I plan to get back once again soon to see the residuum. Hither is all the information so you lot can cheque it out.

Details

  • Free
  • Park in the visitor's surface area of the Gilman Parking Structure
  • Fallen Star is only open Tuesday and Thursday from 11 AM – 2 PM
  • Location: 3100 Gilman Dr, La Jolla, CA 92093
  • Read near all of my favorite places in San Diego hither
  • This information is from my visit in 2018

Getting At that place

From the five Throughway, you will desire to get off on La Jolla Village Drive and head westward. You will turn correct on Gilman Dr and accept it around the bend until you lot meet a large parking structure. Brand sure to simply park in the spaces designated for visitors. Once you park, you can look at this map to find which fine art piece you want to run across and where they are on the campus. Since it is only open for a few hours, I headed to Fallen Star first.

Fallen Star

Fallen Star is an art installation on the top flooring of the engineering building, and it looks like a firm that is teetering on the edge.

Heading upwardly to the 7th floor, you volition see the firm hanging in that location, complete with a beautiful garden that you walk through to get to the business firm.

The house is on a camber, then when you are within, it messes with your mind.

Only six people can come up in at a time, so there may exist a expect when you lot get there but just exist patient. After exploring the surface area, you can head back down and see the adjacent piece.

The Bear

The bear is located 2 buildings downward from Fallen Star, and it was one of my favorites.

Basically, information technology is a giant stone conduct in the middle of the quad. Non much more to say about it other than that it's fun to run across and it'southward big.

Snake Path

From here, I headed upward to the library, which is where the next piece is, the ophidian path. This small walkway takes you upwardly to where the library is, and it is designed to look similar a snake the entire mode, culminating with a snakehead when you get to the pinnacle of the loma.

Giesel Library

While this is not part of the Stuart Drove, this library is something you must bank check out when you lot are on campus. Information technology was named later Theodor Seuss Geisel, who is also known as Dr. Seuss. There is fifty-fifty a statue of The True cat and the Hat and Mr. Geisel drawing on the west side of the library.

If you lot go in, yous tin get to the 7th floor and become a groovy view of Fallen Star from a far away angle similar the above shot earlier heading on.

Trees

The terminal slice I went to during this trip was called copse, and it is located in the forest in front of the library. This piece is a tree that looks much like the others in the area, but that has a speaker and talks. There are 6 hours of pre-recorded speeches that the tree goes through; when I went, it was a oral communication by President Obama.

Every bit you can no doubt see, the Stuart Collection at UCSD is a great place to spend a few hours, and this is just a few of the exhibits. If you are in the area, especially on a Tuesday or Thursday, and then be sure to add information technology to your list.