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Visualizing Abolition

Carlos Motta: When Time Stands Still

October 2, 2026- March 7, 2027

Carlos Motta’s When Time Stands Still, the artist’s second solo show with the IAS, features new and recent installations, videos, and…

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Photo of Botanica installation by Victor Quiñonez.

Visualizing Abolition

Victor “Marka27” Quiñonez: Ni de Aquí, Ni de Allá

October 2, 2026 – March 7, 2027

Victor “Marka27” Quiñonez’s sculptural installation Elevar La Cultura (2025) is constructed from stacked plastic coolers, adorned with mixed media elements and gold mirrored acrylic. The sculpture stands approximately 20 feet tall and 18 feet wide and deep, roughly the size of a small shipping container turned upright.

Visualizing Abolition

Victor “Marka27” Quiñonez: Elevar La Cultura

October 2026 – March 2027

A garden surrounds a recreation of a prison cell by artist Timothy James Young

Visualizing Abolition

Jackie Sumell and Tim Young: Solitary Garden

Nov. 5, 2019 – Ongoing

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October 2 @ 5:00 pm

Fall Exhibitions Opening Celebration

Fabric installation created in collaboration with Sisters Inside, held up outside Conjunto Penal Feminino.

Visualizing Abolition October 7 @ 6:00 pm

Under the Mantle of an Idocile Dream with Denise Carrascosa

Visualizing Abolition October 8 @ 6:00 pm

Afrobeats Nite Santa Cruz

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