Gallery closed for installation until October 2, 2026
Join us October 2, 5-6 pm, for a performance by internationally renowned vocal artist and composer Samita Sinha followed by an opening celebration from 6-8 pm of our fall exhibitions: Carlos Motta: When Time Stands Still and Victor ‘Marka27’ Quiñonez: Ni de Aquí, Ni de Allá (Not From Here, Not From There), with the artists in attendance. For the […]
Join us for a screening of the video-performance Under the Mantle of an Idocile Dream (Bruna Castro, Brasil, 2026), followed by a conversation between Denise Carrascosa and Gina Dent around the historical, political and spiritual relations between Afro-Brazilian ancestrality, visual arts and abolition feminism in Brazil. Denise Carrascosa is a writer, lawyer, and full professor of […]
Join us for a night of dancing, joy, and community organized by Afrobeats Nite Santa Cruz. In addition to music, there will be vendors, food trucks, and late night showings of the exhibitions Victor "Marka27" Quiñonez: Ni de Aquí, Ni de Allá and Carlos Motta: When Time Stands Still. Afrobeats Nite at the IAS is […]
Join us for an evening of poetry and conversation with Luciany Aparecida, author of Macala (2022) and Aziri (2026). The works are inspired by nineteenth-century photographs of Black women taken in Brazil, shaped by the historical contexts of slavery and scientific racism. The research explores how poetry and fiction can reinscribe these images beyond the […]
