Latest Past Events

Deep in The Eye and The Belly: A Conversation on Community & Survival

Digital Arts Research Center (DARC) 407 McHenry Rd, Santa Cruz

Join us in DARC 108 for a conversation with Sam Williams, Nicole Seymour, and micha cardenas focusing on the questions of community, survival, and climate change raised by Williams' multi-chapter, speculative film, Deep in The Eye and The Belly. Panelists: Sam Williams is an artist with a practice that intertwines moving-image, collage, choreography, sound and […]

Free

Exhibition Celebration: Deep in The Eye and The Belly

Mary Porter Sesnon Art Gallery 1156 High St, Santa Cruz

Join the IAS and the Mary Porter Sesnon Gallery to celebrate the opening of Sam Williams: Deep in The Eye and The Belly. Deep in The Eye and The Belly is an installation of film, sculpture, specimens, and photographs which together probe the violent histories of preserving and displaying whale bodies while also envisioning a […]

Free

Student-Led First Friday Craft Night

Welcome back Santa Cruz students! Join us on October 3rd, 2025 at the Institute of the Arts and Sciences for a student led craft night. Explore your connection to the environment through art! Students will be hosting a stamp making and collage workshop inspired by the symbolism of the whale.  Weather and the Whale features immersive displays of […]