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 […]

Join us for a screening of three short films by Patrícia Freitas, followed by a conversation. Fleeing Firminas features moments of incarcerated women participating in the creative writing workshops of the Corpos Indóceis, Mentes Livres Project, coordinated by Professor Denise Carrascosa. Fleeing Roquelina follows writer Dona Roquelina’s release from prison. And Rioters is a feature-length […]