• Webinar: Performative Meetings: 20 Years of Collaborations Between Social and Artistic Movements

    The lecture Performative Meetings: 20 Years of Collaborations Between Social and Artistic Movements is part of the exhibition Seeing Through Stone, which explores artistic and activist practices aimed at abolishing carceral structures and questioning historically ingrained systems of oppression. The event focuses on two decades of collaborations between social and artistic movements, highlighting how these […]

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  • Artist Talk: Cian Dayrit

    Institute of the Arts and Sciences 100 Panetta Avenue, Santa Cruz, California, United States

    Join us for an Artist Talk with Cian Dayrit on December 4, 2024. Dayrit will discuss his works, Feudal Fields, 2018 and Feudal Fields II: Tinang, 2024, on view in Seeing through Stone, in the context of his art practice and activism. Feudal Fields and Feudal Fields II: Tinang intricately chart contemporary manifestations of colonial […]

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  • First Friday: Celebrating Freedom with Ilê Aiyê: black culture and liberation

    Institute of the Arts and Sciences 100 Panetta Avenue, Santa Cruz, California, United States

    In 2024, the renowned Ilê Aiyê (House of Life) carnival bloco from Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, will celebrate its 50th anniversary. Its history, originally linked to Afro-Brazilian dance and music, is […]

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