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The Institute of the Arts and Sciences is closed January 6–30, 2025 for installation.

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Public Programs

Visualizing Abolition Online Event Series

Murphy, Pouros and Bartoletti 1802 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, California, United States

What does it mean to think of abolitionism as a vision—one that challenges the social, economic, and political worldviews that prisons promote?

“A Dream of Being: Arte Urgente

Elena Baskin Art Studios 1156 High St., Santa Cruz, California, United States

Caleb Duarte and Mia Eve Rollow are multidisciplinary artists and frequent collaborators whose individual practices and community collaborations focus on radical resistance. From 2009-2014, they co-founded and directed EDELO (En Donde Era la ONU / Where the United Nations Used to BE). A centripetal community and artistic space of collective activities in Chiapas, Mexico, the project […]

Ashley Hunt: Artist’s Talk

Join Ashley Hunt, artist and professor at CalArts, for an artist's talk about his long-standing practices of anti-carceral activism and photography. What does it mean to use art as the […]