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Webinar: In Conversation: Cian Dayrit and Neferti X. M. Tadiar

Join us for an online conversation on December 3, 2024 at 12 noon PT with Cian Dayrit and Neferti X. M. Tadiar about the current conditions of the landless farmers movement in the Philippines.  This is an online event. Cian Dayrit is an artist whose work investigates notions of space, power and identity by subverting […]

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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 deeply rooted in Brazil's struggle for Black rights. In its early years, Ilê faced persecution from both the police and the press, but it ultimately […]

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Exhibition Walk-through with the Tea Project (Amber Ginsburg & Aaron Hughes)

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

Join us for a special walk-through of Seeing through Stone with the Tea Project (Amber Ginsburg & Aaron Hughes). In addition to speaking about their own work in the exhibition, Remaking the Exceptional (2022), they will reflect on a selection of other works. This event is free and open to the public. The Tea Project […]

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