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Traction: Art Talk Featuring a Performance by Guillermo Gomez-Pena

Theater Arts, Second Stage 411 Kerr Rd, Santa Cruz, California, United States

Internationally renowned artist Guillermo Gómez-Peña (US/Mexico) is a performance artist, writer, activist, radical pedagogue and director of the performance troupe La Pocha Nostra. For Traction: Art Talk, Gómez Peña will perform "The Most (un) Documented Mexican Artist," an enhanced solo work with cameos by Balitronica Gomez and Saul Garcia Lopez.

Free

Question Bridge: Black Males Blueprint Roundtable

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

Question Bridge: Black Males by artists Chris Johnson and Hank Willis Thomas in collaboration with Bayeté Ross Smith and Kamal Sinclair, is an innovative, widely exhibited multimedia project that uses video to facilitate a conversation among Black men from twelve cities across the United States.

Free

Traction: Art Talk with Stephanie Syjuco

Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History 705 Front St, Santa Cruz, CA, United States

Stephanie Syjuco is renowned for her large-scale art installations that address contemporary social and economic issues, including political dissent and the legacy of colonialism. In works that range from photography, sculpture, and installation, and from handmade and craft-inspired mediums to digital editing, Syjuco's art practice challenges deep-seated assumptions about history, race, and labor.

Free