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UC Santa Cruz Institute of the Arts and Sciences is the Central Coast’s premier university art and research center. Through groundbreaking, national-caliber art exhibitions and social justice initiatives, the IAS creatively educates students and the public about urgent issues impacting our society with innovative approaches to art and equity. The IAS features state-of-the-art galleries, a screening room featuring curated programs of short, experimental films, and an event space for performances and lectures. The galleries are a vital hub for UC Santa Cruz and the region, bringing national and internationally acclaimed artists and projects to enliven the culture of our communities.

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Event Series Visualizing Abolition

Visualizing Premodern Abolition

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

This symposium brings together specialists in a variety of cultures and disciplines to explore problems of abolition in relation to premodern literary, material, and visual culture. The aim is not simply to trace institutions of punishment, resistance, surveillance, and incarceration; but, rather, to see how abolitionist commitments to the unmaking of structures and remaking of […]

Event Series Visualizing Abolition

Worlds Without Boundaries: A Conversation with Sky Hopinka and Leanne Betasamosake Simpson

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

Join us for a public conversation between artist Sky Hopinka (Ho-Chunk Nation/Pechanga Band of Luiseño Indians) and Michi Saagiig Nishnaabeg scholar Leanne Betasamosake Simpson. This event is presented in conjunction with the multi-sited exhibition Sky Hopinka: Seeing and Seen, on display at the Institute of the Arts and Sciences Galleries and the San José Museum […]

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Between Descendants and Ancestors: Indigenous Stories for a Future

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

Between Descendants and Ancestors: Indigenous Stories for a Future is a two-part series of contemporary short films and animation by Indigenous artists residing on Turtle Island. The stories in this series ponder Native time and Indigenous history in relation to land, settler colonialism, and futurity. While some of these films could be categorized as “science […]

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Institute of the Arts and Sciences Grand Opening

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

Join us for the opening of the new UC Santa Cruz Institute of the Arts and Sciences Galleries. With three exhibitions on view, food trucks, and music, the entire community is invited to celebrate the launch of this new cultural center in the city of Santa Cruz. The new galleries at 100 Panetta Avenue provide […]