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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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Zombaria Practices: exercises with the body and radical imagination.

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

Join us for "Zombaria Practices: exercises with the body and radical imagination.," a special artist-led workshop with Rio de Janeiro-based actress, dancer, choreographer, and educator Vanessa Soares as part of the multi-sited exhibition Seeing through Stone on view at the Institute of the Arts and Sciences. During this dance-related workshop, Soares will guide participants through […]

Explode! Platform Performance at the Seeing through Stone Exhibition Opening Celebration

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

Join us this April 12th for a performance by Explode! Platform, a Brazilian collective founded by Art Department's Assistant Professor Cláudio Bueno and artist João Simões. This performance is free and open to the public and part of the Seeing through Stone exhibition's opening celebration at the Institute of the Arts and Sciences, UC Santa Cruz. […]

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Seeing through Stone Exhibition Opening Celebration at the Institute of the Arts and Sciences

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

Join us for the Opening Celebration of the multi-sited group exhibition, Seeing through Stone, at the Institute of the Arts and Sciences on April 12, 2024. Seeing through Stone invites viewers to see beyond the current realities of prison, drawing attention to already existing practices of imagining the world otherwise. The exhibition includes more than eighty […]

Heavy Lifting Listening Tour

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

Felicia Rice and Theresa Whitehill will bring the Heavy Lifting Listening Tour to their friends in Santa Cruz. The Heavy Lifting Listening Tour aspires to offer opportunities for healing, and dreaming, through dialogue. An introduction to the project opens a display of the artists’ book and of the experimental film, On Heavy Lifting, that accompanies the book. This is followed by a […]

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