BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Events - ECPv6.17.2//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://events.ucsc.edu X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Events REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20260308T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20261101T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20270314T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20271107T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20280312T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20281105T090000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270717T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270717T113000 DTSTAMP:20260803T211802Z CREATED:20260803T211802Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260803T211802Z UID:10015198-1815820200-1815823800@events.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Seymour Center's Art in the Aquarium DESCRIPTION:Dive into your creative side and make a splash with us! 🎹🌊 \nBring the whole family and unleash your inner artist while surrounded by fascinating ocean life. Whether you’re a budding painter or just looking for a fun weekend activity\, you’ll leave with your very own sea-inspired masterpiece to take home! 🐠✹ \nJoin us on the third Saturday of every month for a fun art project with a talented Seymour volunteer! URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/seymour-centers-art-in-the-aquarium/2027-07-17/ LOCATION:Seymour Marine Discovery Center\, 100 McAllister Way\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95060 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://events.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/event-art-at-the-aquarium2-scaled.jpg GEO:36.9495746;-122.0645023 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Seymour Marine Discovery Center 100 McAllister Way Santa Cruz CA 95060;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=100 McAllister Way:geo:-122.0645023,36.9495746 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270717T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270717T170000 DTSTAMP:20260831T182815Z CREATED:20260831T182814Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260831T182815Z UID:10015910-1815825600-1815843600@events.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Carlos Motta: When Time Stands Still DESCRIPTION:Carlos Motta’s When Time Stands Still\, the artist’s second solo show with the IAS\, features new and recent installations\, videos\, and sculptures highlighting the artist’s preoccupation with the historical and aesthetic productions of difference and marginalization that shape the present. \nThe selection of artworks in the exhibition explore the unsettling experience of living in a time that seems violently stuck on repeat. Archetypal figures from art history (a fool\, a siren\, a witness\, a victim) reappear in the current moment as containers of time\, bringing the past of imperialism\, colonization\, and displacement into a present marked by the rise of anti-immigration politics\, climate injustice\, and other forms of disposability. Some works challenge this violent repetition of time. The clock moves\, if gruelingly\, in an endurance-based video performance\, No One\, 2025. For forty-six minutes\, the artist undertakes to keep his eyes open\, witnessing\, withstanding\, confronting\, and resisting the bombardment of images\, both historical and otherwise\, that normalize harm. In another video work\, Gravity\, 2024\, performers enact rescue carries\, supporting each other until they can’t bear the weight. Together\, the artworks act as a proposal about how to rethink time—how to slow time—with a poetic and aesthetic cadence that might counter the numbing reverberations of living in the present. \nWhen Time Stands Still is organized as part of Visualizing Abolition\, an arts-based initiative that reaches across prison borders to create a future free of prisons. \n\n\n\nCarlos Motta (b. 1978\, Colombia) is a multidisciplinary artist whose work has been shown widely nationally and internationally. Solo exhibitions venues include the Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona; Nikolaj Kunsthal\, Copenhagen; Museo de Arte Moderno de BogotĂĄ; Wexner Center for the Arts\, Columbus\, OH ; Röda Sten Konsthall\, Gothenburg\, Sweden; Galeria Vermelho\, SĂŁo Paulo; PĂ©rez Art Museum Miami (PAMM); Tate Modern\, London; and New Museum\, New York (2012). He has also participated in major biennials\, including the Venice Biennale; Berlin Biennale; Bienal de SĂŁo Paulo; and the Gwangju Biennale. Motta is Associate Professor of Interdisciplinary Art\, Fine Arts Department\, Pratt Institute\, Brooklyn. URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/carlos-motta-when-time-stands-still/2027-07-17/ LOCATION:Institute of the Arts and Sciences\, 100 Panetta Ave\, Santa Cruz\, United States CATEGORIES:Exhibits ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://events.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/2134623807-2f419e792292df8800e1430e9918f2f46f5764bfc085c7a8dbd2d03c3a3440d8-d.webp GEO:36.9557939;-122.0505546 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Institute of the Arts and Sciences 100 Panetta Ave Santa Cruz United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=100 Panetta Ave:geo:-122.0505546,36.9557939 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270717T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270717T170000 DTSTAMP:20260831T183411Z CREATED:20260831T183410Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260831T183411Z UID:10016209-1815825600-1815843600@events.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Victor ‘Marka27’ Quiñonez: Ni de AquĂ­\, Ni de AllĂĄ DESCRIPTION:Organized in partnership with the Center for Art and Advocacy\, located in Brooklyn\, New York\, Ni de AquĂ­\, Ni de AllĂĄ (Not From Here\, Not From There) by multidisciplinary artist Victor ‘Marka27’ Quiñonez features a wide range of artworks  that issue a bold declaration of dual belonging\, including altars\, an elaborately immersive botanica\, paintings referencing visual symbolism drawn from textiles\, graffiti and community traditions\, and\, in a series called I.C.E. Scream\, large\, brightly colored resin sculptures in the shape of melting Mexican paletas (popsicles). As the exhibition title suggests (a phrase widely used in bilingual and bicultural communities)\, these artworks reflect the artist’s interest in the experience of living between worlds even as violent notions of nationalism and identity pervade.  \nAccompanying the exhibition\, Elevar la Cultura\, an immersive sculptural installation featuring a twenty-two-foot-tall pyramid built from ice coolers adorned with ancestral textiles\, sacred symbols\, and mural work will be on view at Santa Cruz Barrios Unidos (1817 Soquel) November 7\, 2026- March 7\, 2027. As Quiñonez explains\, this sculpture epitomizes the contradictions of living—and laboring—as an immigrant in the United States:  \n “Most people see the cooler as a tool for leisure
for barbecues\, tailgating\, and celebrations. But for immigrant communities\, the cooler is a tool and symbol for opportunity and independence. In every major city\, you see families and vendors selling fruit\, food\, and water out of these coolers on the streets and in subway stations. They’re a necessity for survival and a way to start an honest living\,” the artist shares. \nThe Institute of Arts and Sciences will be the second venue to successfully present Ni de AquĂ­\, Ni de AllĂĄ to the public. First organized by Boston University Art Galleries and curated by Kate Fowle in September of 2025\, the exhibition debuted to critical acclaim before gaining national attention after its abrupt removal from its second venue\, the University of North Texas\, where it had been installed just one week prior to it being censored.  \nVictor ‘Marka27’ Quiñonez is a renowned international visual artist who is known for his diverse works that intersect contemporary art\, graffiti\, vinyl toys\, fashion and design and art activism. Quiñonez has exhibited globally and collaborated with major brands while creating landmark public art in cities across the U.S. He is a Frieze Los Angeles Impact Prize winner (2025) and a Right of Return and Art for Justice Fellow (2023\, 2024). URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/victor-marka27-quinonez-ni-de-aqui-ni-de-alla/2027-07-17/ LOCATION:Institute of the Arts and Sciences\, 100 Panetta Ave\, Santa Cruz\, United States CATEGORIES:Exhibits ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://events.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Screenshot-2026-08-28-at-1.56.24-PM.png GEO:36.9557939;-122.0505546 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Institute of the Arts and Sciences 100 Panetta Ave Santa Cruz United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=100 Panetta Ave:geo:-122.0505546,36.9557939 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270718T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270718T170000 DTSTAMP:20260831T182815Z CREATED:20260831T182814Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260831T182815Z UID:10015911-1815912000-1815930000@events.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Carlos Motta: When Time Stands Still DESCRIPTION:Carlos Motta’s When Time Stands Still\, the artist’s second solo show with the IAS\, features new and recent installations\, videos\, and sculptures highlighting the artist’s preoccupation with the historical and aesthetic productions of difference and marginalization that shape the present. \nThe selection of artworks in the exhibition explore the unsettling experience of living in a time that seems violently stuck on repeat. Archetypal figures from art history (a fool\, a siren\, a witness\, a victim) reappear in the current moment as containers of time\, bringing the past of imperialism\, colonization\, and displacement into a present marked by the rise of anti-immigration politics\, climate injustice\, and other forms of disposability. Some works challenge this violent repetition of time. The clock moves\, if gruelingly\, in an endurance-based video performance\, No One\, 2025. For forty-six minutes\, the artist undertakes to keep his eyes open\, witnessing\, withstanding\, confronting\, and resisting the bombardment of images\, both historical and otherwise\, that normalize harm. In another video work\, Gravity\, 2024\, performers enact rescue carries\, supporting each other until they can’t bear the weight. Together\, the artworks act as a proposal about how to rethink time—how to slow time—with a poetic and aesthetic cadence that might counter the numbing reverberations of living in the present. \nWhen Time Stands Still is organized as part of Visualizing Abolition\, an arts-based initiative that reaches across prison borders to create a future free of prisons. \n\n\n\nCarlos Motta (b. 1978\, Colombia) is a multidisciplinary artist whose work has been shown widely nationally and internationally. Solo exhibitions venues include the Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona; Nikolaj Kunsthal\, Copenhagen; Museo de Arte Moderno de BogotĂĄ; Wexner Center for the Arts\, Columbus\, OH ; Röda Sten Konsthall\, Gothenburg\, Sweden; Galeria Vermelho\, SĂŁo Paulo; PĂ©rez Art Museum Miami (PAMM); Tate Modern\, London; and New Museum\, New York (2012). He has also participated in major biennials\, including the Venice Biennale; Berlin Biennale; Bienal de SĂŁo Paulo; and the Gwangju Biennale. Motta is Associate Professor of Interdisciplinary Art\, Fine Arts Department\, Pratt Institute\, Brooklyn. URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/carlos-motta-when-time-stands-still/2027-07-18/ LOCATION:Institute of the Arts and Sciences\, 100 Panetta Ave\, Santa Cruz\, United States CATEGORIES:Exhibits ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://events.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/2134623807-2f419e792292df8800e1430e9918f2f46f5764bfc085c7a8dbd2d03c3a3440d8-d.webp GEO:36.9557939;-122.0505546 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Institute of the Arts and Sciences 100 Panetta Ave Santa Cruz United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=100 Panetta Ave:geo:-122.0505546,36.9557939 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270718T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270718T170000 DTSTAMP:20260831T183411Z CREATED:20260831T183410Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260831T183411Z UID:10016210-1815912000-1815930000@events.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Victor ‘Marka27’ Quiñonez: Ni de AquĂ­\, Ni de AllĂĄ DESCRIPTION:Organized in partnership with the Center for Art and Advocacy\, located in Brooklyn\, New York\, Ni de AquĂ­\, Ni de AllĂĄ (Not From Here\, Not From There) by multidisciplinary artist Victor ‘Marka27’ Quiñonez features a wide range of artworks  that issue a bold declaration of dual belonging\, including altars\, an elaborately immersive botanica\, paintings referencing visual symbolism drawn from textiles\, graffiti and community traditions\, and\, in a series called I.C.E. Scream\, large\, brightly colored resin sculptures in the shape of melting Mexican paletas (popsicles). As the exhibition title suggests (a phrase widely used in bilingual and bicultural communities)\, these artworks reflect the artist’s interest in the experience of living between worlds even as violent notions of nationalism and identity pervade.  \nAccompanying the exhibition\, Elevar la Cultura\, an immersive sculptural installation featuring a twenty-two-foot-tall pyramid built from ice coolers adorned with ancestral textiles\, sacred symbols\, and mural work will be on view at Santa Cruz Barrios Unidos (1817 Soquel) November 7\, 2026- March 7\, 2027. As Quiñonez explains\, this sculpture epitomizes the contradictions of living—and laboring—as an immigrant in the United States:  \n “Most people see the cooler as a tool for leisure
for barbecues\, tailgating\, and celebrations. But for immigrant communities\, the cooler is a tool and symbol for opportunity and independence. In every major city\, you see families and vendors selling fruit\, food\, and water out of these coolers on the streets and in subway stations. They’re a necessity for survival and a way to start an honest living\,” the artist shares. \nThe Institute of Arts and Sciences will be the second venue to successfully present Ni de AquĂ­\, Ni de AllĂĄ to the public. First organized by Boston University Art Galleries and curated by Kate Fowle in September of 2025\, the exhibition debuted to critical acclaim before gaining national attention after its abrupt removal from its second venue\, the University of North Texas\, where it had been installed just one week prior to it being censored.  \nVictor ‘Marka27’ Quiñonez is a renowned international visual artist who is known for his diverse works that intersect contemporary art\, graffiti\, vinyl toys\, fashion and design and art activism. Quiñonez has exhibited globally and collaborated with major brands while creating landmark public art in cities across the U.S. He is a Frieze Los Angeles Impact Prize winner (2025) and a Right of Return and Art for Justice Fellow (2023\, 2024). URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/victor-marka27-quinonez-ni-de-aqui-ni-de-alla/2027-07-18/ LOCATION:Institute of the Arts and Sciences\, 100 Panetta Ave\, Santa Cruz\, United States CATEGORIES:Exhibits ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://events.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Screenshot-2026-08-28-at-1.56.24-PM.png GEO:36.9557939;-122.0505546 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Institute of the Arts and Sciences 100 Panetta Ave Santa Cruz United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=100 Panetta Ave:geo:-122.0505546,36.9557939 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270721T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270721T170000 DTSTAMP:20260831T182815Z CREATED:20260831T182814Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260831T182815Z UID:10015912-1816171200-1816189200@events.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Carlos Motta: When Time Stands Still DESCRIPTION:Carlos Motta’s When Time Stands Still\, the artist’s second solo show with the IAS\, features new and recent installations\, videos\, and sculptures highlighting the artist’s preoccupation with the historical and aesthetic productions of difference and marginalization that shape the present. \nThe selection of artworks in the exhibition explore the unsettling experience of living in a time that seems violently stuck on repeat. Archetypal figures from art history (a fool\, a siren\, a witness\, a victim) reappear in the current moment as containers of time\, bringing the past of imperialism\, colonization\, and displacement into a present marked by the rise of anti-immigration politics\, climate injustice\, and other forms of disposability. Some works challenge this violent repetition of time. The clock moves\, if gruelingly\, in an endurance-based video performance\, No One\, 2025. For forty-six minutes\, the artist undertakes to keep his eyes open\, witnessing\, withstanding\, confronting\, and resisting the bombardment of images\, both historical and otherwise\, that normalize harm. In another video work\, Gravity\, 2024\, performers enact rescue carries\, supporting each other until they can’t bear the weight. Together\, the artworks act as a proposal about how to rethink time—how to slow time—with a poetic and aesthetic cadence that might counter the numbing reverberations of living in the present. \nWhen Time Stands Still is organized as part of Visualizing Abolition\, an arts-based initiative that reaches across prison borders to create a future free of prisons. \n\n\n\nCarlos Motta (b. 1978\, Colombia) is a multidisciplinary artist whose work has been shown widely nationally and internationally. Solo exhibitions venues include the Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona; Nikolaj Kunsthal\, Copenhagen; Museo de Arte Moderno de BogotĂĄ; Wexner Center for the Arts\, Columbus\, OH ; Röda Sten Konsthall\, Gothenburg\, Sweden; Galeria Vermelho\, SĂŁo Paulo; PĂ©rez Art Museum Miami (PAMM); Tate Modern\, London; and New Museum\, New York (2012). He has also participated in major biennials\, including the Venice Biennale; Berlin Biennale; Bienal de SĂŁo Paulo; and the Gwangju Biennale. Motta is Associate Professor of Interdisciplinary Art\, Fine Arts Department\, Pratt Institute\, Brooklyn. URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/carlos-motta-when-time-stands-still/2027-07-21/ LOCATION:Institute of the Arts and Sciences\, 100 Panetta Ave\, Santa Cruz\, United States CATEGORIES:Exhibits ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://events.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/2134623807-2f419e792292df8800e1430e9918f2f46f5764bfc085c7a8dbd2d03c3a3440d8-d.webp GEO:36.9557939;-122.0505546 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Institute of the Arts and Sciences 100 Panetta Ave Santa Cruz United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=100 Panetta Ave:geo:-122.0505546,36.9557939 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270721T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270721T170000 DTSTAMP:20260831T183411Z CREATED:20260831T183410Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260831T183411Z UID:10016211-1816171200-1816189200@events.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Victor ‘Marka27’ Quiñonez: Ni de AquĂ­\, Ni de AllĂĄ DESCRIPTION:Organized in partnership with the Center for Art and Advocacy\, located in Brooklyn\, New York\, Ni de AquĂ­\, Ni de AllĂĄ (Not From Here\, Not From There) by multidisciplinary artist Victor ‘Marka27’ Quiñonez features a wide range of artworks  that issue a bold declaration of dual belonging\, including altars\, an elaborately immersive botanica\, paintings referencing visual symbolism drawn from textiles\, graffiti and community traditions\, and\, in a series called I.C.E. Scream\, large\, brightly colored resin sculptures in the shape of melting Mexican paletas (popsicles). As the exhibition title suggests (a phrase widely used in bilingual and bicultural communities)\, these artworks reflect the artist’s interest in the experience of living between worlds even as violent notions of nationalism and identity pervade.  \nAccompanying the exhibition\, Elevar la Cultura\, an immersive sculptural installation featuring a twenty-two-foot-tall pyramid built from ice coolers adorned with ancestral textiles\, sacred symbols\, and mural work will be on view at Santa Cruz Barrios Unidos (1817 Soquel) November 7\, 2026- March 7\, 2027. As Quiñonez explains\, this sculpture epitomizes the contradictions of living—and laboring—as an immigrant in the United States:  \n “Most people see the cooler as a tool for leisure
for barbecues\, tailgating\, and celebrations. But for immigrant communities\, the cooler is a tool and symbol for opportunity and independence. In every major city\, you see families and vendors selling fruit\, food\, and water out of these coolers on the streets and in subway stations. They’re a necessity for survival and a way to start an honest living\,” the artist shares. \nThe Institute of Arts and Sciences will be the second venue to successfully present Ni de AquĂ­\, Ni de AllĂĄ to the public. First organized by Boston University Art Galleries and curated by Kate Fowle in September of 2025\, the exhibition debuted to critical acclaim before gaining national attention after its abrupt removal from its second venue\, the University of North Texas\, where it had been installed just one week prior to it being censored.  \nVictor ‘Marka27’ Quiñonez is a renowned international visual artist who is known for his diverse works that intersect contemporary art\, graffiti\, vinyl toys\, fashion and design and art activism. Quiñonez has exhibited globally and collaborated with major brands while creating landmark public art in cities across the U.S. He is a Frieze Los Angeles Impact Prize winner (2025) and a Right of Return and Art for Justice Fellow (2023\, 2024). URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/victor-marka27-quinonez-ni-de-aqui-ni-de-alla/2027-07-21/ LOCATION:Institute of the Arts and Sciences\, 100 Panetta Ave\, Santa Cruz\, United States CATEGORIES:Exhibits ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://events.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Screenshot-2026-08-28-at-1.56.24-PM.png GEO:36.9557939;-122.0505546 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Institute of the Arts and Sciences 100 Panetta Ave Santa Cruz United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=100 Panetta Ave:geo:-122.0505546,36.9557939 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270722T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270722T170000 DTSTAMP:20260831T182815Z CREATED:20260831T182814Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260831T182815Z UID:10015913-1816257600-1816275600@events.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Carlos Motta: When Time Stands Still DESCRIPTION:Carlos Motta’s When Time Stands Still\, the artist’s second solo show with the IAS\, features new and recent installations\, videos\, and sculptures highlighting the artist’s preoccupation with the historical and aesthetic productions of difference and marginalization that shape the present. \nThe selection of artworks in the exhibition explore the unsettling experience of living in a time that seems violently stuck on repeat. Archetypal figures from art history (a fool\, a siren\, a witness\, a victim) reappear in the current moment as containers of time\, bringing the past of imperialism\, colonization\, and displacement into a present marked by the rise of anti-immigration politics\, climate injustice\, and other forms of disposability. Some works challenge this violent repetition of time. The clock moves\, if gruelingly\, in an endurance-based video performance\, No One\, 2025. For forty-six minutes\, the artist undertakes to keep his eyes open\, witnessing\, withstanding\, confronting\, and resisting the bombardment of images\, both historical and otherwise\, that normalize harm. In another video work\, Gravity\, 2024\, performers enact rescue carries\, supporting each other until they can’t bear the weight. Together\, the artworks act as a proposal about how to rethink time—how to slow time—with a poetic and aesthetic cadence that might counter the numbing reverberations of living in the present. \nWhen Time Stands Still is organized as part of Visualizing Abolition\, an arts-based initiative that reaches across prison borders to create a future free of prisons. \n\n\n\nCarlos Motta (b. 1978\, Colombia) is a multidisciplinary artist whose work has been shown widely nationally and internationally. Solo exhibitions venues include the Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona; Nikolaj Kunsthal\, Copenhagen; Museo de Arte Moderno de BogotĂĄ; Wexner Center for the Arts\, Columbus\, OH ; Röda Sten Konsthall\, Gothenburg\, Sweden; Galeria Vermelho\, SĂŁo Paulo; PĂ©rez Art Museum Miami (PAMM); Tate Modern\, London; and New Museum\, New York (2012). He has also participated in major biennials\, including the Venice Biennale; Berlin Biennale; Bienal de SĂŁo Paulo; and the Gwangju Biennale. Motta is Associate Professor of Interdisciplinary Art\, Fine Arts Department\, Pratt Institute\, Brooklyn. URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/carlos-motta-when-time-stands-still/2027-07-22/ LOCATION:Institute of the Arts and Sciences\, 100 Panetta Ave\, Santa Cruz\, United States CATEGORIES:Exhibits ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://events.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/2134623807-2f419e792292df8800e1430e9918f2f46f5764bfc085c7a8dbd2d03c3a3440d8-d.webp GEO:36.9557939;-122.0505546 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Institute of the Arts and Sciences 100 Panetta Ave Santa Cruz United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=100 Panetta Ave:geo:-122.0505546,36.9557939 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270722T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270722T170000 DTSTAMP:20260831T183411Z CREATED:20260831T183410Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260831T183411Z UID:10016212-1816257600-1816275600@events.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Victor ‘Marka27’ Quiñonez: Ni de AquĂ­\, Ni de AllĂĄ DESCRIPTION:Organized in partnership with the Center for Art and Advocacy\, located in Brooklyn\, New York\, Ni de AquĂ­\, Ni de AllĂĄ (Not From Here\, Not From There) by multidisciplinary artist Victor ‘Marka27’ Quiñonez features a wide range of artworks  that issue a bold declaration of dual belonging\, including altars\, an elaborately immersive botanica\, paintings referencing visual symbolism drawn from textiles\, graffiti and community traditions\, and\, in a series called I.C.E. Scream\, large\, brightly colored resin sculptures in the shape of melting Mexican paletas (popsicles). As the exhibition title suggests (a phrase widely used in bilingual and bicultural communities)\, these artworks reflect the artist’s interest in the experience of living between worlds even as violent notions of nationalism and identity pervade.  \nAccompanying the exhibition\, Elevar la Cultura\, an immersive sculptural installation featuring a twenty-two-foot-tall pyramid built from ice coolers adorned with ancestral textiles\, sacred symbols\, and mural work will be on view at Santa Cruz Barrios Unidos (1817 Soquel) November 7\, 2026- March 7\, 2027. As Quiñonez explains\, this sculpture epitomizes the contradictions of living—and laboring—as an immigrant in the United States:  \n “Most people see the cooler as a tool for leisure
for barbecues\, tailgating\, and celebrations. But for immigrant communities\, the cooler is a tool and symbol for opportunity and independence. In every major city\, you see families and vendors selling fruit\, food\, and water out of these coolers on the streets and in subway stations. They’re a necessity for survival and a way to start an honest living\,” the artist shares. \nThe Institute of Arts and Sciences will be the second venue to successfully present Ni de AquĂ­\, Ni de AllĂĄ to the public. First organized by Boston University Art Galleries and curated by Kate Fowle in September of 2025\, the exhibition debuted to critical acclaim before gaining national attention after its abrupt removal from its second venue\, the University of North Texas\, where it had been installed just one week prior to it being censored.  \nVictor ‘Marka27’ Quiñonez is a renowned international visual artist who is known for his diverse works that intersect contemporary art\, graffiti\, vinyl toys\, fashion and design and art activism. Quiñonez has exhibited globally and collaborated with major brands while creating landmark public art in cities across the U.S. He is a Frieze Los Angeles Impact Prize winner (2025) and a Right of Return and Art for Justice Fellow (2023\, 2024). URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/victor-marka27-quinonez-ni-de-aqui-ni-de-alla/2027-07-22/ LOCATION:Institute of the Arts and Sciences\, 100 Panetta Ave\, Santa Cruz\, United States CATEGORIES:Exhibits ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://events.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Screenshot-2026-08-28-at-1.56.24-PM.png GEO:36.9557939;-122.0505546 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Institute of the Arts and Sciences 100 Panetta Ave Santa Cruz United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=100 Panetta Ave:geo:-122.0505546,36.9557939 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270724T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270724T170000 DTSTAMP:20260831T182815Z CREATED:20260831T182814Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260831T182815Z UID:10015914-1816430400-1816448400@events.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Carlos Motta: When Time Stands Still DESCRIPTION:Carlos Motta’s When Time Stands Still\, the artist’s second solo show with the IAS\, features new and recent installations\, videos\, and sculptures highlighting the artist’s preoccupation with the historical and aesthetic productions of difference and marginalization that shape the present. \nThe selection of artworks in the exhibition explore the unsettling experience of living in a time that seems violently stuck on repeat. Archetypal figures from art history (a fool\, a siren\, a witness\, a victim) reappear in the current moment as containers of time\, bringing the past of imperialism\, colonization\, and displacement into a present marked by the rise of anti-immigration politics\, climate injustice\, and other forms of disposability. Some works challenge this violent repetition of time. The clock moves\, if gruelingly\, in an endurance-based video performance\, No One\, 2025. For forty-six minutes\, the artist undertakes to keep his eyes open\, witnessing\, withstanding\, confronting\, and resisting the bombardment of images\, both historical and otherwise\, that normalize harm. In another video work\, Gravity\, 2024\, performers enact rescue carries\, supporting each other until they can’t bear the weight. Together\, the artworks act as a proposal about how to rethink time—how to slow time—with a poetic and aesthetic cadence that might counter the numbing reverberations of living in the present. \nWhen Time Stands Still is organized as part of Visualizing Abolition\, an arts-based initiative that reaches across prison borders to create a future free of prisons. \n\n\n\nCarlos Motta (b. 1978\, Colombia) is a multidisciplinary artist whose work has been shown widely nationally and internationally. Solo exhibitions venues include the Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona; Nikolaj Kunsthal\, Copenhagen; Museo de Arte Moderno de BogotĂĄ; Wexner Center for the Arts\, Columbus\, OH ; Röda Sten Konsthall\, Gothenburg\, Sweden; Galeria Vermelho\, SĂŁo Paulo; PĂ©rez Art Museum Miami (PAMM); Tate Modern\, London; and New Museum\, New York (2012). He has also participated in major biennials\, including the Venice Biennale; Berlin Biennale; Bienal de SĂŁo Paulo; and the Gwangju Biennale. Motta is Associate Professor of Interdisciplinary Art\, Fine Arts Department\, Pratt Institute\, Brooklyn. URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/carlos-motta-when-time-stands-still/2027-07-24/ LOCATION:Institute of the Arts and Sciences\, 100 Panetta Ave\, Santa Cruz\, United States CATEGORIES:Exhibits ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://events.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/2134623807-2f419e792292df8800e1430e9918f2f46f5764bfc085c7a8dbd2d03c3a3440d8-d.webp GEO:36.9557939;-122.0505546 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Institute of the Arts and Sciences 100 Panetta Ave Santa Cruz United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=100 Panetta Ave:geo:-122.0505546,36.9557939 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270724T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270724T170000 DTSTAMP:20260831T183411Z CREATED:20260831T183410Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260831T183411Z UID:10016213-1816430400-1816448400@events.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Victor ‘Marka27’ Quiñonez: Ni de AquĂ­\, Ni de AllĂĄ DESCRIPTION:Organized in partnership with the Center for Art and Advocacy\, located in Brooklyn\, New York\, Ni de AquĂ­\, Ni de AllĂĄ (Not From Here\, Not From There) by multidisciplinary artist Victor ‘Marka27’ Quiñonez features a wide range of artworks  that issue a bold declaration of dual belonging\, including altars\, an elaborately immersive botanica\, paintings referencing visual symbolism drawn from textiles\, graffiti and community traditions\, and\, in a series called I.C.E. Scream\, large\, brightly colored resin sculptures in the shape of melting Mexican paletas (popsicles). As the exhibition title suggests (a phrase widely used in bilingual and bicultural communities)\, these artworks reflect the artist’s interest in the experience of living between worlds even as violent notions of nationalism and identity pervade.  \nAccompanying the exhibition\, Elevar la Cultura\, an immersive sculptural installation featuring a twenty-two-foot-tall pyramid built from ice coolers adorned with ancestral textiles\, sacred symbols\, and mural work will be on view at Santa Cruz Barrios Unidos (1817 Soquel) November 7\, 2026- March 7\, 2027. As Quiñonez explains\, this sculpture epitomizes the contradictions of living—and laboring—as an immigrant in the United States:  \n “Most people see the cooler as a tool for leisure
for barbecues\, tailgating\, and celebrations. But for immigrant communities\, the cooler is a tool and symbol for opportunity and independence. In every major city\, you see families and vendors selling fruit\, food\, and water out of these coolers on the streets and in subway stations. They’re a necessity for survival and a way to start an honest living\,” the artist shares. \nThe Institute of Arts and Sciences will be the second venue to successfully present Ni de AquĂ­\, Ni de AllĂĄ to the public. First organized by Boston University Art Galleries and curated by Kate Fowle in September of 2025\, the exhibition debuted to critical acclaim before gaining national attention after its abrupt removal from its second venue\, the University of North Texas\, where it had been installed just one week prior to it being censored.  \nVictor ‘Marka27’ Quiñonez is a renowned international visual artist who is known for his diverse works that intersect contemporary art\, graffiti\, vinyl toys\, fashion and design and art activism. Quiñonez has exhibited globally and collaborated with major brands while creating landmark public art in cities across the U.S. He is a Frieze Los Angeles Impact Prize winner (2025) and a Right of Return and Art for Justice Fellow (2023\, 2024). URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/victor-marka27-quinonez-ni-de-aqui-ni-de-alla/2027-07-24/ LOCATION:Institute of the Arts and Sciences\, 100 Panetta Ave\, Santa Cruz\, United States CATEGORIES:Exhibits ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://events.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Screenshot-2026-08-28-at-1.56.24-PM.png GEO:36.9557939;-122.0505546 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Institute of the Arts and Sciences 100 Panetta Ave Santa Cruz United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=100 Panetta Ave:geo:-122.0505546,36.9557939 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270725T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270725T170000 DTSTAMP:20260831T182815Z CREATED:20260831T182814Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260831T182815Z UID:10015915-1816516800-1816534800@events.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Carlos Motta: When Time Stands Still DESCRIPTION:Carlos Motta’s When Time Stands Still\, the artist’s second solo show with the IAS\, features new and recent installations\, videos\, and sculptures highlighting the artist’s preoccupation with the historical and aesthetic productions of difference and marginalization that shape the present. \nThe selection of artworks in the exhibition explore the unsettling experience of living in a time that seems violently stuck on repeat. Archetypal figures from art history (a fool\, a siren\, a witness\, a victim) reappear in the current moment as containers of time\, bringing the past of imperialism\, colonization\, and displacement into a present marked by the rise of anti-immigration politics\, climate injustice\, and other forms of disposability. Some works challenge this violent repetition of time. The clock moves\, if gruelingly\, in an endurance-based video performance\, No One\, 2025. For forty-six minutes\, the artist undertakes to keep his eyes open\, witnessing\, withstanding\, confronting\, and resisting the bombardment of images\, both historical and otherwise\, that normalize harm. In another video work\, Gravity\, 2024\, performers enact rescue carries\, supporting each other until they can’t bear the weight. Together\, the artworks act as a proposal about how to rethink time—how to slow time—with a poetic and aesthetic cadence that might counter the numbing reverberations of living in the present. \nWhen Time Stands Still is organized as part of Visualizing Abolition\, an arts-based initiative that reaches across prison borders to create a future free of prisons. \n\n\n\nCarlos Motta (b. 1978\, Colombia) is a multidisciplinary artist whose work has been shown widely nationally and internationally. Solo exhibitions venues include the Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona; Nikolaj Kunsthal\, Copenhagen; Museo de Arte Moderno de BogotĂĄ; Wexner Center for the Arts\, Columbus\, OH ; Röda Sten Konsthall\, Gothenburg\, Sweden; Galeria Vermelho\, SĂŁo Paulo; PĂ©rez Art Museum Miami (PAMM); Tate Modern\, London; and New Museum\, New York (2012). He has also participated in major biennials\, including the Venice Biennale; Berlin Biennale; Bienal de SĂŁo Paulo; and the Gwangju Biennale. Motta is Associate Professor of Interdisciplinary Art\, Fine Arts Department\, Pratt Institute\, Brooklyn. URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/carlos-motta-when-time-stands-still/2027-07-25/ LOCATION:Institute of the Arts and Sciences\, 100 Panetta Ave\, Santa Cruz\, United States CATEGORIES:Exhibits ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://events.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/2134623807-2f419e792292df8800e1430e9918f2f46f5764bfc085c7a8dbd2d03c3a3440d8-d.webp GEO:36.9557939;-122.0505546 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Institute of the Arts and Sciences 100 Panetta Ave Santa Cruz United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=100 Panetta Ave:geo:-122.0505546,36.9557939 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270725T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270725T170000 DTSTAMP:20260831T183411Z CREATED:20260831T183410Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260831T183411Z UID:10016214-1816516800-1816534800@events.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Victor ‘Marka27’ Quiñonez: Ni de AquĂ­\, Ni de AllĂĄ DESCRIPTION:Organized in partnership with the Center for Art and Advocacy\, located in Brooklyn\, New York\, Ni de AquĂ­\, Ni de AllĂĄ (Not From Here\, Not From There) by multidisciplinary artist Victor ‘Marka27’ Quiñonez features a wide range of artworks  that issue a bold declaration of dual belonging\, including altars\, an elaborately immersive botanica\, paintings referencing visual symbolism drawn from textiles\, graffiti and community traditions\, and\, in a series called I.C.E. Scream\, large\, brightly colored resin sculptures in the shape of melting Mexican paletas (popsicles). As the exhibition title suggests (a phrase widely used in bilingual and bicultural communities)\, these artworks reflect the artist’s interest in the experience of living between worlds even as violent notions of nationalism and identity pervade.  \nAccompanying the exhibition\, Elevar la Cultura\, an immersive sculptural installation featuring a twenty-two-foot-tall pyramid built from ice coolers adorned with ancestral textiles\, sacred symbols\, and mural work will be on view at Santa Cruz Barrios Unidos (1817 Soquel) November 7\, 2026- March 7\, 2027. As Quiñonez explains\, this sculpture epitomizes the contradictions of living—and laboring—as an immigrant in the United States:  \n “Most people see the cooler as a tool for leisure
for barbecues\, tailgating\, and celebrations. But for immigrant communities\, the cooler is a tool and symbol for opportunity and independence. In every major city\, you see families and vendors selling fruit\, food\, and water out of these coolers on the streets and in subway stations. They’re a necessity for survival and a way to start an honest living\,” the artist shares. \nThe Institute of Arts and Sciences will be the second venue to successfully present Ni de AquĂ­\, Ni de AllĂĄ to the public. First organized by Boston University Art Galleries and curated by Kate Fowle in September of 2025\, the exhibition debuted to critical acclaim before gaining national attention after its abrupt removal from its second venue\, the University of North Texas\, where it had been installed just one week prior to it being censored.  \nVictor ‘Marka27’ Quiñonez is a renowned international visual artist who is known for his diverse works that intersect contemporary art\, graffiti\, vinyl toys\, fashion and design and art activism. Quiñonez has exhibited globally and collaborated with major brands while creating landmark public art in cities across the U.S. He is a Frieze Los Angeles Impact Prize winner (2025) and a Right of Return and Art for Justice Fellow (2023\, 2024). URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/victor-marka27-quinonez-ni-de-aqui-ni-de-alla/2027-07-25/ LOCATION:Institute of the Arts and Sciences\, 100 Panetta Ave\, Santa Cruz\, United States CATEGORIES:Exhibits ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://events.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Screenshot-2026-08-28-at-1.56.24-PM.png GEO:36.9557939;-122.0505546 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Institute of the Arts and Sciences 100 Panetta Ave Santa Cruz United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=100 Panetta Ave:geo:-122.0505546,36.9557939 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270728T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270728T170000 DTSTAMP:20260831T182815Z CREATED:20260831T182814Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260831T182815Z UID:10015916-1816776000-1816794000@events.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Carlos Motta: When Time Stands Still DESCRIPTION:Carlos Motta’s When Time Stands Still\, the artist’s second solo show with the IAS\, features new and recent installations\, videos\, and sculptures highlighting the artist’s preoccupation with the historical and aesthetic productions of difference and marginalization that shape the present. \nThe selection of artworks in the exhibition explore the unsettling experience of living in a time that seems violently stuck on repeat. Archetypal figures from art history (a fool\, a siren\, a witness\, a victim) reappear in the current moment as containers of time\, bringing the past of imperialism\, colonization\, and displacement into a present marked by the rise of anti-immigration politics\, climate injustice\, and other forms of disposability. Some works challenge this violent repetition of time. The clock moves\, if gruelingly\, in an endurance-based video performance\, No One\, 2025. For forty-six minutes\, the artist undertakes to keep his eyes open\, witnessing\, withstanding\, confronting\, and resisting the bombardment of images\, both historical and otherwise\, that normalize harm. In another video work\, Gravity\, 2024\, performers enact rescue carries\, supporting each other until they can’t bear the weight. Together\, the artworks act as a proposal about how to rethink time—how to slow time—with a poetic and aesthetic cadence that might counter the numbing reverberations of living in the present. \nWhen Time Stands Still is organized as part of Visualizing Abolition\, an arts-based initiative that reaches across prison borders to create a future free of prisons. \n\n\n\nCarlos Motta (b. 1978\, Colombia) is a multidisciplinary artist whose work has been shown widely nationally and internationally. Solo exhibitions venues include the Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona; Nikolaj Kunsthal\, Copenhagen; Museo de Arte Moderno de BogotĂĄ; Wexner Center for the Arts\, Columbus\, OH ; Röda Sten Konsthall\, Gothenburg\, Sweden; Galeria Vermelho\, SĂŁo Paulo; PĂ©rez Art Museum Miami (PAMM); Tate Modern\, London; and New Museum\, New York (2012). He has also participated in major biennials\, including the Venice Biennale; Berlin Biennale; Bienal de SĂŁo Paulo; and the Gwangju Biennale. Motta is Associate Professor of Interdisciplinary Art\, Fine Arts Department\, Pratt Institute\, Brooklyn. URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/carlos-motta-when-time-stands-still/2027-07-28/ LOCATION:Institute of the Arts and Sciences\, 100 Panetta Ave\, Santa Cruz\, United States CATEGORIES:Exhibits ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://events.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/2134623807-2f419e792292df8800e1430e9918f2f46f5764bfc085c7a8dbd2d03c3a3440d8-d.webp GEO:36.9557939;-122.0505546 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Institute of the Arts and Sciences 100 Panetta Ave Santa Cruz United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=100 Panetta Ave:geo:-122.0505546,36.9557939 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270728T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270728T170000 DTSTAMP:20260831T183411Z CREATED:20260831T183410Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260831T183411Z UID:10016215-1816776000-1816794000@events.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Victor ‘Marka27’ Quiñonez: Ni de AquĂ­\, Ni de AllĂĄ DESCRIPTION:Organized in partnership with the Center for Art and Advocacy\, located in Brooklyn\, New York\, Ni de AquĂ­\, Ni de AllĂĄ (Not From Here\, Not From There) by multidisciplinary artist Victor ‘Marka27’ Quiñonez features a wide range of artworks  that issue a bold declaration of dual belonging\, including altars\, an elaborately immersive botanica\, paintings referencing visual symbolism drawn from textiles\, graffiti and community traditions\, and\, in a series called I.C.E. Scream\, large\, brightly colored resin sculptures in the shape of melting Mexican paletas (popsicles). As the exhibition title suggests (a phrase widely used in bilingual and bicultural communities)\, these artworks reflect the artist’s interest in the experience of living between worlds even as violent notions of nationalism and identity pervade.  \nAccompanying the exhibition\, Elevar la Cultura\, an immersive sculptural installation featuring a twenty-two-foot-tall pyramid built from ice coolers adorned with ancestral textiles\, sacred symbols\, and mural work will be on view at Santa Cruz Barrios Unidos (1817 Soquel) November 7\, 2026- March 7\, 2027. As Quiñonez explains\, this sculpture epitomizes the contradictions of living—and laboring—as an immigrant in the United States:  \n “Most people see the cooler as a tool for leisure
for barbecues\, tailgating\, and celebrations. But for immigrant communities\, the cooler is a tool and symbol for opportunity and independence. In every major city\, you see families and vendors selling fruit\, food\, and water out of these coolers on the streets and in subway stations. They’re a necessity for survival and a way to start an honest living\,” the artist shares. \nThe Institute of Arts and Sciences will be the second venue to successfully present Ni de AquĂ­\, Ni de AllĂĄ to the public. First organized by Boston University Art Galleries and curated by Kate Fowle in September of 2025\, the exhibition debuted to critical acclaim before gaining national attention after its abrupt removal from its second venue\, the University of North Texas\, where it had been installed just one week prior to it being censored.  \nVictor ‘Marka27’ Quiñonez is a renowned international visual artist who is known for his diverse works that intersect contemporary art\, graffiti\, vinyl toys\, fashion and design and art activism. Quiñonez has exhibited globally and collaborated with major brands while creating landmark public art in cities across the U.S. He is a Frieze Los Angeles Impact Prize winner (2025) and a Right of Return and Art for Justice Fellow (2023\, 2024). URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/victor-marka27-quinonez-ni-de-aqui-ni-de-alla/2027-07-28/ LOCATION:Institute of the Arts and Sciences\, 100 Panetta Ave\, Santa Cruz\, United States CATEGORIES:Exhibits ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://events.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Screenshot-2026-08-28-at-1.56.24-PM.png GEO:36.9557939;-122.0505546 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Institute of the Arts and Sciences 100 Panetta Ave Santa Cruz United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=100 Panetta Ave:geo:-122.0505546,36.9557939 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270729T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270729T170000 DTSTAMP:20260831T182815Z CREATED:20260831T182814Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260831T182815Z UID:10015917-1816862400-1816880400@events.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Carlos Motta: When Time Stands Still DESCRIPTION:Carlos Motta’s When Time Stands Still\, the artist’s second solo show with the IAS\, features new and recent installations\, videos\, and sculptures highlighting the artist’s preoccupation with the historical and aesthetic productions of difference and marginalization that shape the present. \nThe selection of artworks in the exhibition explore the unsettling experience of living in a time that seems violently stuck on repeat. Archetypal figures from art history (a fool\, a siren\, a witness\, a victim) reappear in the current moment as containers of time\, bringing the past of imperialism\, colonization\, and displacement into a present marked by the rise of anti-immigration politics\, climate injustice\, and other forms of disposability. Some works challenge this violent repetition of time. The clock moves\, if gruelingly\, in an endurance-based video performance\, No One\, 2025. For forty-six minutes\, the artist undertakes to keep his eyes open\, witnessing\, withstanding\, confronting\, and resisting the bombardment of images\, both historical and otherwise\, that normalize harm. In another video work\, Gravity\, 2024\, performers enact rescue carries\, supporting each other until they can’t bear the weight. Together\, the artworks act as a proposal about how to rethink time—how to slow time—with a poetic and aesthetic cadence that might counter the numbing reverberations of living in the present. \nWhen Time Stands Still is organized as part of Visualizing Abolition\, an arts-based initiative that reaches across prison borders to create a future free of prisons. \n\n\n\nCarlos Motta (b. 1978\, Colombia) is a multidisciplinary artist whose work has been shown widely nationally and internationally. Solo exhibitions venues include the Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona; Nikolaj Kunsthal\, Copenhagen; Museo de Arte Moderno de BogotĂĄ; Wexner Center for the Arts\, Columbus\, OH ; Röda Sten Konsthall\, Gothenburg\, Sweden; Galeria Vermelho\, SĂŁo Paulo; PĂ©rez Art Museum Miami (PAMM); Tate Modern\, London; and New Museum\, New York (2012). He has also participated in major biennials\, including the Venice Biennale; Berlin Biennale; Bienal de SĂŁo Paulo; and the Gwangju Biennale. Motta is Associate Professor of Interdisciplinary Art\, Fine Arts Department\, Pratt Institute\, Brooklyn. URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/carlos-motta-when-time-stands-still/2027-07-29/ LOCATION:Institute of the Arts and Sciences\, 100 Panetta Ave\, Santa Cruz\, United States CATEGORIES:Exhibits ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://events.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/2134623807-2f419e792292df8800e1430e9918f2f46f5764bfc085c7a8dbd2d03c3a3440d8-d.webp GEO:36.9557939;-122.0505546 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Institute of the Arts and Sciences 100 Panetta Ave Santa Cruz United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=100 Panetta Ave:geo:-122.0505546,36.9557939 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270729T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270729T170000 DTSTAMP:20260831T183411Z CREATED:20260831T183410Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260831T183411Z UID:10016216-1816862400-1816880400@events.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Victor ‘Marka27’ Quiñonez: Ni de AquĂ­\, Ni de AllĂĄ DESCRIPTION:Organized in partnership with the Center for Art and Advocacy\, located in Brooklyn\, New York\, Ni de AquĂ­\, Ni de AllĂĄ (Not From Here\, Not From There) by multidisciplinary artist Victor ‘Marka27’ Quiñonez features a wide range of artworks  that issue a bold declaration of dual belonging\, including altars\, an elaborately immersive botanica\, paintings referencing visual symbolism drawn from textiles\, graffiti and community traditions\, and\, in a series called I.C.E. Scream\, large\, brightly colored resin sculptures in the shape of melting Mexican paletas (popsicles). As the exhibition title suggests (a phrase widely used in bilingual and bicultural communities)\, these artworks reflect the artist’s interest in the experience of living between worlds even as violent notions of nationalism and identity pervade.  \nAccompanying the exhibition\, Elevar la Cultura\, an immersive sculptural installation featuring a twenty-two-foot-tall pyramid built from ice coolers adorned with ancestral textiles\, sacred symbols\, and mural work will be on view at Santa Cruz Barrios Unidos (1817 Soquel) November 7\, 2026- March 7\, 2027. As Quiñonez explains\, this sculpture epitomizes the contradictions of living—and laboring—as an immigrant in the United States:  \n “Most people see the cooler as a tool for leisure
for barbecues\, tailgating\, and celebrations. But for immigrant communities\, the cooler is a tool and symbol for opportunity and independence. In every major city\, you see families and vendors selling fruit\, food\, and water out of these coolers on the streets and in subway stations. They’re a necessity for survival and a way to start an honest living\,” the artist shares. \nThe Institute of Arts and Sciences will be the second venue to successfully present Ni de AquĂ­\, Ni de AllĂĄ to the public. First organized by Boston University Art Galleries and curated by Kate Fowle in September of 2025\, the exhibition debuted to critical acclaim before gaining national attention after its abrupt removal from its second venue\, the University of North Texas\, where it had been installed just one week prior to it being censored.  \nVictor ‘Marka27’ Quiñonez is a renowned international visual artist who is known for his diverse works that intersect contemporary art\, graffiti\, vinyl toys\, fashion and design and art activism. Quiñonez has exhibited globally and collaborated with major brands while creating landmark public art in cities across the U.S. He is a Frieze Los Angeles Impact Prize winner (2025) and a Right of Return and Art for Justice Fellow (2023\, 2024). URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/victor-marka27-quinonez-ni-de-aqui-ni-de-alla/2027-07-29/ LOCATION:Institute of the Arts and Sciences\, 100 Panetta Ave\, Santa Cruz\, United States CATEGORIES:Exhibits ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://events.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Screenshot-2026-08-28-at-1.56.24-PM.png GEO:36.9557939;-122.0505546 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Institute of the Arts and Sciences 100 Panetta Ave Santa Cruz United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=100 Panetta Ave:geo:-122.0505546,36.9557939 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270731T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270731T170000 DTSTAMP:20260831T182815Z CREATED:20260831T182814Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260831T182815Z UID:10015918-1817035200-1817053200@events.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Carlos Motta: When Time Stands Still DESCRIPTION:Carlos Motta’s When Time Stands Still\, the artist’s second solo show with the IAS\, features new and recent installations\, videos\, and sculptures highlighting the artist’s preoccupation with the historical and aesthetic productions of difference and marginalization that shape the present. \nThe selection of artworks in the exhibition explore the unsettling experience of living in a time that seems violently stuck on repeat. Archetypal figures from art history (a fool\, a siren\, a witness\, a victim) reappear in the current moment as containers of time\, bringing the past of imperialism\, colonization\, and displacement into a present marked by the rise of anti-immigration politics\, climate injustice\, and other forms of disposability. Some works challenge this violent repetition of time. The clock moves\, if gruelingly\, in an endurance-based video performance\, No One\, 2025. For forty-six minutes\, the artist undertakes to keep his eyes open\, witnessing\, withstanding\, confronting\, and resisting the bombardment of images\, both historical and otherwise\, that normalize harm. In another video work\, Gravity\, 2024\, performers enact rescue carries\, supporting each other until they can’t bear the weight. Together\, the artworks act as a proposal about how to rethink time—how to slow time—with a poetic and aesthetic cadence that might counter the numbing reverberations of living in the present. \nWhen Time Stands Still is organized as part of Visualizing Abolition\, an arts-based initiative that reaches across prison borders to create a future free of prisons. \n\n\n\nCarlos Motta (b. 1978\, Colombia) is a multidisciplinary artist whose work has been shown widely nationally and internationally. Solo exhibitions venues include the Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona; Nikolaj Kunsthal\, Copenhagen; Museo de Arte Moderno de BogotĂĄ; Wexner Center for the Arts\, Columbus\, OH ; Röda Sten Konsthall\, Gothenburg\, Sweden; Galeria Vermelho\, SĂŁo Paulo; PĂ©rez Art Museum Miami (PAMM); Tate Modern\, London; and New Museum\, New York (2012). He has also participated in major biennials\, including the Venice Biennale; Berlin Biennale; Bienal de SĂŁo Paulo; and the Gwangju Biennale. Motta is Associate Professor of Interdisciplinary Art\, Fine Arts Department\, Pratt Institute\, Brooklyn. URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/carlos-motta-when-time-stands-still/2027-07-31/ LOCATION:Institute of the Arts and Sciences\, 100 Panetta Ave\, Santa Cruz\, United States CATEGORIES:Exhibits ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://events.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/2134623807-2f419e792292df8800e1430e9918f2f46f5764bfc085c7a8dbd2d03c3a3440d8-d.webp GEO:36.9557939;-122.0505546 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Institute of the Arts and Sciences 100 Panetta Ave Santa Cruz United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=100 Panetta Ave:geo:-122.0505546,36.9557939 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270731T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270731T170000 DTSTAMP:20260831T183411Z CREATED:20260831T183410Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260831T183411Z UID:10016217-1817035200-1817053200@events.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Victor ‘Marka27’ Quiñonez: Ni de AquĂ­\, Ni de AllĂĄ DESCRIPTION:Organized in partnership with the Center for Art and Advocacy\, located in Brooklyn\, New York\, Ni de AquĂ­\, Ni de AllĂĄ (Not From Here\, Not From There) by multidisciplinary artist Victor ‘Marka27’ Quiñonez features a wide range of artworks  that issue a bold declaration of dual belonging\, including altars\, an elaborately immersive botanica\, paintings referencing visual symbolism drawn from textiles\, graffiti and community traditions\, and\, in a series called I.C.E. Scream\, large\, brightly colored resin sculptures in the shape of melting Mexican paletas (popsicles). As the exhibition title suggests (a phrase widely used in bilingual and bicultural communities)\, these artworks reflect the artist’s interest in the experience of living between worlds even as violent notions of nationalism and identity pervade.  \nAccompanying the exhibition\, Elevar la Cultura\, an immersive sculptural installation featuring a twenty-two-foot-tall pyramid built from ice coolers adorned with ancestral textiles\, sacred symbols\, and mural work will be on view at Santa Cruz Barrios Unidos (1817 Soquel) November 7\, 2026- March 7\, 2027. As Quiñonez explains\, this sculpture epitomizes the contradictions of living—and laboring—as an immigrant in the United States:  \n “Most people see the cooler as a tool for leisure
for barbecues\, tailgating\, and celebrations. But for immigrant communities\, the cooler is a tool and symbol for opportunity and independence. In every major city\, you see families and vendors selling fruit\, food\, and water out of these coolers on the streets and in subway stations. They’re a necessity for survival and a way to start an honest living\,” the artist shares. \nThe Institute of Arts and Sciences will be the second venue to successfully present Ni de AquĂ­\, Ni de AllĂĄ to the public. First organized by Boston University Art Galleries and curated by Kate Fowle in September of 2025\, the exhibition debuted to critical acclaim before gaining national attention after its abrupt removal from its second venue\, the University of North Texas\, where it had been installed just one week prior to it being censored.  \nVictor ‘Marka27’ Quiñonez is a renowned international visual artist who is known for his diverse works that intersect contemporary art\, graffiti\, vinyl toys\, fashion and design and art activism. Quiñonez has exhibited globally and collaborated with major brands while creating landmark public art in cities across the U.S. He is a Frieze Los Angeles Impact Prize winner (2025) and a Right of Return and Art for Justice Fellow (2023\, 2024). URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/victor-marka27-quinonez-ni-de-aqui-ni-de-alla/2027-07-31/ LOCATION:Institute of the Arts and Sciences\, 100 Panetta Ave\, Santa Cruz\, United States CATEGORIES:Exhibits ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://events.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Screenshot-2026-08-28-at-1.56.24-PM.png GEO:36.9557939;-122.0505546 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Institute of the Arts and Sciences 100 Panetta Ave Santa Cruz United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=100 Panetta Ave:geo:-122.0505546,36.9557939 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270801T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270801T170000 DTSTAMP:20260831T182815Z CREATED:20260831T182814Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260831T182815Z UID:10015919-1817121600-1817139600@events.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Carlos Motta: When Time Stands Still DESCRIPTION:Carlos Motta’s When Time Stands Still\, the artist’s second solo show with the IAS\, features new and recent installations\, videos\, and sculptures highlighting the artist’s preoccupation with the historical and aesthetic productions of difference and marginalization that shape the present. \nThe selection of artworks in the exhibition explore the unsettling experience of living in a time that seems violently stuck on repeat. Archetypal figures from art history (a fool\, a siren\, a witness\, a victim) reappear in the current moment as containers of time\, bringing the past of imperialism\, colonization\, and displacement into a present marked by the rise of anti-immigration politics\, climate injustice\, and other forms of disposability. Some works challenge this violent repetition of time. The clock moves\, if gruelingly\, in an endurance-based video performance\, No One\, 2025. For forty-six minutes\, the artist undertakes to keep his eyes open\, witnessing\, withstanding\, confronting\, and resisting the bombardment of images\, both historical and otherwise\, that normalize harm. In another video work\, Gravity\, 2024\, performers enact rescue carries\, supporting each other until they can’t bear the weight. Together\, the artworks act as a proposal about how to rethink time—how to slow time—with a poetic and aesthetic cadence that might counter the numbing reverberations of living in the present. \nWhen Time Stands Still is organized as part of Visualizing Abolition\, an arts-based initiative that reaches across prison borders to create a future free of prisons. \n\n\n\nCarlos Motta (b. 1978\, Colombia) is a multidisciplinary artist whose work has been shown widely nationally and internationally. Solo exhibitions venues include the Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona; Nikolaj Kunsthal\, Copenhagen; Museo de Arte Moderno de BogotĂĄ; Wexner Center for the Arts\, Columbus\, OH ; Röda Sten Konsthall\, Gothenburg\, Sweden; Galeria Vermelho\, SĂŁo Paulo; PĂ©rez Art Museum Miami (PAMM); Tate Modern\, London; and New Museum\, New York (2012). He has also participated in major biennials\, including the Venice Biennale; Berlin Biennale; Bienal de SĂŁo Paulo; and the Gwangju Biennale. Motta is Associate Professor of Interdisciplinary Art\, Fine Arts Department\, Pratt Institute\, Brooklyn. URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/carlos-motta-when-time-stands-still/2027-08-01/ LOCATION:Institute of the Arts and Sciences\, 100 Panetta Ave\, Santa Cruz\, United States CATEGORIES:Exhibits ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://events.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/2134623807-2f419e792292df8800e1430e9918f2f46f5764bfc085c7a8dbd2d03c3a3440d8-d.webp GEO:36.9557939;-122.0505546 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Institute of the Arts and Sciences 100 Panetta Ave Santa Cruz United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=100 Panetta Ave:geo:-122.0505546,36.9557939 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270801T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270801T170000 DTSTAMP:20260831T183411Z CREATED:20260831T183410Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260831T183411Z UID:10016218-1817121600-1817139600@events.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Victor ‘Marka27’ Quiñonez: Ni de AquĂ­\, Ni de AllĂĄ DESCRIPTION:Organized in partnership with the Center for Art and Advocacy\, located in Brooklyn\, New York\, Ni de AquĂ­\, Ni de AllĂĄ (Not From Here\, Not From There) by multidisciplinary artist Victor ‘Marka27’ Quiñonez features a wide range of artworks  that issue a bold declaration of dual belonging\, including altars\, an elaborately immersive botanica\, paintings referencing visual symbolism drawn from textiles\, graffiti and community traditions\, and\, in a series called I.C.E. Scream\, large\, brightly colored resin sculptures in the shape of melting Mexican paletas (popsicles). As the exhibition title suggests (a phrase widely used in bilingual and bicultural communities)\, these artworks reflect the artist’s interest in the experience of living between worlds even as violent notions of nationalism and identity pervade.  \nAccompanying the exhibition\, Elevar la Cultura\, an immersive sculptural installation featuring a twenty-two-foot-tall pyramid built from ice coolers adorned with ancestral textiles\, sacred symbols\, and mural work will be on view at Santa Cruz Barrios Unidos (1817 Soquel) November 7\, 2026- March 7\, 2027. As Quiñonez explains\, this sculpture epitomizes the contradictions of living—and laboring—as an immigrant in the United States:  \n “Most people see the cooler as a tool for leisure
for barbecues\, tailgating\, and celebrations. But for immigrant communities\, the cooler is a tool and symbol for opportunity and independence. In every major city\, you see families and vendors selling fruit\, food\, and water out of these coolers on the streets and in subway stations. They’re a necessity for survival and a way to start an honest living\,” the artist shares. \nThe Institute of Arts and Sciences will be the second venue to successfully present Ni de AquĂ­\, Ni de AllĂĄ to the public. First organized by Boston University Art Galleries and curated by Kate Fowle in September of 2025\, the exhibition debuted to critical acclaim before gaining national attention after its abrupt removal from its second venue\, the University of North Texas\, where it had been installed just one week prior to it being censored.  \nVictor ‘Marka27’ Quiñonez is a renowned international visual artist who is known for his diverse works that intersect contemporary art\, graffiti\, vinyl toys\, fashion and design and art activism. Quiñonez has exhibited globally and collaborated with major brands while creating landmark public art in cities across the U.S. He is a Frieze Los Angeles Impact Prize winner (2025) and a Right of Return and Art for Justice Fellow (2023\, 2024). URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/victor-marka27-quinonez-ni-de-aqui-ni-de-alla/2027-08-01/ LOCATION:Institute of the Arts and Sciences\, 100 Panetta Ave\, Santa Cruz\, United States CATEGORIES:Exhibits ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://events.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Screenshot-2026-08-28-at-1.56.24-PM.png GEO:36.9557939;-122.0505546 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Institute of the Arts and Sciences 100 Panetta Ave Santa Cruz United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=100 Panetta Ave:geo:-122.0505546,36.9557939 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270804T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270804T170000 DTSTAMP:20260831T182815Z CREATED:20260831T182814Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260831T182815Z UID:10015920-1817380800-1817398800@events.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Carlos Motta: When Time Stands Still DESCRIPTION:Carlos Motta’s When Time Stands Still\, the artist’s second solo show with the IAS\, features new and recent installations\, videos\, and sculptures highlighting the artist’s preoccupation with the historical and aesthetic productions of difference and marginalization that shape the present. \nThe selection of artworks in the exhibition explore the unsettling experience of living in a time that seems violently stuck on repeat. Archetypal figures from art history (a fool\, a siren\, a witness\, a victim) reappear in the current moment as containers of time\, bringing the past of imperialism\, colonization\, and displacement into a present marked by the rise of anti-immigration politics\, climate injustice\, and other forms of disposability. Some works challenge this violent repetition of time. The clock moves\, if gruelingly\, in an endurance-based video performance\, No One\, 2025. For forty-six minutes\, the artist undertakes to keep his eyes open\, witnessing\, withstanding\, confronting\, and resisting the bombardment of images\, both historical and otherwise\, that normalize harm. In another video work\, Gravity\, 2024\, performers enact rescue carries\, supporting each other until they can’t bear the weight. Together\, the artworks act as a proposal about how to rethink time—how to slow time—with a poetic and aesthetic cadence that might counter the numbing reverberations of living in the present. \nWhen Time Stands Still is organized as part of Visualizing Abolition\, an arts-based initiative that reaches across prison borders to create a future free of prisons. \n\n\n\nCarlos Motta (b. 1978\, Colombia) is a multidisciplinary artist whose work has been shown widely nationally and internationally. Solo exhibitions venues include the Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona; Nikolaj Kunsthal\, Copenhagen; Museo de Arte Moderno de BogotĂĄ; Wexner Center for the Arts\, Columbus\, OH ; Röda Sten Konsthall\, Gothenburg\, Sweden; Galeria Vermelho\, SĂŁo Paulo; PĂ©rez Art Museum Miami (PAMM); Tate Modern\, London; and New Museum\, New York (2012). He has also participated in major biennials\, including the Venice Biennale; Berlin Biennale; Bienal de SĂŁo Paulo; and the Gwangju Biennale. Motta is Associate Professor of Interdisciplinary Art\, Fine Arts Department\, Pratt Institute\, Brooklyn. URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/carlos-motta-when-time-stands-still/2027-08-04/ LOCATION:Institute of the Arts and Sciences\, 100 Panetta Ave\, Santa Cruz\, United States CATEGORIES:Exhibits ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://events.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/2134623807-2f419e792292df8800e1430e9918f2f46f5764bfc085c7a8dbd2d03c3a3440d8-d.webp GEO:36.9557939;-122.0505546 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Institute of the Arts and Sciences 100 Panetta Ave Santa Cruz United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=100 Panetta Ave:geo:-122.0505546,36.9557939 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270804T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270804T170000 DTSTAMP:20260831T183411Z CREATED:20260831T183410Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260831T183411Z UID:10016219-1817380800-1817398800@events.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Victor ‘Marka27’ Quiñonez: Ni de AquĂ­\, Ni de AllĂĄ DESCRIPTION:Organized in partnership with the Center for Art and Advocacy\, located in Brooklyn\, New York\, Ni de AquĂ­\, Ni de AllĂĄ (Not From Here\, Not From There) by multidisciplinary artist Victor ‘Marka27’ Quiñonez features a wide range of artworks  that issue a bold declaration of dual belonging\, including altars\, an elaborately immersive botanica\, paintings referencing visual symbolism drawn from textiles\, graffiti and community traditions\, and\, in a series called I.C.E. Scream\, large\, brightly colored resin sculptures in the shape of melting Mexican paletas (popsicles). As the exhibition title suggests (a phrase widely used in bilingual and bicultural communities)\, these artworks reflect the artist’s interest in the experience of living between worlds even as violent notions of nationalism and identity pervade.  \nAccompanying the exhibition\, Elevar la Cultura\, an immersive sculptural installation featuring a twenty-two-foot-tall pyramid built from ice coolers adorned with ancestral textiles\, sacred symbols\, and mural work will be on view at Santa Cruz Barrios Unidos (1817 Soquel) November 7\, 2026- March 7\, 2027. As Quiñonez explains\, this sculpture epitomizes the contradictions of living—and laboring—as an immigrant in the United States:  \n “Most people see the cooler as a tool for leisure
for barbecues\, tailgating\, and celebrations. But for immigrant communities\, the cooler is a tool and symbol for opportunity and independence. In every major city\, you see families and vendors selling fruit\, food\, and water out of these coolers on the streets and in subway stations. They’re a necessity for survival and a way to start an honest living\,” the artist shares. \nThe Institute of Arts and Sciences will be the second venue to successfully present Ni de AquĂ­\, Ni de AllĂĄ to the public. First organized by Boston University Art Galleries and curated by Kate Fowle in September of 2025\, the exhibition debuted to critical acclaim before gaining national attention after its abrupt removal from its second venue\, the University of North Texas\, where it had been installed just one week prior to it being censored.  \nVictor ‘Marka27’ Quiñonez is a renowned international visual artist who is known for his diverse works that intersect contemporary art\, graffiti\, vinyl toys\, fashion and design and art activism. Quiñonez has exhibited globally and collaborated with major brands while creating landmark public art in cities across the U.S. He is a Frieze Los Angeles Impact Prize winner (2025) and a Right of Return and Art for Justice Fellow (2023\, 2024). URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/victor-marka27-quinonez-ni-de-aqui-ni-de-alla/2027-08-04/ LOCATION:Institute of the Arts and Sciences\, 100 Panetta Ave\, Santa Cruz\, United States CATEGORIES:Exhibits ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://events.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Screenshot-2026-08-28-at-1.56.24-PM.png GEO:36.9557939;-122.0505546 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Institute of the Arts and Sciences 100 Panetta Ave Santa Cruz United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=100 Panetta Ave:geo:-122.0505546,36.9557939 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270805T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270805T170000 DTSTAMP:20260831T182815Z CREATED:20260831T182814Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260831T182815Z UID:10015921-1817467200-1817485200@events.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Carlos Motta: When Time Stands Still DESCRIPTION:Carlos Motta’s When Time Stands Still\, the artist’s second solo show with the IAS\, features new and recent installations\, videos\, and sculptures highlighting the artist’s preoccupation with the historical and aesthetic productions of difference and marginalization that shape the present. \nThe selection of artworks in the exhibition explore the unsettling experience of living in a time that seems violently stuck on repeat. Archetypal figures from art history (a fool\, a siren\, a witness\, a victim) reappear in the current moment as containers of time\, bringing the past of imperialism\, colonization\, and displacement into a present marked by the rise of anti-immigration politics\, climate injustice\, and other forms of disposability. Some works challenge this violent repetition of time. The clock moves\, if gruelingly\, in an endurance-based video performance\, No One\, 2025. For forty-six minutes\, the artist undertakes to keep his eyes open\, witnessing\, withstanding\, confronting\, and resisting the bombardment of images\, both historical and otherwise\, that normalize harm. In another video work\, Gravity\, 2024\, performers enact rescue carries\, supporting each other until they can’t bear the weight. Together\, the artworks act as a proposal about how to rethink time—how to slow time—with a poetic and aesthetic cadence that might counter the numbing reverberations of living in the present. \nWhen Time Stands Still is organized as part of Visualizing Abolition\, an arts-based initiative that reaches across prison borders to create a future free of prisons. \n\n\n\nCarlos Motta (b. 1978\, Colombia) is a multidisciplinary artist whose work has been shown widely nationally and internationally. Solo exhibitions venues include the Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona; Nikolaj Kunsthal\, Copenhagen; Museo de Arte Moderno de BogotĂĄ; Wexner Center for the Arts\, Columbus\, OH ; Röda Sten Konsthall\, Gothenburg\, Sweden; Galeria Vermelho\, SĂŁo Paulo; PĂ©rez Art Museum Miami (PAMM); Tate Modern\, London; and New Museum\, New York (2012). He has also participated in major biennials\, including the Venice Biennale; Berlin Biennale; Bienal de SĂŁo Paulo; and the Gwangju Biennale. Motta is Associate Professor of Interdisciplinary Art\, Fine Arts Department\, Pratt Institute\, Brooklyn. URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/carlos-motta-when-time-stands-still/2027-08-05/ LOCATION:Institute of the Arts and Sciences\, 100 Panetta Ave\, Santa Cruz\, United States CATEGORIES:Exhibits ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://events.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/2134623807-2f419e792292df8800e1430e9918f2f46f5764bfc085c7a8dbd2d03c3a3440d8-d.webp GEO:36.9557939;-122.0505546 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Institute of the Arts and Sciences 100 Panetta Ave Santa Cruz United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=100 Panetta Ave:geo:-122.0505546,36.9557939 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270805T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270805T170000 DTSTAMP:20260831T183411Z CREATED:20260831T183410Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260831T183411Z UID:10016220-1817467200-1817485200@events.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Victor ‘Marka27’ Quiñonez: Ni de AquĂ­\, Ni de AllĂĄ DESCRIPTION:Organized in partnership with the Center for Art and Advocacy\, located in Brooklyn\, New York\, Ni de AquĂ­\, Ni de AllĂĄ (Not From Here\, Not From There) by multidisciplinary artist Victor ‘Marka27’ Quiñonez features a wide range of artworks  that issue a bold declaration of dual belonging\, including altars\, an elaborately immersive botanica\, paintings referencing visual symbolism drawn from textiles\, graffiti and community traditions\, and\, in a series called I.C.E. Scream\, large\, brightly colored resin sculptures in the shape of melting Mexican paletas (popsicles). As the exhibition title suggests (a phrase widely used in bilingual and bicultural communities)\, these artworks reflect the artist’s interest in the experience of living between worlds even as violent notions of nationalism and identity pervade.  \nAccompanying the exhibition\, Elevar la Cultura\, an immersive sculptural installation featuring a twenty-two-foot-tall pyramid built from ice coolers adorned with ancestral textiles\, sacred symbols\, and mural work will be on view at Santa Cruz Barrios Unidos (1817 Soquel) November 7\, 2026- March 7\, 2027. As Quiñonez explains\, this sculpture epitomizes the contradictions of living—and laboring—as an immigrant in the United States:  \n “Most people see the cooler as a tool for leisure
for barbecues\, tailgating\, and celebrations. But for immigrant communities\, the cooler is a tool and symbol for opportunity and independence. In every major city\, you see families and vendors selling fruit\, food\, and water out of these coolers on the streets and in subway stations. They’re a necessity for survival and a way to start an honest living\,” the artist shares. \nThe Institute of Arts and Sciences will be the second venue to successfully present Ni de AquĂ­\, Ni de AllĂĄ to the public. First organized by Boston University Art Galleries and curated by Kate Fowle in September of 2025\, the exhibition debuted to critical acclaim before gaining national attention after its abrupt removal from its second venue\, the University of North Texas\, where it had been installed just one week prior to it being censored.  \nVictor ‘Marka27’ Quiñonez is a renowned international visual artist who is known for his diverse works that intersect contemporary art\, graffiti\, vinyl toys\, fashion and design and art activism. Quiñonez has exhibited globally and collaborated with major brands while creating landmark public art in cities across the U.S. He is a Frieze Los Angeles Impact Prize winner (2025) and a Right of Return and Art for Justice Fellow (2023\, 2024). URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/victor-marka27-quinonez-ni-de-aqui-ni-de-alla/2027-08-05/ LOCATION:Institute of the Arts and Sciences\, 100 Panetta Ave\, Santa Cruz\, United States CATEGORIES:Exhibits ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://events.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Screenshot-2026-08-28-at-1.56.24-PM.png GEO:36.9557939;-122.0505546 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Institute of the Arts and Sciences 100 Panetta Ave Santa Cruz United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=100 Panetta Ave:geo:-122.0505546,36.9557939 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270807T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270807T120000 DTSTAMP:20251211T171734Z CREATED:20251211T171734Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251211T171734Z UID:10005673-1817636400-1817640000@events.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:First Saturday Tour at the Arboretum DESCRIPTION:First Saturday Tours are a wonderful way to introduce yourself to the Arboretum or to deepen your knowledge of the Arboretum’s plant collections. Each tour is a little different depending on the time of year\, the interests of the tour guide\, and the people who join in. For example\, you might learn about the birds and mammals that make this land their home or about the amazing physical adaptations that plants have evolved to better deal with our extreme weather and climate conditions. Tours are free with paid admission. URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/first-saturday-tour-at-the-arboretum/2027-08-07/ LOCATION:Arboretum\, 122 Arboretum Road\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064 CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations GEO:36.9838652;-122.0609079 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Arboretum 122 Arboretum Road Santa Cruz CA 95064;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=122 Arboretum Road:geo:-122.0609079,36.9838652 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270807T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270807T170000 DTSTAMP:20260831T182815Z CREATED:20260831T182814Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260831T182815Z UID:10015922-1817640000-1817658000@events.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Carlos Motta: When Time Stands Still DESCRIPTION:Carlos Motta’s When Time Stands Still\, the artist’s second solo show with the IAS\, features new and recent installations\, videos\, and sculptures highlighting the artist’s preoccupation with the historical and aesthetic productions of difference and marginalization that shape the present. \nThe selection of artworks in the exhibition explore the unsettling experience of living in a time that seems violently stuck on repeat. Archetypal figures from art history (a fool\, a siren\, a witness\, a victim) reappear in the current moment as containers of time\, bringing the past of imperialism\, colonization\, and displacement into a present marked by the rise of anti-immigration politics\, climate injustice\, and other forms of disposability. Some works challenge this violent repetition of time. The clock moves\, if gruelingly\, in an endurance-based video performance\, No One\, 2025. For forty-six minutes\, the artist undertakes to keep his eyes open\, witnessing\, withstanding\, confronting\, and resisting the bombardment of images\, both historical and otherwise\, that normalize harm. In another video work\, Gravity\, 2024\, performers enact rescue carries\, supporting each other until they can’t bear the weight. Together\, the artworks act as a proposal about how to rethink time—how to slow time—with a poetic and aesthetic cadence that might counter the numbing reverberations of living in the present. \nWhen Time Stands Still is organized as part of Visualizing Abolition\, an arts-based initiative that reaches across prison borders to create a future free of prisons. \n\n\n\nCarlos Motta (b. 1978\, Colombia) is a multidisciplinary artist whose work has been shown widely nationally and internationally. Solo exhibitions venues include the Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona; Nikolaj Kunsthal\, Copenhagen; Museo de Arte Moderno de BogotĂĄ; Wexner Center for the Arts\, Columbus\, OH ; Röda Sten Konsthall\, Gothenburg\, Sweden; Galeria Vermelho\, SĂŁo Paulo; PĂ©rez Art Museum Miami (PAMM); Tate Modern\, London; and New Museum\, New York (2012). He has also participated in major biennials\, including the Venice Biennale; Berlin Biennale; Bienal de SĂŁo Paulo; and the Gwangju Biennale. Motta is Associate Professor of Interdisciplinary Art\, Fine Arts Department\, Pratt Institute\, Brooklyn. URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/carlos-motta-when-time-stands-still/2027-08-07/ LOCATION:Institute of the Arts and Sciences\, 100 Panetta Ave\, Santa Cruz\, United States CATEGORIES:Exhibits ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://events.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/2134623807-2f419e792292df8800e1430e9918f2f46f5764bfc085c7a8dbd2d03c3a3440d8-d.webp GEO:36.9557939;-122.0505546 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Institute of the Arts and Sciences 100 Panetta Ave Santa Cruz United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=100 Panetta Ave:geo:-122.0505546,36.9557939 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270807T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270807T170000 DTSTAMP:20260831T183411Z CREATED:20260831T183410Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260831T183411Z UID:10016221-1817640000-1817658000@events.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Victor ‘Marka27’ Quiñonez: Ni de AquĂ­\, Ni de AllĂĄ DESCRIPTION:Organized in partnership with the Center for Art and Advocacy\, located in Brooklyn\, New York\, Ni de AquĂ­\, Ni de AllĂĄ (Not From Here\, Not From There) by multidisciplinary artist Victor ‘Marka27’ Quiñonez features a wide range of artworks  that issue a bold declaration of dual belonging\, including altars\, an elaborately immersive botanica\, paintings referencing visual symbolism drawn from textiles\, graffiti and community traditions\, and\, in a series called I.C.E. Scream\, large\, brightly colored resin sculptures in the shape of melting Mexican paletas (popsicles). As the exhibition title suggests (a phrase widely used in bilingual and bicultural communities)\, these artworks reflect the artist’s interest in the experience of living between worlds even as violent notions of nationalism and identity pervade.  \nAccompanying the exhibition\, Elevar la Cultura\, an immersive sculptural installation featuring a twenty-two-foot-tall pyramid built from ice coolers adorned with ancestral textiles\, sacred symbols\, and mural work will be on view at Santa Cruz Barrios Unidos (1817 Soquel) November 7\, 2026- March 7\, 2027. As Quiñonez explains\, this sculpture epitomizes the contradictions of living—and laboring—as an immigrant in the United States:  \n “Most people see the cooler as a tool for leisure
for barbecues\, tailgating\, and celebrations. But for immigrant communities\, the cooler is a tool and symbol for opportunity and independence. In every major city\, you see families and vendors selling fruit\, food\, and water out of these coolers on the streets and in subway stations. They’re a necessity for survival and a way to start an honest living\,” the artist shares. \nThe Institute of Arts and Sciences will be the second venue to successfully present Ni de AquĂ­\, Ni de AllĂĄ to the public. First organized by Boston University Art Galleries and curated by Kate Fowle in September of 2025\, the exhibition debuted to critical acclaim before gaining national attention after its abrupt removal from its second venue\, the University of North Texas\, where it had been installed just one week prior to it being censored.  \nVictor ‘Marka27’ Quiñonez is a renowned international visual artist who is known for his diverse works that intersect contemporary art\, graffiti\, vinyl toys\, fashion and design and art activism. Quiñonez has exhibited globally and collaborated with major brands while creating landmark public art in cities across the U.S. He is a Frieze Los Angeles Impact Prize winner (2025) and a Right of Return and Art for Justice Fellow (2023\, 2024). URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/victor-marka27-quinonez-ni-de-aqui-ni-de-alla/2027-08-07/ LOCATION:Institute of the Arts and Sciences\, 100 Panetta Ave\, Santa Cruz\, United States CATEGORIES:Exhibits ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://events.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Screenshot-2026-08-28-at-1.56.24-PM.png GEO:36.9557939;-122.0505546 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Institute of the Arts and Sciences 100 Panetta Ave Santa Cruz United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=100 Panetta Ave:geo:-122.0505546,36.9557939 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270808T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270808T170000 DTSTAMP:20260831T182815Z CREATED:20260831T182814Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260831T182815Z UID:10015923-1817726400-1817744400@events.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Carlos Motta: When Time Stands Still DESCRIPTION:Carlos Motta’s When Time Stands Still\, the artist’s second solo show with the IAS\, features new and recent installations\, videos\, and sculptures highlighting the artist’s preoccupation with the historical and aesthetic productions of difference and marginalization that shape the present. \nThe selection of artworks in the exhibition explore the unsettling experience of living in a time that seems violently stuck on repeat. Archetypal figures from art history (a fool\, a siren\, a witness\, a victim) reappear in the current moment as containers of time\, bringing the past of imperialism\, colonization\, and displacement into a present marked by the rise of anti-immigration politics\, climate injustice\, and other forms of disposability. Some works challenge this violent repetition of time. The clock moves\, if gruelingly\, in an endurance-based video performance\, No One\, 2025. For forty-six minutes\, the artist undertakes to keep his eyes open\, witnessing\, withstanding\, confronting\, and resisting the bombardment of images\, both historical and otherwise\, that normalize harm. In another video work\, Gravity\, 2024\, performers enact rescue carries\, supporting each other until they can’t bear the weight. Together\, the artworks act as a proposal about how to rethink time—how to slow time—with a poetic and aesthetic cadence that might counter the numbing reverberations of living in the present. \nWhen Time Stands Still is organized as part of Visualizing Abolition\, an arts-based initiative that reaches across prison borders to create a future free of prisons. \n\n\n\nCarlos Motta (b. 1978\, Colombia) is a multidisciplinary artist whose work has been shown widely nationally and internationally. Solo exhibitions venues include the Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona; Nikolaj Kunsthal\, Copenhagen; Museo de Arte Moderno de BogotĂĄ; Wexner Center for the Arts\, Columbus\, OH ; Röda Sten Konsthall\, Gothenburg\, Sweden; Galeria Vermelho\, SĂŁo Paulo; PĂ©rez Art Museum Miami (PAMM); Tate Modern\, London; and New Museum\, New York (2012). He has also participated in major biennials\, including the Venice Biennale; Berlin Biennale; Bienal de SĂŁo Paulo; and the Gwangju Biennale. Motta is Associate Professor of Interdisciplinary Art\, Fine Arts Department\, Pratt Institute\, Brooklyn. URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/carlos-motta-when-time-stands-still/2027-08-08/ LOCATION:Institute of the Arts and Sciences\, 100 Panetta Ave\, Santa Cruz\, United States CATEGORIES:Exhibits ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://events.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/2134623807-2f419e792292df8800e1430e9918f2f46f5764bfc085c7a8dbd2d03c3a3440d8-d.webp GEO:36.9557939;-122.0505546 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Institute of the Arts and Sciences 100 Panetta Ave Santa Cruz United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=100 Panetta Ave:geo:-122.0505546,36.9557939 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270808T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270808T170000 DTSTAMP:20260831T183411Z CREATED:20260831T183410Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260831T183411Z UID:10016222-1817726400-1817744400@events.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Victor ‘Marka27’ Quiñonez: Ni de AquĂ­\, Ni de AllĂĄ DESCRIPTION:Organized in partnership with the Center for Art and Advocacy\, located in Brooklyn\, New York\, Ni de AquĂ­\, Ni de AllĂĄ (Not From Here\, Not From There) by multidisciplinary artist Victor ‘Marka27’ Quiñonez features a wide range of artworks  that issue a bold declaration of dual belonging\, including altars\, an elaborately immersive botanica\, paintings referencing visual symbolism drawn from textiles\, graffiti and community traditions\, and\, in a series called I.C.E. Scream\, large\, brightly colored resin sculptures in the shape of melting Mexican paletas (popsicles). As the exhibition title suggests (a phrase widely used in bilingual and bicultural communities)\, these artworks reflect the artist’s interest in the experience of living between worlds even as violent notions of nationalism and identity pervade.  \nAccompanying the exhibition\, Elevar la Cultura\, an immersive sculptural installation featuring a twenty-two-foot-tall pyramid built from ice coolers adorned with ancestral textiles\, sacred symbols\, and mural work will be on view at Santa Cruz Barrios Unidos (1817 Soquel) November 7\, 2026- March 7\, 2027. As Quiñonez explains\, this sculpture epitomizes the contradictions of living—and laboring—as an immigrant in the United States:  \n “Most people see the cooler as a tool for leisure
for barbecues\, tailgating\, and celebrations. But for immigrant communities\, the cooler is a tool and symbol for opportunity and independence. In every major city\, you see families and vendors selling fruit\, food\, and water out of these coolers on the streets and in subway stations. They’re a necessity for survival and a way to start an honest living\,” the artist shares. \nThe Institute of Arts and Sciences will be the second venue to successfully present Ni de AquĂ­\, Ni de AllĂĄ to the public. First organized by Boston University Art Galleries and curated by Kate Fowle in September of 2025\, the exhibition debuted to critical acclaim before gaining national attention after its abrupt removal from its second venue\, the University of North Texas\, where it had been installed just one week prior to it being censored.  \nVictor ‘Marka27’ Quiñonez is a renowned international visual artist who is known for his diverse works that intersect contemporary art\, graffiti\, vinyl toys\, fashion and design and art activism. Quiñonez has exhibited globally and collaborated with major brands while creating landmark public art in cities across the U.S. He is a Frieze Los Angeles Impact Prize winner (2025) and a Right of Return and Art for Justice Fellow (2023\, 2024). URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/victor-marka27-quinonez-ni-de-aqui-ni-de-alla/2027-08-08/ LOCATION:Institute of the Arts and Sciences\, 100 Panetta Ave\, Santa Cruz\, United States CATEGORIES:Exhibits ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://events.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Screenshot-2026-08-28-at-1.56.24-PM.png GEO:36.9557939;-122.0505546 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Institute of the Arts and Sciences 100 Panetta Ave Santa Cruz United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=100 Panetta Ave:geo:-122.0505546,36.9557939 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR