7 events found.
Week of Events
Monday, May 11, 2026
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Tuesday, May 12, 2026
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Wednesday, May 13, 2026
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May 13, 2026Carceral Media Ecologies—and How to Break Them
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May 13, 2026Visualizing Abolition Screening Series: Beyond Access
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May 13, 2026Spring Exhibitions at the Institute of the Arts and Sciences
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May 13, 2026Drop-in Figure Drawing
Carceral Media Ecologies—and How to Break Them
Organized by Pooja Rangan, Visiting Scholar, Visualizing Abolition, UCSCm Carceral Media Ecologies—and How to Break Them is the culminating in-person event in a series of conversations examining how contemporary documentary forms participate in both the making and unmaking of carceral power. This symposium brings together organizers, filmmakers, scholars and artists—both with and without experiences of mass incarceration—for […]
Visualizing Abolition Screening Series: Beyond Access
On view in the IAS Screening Room is a selection of short films curated by Visualizing Abolition Visiting Faculty Fellow Dr. Pooja Rangan. Prisons deny and censor the access of those trapped inside them—to information, to intimacy, to community, to meaningful work, to nourishment of all kinds, and perhaps most cruelly, to care. This program […]
Spring Exhibitions at the Institute of the Arts and Sciences
Visit the IAS, UCSC’s premier art galleries, for our spring exhibitions. On view April 10–August 16, 2026 are three diverse and interdisciplinary shows: Libia Posada: Everything is Going Right, the first US solo exhibition by the Colombia-based artist and medical doctor; Gina Athena Ulysse: A Redwoods Rasanblaj, a site-specific and immersive exploration of the Haitian […]
Drop-in Figure Drawing
Drop-In Draw provides a live model and room monitor. There is no formal lesson and only dry media is allowed (no paints). — ADVISORIES – These events contain mature content and nudity. – Drop-In Draw is subject to the possibility of last-minute cancellation without notification, and sessions are not guaranteed. — ADMISSION – FREE and […]
FREE and open to the public.
Thursday, May 14, 2026
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May 14, 2026Visualizing Abolition Screening Series: Beyond Access
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May 14, 2026Spring Exhibitions at the Institute of the Arts and Sciences
Visualizing Abolition Screening Series: Beyond Access
On view in the IAS Screening Room is a selection of short films curated by Visualizing Abolition Visiting Faculty Fellow Dr. Pooja Rangan. Prisons deny and censor the access of those trapped inside them—to information, to intimacy, to community, to meaningful work, to nourishment of all kinds, and perhaps most cruelly, to care. This program […]
Spring Exhibitions at the Institute of the Arts and Sciences
Visit the IAS, UCSC’s premier art galleries, for our spring exhibitions. On view April 10–August 16, 2026 are three diverse and interdisciplinary shows: Libia Posada: Everything is Going Right, the first US solo exhibition by the Colombia-based artist and medical doctor; Gina Athena Ulysse: A Redwoods Rasanblaj, a site-specific and immersive exploration of the Haitian […]
Friday, May 15, 2026
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May 15, 2026Spring Exhibitions at the Institute of the Arts and Sciences
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May 15, 2026Rasanblé/Rasanblaj: Call & Response
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May 15, 2026UCSC Concert Choir
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May 15, 2026Who Can I Run To?, by Alyssa Windom—2026 Dharma Grace Creative Writing Award and Theatrical Production
Spring Exhibitions at the Institute of the Arts and Sciences
Visit the IAS, UCSC’s premier art galleries, for our spring exhibitions. On view April 10–August 16, 2026 are three diverse and interdisciplinary shows: Libia Posada: Everything is Going Right, the first US solo exhibition by the Colombia-based artist and medical doctor; Gina Athena Ulysse: A Redwoods Rasanblaj, a site-specific and immersive exploration of the Haitian […]
Rasanblé/Rasanblaj: Call & Response
Join us for an evening of call and response between Portsha Jefferson, dancer and artistic director of Rara Tou Limen, and artist-scholar Gina Athena Ulysse. Jefferson will offer a Haitian dance response to Ulysse’s art exhibition Redwoods Rasanblaj: Origins & Disentanglements and screen her short film IMAMOU: Hotô to Shore… Agbe | Agwe. Ulysse will read from […]
Who Can I Run To?, by Alyssa Windom—2026 Dharma Grace Creative Writing Award and Theatrical Production
The 2026 Dharma Grace Creative Writing Award is presented to undergraduate student Alyssa Windom, a 3rd year History of Art and Visual Culture (HAVC) major with the Arts Division at UC Santa Cruz. Audiences are invited to attend a full theatrical production of Windom’s award-winning script, directed by Theater Arts graduate student Darren Jackson-Wilkens. — […]
Saturday, May 16, 2026
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May 16, 2026Visualizing Abolition Screening Series: Beyond Access
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May 16, 2026Spring Exhibitions at the Institute of the Arts and Sciences
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May 16, 2026Opening Celebration for Visions from Within: Resilience
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May 16, 2026La Alegria del Mariachi with guest artist Lupita Infante
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May 16, 2026Who Can I Run To?, by Alyssa Windom—2026 Dharma Grace Creative Writing Award and Theatrical Production
Visualizing Abolition Screening Series: Beyond Access
On view in the IAS Screening Room is a selection of short films curated by Visualizing Abolition Visiting Faculty Fellow Dr. Pooja Rangan. Prisons deny and censor the access of those trapped inside them—to information, to intimacy, to community, to meaningful work, to nourishment of all kinds, and perhaps most cruelly, to care. This program […]
Spring Exhibitions at the Institute of the Arts and Sciences
Visit the IAS, UCSC’s premier art galleries, for our spring exhibitions. On view April 10–August 16, 2026 are three diverse and interdisciplinary shows: Libia Posada: Everything is Going Right, the first US solo exhibition by the Colombia-based artist and medical doctor; Gina Athena Ulysse: A Redwoods Rasanblaj, a site-specific and immersive exploration of the Haitian […]
Opening Celebration for Visions from Within: Resilience
Join us at Santa Cruz Barrios Unidos for the opening celebration of Visions from Within: Resilience. Visions From Within is a continued series of art exhibitions dedicated to uplifting and platforming artists who are currently system impacted. The series is curated by Anthony Alejandrez and Sonny Trujillo, Transitions Fellows for Visualizing Abolition.
Who Can I Run To?, by Alyssa Windom—2026 Dharma Grace Creative Writing Award and Theatrical Production
The 2026 Dharma Grace Creative Writing Award is presented to undergraduate student Alyssa Windom, a 3rd year History of Art and Visual Culture (HAVC) major with the Arts Division at UC Santa Cruz. Audiences are invited to attend a full theatrical production of Windom’s award-winning script, directed by Theater Arts graduate student Darren Jackson-Wilkens. — […]
Sunday, May 17, 2026
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May 17, 2026Visualizing Abolition Screening Series: Beyond Access
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May 17, 2026Spring Exhibitions at the Institute of the Arts and Sciences
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May 17, 2026Who Can I Run To?, by Alyssa Windom—2026 Dharma Grace Creative Writing Award and Theatrical Production
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May 17, 2026DMA Recital—Maisha Lani
Visualizing Abolition Screening Series: Beyond Access
On view in the IAS Screening Room is a selection of short films curated by Visualizing Abolition Visiting Faculty Fellow Dr. Pooja Rangan. Prisons deny and censor the access of those trapped inside them—to information, to intimacy, to community, to meaningful work, to nourishment of all kinds, and perhaps most cruelly, to care. This program […]
Spring Exhibitions at the Institute of the Arts and Sciences
Visit the IAS, UCSC’s premier art galleries, for our spring exhibitions. On view April 10–August 16, 2026 are three diverse and interdisciplinary shows: Libia Posada: Everything is Going Right, the first US solo exhibition by the Colombia-based artist and medical doctor; Gina Athena Ulysse: A Redwoods Rasanblaj, a site-specific and immersive exploration of the Haitian […]
Who Can I Run To?, by Alyssa Windom—2026 Dharma Grace Creative Writing Award and Theatrical Production
The 2026 Dharma Grace Creative Writing Award is presented to undergraduate student Alyssa Windom, a 3rd year History of Art and Visual Culture (HAVC) major with the Arts Division at UC Santa Cruz. Audiences are invited to attend a full theatrical production of Windom’s award-winning script, directed by Theater Arts graduate student Darren Jackson-Wilkens. — […]
DMA Recital—Maisha Lani
Graduate student Maisha Lani debuts new compositions composed over the course of two years in the D.M.A. Music Composition program at UC Santa Cruz. The pieces range in instrumentation and style: from a blues to a post-tonal work, consisting of vibraphone and stringed instruments, to afrobeat inspired compositions, to graphic scores and improvisation. Audiences are […]
FREE and open to the public