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SUMMARY:Aesthetic Breach: Past and Present Struggles for Justice in North African Comics
DESCRIPTION:This exhibition brings together comics and graphic narratives from Egypt\, Tunisia\, Algeria\, and Morocco\, introducing a broad range of contemporary artists while centering the works of Sadri Khiari\, a major figure of the antiracist left in Tunisia and France\, and Salim Zerrouki\, an Algerian cartoonist whose drawings combine ferocious satire and nostalgia. Across different forms\, styles\, and perspectives\, these works engage questions of justice\, memory\, colonial and postcolonial histories\, gender\, migration\, language\, political struggle\, and everyday life. \nThe artwork selected for this exhibition depicts complex social realities and historical trajectories\, while personalizing global issues such as racist violence or societal collapse. Zerrouki’s Rwama chronicles the collapse of Algeria’s post-independence social order through daily life in an Algiers apartment complex. Khiari’s Toussaint est mort dans sa tombe reaches beyond North Africa to trace what happened to the body of Haitian revolutionary leader Toussaint Louverture after his death in French captivity. \nThe exhibition also asks us to pay attention to comics as form—to how these stories are told and why that matters. Speech balloons and panels offer ways to narrate intimate experiences\, everyday life\, and social issues. Indeed\, graphic novels can be an entry into grassroots perspectives and individual experiences of subjection and resistance. Bringing comics into the gallery also draws attention to their visual and material qualities—to drawing and text\, panels and sequences\, composition and rhythm.  \nThe Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery is a teaching gallery at UC Santa Cruz. This exhibition was developed in collaboration with Thomas Serres and the Center for the Middle East and North Africa. Curated by Faculty Director Susana Ruiz\, curatorial intern Annelise Schouten\, and the gallery team\, with Simona Gabrieli as guest co-curator. With support from The Humanities Institute\, Employing Humanities\, and Jim Gunderson. \nReception: Nov 6\, 2026 — 3 to 5pm at the Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery at Cowell College.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/aesthetic-breach-past-and-present-struggles-for-justice-in-north-african-comics/2026-11-02/
LOCATION:Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery\, 11 Cowell Service Rd\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
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SUMMARY:Aesthetic Breach: Past and Present Struggles for Justice in North African Comics
DESCRIPTION:This exhibition brings together comics and graphic narratives from Egypt\, Tunisia\, Algeria\, and Morocco\, introducing a broad range of contemporary artists while centering the works of Sadri Khiari\, a major figure of the antiracist left in Tunisia and France\, and Salim Zerrouki\, an Algerian cartoonist whose drawings combine ferocious satire and nostalgia. Across different forms\, styles\, and perspectives\, these works engage questions of justice\, memory\, colonial and postcolonial histories\, gender\, migration\, language\, political struggle\, and everyday life. \nThe artwork selected for this exhibition depicts complex social realities and historical trajectories\, while personalizing global issues such as racist violence or societal collapse. Zerrouki’s Rwama chronicles the collapse of Algeria’s post-independence social order through daily life in an Algiers apartment complex. Khiari’s Toussaint est mort dans sa tombe reaches beyond North Africa to trace what happened to the body of Haitian revolutionary leader Toussaint Louverture after his death in French captivity. \nThe exhibition also asks us to pay attention to comics as form—to how these stories are told and why that matters. Speech balloons and panels offer ways to narrate intimate experiences\, everyday life\, and social issues. Indeed\, graphic novels can be an entry into grassroots perspectives and individual experiences of subjection and resistance. Bringing comics into the gallery also draws attention to their visual and material qualities—to drawing and text\, panels and sequences\, composition and rhythm.  \nThe Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery is a teaching gallery at UC Santa Cruz. This exhibition was developed in collaboration with Thomas Serres and the Center for the Middle East and North Africa. Curated by Faculty Director Susana Ruiz\, curatorial intern Annelise Schouten\, and the gallery team\, with Simona Gabrieli as guest co-curator. With support from The Humanities Institute\, Employing Humanities\, and Jim Gunderson. \nReception: Nov 6\, 2026 — 3 to 5pm at the Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery at Cowell College.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/aesthetic-breach-past-and-present-struggles-for-justice-in-north-african-comics/2026-11-03/
LOCATION:Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery\, 11 Cowell Service Rd\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
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SUMMARY:Aesthetic Breach: Past and Present Struggles for Justice in North African Comics
DESCRIPTION:This exhibition brings together comics and graphic narratives from Egypt\, Tunisia\, Algeria\, and Morocco\, introducing a broad range of contemporary artists while centering the works of Sadri Khiari\, a major figure of the antiracist left in Tunisia and France\, and Salim Zerrouki\, an Algerian cartoonist whose drawings combine ferocious satire and nostalgia. Across different forms\, styles\, and perspectives\, these works engage questions of justice\, memory\, colonial and postcolonial histories\, gender\, migration\, language\, political struggle\, and everyday life. \nThe artwork selected for this exhibition depicts complex social realities and historical trajectories\, while personalizing global issues such as racist violence or societal collapse. Zerrouki’s Rwama chronicles the collapse of Algeria’s post-independence social order through daily life in an Algiers apartment complex. Khiari’s Toussaint est mort dans sa tombe reaches beyond North Africa to trace what happened to the body of Haitian revolutionary leader Toussaint Louverture after his death in French captivity. \nThe exhibition also asks us to pay attention to comics as form—to how these stories are told and why that matters. Speech balloons and panels offer ways to narrate intimate experiences\, everyday life\, and social issues. Indeed\, graphic novels can be an entry into grassroots perspectives and individual experiences of subjection and resistance. Bringing comics into the gallery also draws attention to their visual and material qualities—to drawing and text\, panels and sequences\, composition and rhythm.  \nThe Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery is a teaching gallery at UC Santa Cruz. This exhibition was developed in collaboration with Thomas Serres and the Center for the Middle East and North Africa. Curated by Faculty Director Susana Ruiz\, curatorial intern Annelise Schouten\, and the gallery team\, with Simona Gabrieli as guest co-curator. With support from The Humanities Institute\, Employing Humanities\, and Jim Gunderson. \nReception: Nov 6\, 2026 — 3 to 5pm at the Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery at Cowell College.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/aesthetic-breach-past-and-present-struggles-for-justice-in-north-african-comics/2026-11-04/
LOCATION:Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery\, 11 Cowell Service Rd\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
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SUMMARY:Aesthetic Breach: Past and Present Struggles for Justice in North African Comics
DESCRIPTION:This exhibition brings together comics and graphic narratives from Egypt\, Tunisia\, Algeria\, and Morocco\, introducing a broad range of contemporary artists while centering the works of Sadri Khiari\, a major figure of the antiracist left in Tunisia and France\, and Salim Zerrouki\, an Algerian cartoonist whose drawings combine ferocious satire and nostalgia. Across different forms\, styles\, and perspectives\, these works engage questions of justice\, memory\, colonial and postcolonial histories\, gender\, migration\, language\, political struggle\, and everyday life. \nThe artwork selected for this exhibition depicts complex social realities and historical trajectories\, while personalizing global issues such as racist violence or societal collapse. Zerrouki’s Rwama chronicles the collapse of Algeria’s post-independence social order through daily life in an Algiers apartment complex. Khiari’s Toussaint est mort dans sa tombe reaches beyond North Africa to trace what happened to the body of Haitian revolutionary leader Toussaint Louverture after his death in French captivity. \nThe exhibition also asks us to pay attention to comics as form—to how these stories are told and why that matters. Speech balloons and panels offer ways to narrate intimate experiences\, everyday life\, and social issues. Indeed\, graphic novels can be an entry into grassroots perspectives and individual experiences of subjection and resistance. Bringing comics into the gallery also draws attention to their visual and material qualities—to drawing and text\, panels and sequences\, composition and rhythm.  \nThe Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery is a teaching gallery at UC Santa Cruz. This exhibition was developed in collaboration with Thomas Serres and the Center for the Middle East and North Africa. Curated by Faculty Director Susana Ruiz\, curatorial intern Annelise Schouten\, and the gallery team\, with Simona Gabrieli as guest co-curator. With support from The Humanities Institute\, Employing Humanities\, and Jim Gunderson. \nReception: Nov 6\, 2026 — 3 to 5pm at the Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery at Cowell College.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/aesthetic-breach-past-and-present-struggles-for-justice-in-north-african-comics/2026-11-05/
LOCATION:Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery\, 11 Cowell Service Rd\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
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SUMMARY:Aesthetic Breach: Past and Present Struggles for Justice in North African Comics
DESCRIPTION:This exhibition brings together comics and graphic narratives from Egypt\, Tunisia\, Algeria\, and Morocco\, introducing a broad range of contemporary artists while centering the works of Sadri Khiari\, a major figure of the antiracist left in Tunisia and France\, and Salim Zerrouki\, an Algerian cartoonist whose drawings combine ferocious satire and nostalgia. Across different forms\, styles\, and perspectives\, these works engage questions of justice\, memory\, colonial and postcolonial histories\, gender\, migration\, language\, political struggle\, and everyday life. \nThe artwork selected for this exhibition depicts complex social realities and historical trajectories\, while personalizing global issues such as racist violence or societal collapse. Zerrouki’s Rwama chronicles the collapse of Algeria’s post-independence social order through daily life in an Algiers apartment complex. Khiari’s Toussaint est mort dans sa tombe reaches beyond North Africa to trace what happened to the body of Haitian revolutionary leader Toussaint Louverture after his death in French captivity. \nThe exhibition also asks us to pay attention to comics as form—to how these stories are told and why that matters. Speech balloons and panels offer ways to narrate intimate experiences\, everyday life\, and social issues. Indeed\, graphic novels can be an entry into grassroots perspectives and individual experiences of subjection and resistance. Bringing comics into the gallery also draws attention to their visual and material qualities—to drawing and text\, panels and sequences\, composition and rhythm.  \nThe Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery is a teaching gallery at UC Santa Cruz. This exhibition was developed in collaboration with Thomas Serres and the Center for the Middle East and North Africa. Curated by Faculty Director Susana Ruiz\, curatorial intern Annelise Schouten\, and the gallery team\, with Simona Gabrieli as guest co-curator. With support from The Humanities Institute\, Employing Humanities\, and Jim Gunderson. \nReception: Nov 6\, 2026 — 3 to 5pm at the Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery at Cowell College.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/aesthetic-breach-past-and-present-struggles-for-justice-in-north-african-comics/2026-11-06/
LOCATION:Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery\, 11 Cowell Service Rd\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
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SUMMARY:Reception for Aesthetic Breach: Past and Present Struggles for Justice in North African Comics
DESCRIPTION:Join us in celebrating the opening of our Fall exhibition: Aesthetic Breach. \nNov 6\, 2026 — 3 to 5pm at the Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery \n<<RSVP here>> \nThis exhibition brings together comics and graphic narratives from Egypt\, Tunisia\, Algeria\, and Morocco\, introducing a broad range of contemporary artists while centering the works of Sadri Khiari\, a major figure of the antiracist left in Tunisia and France\, and Salim Zerrouki\, an Algerian cartoonist whose drawings combine ferocious satire and nostalgia. Across different forms\, styles\, and perspectives\, these works engage questions of justice\, memory\, colonial and postcolonial histories\, gender\, migration\, language\, political struggle\, and everyday life. \nThe artwork selected for this exhibition depicts complex social realities and historical trajectories\, while personalizing global issues such as racist violence or societal collapse. Zerrouki’s Rwama chronicles the collapse of Algeria’s post-independence social order through daily life in an Algiers apartment complex. Khiari’s Toussaint est mort dans sa tombe reaches beyond North Africa to trace what happened to the body of Haitian revolutionary leader Toussaint Louverture after his death in French captivity. \nThe exhibition also asks us to pay attention to comics as form—to how these stories are told and why that matters. Speech balloons and panels offer ways to narrate intimate experiences\, everyday life\, and social issues. Indeed\, graphic novels can be an entry into grassroots perspectives and individual experiences of subjection and resistance. Bringing comics into the gallery also draws attention to their visual and material qualities—to drawing and text\, panels and sequences\, composition and rhythm. \nThe Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery is a teaching gallery at UC Santa Cruz. This exhibition was developed in collaboration with Thomas Serres and the Center for the Middle East and North Africa. Curated by Faculty Director Susana Ruiz\, curatorial intern Annelise Schouten\, and the gallery team\, with Simona Gabrieli as guest co-curator. With support from The Humanities Institute\, Employing Humanities\, and Jim Gunderson.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/reception-for-aesthetic-breach-past-and-present-struggles-for-justice-in-north-african-comics/
LOCATION:Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery\, 11 Cowell Service Rd\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
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SUMMARY:Aesthetic Breach: Past and Present Struggles for Justice in North African Comics
DESCRIPTION:This exhibition brings together comics and graphic narratives from Egypt\, Tunisia\, Algeria\, and Morocco\, introducing a broad range of contemporary artists while centering the works of Sadri Khiari\, a major figure of the antiracist left in Tunisia and France\, and Salim Zerrouki\, an Algerian cartoonist whose drawings combine ferocious satire and nostalgia. Across different forms\, styles\, and perspectives\, these works engage questions of justice\, memory\, colonial and postcolonial histories\, gender\, migration\, language\, political struggle\, and everyday life. \nThe artwork selected for this exhibition depicts complex social realities and historical trajectories\, while personalizing global issues such as racist violence or societal collapse. Zerrouki’s Rwama chronicles the collapse of Algeria’s post-independence social order through daily life in an Algiers apartment complex. Khiari’s Toussaint est mort dans sa tombe reaches beyond North Africa to trace what happened to the body of Haitian revolutionary leader Toussaint Louverture after his death in French captivity. \nThe exhibition also asks us to pay attention to comics as form—to how these stories are told and why that matters. Speech balloons and panels offer ways to narrate intimate experiences\, everyday life\, and social issues. Indeed\, graphic novels can be an entry into grassroots perspectives and individual experiences of subjection and resistance. Bringing comics into the gallery also draws attention to their visual and material qualities—to drawing and text\, panels and sequences\, composition and rhythm.  \nThe Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery is a teaching gallery at UC Santa Cruz. This exhibition was developed in collaboration with Thomas Serres and the Center for the Middle East and North Africa. Curated by Faculty Director Susana Ruiz\, curatorial intern Annelise Schouten\, and the gallery team\, with Simona Gabrieli as guest co-curator. With support from The Humanities Institute\, Employing Humanities\, and Jim Gunderson. \nReception: Nov 6\, 2026 — 3 to 5pm at the Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery at Cowell College.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/aesthetic-breach-past-and-present-struggles-for-justice-in-north-african-comics/2026-11-07/
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SUMMARY:Aesthetic Breach: Past and Present Struggles for Justice in North African Comics
DESCRIPTION:This exhibition brings together comics and graphic narratives from Egypt\, Tunisia\, Algeria\, and Morocco\, introducing a broad range of contemporary artists while centering the works of Sadri Khiari\, a major figure of the antiracist left in Tunisia and France\, and Salim Zerrouki\, an Algerian cartoonist whose drawings combine ferocious satire and nostalgia. Across different forms\, styles\, and perspectives\, these works engage questions of justice\, memory\, colonial and postcolonial histories\, gender\, migration\, language\, political struggle\, and everyday life. \nThe artwork selected for this exhibition depicts complex social realities and historical trajectories\, while personalizing global issues such as racist violence or societal collapse. Zerrouki’s Rwama chronicles the collapse of Algeria’s post-independence social order through daily life in an Algiers apartment complex. Khiari’s Toussaint est mort dans sa tombe reaches beyond North Africa to trace what happened to the body of Haitian revolutionary leader Toussaint Louverture after his death in French captivity. \nThe exhibition also asks us to pay attention to comics as form—to how these stories are told and why that matters. Speech balloons and panels offer ways to narrate intimate experiences\, everyday life\, and social issues. Indeed\, graphic novels can be an entry into grassroots perspectives and individual experiences of subjection and resistance. Bringing comics into the gallery also draws attention to their visual and material qualities—to drawing and text\, panels and sequences\, composition and rhythm.  \nThe Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery is a teaching gallery at UC Santa Cruz. This exhibition was developed in collaboration with Thomas Serres and the Center for the Middle East and North Africa. Curated by Faculty Director Susana Ruiz\, curatorial intern Annelise Schouten\, and the gallery team\, with Simona Gabrieli as guest co-curator. With support from The Humanities Institute\, Employing Humanities\, and Jim Gunderson. \nReception: Nov 6\, 2026 — 3 to 5pm at the Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery at Cowell College.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/aesthetic-breach-past-and-present-struggles-for-justice-in-north-african-comics/2026-11-09/
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SUMMARY:Aesthetic Breach: Past and Present Struggles for Justice in North African Comics
DESCRIPTION:This exhibition brings together comics and graphic narratives from Egypt\, Tunisia\, Algeria\, and Morocco\, introducing a broad range of contemporary artists while centering the works of Sadri Khiari\, a major figure of the antiracist left in Tunisia and France\, and Salim Zerrouki\, an Algerian cartoonist whose drawings combine ferocious satire and nostalgia. Across different forms\, styles\, and perspectives\, these works engage questions of justice\, memory\, colonial and postcolonial histories\, gender\, migration\, language\, political struggle\, and everyday life. \nThe artwork selected for this exhibition depicts complex social realities and historical trajectories\, while personalizing global issues such as racist violence or societal collapse. Zerrouki’s Rwama chronicles the collapse of Algeria’s post-independence social order through daily life in an Algiers apartment complex. Khiari’s Toussaint est mort dans sa tombe reaches beyond North Africa to trace what happened to the body of Haitian revolutionary leader Toussaint Louverture after his death in French captivity. \nThe exhibition also asks us to pay attention to comics as form—to how these stories are told and why that matters. Speech balloons and panels offer ways to narrate intimate experiences\, everyday life\, and social issues. Indeed\, graphic novels can be an entry into grassroots perspectives and individual experiences of subjection and resistance. Bringing comics into the gallery also draws attention to their visual and material qualities—to drawing and text\, panels and sequences\, composition and rhythm.  \nThe Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery is a teaching gallery at UC Santa Cruz. This exhibition was developed in collaboration with Thomas Serres and the Center for the Middle East and North Africa. Curated by Faculty Director Susana Ruiz\, curatorial intern Annelise Schouten\, and the gallery team\, with Simona Gabrieli as guest co-curator. With support from The Humanities Institute\, Employing Humanities\, and Jim Gunderson. \nReception: Nov 6\, 2026 — 3 to 5pm at the Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery at Cowell College.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/aesthetic-breach-past-and-present-struggles-for-justice-in-north-african-comics/2026-11-10/
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SUMMARY:Aesthetic Breach: Past and Present Struggles for Justice in North African Comics
DESCRIPTION:This exhibition brings together comics and graphic narratives from Egypt\, Tunisia\, Algeria\, and Morocco\, introducing a broad range of contemporary artists while centering the works of Sadri Khiari\, a major figure of the antiracist left in Tunisia and France\, and Salim Zerrouki\, an Algerian cartoonist whose drawings combine ferocious satire and nostalgia. Across different forms\, styles\, and perspectives\, these works engage questions of justice\, memory\, colonial and postcolonial histories\, gender\, migration\, language\, political struggle\, and everyday life. \nThe artwork selected for this exhibition depicts complex social realities and historical trajectories\, while personalizing global issues such as racist violence or societal collapse. Zerrouki’s Rwama chronicles the collapse of Algeria’s post-independence social order through daily life in an Algiers apartment complex. Khiari’s Toussaint est mort dans sa tombe reaches beyond North Africa to trace what happened to the body of Haitian revolutionary leader Toussaint Louverture after his death in French captivity. \nThe exhibition also asks us to pay attention to comics as form—to how these stories are told and why that matters. Speech balloons and panels offer ways to narrate intimate experiences\, everyday life\, and social issues. Indeed\, graphic novels can be an entry into grassroots perspectives and individual experiences of subjection and resistance. Bringing comics into the gallery also draws attention to their visual and material qualities—to drawing and text\, panels and sequences\, composition and rhythm.  \nThe Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery is a teaching gallery at UC Santa Cruz. This exhibition was developed in collaboration with Thomas Serres and the Center for the Middle East and North Africa. Curated by Faculty Director Susana Ruiz\, curatorial intern Annelise Schouten\, and the gallery team\, with Simona Gabrieli as guest co-curator. With support from The Humanities Institute\, Employing Humanities\, and Jim Gunderson. \nReception: Nov 6\, 2026 — 3 to 5pm at the Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery at Cowell College.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/aesthetic-breach-past-and-present-struggles-for-justice-in-north-african-comics/2026-11-11/
LOCATION:Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery\, 11 Cowell Service Rd\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
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SUMMARY:Aesthetic Breach: Past and Present Struggles for Justice in North African Comics
DESCRIPTION:This exhibition brings together comics and graphic narratives from Egypt\, Tunisia\, Algeria\, and Morocco\, introducing a broad range of contemporary artists while centering the works of Sadri Khiari\, a major figure of the antiracist left in Tunisia and France\, and Salim Zerrouki\, an Algerian cartoonist whose drawings combine ferocious satire and nostalgia. Across different forms\, styles\, and perspectives\, these works engage questions of justice\, memory\, colonial and postcolonial histories\, gender\, migration\, language\, political struggle\, and everyday life. \nThe artwork selected for this exhibition depicts complex social realities and historical trajectories\, while personalizing global issues such as racist violence or societal collapse. Zerrouki’s Rwama chronicles the collapse of Algeria’s post-independence social order through daily life in an Algiers apartment complex. Khiari’s Toussaint est mort dans sa tombe reaches beyond North Africa to trace what happened to the body of Haitian revolutionary leader Toussaint Louverture after his death in French captivity. \nThe exhibition also asks us to pay attention to comics as form—to how these stories are told and why that matters. Speech balloons and panels offer ways to narrate intimate experiences\, everyday life\, and social issues. Indeed\, graphic novels can be an entry into grassroots perspectives and individual experiences of subjection and resistance. Bringing comics into the gallery also draws attention to their visual and material qualities—to drawing and text\, panels and sequences\, composition and rhythm.  \nThe Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery is a teaching gallery at UC Santa Cruz. This exhibition was developed in collaboration with Thomas Serres and the Center for the Middle East and North Africa. Curated by Faculty Director Susana Ruiz\, curatorial intern Annelise Schouten\, and the gallery team\, with Simona Gabrieli as guest co-curator. With support from The Humanities Institute\, Employing Humanities\, and Jim Gunderson. \nReception: Nov 6\, 2026 — 3 to 5pm at the Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery at Cowell College.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/aesthetic-breach-past-and-present-struggles-for-justice-in-north-african-comics/2026-11-12/
LOCATION:Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery\, 11 Cowell Service Rd\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
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SUMMARY:Cowell/Stevenson College Night: Autumn Harvest Amongst Friends
DESCRIPTION:Join Cowell and Stevenson Colleges for a cozy night in the dining hall\, a movie playing to add to the cozy vibes\, and special on-theme menu curated by the Dining team. \nTabling from Student Government\, resources\, UCSC Farm\, and more! \n\nCollege Night festivities will be held during dinner service\, 5–8 p.m.\n\nNote: The dining hall hosting the College Night will close 2–5 p.m. for event preparation.\n\n\nStandard dining hall entry pricing applies\, and all students\, faculty\, and staff are welcome.\nLate Night service will still be available at participating locations—check the dining hall schedules for Late Night hours.\nFor updates and upcoming College Night events\, visit the campus calendar or follow @ucscdining on Instagram.\n\nYou Belong Here: The programs and services described here are open to all\, consistent with state and federal law\, as well as the University of California’s nondiscrimination policies. Every initiative—whether a student service\, faculty program\, or community event—is designed to be accessible\, inclusive\, and respectful of all identities. \nTo learn more\, please visit UC Nondiscrimination Statement or Nondiscrimination Policy for UC Publications.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/cowell-stevenson-college-night-autumn-harvest-amongst-friends/
LOCATION:Cowell/Stevenson Dining Hall\, 520 Cowell-Stevenson Road\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States
CATEGORIES:Social Gathering
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SUMMARY:Aesthetic Breach: Past and Present Struggles for Justice in North African Comics
DESCRIPTION:This exhibition brings together comics and graphic narratives from Egypt\, Tunisia\, Algeria\, and Morocco\, introducing a broad range of contemporary artists while centering the works of Sadri Khiari\, a major figure of the antiracist left in Tunisia and France\, and Salim Zerrouki\, an Algerian cartoonist whose drawings combine ferocious satire and nostalgia. Across different forms\, styles\, and perspectives\, these works engage questions of justice\, memory\, colonial and postcolonial histories\, gender\, migration\, language\, political struggle\, and everyday life. \nThe artwork selected for this exhibition depicts complex social realities and historical trajectories\, while personalizing global issues such as racist violence or societal collapse. Zerrouki’s Rwama chronicles the collapse of Algeria’s post-independence social order through daily life in an Algiers apartment complex. Khiari’s Toussaint est mort dans sa tombe reaches beyond North Africa to trace what happened to the body of Haitian revolutionary leader Toussaint Louverture after his death in French captivity. \nThe exhibition also asks us to pay attention to comics as form—to how these stories are told and why that matters. Speech balloons and panels offer ways to narrate intimate experiences\, everyday life\, and social issues. Indeed\, graphic novels can be an entry into grassroots perspectives and individual experiences of subjection and resistance. Bringing comics into the gallery also draws attention to their visual and material qualities—to drawing and text\, panels and sequences\, composition and rhythm.  \nThe Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery is a teaching gallery at UC Santa Cruz. This exhibition was developed in collaboration with Thomas Serres and the Center for the Middle East and North Africa. Curated by Faculty Director Susana Ruiz\, curatorial intern Annelise Schouten\, and the gallery team\, with Simona Gabrieli as guest co-curator. With support from The Humanities Institute\, Employing Humanities\, and Jim Gunderson. \nReception: Nov 6\, 2026 — 3 to 5pm at the Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery at Cowell College.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/aesthetic-breach-past-and-present-struggles-for-justice-in-north-african-comics/2026-11-13/
LOCATION:Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery\, 11 Cowell Service Rd\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
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SUMMARY:Aesthetic Breach: Past and Present Struggles for Justice in North African Comics
DESCRIPTION:This exhibition brings together comics and graphic narratives from Egypt\, Tunisia\, Algeria\, and Morocco\, introducing a broad range of contemporary artists while centering the works of Sadri Khiari\, a major figure of the antiracist left in Tunisia and France\, and Salim Zerrouki\, an Algerian cartoonist whose drawings combine ferocious satire and nostalgia. Across different forms\, styles\, and perspectives\, these works engage questions of justice\, memory\, colonial and postcolonial histories\, gender\, migration\, language\, political struggle\, and everyday life. \nThe artwork selected for this exhibition depicts complex social realities and historical trajectories\, while personalizing global issues such as racist violence or societal collapse. Zerrouki’s Rwama chronicles the collapse of Algeria’s post-independence social order through daily life in an Algiers apartment complex. Khiari’s Toussaint est mort dans sa tombe reaches beyond North Africa to trace what happened to the body of Haitian revolutionary leader Toussaint Louverture after his death in French captivity. \nThe exhibition also asks us to pay attention to comics as form—to how these stories are told and why that matters. Speech balloons and panels offer ways to narrate intimate experiences\, everyday life\, and social issues. Indeed\, graphic novels can be an entry into grassroots perspectives and individual experiences of subjection and resistance. Bringing comics into the gallery also draws attention to their visual and material qualities—to drawing and text\, panels and sequences\, composition and rhythm.  \nThe Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery is a teaching gallery at UC Santa Cruz. This exhibition was developed in collaboration with Thomas Serres and the Center for the Middle East and North Africa. Curated by Faculty Director Susana Ruiz\, curatorial intern Annelise Schouten\, and the gallery team\, with Simona Gabrieli as guest co-curator. With support from The Humanities Institute\, Employing Humanities\, and Jim Gunderson. \nReception: Nov 6\, 2026 — 3 to 5pm at the Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery at Cowell College.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/aesthetic-breach-past-and-present-struggles-for-justice-in-north-african-comics/2026-11-14/
LOCATION:Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery\, 11 Cowell Service Rd\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
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SUMMARY:Aesthetic Breach: Past and Present Struggles for Justice in North African Comics
DESCRIPTION:This exhibition brings together comics and graphic narratives from Egypt\, Tunisia\, Algeria\, and Morocco\, introducing a broad range of contemporary artists while centering the works of Sadri Khiari\, a major figure of the antiracist left in Tunisia and France\, and Salim Zerrouki\, an Algerian cartoonist whose drawings combine ferocious satire and nostalgia. Across different forms\, styles\, and perspectives\, these works engage questions of justice\, memory\, colonial and postcolonial histories\, gender\, migration\, language\, political struggle\, and everyday life. \nThe artwork selected for this exhibition depicts complex social realities and historical trajectories\, while personalizing global issues such as racist violence or societal collapse. Zerrouki’s Rwama chronicles the collapse of Algeria’s post-independence social order through daily life in an Algiers apartment complex. Khiari’s Toussaint est mort dans sa tombe reaches beyond North Africa to trace what happened to the body of Haitian revolutionary leader Toussaint Louverture after his death in French captivity. \nThe exhibition also asks us to pay attention to comics as form—to how these stories are told and why that matters. Speech balloons and panels offer ways to narrate intimate experiences\, everyday life\, and social issues. Indeed\, graphic novels can be an entry into grassroots perspectives and individual experiences of subjection and resistance. Bringing comics into the gallery also draws attention to their visual and material qualities—to drawing and text\, panels and sequences\, composition and rhythm.  \nThe Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery is a teaching gallery at UC Santa Cruz. This exhibition was developed in collaboration with Thomas Serres and the Center for the Middle East and North Africa. Curated by Faculty Director Susana Ruiz\, curatorial intern Annelise Schouten\, and the gallery team\, with Simona Gabrieli as guest co-curator. With support from The Humanities Institute\, Employing Humanities\, and Jim Gunderson. \nReception: Nov 6\, 2026 — 3 to 5pm at the Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery at Cowell College.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/aesthetic-breach-past-and-present-struggles-for-justice-in-north-african-comics/2026-11-16/
LOCATION:Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery\, 11 Cowell Service Rd\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
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SUMMARY:Aesthetic Breach: Past and Present Struggles for Justice in North African Comics
DESCRIPTION:This exhibition brings together comics and graphic narratives from Egypt\, Tunisia\, Algeria\, and Morocco\, introducing a broad range of contemporary artists while centering the works of Sadri Khiari\, a major figure of the antiracist left in Tunisia and France\, and Salim Zerrouki\, an Algerian cartoonist whose drawings combine ferocious satire and nostalgia. Across different forms\, styles\, and perspectives\, these works engage questions of justice\, memory\, colonial and postcolonial histories\, gender\, migration\, language\, political struggle\, and everyday life. \nThe artwork selected for this exhibition depicts complex social realities and historical trajectories\, while personalizing global issues such as racist violence or societal collapse. Zerrouki’s Rwama chronicles the collapse of Algeria’s post-independence social order through daily life in an Algiers apartment complex. Khiari’s Toussaint est mort dans sa tombe reaches beyond North Africa to trace what happened to the body of Haitian revolutionary leader Toussaint Louverture after his death in French captivity. \nThe exhibition also asks us to pay attention to comics as form—to how these stories are told and why that matters. Speech balloons and panels offer ways to narrate intimate experiences\, everyday life\, and social issues. Indeed\, graphic novels can be an entry into grassroots perspectives and individual experiences of subjection and resistance. Bringing comics into the gallery also draws attention to their visual and material qualities—to drawing and text\, panels and sequences\, composition and rhythm.  \nThe Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery is a teaching gallery at UC Santa Cruz. This exhibition was developed in collaboration with Thomas Serres and the Center for the Middle East and North Africa. Curated by Faculty Director Susana Ruiz\, curatorial intern Annelise Schouten\, and the gallery team\, with Simona Gabrieli as guest co-curator. With support from The Humanities Institute\, Employing Humanities\, and Jim Gunderson. \nReception: Nov 6\, 2026 — 3 to 5pm at the Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery at Cowell College.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/aesthetic-breach-past-and-present-struggles-for-justice-in-north-african-comics/2026-11-17/
LOCATION:Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery\, 11 Cowell Service Rd\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
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SUMMARY:Aesthetic Breach: Past and Present Struggles for Justice in North African Comics
DESCRIPTION:This exhibition brings together comics and graphic narratives from Egypt\, Tunisia\, Algeria\, and Morocco\, introducing a broad range of contemporary artists while centering the works of Sadri Khiari\, a major figure of the antiracist left in Tunisia and France\, and Salim Zerrouki\, an Algerian cartoonist whose drawings combine ferocious satire and nostalgia. Across different forms\, styles\, and perspectives\, these works engage questions of justice\, memory\, colonial and postcolonial histories\, gender\, migration\, language\, political struggle\, and everyday life. \nThe artwork selected for this exhibition depicts complex social realities and historical trajectories\, while personalizing global issues such as racist violence or societal collapse. Zerrouki’s Rwama chronicles the collapse of Algeria’s post-independence social order through daily life in an Algiers apartment complex. Khiari’s Toussaint est mort dans sa tombe reaches beyond North Africa to trace what happened to the body of Haitian revolutionary leader Toussaint Louverture after his death in French captivity. \nThe exhibition also asks us to pay attention to comics as form—to how these stories are told and why that matters. Speech balloons and panels offer ways to narrate intimate experiences\, everyday life\, and social issues. Indeed\, graphic novels can be an entry into grassroots perspectives and individual experiences of subjection and resistance. Bringing comics into the gallery also draws attention to their visual and material qualities—to drawing and text\, panels and sequences\, composition and rhythm.  \nThe Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery is a teaching gallery at UC Santa Cruz. This exhibition was developed in collaboration with Thomas Serres and the Center for the Middle East and North Africa. Curated by Faculty Director Susana Ruiz\, curatorial intern Annelise Schouten\, and the gallery team\, with Simona Gabrieli as guest co-curator. With support from The Humanities Institute\, Employing Humanities\, and Jim Gunderson. \nReception: Nov 6\, 2026 — 3 to 5pm at the Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery at Cowell College.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/aesthetic-breach-past-and-present-struggles-for-justice-in-north-african-comics/2026-11-18/
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SUMMARY:Aesthetic Breach: Past and Present Struggles for Justice in North African Comics
DESCRIPTION:This exhibition brings together comics and graphic narratives from Egypt\, Tunisia\, Algeria\, and Morocco\, introducing a broad range of contemporary artists while centering the works of Sadri Khiari\, a major figure of the antiracist left in Tunisia and France\, and Salim Zerrouki\, an Algerian cartoonist whose drawings combine ferocious satire and nostalgia. Across different forms\, styles\, and perspectives\, these works engage questions of justice\, memory\, colonial and postcolonial histories\, gender\, migration\, language\, political struggle\, and everyday life. \nThe artwork selected for this exhibition depicts complex social realities and historical trajectories\, while personalizing global issues such as racist violence or societal collapse. Zerrouki’s Rwama chronicles the collapse of Algeria’s post-independence social order through daily life in an Algiers apartment complex. Khiari’s Toussaint est mort dans sa tombe reaches beyond North Africa to trace what happened to the body of Haitian revolutionary leader Toussaint Louverture after his death in French captivity. \nThe exhibition also asks us to pay attention to comics as form—to how these stories are told and why that matters. Speech balloons and panels offer ways to narrate intimate experiences\, everyday life\, and social issues. Indeed\, graphic novels can be an entry into grassroots perspectives and individual experiences of subjection and resistance. Bringing comics into the gallery also draws attention to their visual and material qualities—to drawing and text\, panels and sequences\, composition and rhythm.  \nThe Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery is a teaching gallery at UC Santa Cruz. This exhibition was developed in collaboration with Thomas Serres and the Center for the Middle East and North Africa. Curated by Faculty Director Susana Ruiz\, curatorial intern Annelise Schouten\, and the gallery team\, with Simona Gabrieli as guest co-curator. With support from The Humanities Institute\, Employing Humanities\, and Jim Gunderson. \nReception: Nov 6\, 2026 — 3 to 5pm at the Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery at Cowell College.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/aesthetic-breach-past-and-present-struggles-for-justice-in-north-african-comics/2026-11-19/
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SUMMARY:Aesthetic Breach: Past and Present Struggles for Justice in North African Comics
DESCRIPTION:This exhibition brings together comics and graphic narratives from Egypt\, Tunisia\, Algeria\, and Morocco\, introducing a broad range of contemporary artists while centering the works of Sadri Khiari\, a major figure of the antiracist left in Tunisia and France\, and Salim Zerrouki\, an Algerian cartoonist whose drawings combine ferocious satire and nostalgia. Across different forms\, styles\, and perspectives\, these works engage questions of justice\, memory\, colonial and postcolonial histories\, gender\, migration\, language\, political struggle\, and everyday life. \nThe artwork selected for this exhibition depicts complex social realities and historical trajectories\, while personalizing global issues such as racist violence or societal collapse. Zerrouki’s Rwama chronicles the collapse of Algeria’s post-independence social order through daily life in an Algiers apartment complex. Khiari’s Toussaint est mort dans sa tombe reaches beyond North Africa to trace what happened to the body of Haitian revolutionary leader Toussaint Louverture after his death in French captivity. \nThe exhibition also asks us to pay attention to comics as form—to how these stories are told and why that matters. Speech balloons and panels offer ways to narrate intimate experiences\, everyday life\, and social issues. Indeed\, graphic novels can be an entry into grassroots perspectives and individual experiences of subjection and resistance. Bringing comics into the gallery also draws attention to their visual and material qualities—to drawing and text\, panels and sequences\, composition and rhythm.  \nThe Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery is a teaching gallery at UC Santa Cruz. This exhibition was developed in collaboration with Thomas Serres and the Center for the Middle East and North Africa. Curated by Faculty Director Susana Ruiz\, curatorial intern Annelise Schouten\, and the gallery team\, with Simona Gabrieli as guest co-curator. With support from The Humanities Institute\, Employing Humanities\, and Jim Gunderson. \nReception: Nov 6\, 2026 — 3 to 5pm at the Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery at Cowell College.
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SUMMARY:Aesthetic Breach: Past and Present Struggles for Justice in North African Comics
DESCRIPTION:This exhibition brings together comics and graphic narratives from Egypt\, Tunisia\, Algeria\, and Morocco\, introducing a broad range of contemporary artists while centering the works of Sadri Khiari\, a major figure of the antiracist left in Tunisia and France\, and Salim Zerrouki\, an Algerian cartoonist whose drawings combine ferocious satire and nostalgia. Across different forms\, styles\, and perspectives\, these works engage questions of justice\, memory\, colonial and postcolonial histories\, gender\, migration\, language\, political struggle\, and everyday life. \nThe artwork selected for this exhibition depicts complex social realities and historical trajectories\, while personalizing global issues such as racist violence or societal collapse. Zerrouki’s Rwama chronicles the collapse of Algeria’s post-independence social order through daily life in an Algiers apartment complex. Khiari’s Toussaint est mort dans sa tombe reaches beyond North Africa to trace what happened to the body of Haitian revolutionary leader Toussaint Louverture after his death in French captivity. \nThe exhibition also asks us to pay attention to comics as form—to how these stories are told and why that matters. Speech balloons and panels offer ways to narrate intimate experiences\, everyday life\, and social issues. Indeed\, graphic novels can be an entry into grassroots perspectives and individual experiences of subjection and resistance. Bringing comics into the gallery also draws attention to their visual and material qualities—to drawing and text\, panels and sequences\, composition and rhythm.  \nThe Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery is a teaching gallery at UC Santa Cruz. This exhibition was developed in collaboration with Thomas Serres and the Center for the Middle East and North Africa. Curated by Faculty Director Susana Ruiz\, curatorial intern Annelise Schouten\, and the gallery team\, with Simona Gabrieli as guest co-curator. With support from The Humanities Institute\, Employing Humanities\, and Jim Gunderson. \nReception: Nov 6\, 2026 — 3 to 5pm at the Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery at Cowell College.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/aesthetic-breach-past-and-present-struggles-for-justice-in-north-african-comics/2026-11-21/
LOCATION:Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery\, 11 Cowell Service Rd\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
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SUMMARY:Aesthetic Breach: Past and Present Struggles for Justice in North African Comics
DESCRIPTION:This exhibition brings together comics and graphic narratives from Egypt\, Tunisia\, Algeria\, and Morocco\, introducing a broad range of contemporary artists while centering the works of Sadri Khiari\, a major figure of the antiracist left in Tunisia and France\, and Salim Zerrouki\, an Algerian cartoonist whose drawings combine ferocious satire and nostalgia. Across different forms\, styles\, and perspectives\, these works engage questions of justice\, memory\, colonial and postcolonial histories\, gender\, migration\, language\, political struggle\, and everyday life. \nThe artwork selected for this exhibition depicts complex social realities and historical trajectories\, while personalizing global issues such as racist violence or societal collapse. Zerrouki’s Rwama chronicles the collapse of Algeria’s post-independence social order through daily life in an Algiers apartment complex. Khiari’s Toussaint est mort dans sa tombe reaches beyond North Africa to trace what happened to the body of Haitian revolutionary leader Toussaint Louverture after his death in French captivity. \nThe exhibition also asks us to pay attention to comics as form—to how these stories are told and why that matters. Speech balloons and panels offer ways to narrate intimate experiences\, everyday life\, and social issues. Indeed\, graphic novels can be an entry into grassroots perspectives and individual experiences of subjection and resistance. Bringing comics into the gallery also draws attention to their visual and material qualities—to drawing and text\, panels and sequences\, composition and rhythm.  \nThe Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery is a teaching gallery at UC Santa Cruz. This exhibition was developed in collaboration with Thomas Serres and the Center for the Middle East and North Africa. Curated by Faculty Director Susana Ruiz\, curatorial intern Annelise Schouten\, and the gallery team\, with Simona Gabrieli as guest co-curator. With support from The Humanities Institute\, Employing Humanities\, and Jim Gunderson. \nReception: Nov 6\, 2026 — 3 to 5pm at the Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery at Cowell College.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/aesthetic-breach-past-and-present-struggles-for-justice-in-north-african-comics/2026-11-23/
LOCATION:Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery\, 11 Cowell Service Rd\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
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SUMMARY:Aesthetic Breach: Past and Present Struggles for Justice in North African Comics
DESCRIPTION:This exhibition brings together comics and graphic narratives from Egypt\, Tunisia\, Algeria\, and Morocco\, introducing a broad range of contemporary artists while centering the works of Sadri Khiari\, a major figure of the antiracist left in Tunisia and France\, and Salim Zerrouki\, an Algerian cartoonist whose drawings combine ferocious satire and nostalgia. Across different forms\, styles\, and perspectives\, these works engage questions of justice\, memory\, colonial and postcolonial histories\, gender\, migration\, language\, political struggle\, and everyday life. \nThe artwork selected for this exhibition depicts complex social realities and historical trajectories\, while personalizing global issues such as racist violence or societal collapse. Zerrouki’s Rwama chronicles the collapse of Algeria’s post-independence social order through daily life in an Algiers apartment complex. Khiari’s Toussaint est mort dans sa tombe reaches beyond North Africa to trace what happened to the body of Haitian revolutionary leader Toussaint Louverture after his death in French captivity. \nThe exhibition also asks us to pay attention to comics as form—to how these stories are told and why that matters. Speech balloons and panels offer ways to narrate intimate experiences\, everyday life\, and social issues. Indeed\, graphic novels can be an entry into grassroots perspectives and individual experiences of subjection and resistance. Bringing comics into the gallery also draws attention to their visual and material qualities—to drawing and text\, panels and sequences\, composition and rhythm.  \nThe Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery is a teaching gallery at UC Santa Cruz. This exhibition was developed in collaboration with Thomas Serres and the Center for the Middle East and North Africa. Curated by Faculty Director Susana Ruiz\, curatorial intern Annelise Schouten\, and the gallery team\, with Simona Gabrieli as guest co-curator. With support from The Humanities Institute\, Employing Humanities\, and Jim Gunderson. \nReception: Nov 6\, 2026 — 3 to 5pm at the Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery at Cowell College.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/aesthetic-breach-past-and-present-struggles-for-justice-in-north-african-comics/2026-11-24/
LOCATION:Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery\, 11 Cowell Service Rd\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
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SUMMARY:Aesthetic Breach: Past and Present Struggles for Justice in North African Comics
DESCRIPTION:This exhibition brings together comics and graphic narratives from Egypt\, Tunisia\, Algeria\, and Morocco\, introducing a broad range of contemporary artists while centering the works of Sadri Khiari\, a major figure of the antiracist left in Tunisia and France\, and Salim Zerrouki\, an Algerian cartoonist whose drawings combine ferocious satire and nostalgia. Across different forms\, styles\, and perspectives\, these works engage questions of justice\, memory\, colonial and postcolonial histories\, gender\, migration\, language\, political struggle\, and everyday life. \nThe artwork selected for this exhibition depicts complex social realities and historical trajectories\, while personalizing global issues such as racist violence or societal collapse. Zerrouki’s Rwama chronicles the collapse of Algeria’s post-independence social order through daily life in an Algiers apartment complex. Khiari’s Toussaint est mort dans sa tombe reaches beyond North Africa to trace what happened to the body of Haitian revolutionary leader Toussaint Louverture after his death in French captivity. \nThe exhibition also asks us to pay attention to comics as form—to how these stories are told and why that matters. Speech balloons and panels offer ways to narrate intimate experiences\, everyday life\, and social issues. Indeed\, graphic novels can be an entry into grassroots perspectives and individual experiences of subjection and resistance. Bringing comics into the gallery also draws attention to their visual and material qualities—to drawing and text\, panels and sequences\, composition and rhythm.  \nThe Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery is a teaching gallery at UC Santa Cruz. This exhibition was developed in collaboration with Thomas Serres and the Center for the Middle East and North Africa. Curated by Faculty Director Susana Ruiz\, curatorial intern Annelise Schouten\, and the gallery team\, with Simona Gabrieli as guest co-curator. With support from The Humanities Institute\, Employing Humanities\, and Jim Gunderson. \nReception: Nov 6\, 2026 — 3 to 5pm at the Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery at Cowell College.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/aesthetic-breach-past-and-present-struggles-for-justice-in-north-african-comics/2026-11-25/
LOCATION:Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery\, 11 Cowell Service Rd\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
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SUMMARY:Aesthetic Breach: Past and Present Struggles for Justice in North African Comics
DESCRIPTION:This exhibition brings together comics and graphic narratives from Egypt\, Tunisia\, Algeria\, and Morocco\, introducing a broad range of contemporary artists while centering the works of Sadri Khiari\, a major figure of the antiracist left in Tunisia and France\, and Salim Zerrouki\, an Algerian cartoonist whose drawings combine ferocious satire and nostalgia. Across different forms\, styles\, and perspectives\, these works engage questions of justice\, memory\, colonial and postcolonial histories\, gender\, migration\, language\, political struggle\, and everyday life. \nThe artwork selected for this exhibition depicts complex social realities and historical trajectories\, while personalizing global issues such as racist violence or societal collapse. Zerrouki’s Rwama chronicles the collapse of Algeria’s post-independence social order through daily life in an Algiers apartment complex. Khiari’s Toussaint est mort dans sa tombe reaches beyond North Africa to trace what happened to the body of Haitian revolutionary leader Toussaint Louverture after his death in French captivity. \nThe exhibition also asks us to pay attention to comics as form—to how these stories are told and why that matters. Speech balloons and panels offer ways to narrate intimate experiences\, everyday life\, and social issues. Indeed\, graphic novels can be an entry into grassroots perspectives and individual experiences of subjection and resistance. Bringing comics into the gallery also draws attention to their visual and material qualities—to drawing and text\, panels and sequences\, composition and rhythm.  \nThe Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery is a teaching gallery at UC Santa Cruz. This exhibition was developed in collaboration with Thomas Serres and the Center for the Middle East and North Africa. Curated by Faculty Director Susana Ruiz\, curatorial intern Annelise Schouten\, and the gallery team\, with Simona Gabrieli as guest co-curator. With support from The Humanities Institute\, Employing Humanities\, and Jim Gunderson. \nReception: Nov 6\, 2026 — 3 to 5pm at the Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery at Cowell College.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/aesthetic-breach-past-and-present-struggles-for-justice-in-north-african-comics/2026-11-26/
LOCATION:Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery\, 11 Cowell Service Rd\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
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SUMMARY:Aesthetic Breach: Past and Present Struggles for Justice in North African Comics
DESCRIPTION:This exhibition brings together comics and graphic narratives from Egypt\, Tunisia\, Algeria\, and Morocco\, introducing a broad range of contemporary artists while centering the works of Sadri Khiari\, a major figure of the antiracist left in Tunisia and France\, and Salim Zerrouki\, an Algerian cartoonist whose drawings combine ferocious satire and nostalgia. Across different forms\, styles\, and perspectives\, these works engage questions of justice\, memory\, colonial and postcolonial histories\, gender\, migration\, language\, political struggle\, and everyday life. \nThe artwork selected for this exhibition depicts complex social realities and historical trajectories\, while personalizing global issues such as racist violence or societal collapse. Zerrouki’s Rwama chronicles the collapse of Algeria’s post-independence social order through daily life in an Algiers apartment complex. Khiari’s Toussaint est mort dans sa tombe reaches beyond North Africa to trace what happened to the body of Haitian revolutionary leader Toussaint Louverture after his death in French captivity. \nThe exhibition also asks us to pay attention to comics as form—to how these stories are told and why that matters. Speech balloons and panels offer ways to narrate intimate experiences\, everyday life\, and social issues. Indeed\, graphic novels can be an entry into grassroots perspectives and individual experiences of subjection and resistance. Bringing comics into the gallery also draws attention to their visual and material qualities—to drawing and text\, panels and sequences\, composition and rhythm.  \nThe Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery is a teaching gallery at UC Santa Cruz. This exhibition was developed in collaboration with Thomas Serres and the Center for the Middle East and North Africa. Curated by Faculty Director Susana Ruiz\, curatorial intern Annelise Schouten\, and the gallery team\, with Simona Gabrieli as guest co-curator. With support from The Humanities Institute\, Employing Humanities\, and Jim Gunderson. \nReception: Nov 6\, 2026 — 3 to 5pm at the Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery at Cowell College.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/aesthetic-breach-past-and-present-struggles-for-justice-in-north-african-comics/2026-11-27/
LOCATION:Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery\, 11 Cowell Service Rd\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
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SUMMARY:Aesthetic Breach: Past and Present Struggles for Justice in North African Comics
DESCRIPTION:This exhibition brings together comics and graphic narratives from Egypt\, Tunisia\, Algeria\, and Morocco\, introducing a broad range of contemporary artists while centering the works of Sadri Khiari\, a major figure of the antiracist left in Tunisia and France\, and Salim Zerrouki\, an Algerian cartoonist whose drawings combine ferocious satire and nostalgia. Across different forms\, styles\, and perspectives\, these works engage questions of justice\, memory\, colonial and postcolonial histories\, gender\, migration\, language\, political struggle\, and everyday life. \nThe artwork selected for this exhibition depicts complex social realities and historical trajectories\, while personalizing global issues such as racist violence or societal collapse. Zerrouki’s Rwama chronicles the collapse of Algeria’s post-independence social order through daily life in an Algiers apartment complex. Khiari’s Toussaint est mort dans sa tombe reaches beyond North Africa to trace what happened to the body of Haitian revolutionary leader Toussaint Louverture after his death in French captivity. \nThe exhibition also asks us to pay attention to comics as form—to how these stories are told and why that matters. Speech balloons and panels offer ways to narrate intimate experiences\, everyday life\, and social issues. Indeed\, graphic novels can be an entry into grassroots perspectives and individual experiences of subjection and resistance. Bringing comics into the gallery also draws attention to their visual and material qualities—to drawing and text\, panels and sequences\, composition and rhythm.  \nThe Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery is a teaching gallery at UC Santa Cruz. This exhibition was developed in collaboration with Thomas Serres and the Center for the Middle East and North Africa. Curated by Faculty Director Susana Ruiz\, curatorial intern Annelise Schouten\, and the gallery team\, with Simona Gabrieli as guest co-curator. With support from The Humanities Institute\, Employing Humanities\, and Jim Gunderson. \nReception: Nov 6\, 2026 — 3 to 5pm at the Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery at Cowell College.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/aesthetic-breach-past-and-present-struggles-for-justice-in-north-african-comics/2026-11-28/
LOCATION:Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery\, 11 Cowell Service Rd\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
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SUMMARY:Aesthetic Breach: Past and Present Struggles for Justice in North African Comics
DESCRIPTION:This exhibition brings together comics and graphic narratives from Egypt\, Tunisia\, Algeria\, and Morocco\, introducing a broad range of contemporary artists while centering the works of Sadri Khiari\, a major figure of the antiracist left in Tunisia and France\, and Salim Zerrouki\, an Algerian cartoonist whose drawings combine ferocious satire and nostalgia. Across different forms\, styles\, and perspectives\, these works engage questions of justice\, memory\, colonial and postcolonial histories\, gender\, migration\, language\, political struggle\, and everyday life. \nThe artwork selected for this exhibition depicts complex social realities and historical trajectories\, while personalizing global issues such as racist violence or societal collapse. Zerrouki’s Rwama chronicles the collapse of Algeria’s post-independence social order through daily life in an Algiers apartment complex. Khiari’s Toussaint est mort dans sa tombe reaches beyond North Africa to trace what happened to the body of Haitian revolutionary leader Toussaint Louverture after his death in French captivity. \nThe exhibition also asks us to pay attention to comics as form—to how these stories are told and why that matters. Speech balloons and panels offer ways to narrate intimate experiences\, everyday life\, and social issues. Indeed\, graphic novels can be an entry into grassroots perspectives and individual experiences of subjection and resistance. Bringing comics into the gallery also draws attention to their visual and material qualities—to drawing and text\, panels and sequences\, composition and rhythm.  \nThe Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery is a teaching gallery at UC Santa Cruz. This exhibition was developed in collaboration with Thomas Serres and the Center for the Middle East and North Africa. Curated by Faculty Director Susana Ruiz\, curatorial intern Annelise Schouten\, and the gallery team\, with Simona Gabrieli as guest co-curator. With support from The Humanities Institute\, Employing Humanities\, and Jim Gunderson. \nReception: Nov 6\, 2026 — 3 to 5pm at the Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery at Cowell College.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/aesthetic-breach-past-and-present-struggles-for-justice-in-north-african-comics/2026-11-30/
LOCATION:Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery\, 11 Cowell Service Rd\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
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SUMMARY:Aesthetic Breach: Past and Present Struggles for Justice in North African Comics
DESCRIPTION:This exhibition brings together comics and graphic narratives from Egypt\, Tunisia\, Algeria\, and Morocco\, introducing a broad range of contemporary artists while centering the works of Sadri Khiari\, a major figure of the antiracist left in Tunisia and France\, and Salim Zerrouki\, an Algerian cartoonist whose drawings combine ferocious satire and nostalgia. Across different forms\, styles\, and perspectives\, these works engage questions of justice\, memory\, colonial and postcolonial histories\, gender\, migration\, language\, political struggle\, and everyday life. \nThe artwork selected for this exhibition depicts complex social realities and historical trajectories\, while personalizing global issues such as racist violence or societal collapse. Zerrouki’s Rwama chronicles the collapse of Algeria’s post-independence social order through daily life in an Algiers apartment complex. Khiari’s Toussaint est mort dans sa tombe reaches beyond North Africa to trace what happened to the body of Haitian revolutionary leader Toussaint Louverture after his death in French captivity. \nThe exhibition also asks us to pay attention to comics as form—to how these stories are told and why that matters. Speech balloons and panels offer ways to narrate intimate experiences\, everyday life\, and social issues. Indeed\, graphic novels can be an entry into grassroots perspectives and individual experiences of subjection and resistance. Bringing comics into the gallery also draws attention to their visual and material qualities—to drawing and text\, panels and sequences\, composition and rhythm.  \nThe Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery is a teaching gallery at UC Santa Cruz. This exhibition was developed in collaboration with Thomas Serres and the Center for the Middle East and North Africa. Curated by Faculty Director Susana Ruiz\, curatorial intern Annelise Schouten\, and the gallery team\, with Simona Gabrieli as guest co-curator. With support from The Humanities Institute\, Employing Humanities\, and Jim Gunderson. \nReception: Nov 6\, 2026 — 3 to 5pm at the Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery at Cowell College.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/aesthetic-breach-past-and-present-struggles-for-justice-in-north-african-comics/2026-12-01/
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SUMMARY:Aesthetic Breach: Past and Present Struggles for Justice in North African Comics
DESCRIPTION:This exhibition brings together comics and graphic narratives from Egypt\, Tunisia\, Algeria\, and Morocco\, introducing a broad range of contemporary artists while centering the works of Sadri Khiari\, a major figure of the antiracist left in Tunisia and France\, and Salim Zerrouki\, an Algerian cartoonist whose drawings combine ferocious satire and nostalgia. Across different forms\, styles\, and perspectives\, these works engage questions of justice\, memory\, colonial and postcolonial histories\, gender\, migration\, language\, political struggle\, and everyday life. \nThe artwork selected for this exhibition depicts complex social realities and historical trajectories\, while personalizing global issues such as racist violence or societal collapse. Zerrouki’s Rwama chronicles the collapse of Algeria’s post-independence social order through daily life in an Algiers apartment complex. Khiari’s Toussaint est mort dans sa tombe reaches beyond North Africa to trace what happened to the body of Haitian revolutionary leader Toussaint Louverture after his death in French captivity. \nThe exhibition also asks us to pay attention to comics as form—to how these stories are told and why that matters. Speech balloons and panels offer ways to narrate intimate experiences\, everyday life\, and social issues. Indeed\, graphic novels can be an entry into grassroots perspectives and individual experiences of subjection and resistance. Bringing comics into the gallery also draws attention to their visual and material qualities—to drawing and text\, panels and sequences\, composition and rhythm.  \nThe Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery is a teaching gallery at UC Santa Cruz. This exhibition was developed in collaboration with Thomas Serres and the Center for the Middle East and North Africa. Curated by Faculty Director Susana Ruiz\, curatorial intern Annelise Schouten\, and the gallery team\, with Simona Gabrieli as guest co-curator. With support from The Humanities Institute\, Employing Humanities\, and Jim Gunderson. \nReception: Nov 6\, 2026 — 3 to 5pm at the Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery at Cowell College.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/aesthetic-breach-past-and-present-struggles-for-justice-in-north-african-comics/2026-12-02/
LOCATION:Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery\, 11 Cowell Service Rd\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
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SUMMARY:Aesthetic Breach: Past and Present Struggles for Justice in North African Comics
DESCRIPTION:This exhibition brings together comics and graphic narratives from Egypt\, Tunisia\, Algeria\, and Morocco\, introducing a broad range of contemporary artists while centering the works of Sadri Khiari\, a major figure of the antiracist left in Tunisia and France\, and Salim Zerrouki\, an Algerian cartoonist whose drawings combine ferocious satire and nostalgia. Across different forms\, styles\, and perspectives\, these works engage questions of justice\, memory\, colonial and postcolonial histories\, gender\, migration\, language\, political struggle\, and everyday life. \nThe artwork selected for this exhibition depicts complex social realities and historical trajectories\, while personalizing global issues such as racist violence or societal collapse. Zerrouki’s Rwama chronicles the collapse of Algeria’s post-independence social order through daily life in an Algiers apartment complex. Khiari’s Toussaint est mort dans sa tombe reaches beyond North Africa to trace what happened to the body of Haitian revolutionary leader Toussaint Louverture after his death in French captivity. \nThe exhibition also asks us to pay attention to comics as form—to how these stories are told and why that matters. Speech balloons and panels offer ways to narrate intimate experiences\, everyday life\, and social issues. Indeed\, graphic novels can be an entry into grassroots perspectives and individual experiences of subjection and resistance. Bringing comics into the gallery also draws attention to their visual and material qualities—to drawing and text\, panels and sequences\, composition and rhythm.  \nThe Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery is a teaching gallery at UC Santa Cruz. This exhibition was developed in collaboration with Thomas Serres and the Center for the Middle East and North Africa. Curated by Faculty Director Susana Ruiz\, curatorial intern Annelise Schouten\, and the gallery team\, with Simona Gabrieli as guest co-curator. With support from The Humanities Institute\, Employing Humanities\, and Jim Gunderson. \nReception: Nov 6\, 2026 — 3 to 5pm at the Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery at Cowell College.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/aesthetic-breach-past-and-present-struggles-for-justice-in-north-african-comics/2026-12-03/
LOCATION:Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery\, 11 Cowell Service Rd\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
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