Institute of the Arts and Sciences

The Institute of the Arts and Sciences is an interdisciplinary public forum located in the Arts Division at the University of California, Santa Cruz. With a wide-ranging program of speakers, exhibitions and events, the IAS showcases artists, scholars and activists who address the critical issues of our time.

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    First Friday Alumni Event at the IAS

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

    Join fellow Banana Stugs past and present on First Friday at the IAS. This alumni-focused event will feature immersive art and science exhibition tours led by current students as well as refreshments, crafts, and other entertainment. Tours will be offered at 5:30 and 6:30 pm of Weather and the Whale, an art and science exhibition […]

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    How Long is Long Enough: Screening and Conversation

    Santa Cruz Barrios Unidos 1817 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz, United States

    Join us for a screening of How Long is Long Enough: The Excessive Sentencing of Quntos & Layla, a short documentary created by Natalie Decena, Sarina Bozorgnia, Veler Brown, and Aiden Olivier from UC Santa Cruz with support from Michael Ademaro from Georgetown Law School as part of the Making an Exoneree initiative. Quntos Wilson and […]

  • Like Water: A Participatory Walk from the Edge of the City to the Sea

    Intersections of Climate Change
    Institute of the Arts and Sciences 100 Panetta Ave, Santa Cruz, United States

    Inspired by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, Bruce Lee, and the Hong Kong protestors, join artist A. Laurie Palmer, in collaboration with Cid Pearlman and Ilia Dolgov to practice moving together as a body of water, walking west from the Institute of the Arts and Sciences, along Delaware Ave., to the ocean. On the way, participants will […]

    FREE and open to the public
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    Screening: Queering Movement, Stories Embodied Film Shorts

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

    The IAS, BBQueer Fest, and Motion Pacific invite you to attend “Queering Movement: Stories Embodied,” an evening celebrating short films by local Black, brown and queer artists and dancers. The screening and Q&A with filmmakers […]

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    Pesticide Impacts in and around Monterey Bay lecture

    Intersections of Climate Change
    Institute of the Arts and Sciences 100 Panetta Ave, Santa Cruz, United States

    The short- and long-term health impacts of pesticide use for local communities on land as well as in the ocean are addressed in a conversation with Yanely Martinez, Katherine Gabriel-Cox, Adam Scow and Logan Pallin. This event is presented as part of as part of the Intersections of Climate Change series, and is organized with […]

    FREE and open to the public

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    Climate Justice and the Moss Landing Battery Fire Panel

    Intersections of Climate Change
    Institute of the Arts and Sciences 100 Panetta Ave, Santa Cruz, United States

    As part of the Intersections of Climate Change Lecture series there will be a panel discussion including marine geologist Ivano Aiello and environmental studies scholars J. Mijin Cha and Dustin Mulvaney focused on the climate justice issues raised by the Moss Landing Battery Storage System fire. The Intersections of Climate Change Series is organized with […]

    FREE and open to the public