February 2021
Learn how to share powerful messages through your stories with author Innosanto Nagara.
March 2021
Ashley Hunt in conversation with MJ Hart, Joshua Solis, and Alberto Lule of the Underground Scholars Initiative, which supports formerly incarcerated students at UC Santa Cruz and system impacted students in the transition experience. Presented as part of the exhibition Barring Freedom.
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Spend 30 minutes online viewing and discussing two works of art from current exhibitions with SJMA docents.
A discussion about the media portrayals of Black women and incarceration with Patrisse Cullors, co-founder of the Black Lives Matter Global Network, and artist and activist Maxwell Addae. Presented as part of the exhibition Barring Freedom.
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Spend 30 minutes online viewing and discussing two works of art from current exhibitions with SJMA docents.
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Explore the elements of writing and experience the exhibit South East North West through a different lens, led by Santa Clara County Poet Laureate Janice Lobo Sapigao and Michael Sagum.
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Spend 30 minutes online viewing and discussing two works of art from current exhibitions with SJMA docents.
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Spend 30 minutes online viewing and discussing two works of art from current exhibitions with SJMA docents.
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Spend 30 minutes online viewing and discussing two works of art from current exhibitions with SJMA docents.
April 2021
Visualizing Abolition continues with Eric Stanley, Zoé Samudzi, and Sadie Barnette. Presented as part of the exhibition Barring Freedom.
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Spend 30 minutes online viewing and discussing two works of art from current exhibitions with SJMA docents.
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Join award-winning author, Laleh Khadivi, and explore the exhibit Barring Freedom through history, spatial orientation, artistic intent, and most importantly, through poetry and prose.
A discussion on the activism and collaborations which take place inside prisons and between people who are incarcerated and those on the outside with jackie sumell, Albert Woodfox, and Tim Young. Presented as part of the exhibition Barring Freedom.
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Spend 30 minutes online viewing and discussing two works of art from current exhibitions with SJMA docents.
Dread Scott's recent large-scale art project, Slave Rebellion Reenactment, was a community-engaged performance reenacting the largest rebellion of enslaved people in U.S. history. Professor Erin Gray, UC Davis, will join him in conversation about art, revolution, and reenactments. Presented as part of the exhibition Barring Freedom.
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Spend 30 minutes online viewing and discussing two works of art from current exhibitions with SJMA docents.
Online
Spend 30 minutes online viewing and discussing two works of art from current exhibitions with SJMA docents.
May 2021
Dee Hibbert-Jones, Professor of Art at UC Santa Cruz, and filmmaker Nomi Talisman present a curated selection of films. Presented as part of the exhibition Barring Freedom.
A conversation on strategies, activism, and liberatory futures with Sora Han, adrienne maree brown, and Savannah Shange. Presented as part of the exhibition Barring Freedom.