Where Are We Going?
Category: Event Calendar
Date and Time
- Sunday, Aug 9, 2026 10am - 3:30pm
Location
Variance Objects
1537 Pacific Ave
Details
Join us for a day-long retreat and reflection with artists Nicolás Dumit Estévez Raful Espejo Ovalles Morel and Gina Athena Ulysse. The morning walk, starting at the UC Santa Cruz Quarry, will be a chance to reflect on individual and collective futures together as we move between the nodes of Gina Athena Ulysse’s exhibition Redwoods Rasanblaj: Origins and Disentanglements. After a light lunch, Nicolás and Gina will then be in conversation together at the IAS galleries.
10am-1pm Where Are We Going?
A 6-mile pilgrimage traversing the four locations of Redwoods Rasanblaj from the UCSC Quarry to the Institute of the Arts and Sciences via Variance Objects and the Museum of Art and History, both in downtown Santa Cruz. Please bring water and sturdy shoes and meet at the UCSC Quarry at 10am. Participants are also welcome to join at the Museum of Art and History (705 Front Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95060) at approximately 11:30am.
1pm-2pm Lunch
A light lunch will be provided for people who plan to join for both the walk and the conversation. RSVP below.
2pm-3:30pm It Was Never Meant To Be Secular
A conversation at the IAS galleries between Nicolás Dumit Estévez Raful Espejo Ovalles Morel and Gina Athena Ulysse.
