Seeing through Stone: A Conversation with Artists

Rebecca Belmore and Leanne Betasamosake Simpson

Friday • October 18 • 6 – 8 PM • Wheelchair Accessible 
Institute of the Arts and Sciences • 100 Panetta Ave • Santa Cruz • FREE

Join us for a conversation between internationally recognized multidisciplinary artist Rebecca Belmore, member of the Lac Seul First Nation (Anishinaabe), and renowned Michi Saagiig Nishnaabeg scholar, writer, and artist Leanne Betasamosake Simpson.

This unique conversation, mediated by Professor Gina Dent and IAS Director and Chief Curator Rachel Nelson, will focus on Belmore’s and Betasamosake Simpson’s practices as they reflect on the multi-sited exhibition Seeing through Stone. The exhibition, a portion of which is at the Institute, features the works of more than 85 international and national artists across 3 venues, including Belmore’s “At Pelican Falls,” which is on view at the San Jose Museum of Art.

More info on all of the Seeing through Stone exhibits here