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Our cultural and educational programs encourage dialogue and build public trust
We foster exchange, advocacy, and research across cultures and around the world
Our website is an active resource for producing and sharing knowledge
FEATURED PROJECTS
Begins Oct 14, 2019
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Begins Oct 1, 2022
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Begins Jul 20, 2020
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Current Events
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Apr 10, 2023

A film screening of Manzanar, Diverted: When Water Becomes Dust and conversation about Japanese American Incarceration and Indigenous Dispossession

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Apr 14, 2023

A project exploring geology and poetics in art from the Caribbean and its diaspora

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May 24, 2023

A concert with Orchestra 2001 featuring works by composer George Crumb and the artworks that inspired his music

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Our values

Our identity as an organization and our projects are shaped by nine values. They guide our continued formation, and hold us accountable to our history and our publics.

Our projects are responsive to social issues and concerns
Our projects enable and perform polycentric conversations
Our projects question power, ethics, and institutionality
Our projects build informal economies and collaborations
Our projects resist classification and make alternatives possible
Our projects rethink display to enable new forms of encounter
Our projects cultivate publics and new modes of engagement
Our projects negotiate local and global borders
Our projects are marked by change, exchange, and self-reflection

Join our efforts

The election and its aftermath have heightened vulnerability and disillusionment about the presence of violence in contemporary life. Slought seeks to change these conditions through the power of dialogue and creative action. Join us in building networks for collaboration and solidarity across our communities.

Our Strategic Plan

Learn how we are renewing our commitment to rethinking social structures

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