California Laureate Lee Herrick, Hawaiian Laureate Kealoha & Oakland Youth Laureate Nadia Elbgal Thursday, April 20, 20235:00 – 6:30pm PDTDurham Studio Theater, Dwinelle Hall (map here) WATCH THE EXTRAORDINARY READING & CONVERSATION! The Arts Research Center is thrilled to bring together three poets whose dedication to craft is an inspiration for anyone seeking to approach […]
Cara Romero (b. 1977, Inglewood, CA) is a contemporary fine art photographer. An enrolled citizen of the Chemehuevi Indian Tribe, Romero was raised between contrasting settings: the rural Chemehuevi reservation in Mojave Desert, CA and the urban sprawl of Houston, TX. Romero’s identity informs her photography, a blend of fine art and editorial photography, shaped […]
To train myself, in the midst of a burning world,to offer poems of love to a burning world.– Katie Farris ARC 2023 Flash Reading Series Featuring Andrea Abi-Karam, Kaylan Black, Gloria Frym, Yona Harvey, Leticia Hernández-Linares, Rina Huang, Việt Lê, Muriel Leung, Adam Mansbach, Dr. Ayodele Nzinga, Dr. Alan Pelaez Lopez, Tony Robles & Natalia […]
Noʻu Revilla, D. Kealiʻi MacKenzie, and Donovan Kūhiō Colleps in conversation with Craig Santos Perez Thursday, March 23rd, 2023 5:00 – 6:15pm PST WATCH LIVESTREAM HERE READ THE BLOG POST HERE by Eva Whitney Please join us in welcoming three extraordinary poets from Hawaiʻi to ARC’s virtual stage: our own Poetry and the Senses Fellow […]
Michael Wasson & Alice Te Punga Somerville in conversation with Beth Piatote Wednesday, March 8th, 2023 2:00 – 3:15pm PST Watch the recorded event HERE. Please join us in welcoming two extraordinary poets to ARC’s virtual stage: Michael Wasson and Alice Te Punga Somerville. After their readings, they will be joined by ARC Director Beth […]
Chapbook Celebration Featuring: Menat Allah El Attma, Nathalie Khankin, Rusty Morrison, Gracia Mwamba, Beth Piatote, Jared Robinson, Alex Saum-Pascual, Jennif(f)er Tamayo Monday April 10th, 2023 | 5:00 – 6:30p PDT Hearst Field Annex D23 – ARC This event is presented by the Arts Research Center and Engaging the Senses Foundation. On Monday April 10th, at 5pm […]
Award winning playwright Dillon Chitto will be ARC’s visiting Artist-in-Residence for spring 2023. His February 6 – 9 visit to Berkeley coincides with the world premiere of his first play, Pueblo Revolt. Dillon Chitto is a Mississippi Choctaw and Pueblo playwright originally from Santa Fe, NM, currently living in Chicago, IL. He is the Literary […]
Image: Judy Meuschke On March 2nd, the Arts Research Center is thrilled to collaborate with the English Department and the UC Berkeley Lunch Poems series to bring poet Claire Hong to campus for a reading and public craft talk, in conversation with ARC Director Beth Piatote. The reading will be held at noon in Morrison […]
Previews: Thurs Feb 2 & Fri Feb 3, at 7pmMedia preview/opening: Saturday, Feb 4th, 2023, at 7pmMatinee: Sun, Feb 5th at 2pmRun: Feb 9, 10, 11 at 7pm, and Feb 12th matinee at 2pm Pueblo Revolt explores the Pueblo Uprising through the eyes of a gay Pueblo teen, Feem, and his older brother, Ba’homa. Equally […]
Jeffrey Gibson is a multidisciplinary artist and craftsperson merging traditional Native American materials and forms with those of Western contemporary art to create a new hybrid visual vocabulary. Gibson, a member of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians and of Cherokee descent, is forging a multifarious practice that redresses the exclusion and erasure of indigenous […]
