Alex Donis in conversation with Julia Bryan-WilsonTuesday, April 28, 2020 | 4:00-5:00pm PDT Online, please go to the YouTube live stream link here. Artist Alex Donis—whose work has engaged in queer Latinx histories and has been subject to frequent censorship —will be in conversation with Julia Bryan-Wilson about his recently completed commission for the exhibition Historires […]
Joy Harjo, Reading by U.S. Poet Laureate In conversation with Beth Piatote Wednesday, April 22, 2020 5:30 – 7:00pm PDT Co-sponsored by the Arts Research Center and Engaging the Senses Foundation, with additional support from the English and Ethnic Studies Departments, the Native American Studies Program, the Townsend Center for the Humanities, and the Center for Race […]
Social Engineer: The Artist as Bridge Builder With Cannupa Hanska LugerThursday, April 16, 2020 | 12:00-2:00pm PDT Online, please go to the YouTube live stream link here. Co-sponsored by the Arts Research Center, the Ethnic Studies Department, the Native American Studies Program, and Berkeley Arts + Design This event is part of the Arts + Design […]
Opacities: Trans Visual Cultures with Tourmaline + Chris Vargas In conversation with Eric Stanley Thursday, March 5, 2020 | 5:30-7:00pm Banatao Auditorium, Sutardja Dai Hall, UC Berkeley Co-sponsored by Arts Research Center, the Center for the Study of Sexual Culture, and The LGBTQ Citizenship Cluster at the Othering and Belonging Institute Please note: In solidarity […]
Contingent Intimacies: Queer Criticalities + Photographic Portraiture With Horace Ballard In conversation with Justin Underhill Thursday, February 27 | 5:00-7:00pm Visual Resource Center, Room 308A | Doe Library, UC Berkeley Co-sponsored by Arts Research Center, the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, and the Berkeley Center for New Media A photograph is many things. […]
Syria’s Fraught Balance: Movement, Politics, and Dabke Performance With Shayna Silverstein, followed by a conversation with Deena Chalabi Wednesday, February 19, 2020 | 5:00-7:00pm Dwinelle Annex, Room 126, UC Berkeley Co-sponsored by Arts Research Center, the Music Department, the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, and the Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies Department Within the deep […]
Poetry and the Senses Launch and ConversationWith Indira Allegra, Chiyuma Elliott, and Lyn HejinianTuesday, February 4, 2020 5:30 – 7:00pm: Readings + Conversation7:00 – 7:30pm: Reception + CelebrationMorrison Library, UC Berkeley Co-sponsored by Arts Research Center and Engaging the Senses Foundation The launch party for our “Poetry and the Senses” program sponsored by Engaging the […]
STILL BEGINNING: The 30th Annual Day With(out) Art Visual AIDS Screening Tuesday, December 3, 2019 NEW TIME! Screening starts at 7:15pm Nahl Hall | California College of the Arts, Oakland campus Co-sponsored by the Arts Research Center and the California College of the Arts The Arts Research Center and the California College of the […]
Launch of “Amateurism” | Third Text Special Issue With remarks by Abigail De Kosnik and Anneka Lenssen Tuesday, November 12, 2019 5:00-7:00pm Beta Lounge “Amateurism”—a special issue of Third Text forthcoming in Fall 2019—is dedicated to do-it-yourself, “self-taught,” user-generated production in music, film/video, architecture, literature, visual art, and new media, especially in relation to raced, classed, and gendered […]
On “Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power” Curator Mark Godfrey, Tate Modern, in conversation with Kenyatta A.C. Hinkle Friday, November 8, 2019 4:00-6:00pm David Brower Center, 2150 Allston Way, Downtown Berkeley Please note, this event is free and open to the public. Seating is first come, first served (no tickets). Co-sponsored by […]
