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Memory Paths and Fragments from the Past: A Poetry Reading with Deborah Miranda in Conversation with Estelle Tarica

by Eva Whitney, March 6, 2024 On January 29, 2024, the Arts Research Center welcomed writer Deborah Miranda for a reading followed by a conversation with Estelle Tarica, Professor of Latin American Literature and Culture and Chair of the Department of Spanish & Portuguese (event info here). The full recording of the event is available […]


Reclamation Poetry Gathering Photo Bank

Scores Workshop Saturday, February 17th, Arts Research Center Led by Tanya Lukin Linklater for Poetry Fellows and Indigenous Poetics Lab Fellows Images courtesy of Taté Walker and Laurie Macfee Facilitator Reading Saturday, February 17th, BAMPFA’s Osher Theater Free & open to the public Featuring Natalie Diaz, Craig Santos Perez, & Beth Piatote Images courtesy of […]


Review: dg okpik Craft Talk

by Eva Whitney, February 21, 2024 Poet dg okpik visited the Arts Research Center on October 5, 2023 for a craft talk following her reading through the Lunch Poems series. The full recording of the craft talk is available for viewing on ARC’s YouTube channel, here, and the Lunch Poems reading is available for viewing […]

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Review: Artist Talk by Cara Romero by Menat Allah El Attmah

When learning the Novel, you learn that the first novel emerged in the late 17th century. Such novels recorded voyages to strange new lands and even stranger bodies who peopled the land. On their return, there grew a complete market to consume the literature that was the spectacle of difference. With the innovation of photographs […]


Review: Poetry Reading with Noʻu Revilla, D. Kealiʻi Mackenzie and Donovan Kūhiō Colleps by Eva Whitney

How is nature poetic? How can Indigenous languages create a new sense of intimacy with one’s environment? On Thursday, March 23rd, three Hawaiian poets came together with author and professor Dr. Craig Santos Perez to explore these questions through a reading of their work. Featuring D. Kealiʻi Mackenzie, Donovan Kūhiō Colleps, and Noʻu Revilla, the […]


Indigenous Poetics Lab Fellows

“I was born with / eyes that can never close…” – Joy Harjo The Art of Revitalization Fellowships for Indigenous & Endangered Languages The 2023 Indigenous Poetics Lab Fellowships are awarded to: Maura Adela Cruz, Talia Dixon, Sierra Edd, Claudia Iron Hawk, Sabrina Jaszi, Tzintia Montano-Ramirez, Jesús Nazario, Everardo (Ever) Reyes, Måsi Santos, and Pa Vue ARC has awarded ten $1,000 Indigenous Poetics […]


ARC Space Availability

The Arts Research Center is a think tank for the arts. For over 20 years, it has acted as a hub and a meeting place, a space for reflection where artists, scholars, curators, and civic arts leaders from a variety of disciplines can gather and learn from one another. ARC has over 75 faculty affiliates and […]


2022/2023 Fellows Reading

Poetry & the Senses 2022/23 Fellows Reading Thursday, May 4th, 20235:00 – 6:30pm PDT WATCH THE LIVESTREAM HERE The Arts Research Center will celebrate the 2022/23 ARC Poetry Fellows with a reading of work created during their fellowship semester! Under the theme of Reclamation, the 2023 Spring Poetry & the Senses Fellows were led by Indigenous […]