Each semester, ARC curates, presents, and co-sponsors a season of events, under a unifying theme, and in coordination with our many partners on campus. These events have included artist lectures, readings, symposia, performances, conversations and salons, student productions, conferences, screenings, book launches and craft talks.
ARC supports events across campus with our mission and media co-sponorships, to uplift arts research developed by departments, faculty, and student groups, including with the core arts departments of Art Practice, English, Film & Media, History of Art, Music, and Theater, Dance & Performance Studies, as well as dozens of campus and community affiliates.
Past themes have included Collaboration, Reclamation, Duration, Emerge/ncy, Arts of Critique from the Global South, Amatuerism, Valuing Labor in the Arts, Time Zones, Location/Translation, Studio Time, Temporal Shifts, etc. The theme for the 2025/26 academic year focuses on Resurgence.
Event Accessibility
If you require an accommodation for effective communication (ASL interpreting/CART captioning, alternative media formats, etc.) to fully participate in any of the ARC events, please contact Lily Gee at lilygee@berkeley.edu with as much advance notice as possible and at least two weeks in advance of the event.
